Tuesday, February 13, 2024

 PASS CHORALE BEGINS REHEARSALS FOR SPRING CONCERT

 

The Pass Chorale is a community chorus serving the San Gorgonio Pass Area and beyond. It is directed by Ernest Siva. We just began rehearsals for our Spring Concert scheduled for May 19, and we would like to recruit new singers! Anyone with singing experience (e.g., high school choir, church choir) is invited to try us out! Reading music is preferred, but not mandatory. We sing major works with orchestra by the classical composers. This spring we will perform the Mozart Solemn Vespers, K. 339. In addition, we present several anthems, including a wonderful arrangement of Amazing Grace. The Fly Away Medley, with orchestra, has several spiritual and gospel songs about the promised land! The Spring Concert always coincides with Armed Forces Day, so we include Armed Forces Salute, a beautiful arrangement of Battle Hymn of the Republic, and the concert ends with the orchestra playing Stars and Stripes Forever!

 

The Pass Chorale meets on Tuesday evenings, 7-8:30 pm, in the San Manuel Gathering Hall at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave., Banning. For further information contact Ernest and June Siva at eandjsiva@gmail.com or 951-849-4676 and leave a message.

 

Monday, January 16, 2023

Pass Chorale to Begin Rehearsals

The Pass Chorale will begin rehearsals for the Spring Concert on January 31, 2023. The featured work is the Requiem by Mozart, one of our favorites. We meet on Tuesdays at 7pm, at the Dorothy Ramon Center Gathering Hall, 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave. in Banning. Any singer who is interested can email or call for further info.

eandjsiva@gmail.com

951-849-4676.

Monday, June 20, 2022

Keep Cool - Sing Christmas Music this Summer

Pass Chorale will begin rehearsals for our Christmas Concert on Tuesday, June 28, 2022, 7 pm at the Gathering Hall at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave., Banning, CA. 

The featured work will be Magnificat by John Rutter. This is a festive piece by a contemporary composer. We also have some wonderful Christmas anthems too. It's a great way to think cool in the heat of summer. Interested singers should contact director Ernest Siva at eandjsiva@gmail.com or 951-849-4676.

Tuesday, January 18, 2022

 Pass Chorale Begins Rehearsals for Spring Concert

The Pass Chorale resumes rehearsals on January 18, 2022. We will be preparing the Messa Di Gloria by Puccini, plus several anthems, some shape note songs, and perhaps some Serrano and Cahuilla songs. Rehearsals are held on Tuesdays at 7:00 pm, Gathering Hall at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave., Banning. New singers are welcome.

Thursday, December 2, 2021

Pass Chorale Celebration of Christmas

 The Pass Chorale is singing again after the long layoff. We are presenting our Christmas Concert featuring Messiah Part 1 (Christmas portion), plus seasonal anthems and our traditional Carol Singalong! Guaranteed to put you in the Christmas Spirit. Refreshments following the concert. Join us!

Pass Chorale Christmas Concert 

Sunday, December 12, 2021, Our Savior’s Lutheran Church 1320 W Williams St., Banning, CA 92220

Adults $20, Students and seniors $15.

Further info: eandjsiva@gmail.com or 951-849-4676

Saturday, April 24, 2021

Pass Chorale Begins Rehearsals Again - New Singers Welcome

The Pass Chorale will begin rehearsals for our Christmas Concert on Tuesday, June 22, 2021. 

We missed out on our entire 2020 concert season and the Spring Concert for 2021 because of the Coronavirus. We have really missed singing and the wonderful fellowship among our singers!

To celebrate, we plan to begin rehearsing the Christmas portion of Handel’s Messiah plus Christmas anthems. Our concert always includes the Carol Sing-Along, everyone in the audience will be able to sing with the orchestra, along with the Chorale. We may make the concert a Messiah sing-along too. 

 

We are sure that there are singers out there who miss singing as much as we do! You are welcome to join us. So stay tuned, we will be singing again soon. We plan to start slowly since we are all "rusty" vocally.

 

Starting June 22, rehearsals will be held on Tuesdays at 7- 8:30 pm in the Gathering Hall at Dorothy Ramon Learning Center, 127 N. San Gorgonio Ave, Banning, CA.


For further information, contact Director, Ernest Siva at eandjsiva@gmail.com or 951-849-4676.

Sunday, July 26, 2020

Christmas Concert Cancelled

We are so sorry to report that our entire 2020 concert season is cancelled because of the Coronavirus. We were planning to begin rehearsals for the Christmas concert in July, but that's when the second wave of the virus hit. We cannot hold rehearsals, so we can't be ready for the concert. 

We plan to begin rehearsals for the 2021 Spring Concert on January 19. We planned to perform the Brahms Requiem, but even that is unsure now. We will have to see how many singers come. We definitely want new singers as well as returning singers. If you are interested in singing with us, please mark this date on your calendar.

We have missed singing so much, it will be almost a miracle to make music again when it finally happens. Keep the faith and pray we have a good turnout of singers on January 19, 2021.