Sunday, February 2, 2025
Valley Chamber Chorale
2 PM in Sanctuary
Building on a nucleus of singers who were graduates of Larry Wittig’s Paradise Valley High School Concert Choir, the group invited Christopher Samuel in 1988 to become conductor and artistic director and expanded into a community choir that included members from all parts of the Valley. Ultimately reorganizing as an auditioned chamber choir under a not-for-profit status, the group eventually took the name “Valley Chamber Chorale” in order to reflect the breadth of the area communities represented by its members.
Since 1988, the ensemble has performed at the state convention of the Music Educators National Conference in 1991 and 1995, the Western Region Convention of the American Guild of Organists in 1995, and the “World’s Largest Organ Concert” with guest artist, Joan Lippincott, in 1996. The group’s compact disc of Renaissance motets and madrigals, O Sing Joyfully, was released in 1996, and can be found in bookstores locally and in select cities nationally.
Sunday, October 13, 2024
Soprano Nicole Larsen
4PM
Sanctuary
The Kick-Off Event for our 2024-25 FPC Artist Series will be presented by Soprano Nicole Larsen. Nicole will offer an afternoon performance in our Sanctuary on Sunday, October 13th (4:00 p.m.). The program will be offered by our Artist Series Patrons. There will be no charge for the concert, but donations for Nicole and our Artist Series will be received at the door. In addition to enjoying a lovely afternoon of song, please consider contributing to the Artist Series! Nicole has a Bachelor of Music degree from the University of New Mexico and a Masters in Opera and Musical Theater Performance from Arizona State University. She has developed a music and choir program at a Montessori elementary school, directed and organized music education and outreach programs with the New Mexico Jazz Workshop, performed around the world as the lead singer for Celebrity Enterprises, and toured with Artrageous, including several operatic appearances in Germany. She is currently building her own non-profit to produce music and support artists across multiple disciplines, and is currently an Arizona Opera Ambassador. The FPC Concert will include music by Rachmaninov, Mozart, Brahms, Irving Berlin and MORE! Plan to join Nicole in concert!