(Please hold applause until after each group of pieces.)  

Asian roots

Kua Rongo Mai Koe…………………………………………………………………………………Ngapo Wehi, arr. Eddie Quaid soloist: Melanie Grube Chinese Melodies (Two Songs on Love and Nature)……………………………arr. Jon Washburn (b.1942) soloists: Frank Trujillo, Kristine Bryan

Sacred traditions

Ave maris stella …………………………………………………………………………………………………….Javier Busto (b.1949) soloist: Debra Nielsen or Lorilee Brasseur from Shirim L’yom Tov (Four Festive Songs)………………………………………………….Shulamit Ran (b.1949) Shiru l’Adonai Ma Tovu Dravidian Dithyramb………………………………………………………………………………Victor Paranjotti (1906-1967)

Baltic voices

Livonian Heritage……………………………………………………………………………………………………Veljo Tormis (b.1930) Lindude äratamine (Waking the birds) Vastlad (Shrovetide) Unehiireke (Wee winkie mouse) Laulis isa, laulis poega (The father sang, the son sang) soloist: Jeff Pierce

INTERMISSION 

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CHORAL JOURNEYS

Scandinavian dreams

The Garden of the Seraglio (from Three Choral Ballads)………Wilhelm Stenhammar (1871-1927) Flowering Almond Tree (from Nocturnes) …………………………………………….Hildor Lundvik (1885-1951) Northern Lights …………………………………………………………………………………………………………Ola Gjeilo (b. 1978) Selections from the Shoreline Singers

All Ye Who Music Love ……………………………………………………………………Baldassare Donato (c.1527-1603) Le Pont Mirabeau …………………………………………………………………………………………Lionel Daunais (1902-1982) Son de Camaguey……………………………………………………Cuban folk song, arr. Stephen Hatfield (b. 1956) Earth Song …………………………………………………………………………………………………………….Frank Ticheli (b. 1958) Salmo 150 ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..Ernani Aguiar (b. 1950) Argentine passions

from Indianas …………………………………………………………………………………………Carlos Guastavino (1912-2000) Quién Fuera Como El Jazmín Chañarcito, Chañarcito Una De Dos

Kristine Anderson, piano American heritage

Oh, Shenandoah……………………………………………………………………………………………….arr. Alf Houkum (b. 1935) soloist: Shannon Walch

Someday Is Today …………………………………………………………………………………………….André Thomas (b. 1952) soloist: Lorilee Brasseur or Kristine Bryan Kristine Anderson, piano

W elcome to Choral Journeys, our musical excursion through the world of song. In to-day’s program you’ll savor an exotic potpourri of sound, both folk and classical, from around the globe.

We begin with a sampler of music with Asian roots. Kua Rongo Ake Au is part of a traditional welcome ceremony among the Maori people of New Zealand. A female elder from the host village typically calls out to welcome the visiting group and is answered by a caller from the visitors. The welcome allows the visitors safe passage to enter the courtyard of the sacred ancestral house.

I have heard the voice of welcome greeting me, welcoming me as part of the wider world: "Rise up, welcome, welcome!" Whose voice is it? Whose authority do I see? It is the district of the great harbor of Tara (the capital city).

Chinese Melodies: Two Songs on Love and Nature was written for the Vancouver, B.C., Chamber Choir’s tour to China and Hong Kong in 1987 by their director, Jon Washburn. He chose two popular Chinese songs (the first, Kang Ding Love Song, more traditional; the second, Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow, more contemporary and written originally by Huang Tz) and composed a beautiful, lilting vocal accompaniment which evokes the sound of the Chi-nese lute and flute.

The next group of pieces explores various sacred traditions. A native of the Basque region of Spain, Javier Busto is a self-taught composer and conductor, winning international acclaim for both activities in recent years. His meditative setting of Ave maris stella (a ninth-century liturgical hymn to the Virgin Mary) beautifully alternates chant-like solo lines with choral writing characterized by consonant harmonic clusters, rich textures, and choral pedal tones.

Program Notes

Kang Ding Love Song On the hillside, horses roam. Clouds float over Kang Ding town. A new moon is shining on Kang Ding town. So good is she, the daughter of Li. Jang’s son saw her, and fell in love. New moon shining; he fell in love.

Looking for Plum Blossoms in the Snow The snowfall has stopped, the day has

turned sunny. Plum blossoms scent the air.

I ride my little donkey past the bridge; His bell is tinkling - ding dong, ding dong.

Such lovely flowers I am putting in a vase. I read and I play music - such a happy time!

Ave Maris Stella

Israeli-born composer Shulamit Ran has taught at the University of Chicago since 1973, and has been awarded numerous major composition prizes during her career, including a Pulitz-er prize in 1991. Her Shirim l’Yom Tov (Four Festive Songs) were written for the Bar Mitz-vah ceremonies of her two sons in 2003 and 2005. The two selections performed here both exhibit elements reminiscent of traditional Jewish sacred music. Shiru l’Adonai God, our ruler, who created the heavens, Who gave breath unto the people… I, your God, have called you in righteousness, and made you a covenant people, a light to the nations. Sing unto God a new song, and God’s praise from the end of the earth. You who go down to the sea, and all that is therein, the isles and inhabitants thereof, Sing unto God a new song. (Isaiah 42)

Ma Tovu How fair are your tents, O Jacob; your dwellings, O Israel. (Numbers 24)

Written in 1962 by acclaimed Indian composer and conductor Victor Paranjoti, the excit-ing Dravidian Dithyramb embodies typical melodic and rhythmic elements of the ragas of South Indian classical music. As such, the textless piece, while not explicitly religious, has roots in the ancient Vedic hymns of the Hindu temples, the fundamental source of all Indian music. The first word of the title refers to the languages and people of South India (as op-posed to "Arian" which defines those in the north), while the second word is a Greek term for a wild, passionate hymn.

Hail, O Star of the ocean, God's own Mother blest, ever-sinless Virgin, gate of heavenly rest.

Taking that sweet Ave, which from Gabriel came, peace confirm within us, changing Eve's name.

Break the sinners' fetters, make our blindness day, Chase all evils from us, for all blessings pray.

Show thyself a Mother, may the Word divine born for us thine Infant, hear our prayers through thine.

Virgin all excelling, mildest of the mild, free from guilt preserve us meek and undefiled.

Keep our life all spotless, make our way secure till we find in Jesus, joy for evermore. Praise to God the Father, honor to the Son, in the Holy Spirit, be the glory one. Amen.

Next we travel to Northern Europe to experience Baltic voices from the past. Estonian composer Veljo Tormis is one of the most significant contemporary choral composers in his country. The most important aspect of his choral work is his settings of the ancient folk-songs of his Balto-Finnic ancestors, including the massive six-part cycle known as Forgotten Peoples. Written over a period of almost twenty years (1970-1989), these a cappella arrange-ments of archaic songs capture the cultures and languages of several indigenous but now dis-appearing ethnic groups in parts of eastern Finland, western Russian, Estonia, and Latvia.

In this program we present the first series of the cycle: Livonian Heritage. Long ago the Livonian people inhabited territory around the Gulf of Riga in what is now Latvia. In this cen-tury, their language is spoken by only a handful of people in a few fishing villages. Livonian Heritage reflects the transformation over time of the Livonian people. The ancient incanta-tion to nature (Waking the Birds), gives way to the entertainment of the Shrovetide mummers (children who would sing and dance in exchange for food during the three days preceding Lent); the repetitive Wee Winkie Mouse is a simple children’s song in dialogue form, and the rollicking drinking song The Father Sang, the Son Sang reflects later Latvian influences.

Waking the Birds Tsitsor-birds, tsitsor-birds, now it's time to wake up, tsitsor, tsitsor!

You have had a long sleep night after night, day after day. Let fat flounders come into our sea, lean ones into another one; good animals into our wood, wolves and bears into another one;

good boys into our village, cruel ones into another one; hard-working maids into our village, lazy ones into another one.

Tsitsor-birds, now it's time for you to wake!

Shrovetide Sing, mummer, dance, mummer; sing and dance, Shrove mummer!

Mother dear, let the children in! Mother dear, let the Shrove mummers in!

The children's feet are cold: they peed their shoes wet, now their feet are freezing.

I well know what's a Shrove mummer's share: a small loaf of bread, three mugs of beer,

that's what it is, the Shrove mummer's share.

Wee Winkie Mouse Where are you running, wee winkie mouse, pai-pai-pai-pai?

To carry the wood, to heat the sauna, pai-pai-pai.

The Father Sang, the Son Sang

The father sang, the son sang, the two hired helpers sang. Father and his son sang well together,

much better than the hired help. Rallallaa! What's their secret, how is it that their singing goes so well?

They've been drinking a lot of beer, they have eaten a lot of honey. Rallallaa!

One barrel's in the cellar, two mugs are on the table. Shove it here, shove it there, shove it to the end of the table.

Rallallaa!   

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You'll suffocate in the smoke. I'll crawl under the platform. What will you eat there? What will you drink? I'll eat some mud, I'll drink some mire. You'll get a swollen belly. I'll prick it with a needle. Wouldn't it smart? I'll smear some butter on it.

Where do you get the butter from? I'll take it from the grandmother's churn. Where does the grandmother get it from? From the udder of a piebald cow. Where does the piebald cow get it from? From the head of a green bulrush. Where does the bulrush get it from? From the dew in the morning. Where does the morning dew get it from? From the bottom of a deep river.  

A short journey across the Baltic Sea takes us to Sweden and Norway for what we call “Scandinavian dreams” - atmospheric songs of love and nature. Composer,conductor,and pia-nist Wilhelm Stenhammar was one of the most versatile Swedish musicians of the late-19th/early-20th centuries. The Garden of the Seraglio, from his early Three Choral Ballads, dis-plays his ardent Romantic vocabulary as it describes the beautiful courtyard of the Sultan’s harem in Istanbul.

 Hildor Lundvik worked as a music teacher, organist,and choral conductor in Stockholm. His main achievement as a composer was in the field of vocal music, where his choral Noc-turnes (1937) [also called Verlaine Moods, after the French symbolist poet] have stood the test of time with their natural freshness. The lyrical Flowering Almond Tree evokes vaguely Asian images with its vivid impressionist tone coloring.

Norwegian-born Ola Gjeilo, now based in New York, has quickly become one of the most compelling young composers on the contemporary choral scene. His haunting Northern Lights was written in an attic outside Oslo during Christmas in 2007, where, over a wintry lake under the stars, the composer witnessed the “terrible beauty” of the aurora borealis - the northern lights. The seemingly unrelated text of his piece also reflects on a terrible, powerful beauty, though the music, like the northern lights themselves, is quite serene on the surface.

You are beautiful, O my love, sweet and comely as Jerusalem, terrible as an army set in array. Turn away your eyes from me, for they have made me flee away. Song of Songs 6:4,5

Our guest performers, the Shoreline Singers, take us first to 16th-century Italy. In its original Italian version (called Chi la gagliarda) this spirited “villanella” (a simpler, more rustic cousin of the madrigal) by Donato was quite popular in the late Renaissance. The Venetian-born composer was a choir boy and later head singing instructor at the famous San Marco Ca-thedral, and wrote many sacred and secular vocal works. Over 200 years later, Thomas Oli-phant, a Scottish musical editor and author who published several collections of early vocal music, penned the paraphrased English version All Ye Who Music Love in 1837.

French-Canadian composer Lionel Daunais was better known as an accomplished operatic baritone during his lifetime. Of his rather few choral pieces, the best known is the beautiful and nostalgic Le Pont Mirabeau. The text by French poet Guillaume Apollinaire compares the memories of lost love to the flowing waters of the River Seine in Paris.

Le Pont Mirabeau Beneath the Mirabeau bridge the River Seine flows,

And there memories of our loves return to me. Joy comes always after pain. Night comes, the hours pass; the days slip by, I remain.

Love slips away like this current of water; Love slips away like life ever slowing, And as hope becomes violent. Night comes, the hours pass; the days slip by, I remain.

Days pass, weeks pass, but neither time nor love return. Under the bridge Mirabeau the Seine flows. Night comes, the hours pass; the days slip by, I remain.

Fellow Canadian Stephen Hatfield hails from British Columbia, and is well-known for his creative pieces inspired by world folk music. The exciting Son de Camaguey is based on a snippet of a traditional Cuban song, and captures the rhythms and sounds of that region in central Cuba.

It is a beautiful thing, this splendid coast, these traditions, and these sounds from Camaguey!   

Highly regarded for his music for orchestra and concert band, Southern California com-poser Frank Ticheli has also produced a number of engaging works for chorus. Earth Song, on a text by the composer, is a poignant cry for peace in a turbulent world, and an affirmation of the power of music to comfort and uplift.

Sing…Be…Live…See… This dark stormy hour; the wind, it stirs. The scorched earth cries out in vain: O war and power, you blind and blur. The torn heart cries out in pain. But music and singing have been my refuge. And music and singing shall be my light. A light of song, shining strong: Alleluia! Through darkness and pain and strife, I’ll Sing…Be…Live…See… Peace.

 

Ernani Aguiar is one of the most influential composers in contemporary Brazilian music. Like many of his works, Salmo 150 is characterized by driving rhythms and rapid articula-tions of text.

Praise God in his sanctuary; praise him in his mighty heavens. Praise him for his acts of power; praise him for his surpassing greatness. Praise him with the sound of the trumpet; praise him with the harp and lyre. Praise him with tambourine and dancing; praise him with strings and pipe. Praise him with resounding cymbals; praise him with cymbals of joy. Let everything that has breath praise the Lord. Alleluia! (Psalm 150)

We journey further into Latin America to experience more South American passion. Car-los Guastavino was one of Argentina's leading 20th century composers, and perhaps the great-est exponent of the country’s more conservative tradition of romantic nationalism. Much of his music was written for piano and/or voices, and most was greatly influenced by Argentine folk music. In celebration of the 100th anniversary of Guastavino’s birth, the chorus is pleased to present three excerpts from his lovely suite of six choral pieces entitled Indianas.

Quién Fuera Como El Jazmín Who could be like the jasmine, when it begins to bloom, giving fine perfume, to be in your possession. To be in your possession, my love, who could be a flower! Who could be as the rose, with its gracefulness, arising, red, with the light of the new day. To be in your possession, my love, who could be a flower! Who could be as the carnation, a variegated carnation, growing in blushes and sprinkled in white. To be in your possession, my love, who could be a flower!

Chañarcito, chañarcito (little thorn bush) Chañarcito, chañarcito, you have so many thorns; just like my heart, you are held up with thorns. Put your flowers among the thorns. Chañarcito, chañarcito, with beautiful, green branches; just like my heart, overflowing with love. Put your flowers among the thorns. Chañarcito, chañarcito, so joyful to look at; just like my heart, don’t let it faint. Put your flowers among the thorns.

 

Una De Dos

Water bends the willow stick.

One stick up in the air and the other soaking.

As water to the willow, your love turns me.

Some saw me in your eyes and some in the shadows.

One or the other: they will find me crying

or I will be with you.

When he looks at himself in the river, the sky comes down.

The river rewards him, giving tenderness.

As that mirror to the sky I would like to watch you.

The sky watches the river, the mirror gives back the sky.

At last our choral journey arrives on native soil with two pieces inspired by our quintes-sentially American heritage. The traditional folk song Oh,Shenandoah has received numerous choral treatments over the years, perhaps none lovelier than this richly romantic arrangement by Alf Houkom, written for the Dale Warland Singers in 1996. A native of Minnesota, and formerly on the music faculty of Cornell College in Iowa, Houkom now resides in New Mexico.

For our concert finale, we are pleased to present the regional premiere of a piece the Chorus commissioned jointly with over 20 other community, academic, and church choirs around the country, under the auspices of Chorus America, the national choral support and advocacy organization. Composed by André Thomas, Director of Choral Activities and Profes-sor of Choral Music Education at The Florida State University, the gospel-flavored Someday Is Today, with text by Niel Lorenz, makes a fervent plea for world-wide unity and coopera-tion, and brings our global musical excursion to a fitting and rousing climax!

Program notes by Fredrick Lokken     

Bellevue Chamber Chorus announces auditions for experienced singers in all voice parts for the final concert of our 2011‐2012 season, “Earth Songs”.   Auditions will be held during the week of March 19th, 2012. 

 

Call 425‐881‐0445 to schedule an audition appointment.  

Auditioners will be expected to:   sing a prepared piece of their choice, preferably from the classical tradition;   demonstrate vocal range;   demonstrate musical proficiency via ear training, aural memory, and sight‐

reading exercises.    An accompanist will be provided‐‐please provide a copy of music. 

  

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Bellevue Chamber Chorus consists of profes‐sional and avocational musicians of diverse back‐grounds, performing choral literature with varied accompaniment from all musical periods.  Throughout its 28‐year history, the Chorus has collaborated with other vocal and instrumental musicians of all ages, as well as dance troupes and visual artists, to present major works or unusual repertoire, including specially commissioned piec‐es by local composers such as Alan Hovhaness and John Muehleisen.  For thirteen years, Bellevue Chamber Chorus joined with the Bellevue Philhar‐monic Orchestra for a Baroque chamber‐style per‐formance of Handel’s complete Messiah during the holiday season.  The Chorus also performs at 

galas and other community activities such as the Argosy Christmas Ship, has performed twice at the Leavenworth Choral Festival, and was selected as one of the regional participants in the American Masterpieces Choral Festival in Seattle in 2007.  In July 2008, the Chorus was awarded first prize in the Adult Mixed Choir division at the prestigious Kathaumixw International Choral Festival in Powell River, B.C.  Other performances include New York’s Carnegie Hall, the Salzburg, Austria Church Mu‐sic Festival, the International Choral Festival in Sydney, Australia, and festival concerts in spectacular venues in Switzerland, Italy, Germany and the Czech Republic.  The Chorus has released two CDs: "Timeframes” and “Retrospective”, and is currently in production for a third CD of music to encom‐pass winter and Christmas favorites from previous seasons.  

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Bellevue Chamber Chorus

Tenor 

* Mike Grube 

Kim Hofer 

Lee Huffman 

Mark Liebendorfer 

Bill Paul 

Jeff Pierce 

David Williams 

Soprano ** Maria Bayer 

Lorilee Brasseur 

*** Debra Defotis  

Laurie Dietz 

 Shannon Fix 

Kim Lavoie 

* Debra Nielsen  

Alto 

** Kristine Bryan 

* Marta Chaloupka 

Mindy Freeland 

Melanie Grube 

** Susan Liechty 

** Kathie Patten 

** Amy Reed 

Pam Younghans 

Bass ** Allan Chartrand 

Dennis Defotis 

** Bill Freeland 

James McTernan 

Noah Metzger 

* Frank Trujillo  

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*** denotes Executive Director 

Conductor of collegiate, community, and church choirs in  Minnesota, California, and the Seattle area for over twenty years,  Dr. Fredrick Lokken is in his twelfth season as music director and conductor of the Bellevue Chamber Chorus.  Under his direc‐tion the Chorus has gained a growing reputation for exciting per‐formances of diverse and innovative programs from the tradition‐al classics to contemporary music from around the world.  He re‐ceived his doctoral degree in choral conducting from the Univer‐sity of Washington, where he studied under Abraham Kaplan and Joan Conlon.  He has done further study with renowned choral conductors Joseph Flummerfelt, Helmuth Rilling, and Jon Wash‐burn, and spent several years in the Netherlands doing choral re‐search and writing.  Dr. Lokken also holds a degree in vocal per‐formance from the University of Wisconsin and sang with the professional Dale Warland Singers.  In addition to his work with the Bellevue Chamber Chorus, Dr. Lokken serves as Director of Choral Music and Instructor of Voice at Shoreline Community College.  

The Shoreline Singers are the premiere vocal group from the music department of Shoreline Community College, directed by Dr. Fredrick Lokken.  Comprised of 12‐16 of the school’s most talent‐ed student vocalists, the Singers perform exclusively a cappella repertoire suitable for small ensem‐bles from the Renaissance through contemporary periods.  Moreover, the ensemble takes the a cap‐pella process seriously in rehearsals as well, and learns all its pieces with no, or minimal, use of a pi‐ano or other instrument.  The goal is to enable the students to become not only excellent singers, but excellent all‐around musicians.  Shoreline Community College has the largest and broadest‐based music department at the community college level in the state of Washington, and is proud to trans‐fer many of its students to some of the finest colleges, universities, and conservatories in the North‐west and around the country.   

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Kelsey Arsvold John Paul Burtch Bryce Donelson Kristin Geary Ryan Glascock Kiduk Lim 

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Sarah McGrath Erin McMullen Noah Metzger Sabrina Otness Laura Thomson Jacinda Waite  

About the Director

Assistant Director ...................................................................................................... Frank Trujillo 

Rehearsal Accompanist ..................................................................................... Kristine Anderson  

Rehearsal Midi File generation ...........................................................................  David Williams 

Score Management/Music Librarian ....................................................................... Kathie Patten 

Sound Engineer & Recording ........................................................................................ Kim Hofer  

Stage Manager and Volunteer Coordination  .......................................................  Lee Huffman 

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Website Management ......................................................... Sonja Delafosse, Mark Liebendorfer 

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Bellevue Chamber Chorus  

P.O.  Box 1714 

Bellevue, WA 98009‐1714 

(425) 881‐0445 

www.bellevuechamberchorus.org 

TO PLACE YOUR AD  in the  

Bellevue Chamber Chorus’  next concert program,  

please call  (425) 881‐0445  

for information and rates.  

The Bellevue Chamber Chorus  greatly appreciates the  support of our vendors.   

Please mention where you saw their ad when you patronize 

their businesses! 

 

EARTH SONGS Saturday, June 9, 2012,  7:30 pm and Sunday, June 10, 2012, 3:00 pm  

Theatre at Meydenbauer Center, Bellevue   

Celebrate nature and the environment  in this unique program honoring Mother Earth.   

 

Featuring the inspiring Missa Gaia: Earth Mass by Paul Winter,  

the concerts also include stirring music by Stephen Chatman,  

Eric Whitacre, Alberto Grau, and many more.  

Join us for this exciting season finale as we “Go Green” in song!  

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A World of Wine & Song Bellevue Chamber Chorus presents a gala fundraising event  

on Saturday, April 28th, 2012, 7:00 pm  

at the South Bellevue Community Center.   

See back page for further details. 

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“EASTSIDE SINGS” IS BACK! Singers of all abilities are invited to join four established Eastside choirs this summer 

in the thrill of singing great choral music:  Tuesdays July 10, 17, 24, and 31.  

Location to be announced.  Music selections will include Handel,  

Brahms, Poulenc and Vaughan Williams.   

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For more information on any of the above events, call 425‐881‐0445. 

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Purchase tickets NOW for  Bellevue Chamber Chorus’  annual  

gala fundraiser! 

A World A World ofof Wine & SongWine & Song

South Bellevue Community Center

April 28, 2012 ~ 7:00 - 11:00 PM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 

This year’s jet‐setting event will feature: 

An assortment of delectable HORS D'OEUVRES 

A wide variety of INTERNATIONAL WINES AND BEER 

A selection of CHORAL WORLD MUSIC to “pair” with these fine  

libations  

A SILENT AUCTION and RAFFLE BASKETS of assorted trips, wine,  

tours, and gifts sure to tantalize 

A lively DESSERT AUCTION of scrumptious sweets and treats 

LIVE DANCE MUSIC from Nelda Swiggett's fabulous trio 

Purchase tickets in the lobby today for this exciting,  fun, music‐filled evening for only $50 per person!  

 

Tickets are also available by calling 425‐881‐0445,  or on our website at www.bellevuechamberchorus.org.