Perla Warren, the beloved music teacher and choral director at American River College from 1975 to 1995 who gained a national reputation, died on July 29. Click here to read the brief obituary published in The Sacramento Bee on September 9.
On October 28 & 29, 2011, Perla’s many students and colleagues assembled for two tribute concerts entitled, “From Sand to Pearls.” The program included performances by Sacramento Master Singers, RSVP (Reconciliation Singers Voices of Peace), the American River College Chamber Singers, jazz pianist Jim Martinez, and the quartet, MoodSwing. The concert ended with all the singers performing three pieces in a mass choir. Click here for a review of the concert published in the Sacramento Press, and click here for scores of pictures from the event.
A memorial service for Perla was held last Friday, September 21 at St. Mel’s Catholic Church in Fair Oaks. At the service, Sacramento Master Singers performed selections from the Fauré Requiem, and RSVP sang “The Road Home” (from its recently-released CD by that title). At the reception afterwards there was a performance of Norman Dello Joio’s “Come to Me, My Love,” in recognition of the fact that Perla’s husband, Jean, passed on exactly two months before her death.
Sacramento Master Singers has announced that its March 9 & 10, 2013 performance of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem will be dedicated to the memory of Perla Warren (click here for details). A Facebook page for Perla's alumni and friends at this link is currently accumulating remembrances and tributes.
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