Camerata Singers of Monterey County

OUR MISSION STATEMENT

The Camerata Singers of Monterey County provides high quality cultural and educational opportunities for a multi-generational audience through the production of choral music recognized for its imaginative programming and performance excellence.

THE SINGERS

Camerata Singers come from all walks of life - we are teachers, doctors, artists, lawyers, nurses, historians, dentists, farmers, executives, mathematicians, members of the military, civil engineers and pastors. We even have a blacksmith! What brings us together? The love of music and the desire to bring that music to you, our neighbors!

CAMERATA SINGERS FOUNDER

Dr. Vahé Aslanian, 1918 - 2008

In the 1580's, a literary, philosophical and artistic society known as the Florentine Camerata met in the salon of Giovanni de' Bardi in Florence, Italy, to discuss the music of Greek antiquity. Other members included Pietro Strozzi, and the musicians Vincenzo Galilei (Galileo's father) and Giulio Caccini. The Camerata Singers, like their namesakes, rehearsed each week in the Camera di Musica, in the home of their founder and Conductor Emeritus, Dr. Vahé Aslanian, from 1980 until his retirement in 1999. Today, the Camerata Singers are proud to perform throughout Monterey County.