Summer Sing-A-Longs

Celebrate the RETURN of CHORAL SINGING!

SINGERS! All-in-one…

…practices and performances of each of these glorious programs! Rehearse well-known masterworks under these experienced conductors during the day, and perform them that same evening. Space is limited – ADVANCE REGISTRATION REQUIRED!

SINGERS! Register for one, two, or all three Sing-a-Longs

Registration is $15 per event (or just $30 for all 3 programs!) and includes a delicious meal and your borrowed choral score. Scores will be available for pick up two weeks ahead of time, OR simply get your score the morning of the event. Return scores immediately after the performance that evening.

more SINGER details:

Hours: 9am – 4pm, with breaks throughout the day. Performances: 5:30 – 6:30pm.

BRING your performance attire that morning: white shirt/blouse, black pants/skirts, black closed-toe shoes. Dark long tie for men, pearls, or similar minimal jewelry for women.

PLEASE! NO fragrances – many people are allergic.

Current covid protocols will be followed. Singers MAY be spaced apart for rehearsal and performance as protocols advise. Masks will NOT be required, but you may wear one if you prefer.

AUDIENCE INFO:

FREE performances of these events take place 5:30-6:30p, both in-person and livestreamed. Please scroll down for dates and program details.

Grace Presbyterian Church

1515 W. Charleston Blvd

Las Vegas, NV 89102

gracepclv.org

702-384-4554

JUNE Summer Sing-a-Long

Saturday, June 24th featuring the Rutter Gloria conducted by Randy Pagel.

performance 5:30-6:30p at Grace Presbyterian Church in-person or livestreamed at gracepclv.org

Randy Pagel taught at Thurman White Middle School in Henderson, Nevada where the choirs were nationally renowned, performing at Carnegie Hall, the Kennedy Center, Orchestra Hall in Chicago, and at national conventions for both the American Choral Directors Association and the National Association for Music Education. He conducts the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society.
Mr. Pagel continues to conduct many honor choirs and music clinics around the country. His popular Ritchie Valens Medley is published by the Hal Leonard Corporation, and his book, The Choral Director’s Guide to Sanity…and Success! published by Heritage Music Press, is the Lorenz Corporation’s #1 all-time best seller. 

JULY Summer Sing-a-Long

Saturday, July 22nd featuring the Saint-Saëns Christmas Oratorio conducted by Dr. Lisa Elliott.

performance 5:30-6:30p at Grace Presbyterian Church in-person or livestreamed at gracepclv.org

Dr. Lisa Elliott is the Music Director at Grace Presbyterian Church Las Vegas; she directs the choir for the weekly services and also the Grace Concert Choir and orchestra in major works, most recently Handel’s Messiah, the Mozart Requiem, the Vivaldi Gloria, the Durufle Requiem, and the Mozart Vesperae Solennes de Confessore. She is also an adjunct professor in the voice department at UNLV.

AUGUST Summer Sing-a-Long

Saturday, August 26th – Favorite Moments from Musicals conducted by Dr. Mark Wherry.

performance 5:30-6:30p at Grace Presbyterian Church in-person or livestreamed at gracepclv.org

Dr. Mark Wherry is the director of vocal music at the Community College of Southern Nevada in Las Vegas where he conducts the College Singers, Chamber Choir and CCSN Jazz Singers. He has conducted the College Singers in performances of Vivaldi’s Gloria, Faure’s Requiem, Lauridesen’s Lux Aeterna, and Handel’s Messiah. The CCSN Jazz Singers, under the direction of Mark, have performed with a number of celebrities including Joe Williams, Barry Manilow, Robert Goulet, Dee Dee Bridgewater, and Clint Holmes. He is also the Music Director at Mountain View Presbyterian Church in Las Vegas.

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