Category Archives: Adopt A Singer

Dean has been singing with the chorale for about eleven years. He also serves as the president of the chorale’s board, taking care of everything from managing the online ticketing system and printing our programs, tickets, flyers, and mailers to … Continue reading →

Steve, a member of the chorale’s bass section, is a professor at UCI. He’s been with the chorale for five years and came to us with a great deal of choral experience. He spent four years in the University Choir … Continue reading →

Joe, a bass, joined the chorale in the 2010-11 season with his wife Kathy. His favorite performance last season was Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. Perhaps he was comforted by the message of redemption for mankind, as he is … Continue reading →

Lisa, an alto, is the musical theater aficionado in the chorale! She has 35 years of musical theater and opera performance under her belt, and she studied piano for eight years and took voice lessons for 10. An attorney by … Continue reading →

John Breihan, a retired community college administrator, has been singing with the Long Beach Chorale for five years. His favorite performance with us so far was the Brahms Requiem in the 2009-2010 season. “I enjoy the quality and variety of … Continue reading →

Susan Graham is one of our new singers this season, joining the alto section. She has a degree in choral vocal conducting from Cal State Long Beach and has been singing in choirs for as long as she can remember. … Continue reading →

A member of the Long Beach Chorale for six years, Tracy is an alto and a school teacher by day. Her favorite performance was the Brahms Requiem in the 2009-10 season. Tracy holds a bachelor’s degree in music from Cal … Continue reading →

Jackie Fritz is the chorale’s own Nurse Jackie. A nurse practitioner, she provides health advice, flu season updates, and pharmaceuticals to singers as needed. She’s also known to wake up at 4:00 and 5:00 in the morning to bake so … Continue reading →

Bill Eldon, one of our low, low basses, has been singing with the Long Beach Chorale for at least eight years. He can’t remember exactly. Probably because the time he’s spent diligently and strenuously hauling our risers and music stands … Continue reading →

Peter Woodruff is a retired university professor who has been singing with the basses in the Long Beach Chorale for two years. His favorite piece we’ve performed was the Brahms Ein Deutsches Requiem in the 2009-2010 season. Now gather round … Continue reading →