The Willamette Singers will perform Jan. 15, at 9:30 a.m. at Kentwood High School.
Choirs from the Kentwood High School and Auburn Riverside High School will also perform in the concert. The concert will open with a vocal jazz performance by the Willamette Singers, followed by the high school groups and the Willamette Chamber Choir. The concert is open to the public.
The performance will include a variety of sacred and secular works, both a cappella and accompanied. The Chamber Choir’s performance will include “Past Life Melodies,” by Sarah Hopkins; “O Magnum Mysterium,” by Kevin Memley; and “How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place,” from the Brahms’ Requiem. The Willamette Singers will perform selections including “Air Mail Special,” by Benny Goodman; “Stella by Starlight,” by Victor Young; and “Sent for You Yesterday” by William “Count” Basie.
The Willamette Chamber Choir is a 44-voice ensemble that performs throughout the Northwest. Archbishop Desmond Tutu invited the choir to perform in South Africa in 2004, and music from their South African tour is featured on their fifth CD, “Thula Sizwe: A Celebration of Hope.”
The Willamette Singers is a 17-member vocal jazz ensemble. The Singers’ 18th CD, “Love, My Old Friend,” was released in the fall of 2014.