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Membership
Our choir season runs for two terms each year, from September until the end of April the following year.
- Fall term
- September–December
- Winter term
- January–April
You can join for either
- Full year
- $275, payable in full in September
- One term
- $150/term, payable at the beginning of the term
Musical background and knowledge
Repertoire
Our Christmas concert combines traditional choral music and carols with contemporary holiday songs. Our spring cabaret combines standards and contemporary music. In other words, our repertoire spans a wide range of musical styles and has included
- selections by such composers as Leroy Anderson, Aaron Copland, Irving Berlin and Andrew Lloyd Webber, to name a few
- themes from film and television, as well as Broadway show tunes
- songs popularized by Louis Armstrong, Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holliday, Frank Sinatra, the Four Seasons, the Beatles, Simon and Garfunkel, Groucho Marx and many more
Performances
Festival Singers observes a dress code for its performances.
- Men
- long-sleeved black shirt, black slacks/pants
- Women
- long-sleeved black shirt, black slacks/pants, scarf
Women’s scarves are provided.
Music must be in a black binder or choir folder.
Time commitment and attendance
Festival Singers meets weekly for two hours. Unless otherwise stated, rehearsals run from 7:30 through 9:30 each Tuesday evening at Festival Place in Sherwood Park.There may be additional rehearsals as we near our performance dates, and our conductor will certainly provide all details about dress rehearsal times and locations.