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THE CHORALE

Festival Chorale Oregon in concert

Creating Community through Song since 1979

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Festival Chorale Oregon is a community choir of non-auditioned singers performing choral masterworks. Under the direction of our founding artistic director, Dr. Solveig Holmquist, the chorale regularly performs with a full orchestra and features both emerging and well-known vocal soloists from across the Northwest.
 

Established in 1979 with just eight singers, more than 1,200 community members have sung with us since our inception. Today, the chorale is an ensemble of approximately 70 voices.
 

Since our first performance at the Stayton Fine Arts Festival, the chorale has performed at New York City’s Lincoln Center and at Carnegie Hall five times, has toured Europe seven times, and has hosted nine international choirs from across Europe.
 

The chorale regularly collaborates with other local arts organizations such as music, dance, and theater groups. Past collaborations include performances with the Eugene Symphony, the Heart of the Valley Children’s Choir, the Salem Keizer School District, Salem Symphonic Winds, the Tirolean Dancers of Portland, Western Oregon University, and Willamette Master Chorus.
 

The chorale is an inclusive ensemble welcoming all capable singers—no audition required. Learn more about joining us.

OUR SINGERS

Soprano

Cynthia Allen
Brooke Anderson

Anita Blanchard

Deborah Butler

Nancy Calavan
Ann Cole
Jessica Coons
Phyllis Daniel
Suzanne Dawson
Alexis Fendell

Lynda Floor
Caitlin Fortune
Lisa Gartland
Sarah Gloeckner
Terri Griffin
Reva Hopkins-Evans
Teri Howard
Deanna Iltis
Sug King
Karen Kumley
Mignon Mazique
Kirstin Mueller

Mary Murray

Solveig Osborne

Tracy Ragland

Cheryl Randall

Desiree Rinza

Fernanda Rinza

Heather Simpson-Howell
Barbara Stebbins-Boaz
Carolyn Stock
Laura Trammell
Karen Viste-Sparkman

Katherine Wallig
Dana Wolf

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Alto

Linda Aso
Sally Beck
Sharlee Blackwell
Susan Carter
Carol Chancellor
Doris Clark

Heather Dixon
Jennifer  Eaton 
Peggy Erland

Kristin Everett
Emily Flanagan
Bonnie Fullerton
Tami Gillette
Meg Hummon

Judi Janzen

Sharon Kulick

Robin LaMonte

Aubrie Loden

Lee Machado

Lisa Marcus

​Erin McGrath

Ann McQueen

Trudy McKinnell

Ann Moore
Rebecca Ostergaard

Pat Parvin
Rebecca Payne
Jacqui Pitt
Karen Pukalo

Janet Rafalovich
Donna  Rue
Amy Rumney
Malia Salu
Gwenyn Sasaki

Lisa Schachter
Marilyn Scott

Marlinda Stearns
Linda Trammell
Jennifer Ungarwulff

Shelley Uselman
Sharon Young

Sue Werth

Janet White

Connie Williams

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Tenor

Cas Barruga

Daniel Dalthorp
Bryan González

Alan Hemenway

Paul Hutter
Nadene LeCheminant
Georg Mueller
Paul Richardson
Tom Sicilia

Chris Simpson

Karl Wozniak
Rebekah Wozniak-Gelzer

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Bass

Phil Davis
Thomas Ellis
Andrew Erland
Andrew Forquer

Brian Friesen

Douglas Hambley
Dan Hill
Sam Kinney

Jimmy Mondal

Joel Nickel
Stuart Sparkman
Dale  Stapleton

RW Taylor
Greg Terhune

Hale Thornburgh
Dave Votaw

Jeffrey Williams

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