Sacramento Valley Chorus Wins 2nd Place!

Congratulations to the Sacramento Valley Chorus for winning second place in the Sweet Adelines Region 12 competion last weekend!  The competition involved 14 choruses, and was held at the Grand Sierra Resort in Reno on Saturday (April 28).

I saw them perform their "package" of two songs at their "Family and Friends Night" a couple of weeks ago, and I thought they were terrific: great blend and great energy and style in their choreography.  The Bay Area Showcase Chorus (from Santa Clara), must have worked some magic to edge out the performances I saw.

Sweet Adelines chapters typically put on a free "Family and Friends Night" as a preview of their competition routines.  These highly polished and creatively choreographed numbers are tremendously entertaining.  It's an opportunity not to be missed when it comes around again next year.

Camerata California Goes to New York

California Camerata will be participating in a Martin Luther King Day concert on Sunday, January 20, 2013 at New York City's Carnegie Hall.  The event is sponsored by Distinguished Concert International New York (DCINY) (http://www.dciny.org/) and will feature "A Great and Glorious Victory," conducted by its composer Jonathan Willcocks (http://www.jonathanwillcocks.com).  The performing chorus will also include Willcocks' UK-based Chichester Singers.  You can listen to an excerpt of the 33-minute piece at this link.

But why not hear the whole piece?  It will be part of Camerata California's traditional Memorial Weekend Concert on Sunday, May 27 at 4:00 p.m. in Westminster Presbyterian Church in Sacramento.  The anchor piece of the program will be Haydn's "Missa in Angustiis" (Lord Nelson).  Also presented will be the West Coast premier of contemporary American composer Lee Hoiby's (http://www.leehoiby.com/) "The Last Letter Home."

More information at this link.