Guild

Pacific Chorale Guild • Premiere Chapter

Pacific Chorale Guild–Premiere Chapter consists of individuals and families with two overlapping aims: Tangible support of the Pacific Chorale and its programs, and developing and maintaining social connections among people who share those goals. Members typically include Chorale supporters, subscribers, and audience members, current and alumni singers in the Chorale, their families and friends.

The Guild is one place where current singers, past singers, and non-singing music aficionados can work together on common projects, broaden their cultural exposures, and cultivate friendships at the same time.

The Guild was founded in 1990 as an avenue for the full range of Pacific Chorale supporters to collaborate and socialize in an atmosphere which is fiscally productive and socially and musically fulfilling. Above all, the theme is that fun and funding are not mutually exclusive.

The Pacific Chorale Guild creates activities for members to express both personal affinity and tangible support for the Pacific Chorale. These entail both social and cultural events and innovative projects for raising funds and in-kind support.

Among its notable projects have been:

Underwriting production of the popular Christmas CD Sing Noël
Creating and auctioning the Harmony Quilt, a remarkable and lucrative fundraising project
Sponsoring radio broadcasts of Pacific Chorale concerts
Presenting an impressive and informative series of "Conversations," building social events around intimate discussions with well-known personalities in the music world. Luminaries have included:

John Alexander
Martin Bernheimer
Dean Corey
Carver Cossey
Jo Ann Falletta
Bonnie Grice
Robert Istad
Morten Lauridsen
Jerry Mandel
Paul Salamunovich
Carl St.Clair
Patrick Stoyanovich, www.metrocitymusic.com
Jim Svejda
Frank Ticheli
Eric Whitacre
Organizing excursions to notable productions in Los Angeles, such as The Lion King, The Producers, and the May 2005 Daphnis and Chloe Los Angeles Philharmonic collaboration at Disney Hall.
Organizing a Pacific Chorale Thirty-fifth Anniversary in 2003, raising $25,000 and bringing together generations of past and current singers and other musical collaborators from far afield
Maintaining a pool of volunteers to help with Chorale staff and Guild administrative tasks.

BECAUSE Pacific Chorale

is an institution of critical importance to the cultural life of southern California, and indeed to the state of choral music in the United States
has served now or in the past as a vital part of the individual musical development of many singers, and often their career paths
provides each singer and supporter with a specific, personal place in the overall cultural community
acts as an extended family on a number of dimensions: professionally, artistically, and personally
provides an additional window on the wider musical and cultural world and its key personalities
is and always has been full of remarkable and interesting people who deserve to know each other on dimensions beyond purely musical rehearsal and performance

JOIN NOW!!

Pacific Chorale Guild's yearly dues of $50 per family (or less) entitle members to:

the biannual Guild newsletter ChorusLine
priority invitations to Guild events and benefits
substantial discounts for Guild-sponsored events.

For membership information, contact Steve Webb at stevewebb1@compuserve.com or 714 957-1916