About Us: The Rhode Island Festival Chorus

Our First Program

"RISings"

Five Rhode Island community choruses decided to put together a state-wide choral festival. The groups met monthly since September of 2004 to develop the following:

  • A one day festival and concert at the historic Veterans Memorial Auditorium Arts and Cultural Center in Providence.

  • Each chorus performed a set of music on their own in the concert.

  • The choruses joined together (260 singers in all!) to sing under the direction Richard D. Mathey, retired Director of Choral Activities, College of Musical Arts, Bowling Green State University of Ohio.

  • Karen Adams, news anchor for WPRI, Channel 12 in Providence was our wonderful Mistress of Ceremonies.  

RI Festival Chorus Committee Member Groups

Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus

Jamestown Community Chorus

West Bay Chorale

All In a Chord

Carillon Women's Chorus

RI Festival Chorus Committee Officers

Chair: B.J. Whitehouse, Jamestown Community Chorus

Vice Chair: Bobbe Young, Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus

Treasurer: Nanci Wass, Member-at-Large

Secretary: Dolores DelSesto, All in a Chord

Representative: Deb Moran and Susan Dean, West Bay Chorale

Representative: Monty Gomez, Jamestown Community Chorus

Representative: Pat Pollock, All In a Chord

Representatives: Kathy Leveille, Joyce Wolfe and Toni Roselli, Carillon Women's Chorus

Committees

Music:

Mary Shaw, Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus

Marion Gomez, Jamestown Community Chorus

Monty Gomez, Jamestown Community Chorus

 

Ways & Means:

BJ Whitehouse, Chair, Jamestown Community Chorus 

Publicity: 

Nanci Wass, RI Civic Chorale

Monty and Marion Gomez, Jamestown Community Chorus

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Mary, Bill Karl and Steve at the Cox Studios

Logistics:

Bobbe Young, Chair, Cumberland-Lincoln Community Chorus

Nanci Wass, The Rhode Island Civic Chorale