Community Chorus

Based in Bainbridge Island, WA

In 1971 on Bainbridge Island, population 11,284, a group of music lovers gathered in the home of Gloria and Lou Goller to discuss forming a choral singing group. They recruited singers and an accompanist, and on Sunday, December 12, 1971, in the Bainbridge High School LGI Room, David Pence directed the first performance of the Bainbridge Chorale. The work performed was Antonio Vivaldi's Gloria.

In the subsequent 47 years, the Island's population has grown to 24,000, and the Chorale has grown along with it. We are proud to be a part of this organization, which has brought to our community all forms of music - classical, jazz, spirituals, show tunes, folk songs - in an ever-growing repertoire that includes choral masterworks as well as the music of local composers. Many other groups have joined with us in concert over the years, including our Bainbridge school choirs, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra, the Northwest Symphony Orchestra, Choral Arts Northwest, and the Cascadian Chorale, as well as string quartets, brass chorales, jazz ensembles, organists, pianists, percussionists, banjo pickers, and guitarists.

Founded - 1971.  

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