Linn-Benton Community College

The Linn-Benton Community College choirs will perform their winter concert “Singing the Songs of Innocence” on Thursday, March 15 at 7:30 p.m. in the LBCC Russell Tripp Performance Center, Takena Hall, 6500 Pacific Blvd. SW, Albany. LBCC director of choral activities, James Reddan, will conduct the performances of the Concert Choir, Re-Choired Element Chamber Choir, Women’s Ensemble, Blue Light Special and the Sirens. Diana Hancock will accompany on piano. The concert will feature songs from across the choral repertoire performed by LBCC's award winning choirs. Performances will include Make Our Garden Grow (Bernstein), Festival Sanctus (Purifoy), Plenty Good Room (Spiritual), Ascendit Deus (Philips), Keep Your Hand On the Plow (Spiritual), Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine (Eric Whitacre) and more. Additionally, contemporary pieces will be performed including The Shoop Shoop Song and Shooting Stars by LBCC's vocal a cappella ensembles Blue Light Special and The S...

Come celebrate choral music in the Willamette Valley at the 3rd Annual Albany Sings! Concert on Thursday, May 26 at 7 p.m. at the First Assembly of God Church, 2817 Santiam Highway, Albany. Approximately 300 singers from the Calapooia, Memorial, and North Albany Middle Schools, West and South Albany High Schools, and the Linn-Benton Community College choirs will perform a plethora of choral works sure to knock your socks off. After individual performances, the ensembles will combine to perform "Give Us Hope" by Jim Papoulis, Arranged by Francisco Nunez in a mass choir performance. Performances will be conducted James Reddan, LBCC; John Kluttz, Calapooia Middle School; Julie Buchert, Memorial Middle School; LeAnn Wind, North Albany Middle School; Brett DeYoung, South Albany High School; and Cate Caffarella, West Albany High School. This performance is free and open to the public, no tickets required. Come on out and celebrate music, singing, and the many award winning Albany ...