Chorale, orchestra begin rehearsals
Bonner County Daily Bee | UPDATED 1 month, 3 weeks AGO
Pictured are members of the Pend Oreille Chorale and Orchestra at a past concert.
(Courtesy photo)
SANDPOINT — The Pend Oreille Chorale and Orchestra are beginning rehearsals for their upcoming free spring concerts.
The concerts will be held Friday, June 12, at 7 p.m., and again Sunday, June 14, at 3 p.m. Both concerts will be held at First Lutheran Church on Olive St. in Sandpoint.
Chorale rehearsals begin Monday, April 6, from 6 to 8 p.m., and every Monday following. Practices are held in the Seventh-day Adventist Church’s west classroom. Please bring black three-ring binders; music will be provided, as well as practice CDs or an internet site to access vocal parts.
The first orchestra rehearsal will be held Sunday, May 3, at 2 p.m., and every Sunday afternoon thereafter until the concerts. The venue is to be announced.
The featured piece on the program will be Mark Reiner’s “Meditation Mass” in six parts, composed in 2000 with chorale and orchestra together. The Mass has both choral and solo movements. Instrumentalists will form the first half of the concerts with a trio, quartet, quintet, solo performance and a string chamber group.
“We would love to have singers and string players join our community volunteer musicians,” said director Mark Reiner. “We are still presenting free concerts at this end of our 33rd year.”
For any questions regarding joining the chorale, please call 208-946-9306. If you are an interested string performer, call 208-603-1277.