GAUDETE! REJOICE! Sunday Dec. 5th 3:30 PM

3900 Alameda de las Pulgas,San Mateo CA 94403

05 December, 2021

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Get ready to immerse yourself in a great musical experience! Back and better than ever, the Peninsula Community Chorus and Heart & Soul, kick off their first in person concert! The downbeat begins Saturday, December 4, 2021 and Sunday, December 5, 2021 at 3:30 P.M. The choir has specially picked out an exciting mix of holiday music to share with you! Your live entertainment takes place at Transfiguration Episcopal Church, 3900 Alameda de las Pulgas in San Mateo, CA. This is a fabulous environment for a wonderful listening experience with limited, socially distanced seating. Think about your ideal concert event: This is it! For more info about the Peninsula Community Chorus and Heart & Soul, visit our website, www.comesing.org. Proof of vaccination and masking required upon entry. Tickets are $20 each plus $1.72 Eventbrite fee, with children under 18 free. We look forward to singing for you! History. In existence since 1992, the Foster City Community Chorus and Heart & Soul have performed across the country in recent years, including performances of Haydn’s The Creation in Dallas, Handel’s Messiah at Carnegie Hall, Omnia Sol at Grace Cathedral and “Paradise Lost: Shadows and Wings” at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles. In 2012, 94 singers and friends toured Rome, Florence and Venice for concerts in Rome and singing Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica. They headed for New Zealand and Australia in 2014, with the opportunity to sing Morton Lauridsens’ Lux Aeterna in the Sidney Opera House. In 2015, they returned to Washington, D.C. to sing in the National Memorial Day Parade and at the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. Last year, they joined with other choruses to perform the entire Faure Requiem at Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. This June, they go to Barcelona, Spain, joined by friends and family alike. Erin Moore, Director. Erin Moore moved to the Bay Area from Baltimore, MD in 2012 and since then has been involved with several local choral and theater groups as a conductor, vocal coach, musical director, and a private voice instructor. Her life-long passion for music began at an early age and in middle and high school she began formally studying voice and subsequently choral conducting. A frequent soloist in her hometown of Nashville, TN, Erin was a member of several award-winning school and church-based choral organizations throughout her middle and high school years. Erin received her Bachelor of Music in classical vocal performance from the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill where she graduated with honors and was inducted into Phi Beta Kappa. She went on to earn a Masters of Arts in Teaching for choral conducting at the same institution and subsequently spent 7 years as a high school music educator, musical director, and choral conductor in the greater DC and Baltimore areas. In addition to teaching, Erin also composed and arranged original works for her choral and advanced a cappella ensembles, served as pit conductor for many full-stage musicals, and was a musical director at a summer musical theater camp for middle and high school students. In addition to proudly serving as Choral Conductor for the Peninsula Musical Arts Association, Erin is also a member of the Masterworks Chorale of San Mateo where she currently serves as the Assistant Conductor. She also actively teaches voice and serves as a musical director with Pied Piper Players, a community theater group in San Mateo for late elementary through high school aged students. Known for her energy and musicianship, she is committed to delivering high-quality choral music experiences through a wide range of repertoire to the greater Bay Area community while always bringing a sense of connection, education, and joy to both choral ensembles and audiences alike. Anna Khaydarova, Accompanist. Completing her ??th season as Piano Accompanist is Anna Khaydarova, a very accomplished pianist who took Second Prize in the Bartok-Prokofiev Kabalevsky International Piano Competition in Redford, Virginia and won the NDNU Concerto Competition in San Francisco. Sponsors. The Foster City Community Chorus and Heart & Soul are co-sponsored by the Foster City Parks and Recreation Department and the Peninsula Musical Arts Association. For more information, call 650-268-8345 or visit www.comesing.org.