Voices offer choices
Coastal Voices will provide a musical start to December with concerts in Lincoln City on Saturday, Dec. 2, in Yachats on Sunday, Dec. 3, and in Newport on Saturday, Dec. 9.
Since 1998, the ensemble, formerly known as Central Coast Chorale, has enriched the holiday season on the Central Oregon Coast by performing sacred and secular music carefully selected by Founder and Director Emerita Dr. Mary Lee Scoville. The current artistic director, Rhodd Caldwell, has chosen to honor that 25-year legacy with “Holiday Highlights — Our Favorites from 25 Years!”
“I culled these songs from our extensive library after consulting with longtime choir members and fans, asking them for their favorites,” he said.
The concert begins with “This Little Light of Mine” and ends with a medley from the 1954 musical “White Christmas.” In between will be an eclectic musical roster. SoundWaves, a small ensemble drawn from the choir, will perform several numbers.
“However you choose to celebrate these December holidays, we have a song for you,” Caldwell said. “Come to hear madrigals, traditional carols, poetry set to music, familiar popular Christmas pieces and Medieval and modern sacred selections. Come prepared to sing as well.”
The short audience sing-along will follow intermission. Words to familiar holiday favorites will be printed in the program. Three concert-themed gift baskets will be raffled off at each venue.
The organization is also seeking badly needed storage space for the risers in use at each performance. Please call 541-283-6295 with donations or suggestions.
For more information and tickets, go to coastal-voices.org.
Saturday, Dec. 2, 3 pm, $20
Chapel-By-The-Sea, 2125 SE Lee Avenue, Lincoln City.
Sunday, Dec. 3, 3 pm, $20
Yachats Community Presbyterian Church, 360 W 7th Street.
Saturday, Dec. 9, 3 pm, $25, free for 17 and younger.
Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W Olive Street.