Bellevue Chamber Chorus: A Holiday Gift "Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire"
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Roy Ringwald — Selected works
Because we can't carol in person this 2020 holiday season, Bellevue Chamber Chorus members are teaming up for a fun collaboration featuring festive December artwork by children from both Bellevue and our larger familial circles to create an online recording of Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire. This classic 1945 tune (also known as The Christmas Song) from Robert Wells and Mel Tormé was popularized by Nat King Cole, and the clever and fun choral arrangement by Roy Ringwald is full of classic holiday cheer and childhood mystery, sure to bring a smile! Featuring our magnificent accompanist Kristine Anderson in full 40's pianistic style! Join us for the premiere party on our official YouTube channel or Facebook.
The broadcast will take place at 7:30pm Pacific.
Watch the broadcast here:
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Link to donate: https://www.bellevuechamberchorus.org/#Support
About Bellevue Chamber Chorus
Bellevue Chamber Chorus, founded in 1984, performs a minimum of three major concerts each season, encompassing a variety of choral literature from the classical standards and contemporary works to world music, Broadway hits, and vocal jazz. The Chorus often joins other ensembles in performances of major choral/orchestral works, such as Mozart’s Vespers and Requiem, Faure’s Requiem, Verdi’s Requiem, Handel’s Messiah, Orff’s Carmina Burana, Brahms’ Requiem, Rutter's Mass of the Children, and Ariel Ramirez' Misa por la Paz y la Justicia. The ensemble has premiered works by regional composers, including commissioned works for the Washington State Centennial Celebration, the grand opening of the Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, a special 20th anniversary season commissioned piece, That Music Always Round Me, by Seattle composer, John Muehleisen, and co-commissions of pieces by Andre Thomas and Eric Whitacre. The Chorus has released three CDs, “Timeframes”, “Retrospective”, and our 2013 holiday CD, “Christmas Visions, Winter Dreams”. Bellevue Chamber Chorus tours often and has performed in Carnegie Hall, various locations in Europe, the International Music Festival (2000) in Sydney, Australia, and twice at the invitational Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, British Columbia, where they won first place in 2008 in the adult mixed chorus category. Other performances include the Leavenworth International Choral Festival, the international “Rolling Requiem” in memory of September 11th, as one of the regional choruses in the NEA sponsored American Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle, and in Kelowna, B.C. as part of the Okanogan Choral Society Series. The Chorus toured the south of France in the summer of 2017 and participated in the 22nd International Choir Festival in Provence, and the 9th International Choir Festival in Aveyron. The Chorus has been selected as one of only six choirs to perform in a special GSCC event “Welcome Home Morten Lauridsen” in October 2019. Bellevue Chamber Chorus has active memberships in the Bellevue Downtown Association, Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC) and Chorus America. The Chorus is supported in part by the Bellevue Arts Commission and 4Culture.
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