Choirs of the West

The "Choirs of the West" concert will be moved to Brush College Elementary based on the weather reports earlier today. Unfortunately, they look fine now...

Corvallis trip

The Concert Choir had a fabulous trip to Crescent Valley High School and Oregon State University on Feb 9th. Here are some of the pictures from our day - sight reading with the high school students at CV, lunch at the OSU Memorial Union, and rehearsal with the OSU choirs. It was a great day, and our hosts were very impressed by our Walker singers!

Congratulations on a great December

The choirs finished their holiday concert run with Concert Choir's performance at the Capitol Rotunda. One listener commented that this is the best that the Walker choirs have sounded in years. Congratulations singers!!

West Side Singers to perform for Rotary

The West Side Singers will perform at the December meeting of the West Salem Rotary on December 13th during the lunch hour, 12-1.

Dates posted

Our 2010-11 calendar is available on the right sidebar. If you need clarification on dates or lost your calendar, here it is!

Welcome to 2010-11!

I am THRILLED to start working with our choirs this year. To make it even better, Walker now features an additional choir. The Chorale was split from a 6th-8th mixed choir into a 6th grade choir and a 7th/8th grade choir. Stay tuned for the updated choir handbook and calendar.

Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival

The West Side Singers performed well and received great feedback at this year's Pleasant Hill Jazz Festival. Here are some photos from the trip.

Concert Choir to attend invitational March 5th

The Concert Choir will attend the Claggett Invitational Festival on March 5th. The day includes mass choir rehearsal with the choirs of Claggett Creek, Whiteaker, Stephens at the First United Methodist Church, concluding with a concert at 12:30 at the State Capitol Rotunda. The choir will be at the festival from 9am-2pm.

New performance dates

Two dates have been added to the Walker Choirs performance calendar:

12/7 - West Side Singers performance for Rotary, 12:00 pm, West Salem Roth's
12/16 - Walker Chorale performance at Capitol Rotunda, 1:30 pm

Sectionals this week

Since sectional dates were sent home today, there will be no after school sectional tomorrow. Concert Choir women will meet during lunch tomorrow, and we will begin our regular schedule next week with women during lunch and men after school.

West Side Singers 09-10

Congratulations to the following singers, who will be our West Side Singers this year. We will begin rehearsals on Wednesday, Sept 16th at 7:00 am!

SOPRANO
Angelina Watson
Kailyn Tacy
Emily Cantrell Cole
Hannah Casebier

ALTO
Meagan Graves
Maddy Hook
Kati Nelson
Miranda Ramey
Bethany Mendoza

TENOR/BASS
Jashon McCloud
Evin Rose
Luke Andersen
Zaak Anderson-Klem (semester 2)

We are short on men; any male singer interested in joining should see Ms. Seitz.

Note about jazz auditions

Singers who were in West Side Singers last year still need to audition on the 10th and 11th. Admittance into the ensemble is not automatic for last year's members.

West Side Singers jazz auditions

Auditions for this year's West Side Singers will be held after school on September 10th and 11th in the choir room. Come to the choir room to sign up for a 5-minute time slot. Singers should be prepared to sing a song in the style of their choice (pop, jazz, folk) and will also do a vocal range check, sing-backs of short note pattenrs, and sight read a short exerpt.

Welcome!

Welcome to the Walker Choir Blog. I am Anna Seitz, the new Director of Choirs at Walker, and I'm excited and ready to begin a year of choral excellence with the choirs. I come to Salem from Albany where I taught previously, although I am originally from Corvallis. After receiving my B. Music from the University of Oregon, I completed my master's degree and teaching license at Oregon State University. The combination makes Civil War sporting events difficult! I have been fortunate to gain a multitude of musical experience as a soloist, choir member, director. I look forward to working with you!