Thank you all for attending our 2024 Christmas concert series. Both the singers and audience came away with wonderful memories, putting us all into the holiday spirit.
Mark your calendars for our
Spring 2025 concerts!
April 11th, 12th & 13th, 2025
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Camerata Singers is pleased to welcome our new Artistic Director & Conductor,
Mark PurceIl
Mark Purcell comes to us as the current music department chair (where he has conducted the choir and music ensemble since 2006) at Santa Catalina School in Monterey. Read more about Mark here.
We couldn’t do what we do without our collaborative pianist, Lucy Faridany. Well-known in the area as a talented concert pianist and accompanist, Lucy contributes greatly to the performances of our ensemble; we are delighted to have Lucy as part of our music-making.
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Come Sing with Us! Are you interested in singing in a chorus both musically satisfying & personally warm and accepting?
Auditions for our April concert will be held January 7th, 2025. No prepared solo is needed, so don’t be stressed - you’ll be asked to sing scales and do tone matching. If you are interested or have any questions, please contact our president - Julia Turner at juleyah@comcast.net - she will be happy to talk with you and set you up with an audition time.
Rehearsals begin January 14th for our April (11-13th) concert. We meet at 6:30 p.m. in Salinas, along with a day-long “retreat” on March 15th. Our Skilled Nursing Facility performances are on April 15th & 22nd.
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~ Help support our local small businesses ~
These local retailers, offering our concert tickets at concert time, are small businesses in Monterey County. Please visit them to help support their businesses; let them know how much you appreciate their support of Camerata Singers.
We appreciate and honor their support:
Bookmark Music
307 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove
&
V.I.P. Salon
982 Park Row, Salinas
Thank you all so much for your support of Camerata Singers through the Monterey County Gives! Event. With your generous support, we surpassed $24,000 in donations. These donations, along with the additional support via Monterey County Gives! And the Community Foundation for Monterey County ensures our ability to continue providing music to local skilled nursing facilities here in Monterey County. Our gratitude is boundless. Thank you, thank you. May you all have a joyous 2025.
Here’s a history of how “Singing in the SNFs” came about: For years, Camerata Singers has presented beautiful music to audiences and supporters like you. We are now missing many who are no longer able to attend our concerts. Last year, with your MCGives! contributions, we began a new tradition of taking our music to seniors residing in local Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNFs). It is a joy to see their smiles, to watch them nod and mouth the words, to hear from them. Last year, one lady thanked us for bringing to her the memory of her father, who had been a choir director and singing with him. A gentleman asked, “If we know a song, can we sing along?” Of course! As we sang, several sang along quietly. “Winter Wonderland” and “What a Wonderful World” were favorites.
Wanting to continue a second year of singing at SNFs, recalling seniors’ enthusiasm to sing along, we realized our new “Big Idea” needed to be a sing-along as part of our SNF concerts. So, this Christmas, and from now on, our SNF programs will include an audience participation Sing-Along. We enjoyed memorable evenings with the SNF residents, solidifying our commitment to continuing these SNF performances for years to coome.
Keep in touch - Want to be the first to know about our upcoming plans? Give us your name and email address and we’ll add you to our email list!
Be an advertiser….
Do you own a business? Would you like to advertise in an upcoming concert program? We’d love to have you as a sponsor. Your ad will continue in each of our concert programs throughout the season.
With an ad purchase, you’ll receive complimentary tickets to our concerts.
Contact us here for more info. 
PO Box 428 • Salinas, California • 93902