Classics+Rock Spring Concert, 2024
Register here & then show up (or vice-versa)! We welcome new singers year-round. You do not need to read music to be successful, but will use the skill if you have it. Our minimum requirements are simply an ability to 1) match pitch, 2) blend in, 3) strive to be a positive influence in our community.
Rehearsals are Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm, at t
Register here & then show up (or vice-versa)! We welcome new singers year-round. You do not need to read music to be successful, but will use the skill if you have it. Our minimum requirements are simply an ability to 1) match pitch, 2) blend in, 3) strive to be a positive influence in our community.
Rehearsals are Tuesdays, 6:30-8pm, at the Ellensburg Presbyterian Church, 1307 E 3rd St., Ellensburg.
Our Winter Season starts Sept 2, 2025.
Here's our Facebook page .
We are a non-auditioned, mixed-voice (SATB) choir, open to older teens & up under the direction of Jan Jaffe. (Jan is owner & director of Make Music Ellensburg.) We are a diverse group of people, welcoming & supportive of one another's musical & personal growth, & all are invited to our weekly post-rehearsal social hour.
Our motto: Togethe
We are a non-auditioned, mixed-voice (SATB) choir, open to older teens & up under the direction of Jan Jaffe. (Jan is owner & director of Make Music Ellensburg.) We are a diverse group of people, welcoming & supportive of one another's musical & personal growth, & all are invited to our weekly post-rehearsal social hour.
Our motto: Together in Song!
(P.S. We are not affiliated with any church even though we meet at one & often perform at another.)
We have several seasons each year with a wide variety of repertoire. Our approximate schedule:
Founded around 2012 by Ellensburg's own Lee Bates, this "do-good" choir has raised thousands of dollars for local non-profits & performed with dozens of special guest artists. Jan brought the choir back to life after the pandemic as its new director.
" I wanted to say that when I left the performance on Friday night, my heart felt so full. I haven't enjoyed singing like that since I was little. Thank you for the opportunity to be part of this choir and community." - Winter 2024
"Being a part of this group has been more than I ever expected it could be." - June 2023
"It was such a beautiful evening & joyous experience." - Spring 2024
Sponsor the choir in exchange for advertising & gratitude, or donate to our silent auction in June. Thank you!
Hope, a poem by Emily Dickinson, is set to music by Dr. John Pickett, 2021, for the Kittitas County Virtual Choir on the anniversary of the Covid-19 pandemic in Washington State.
To our neighbors, friends, & family, as well those across the globe - we wish you peace inside & out.
Produced with the generous support of the Ellensburg Arts Commission.
To our singers - we are so proud of your hard work & kind hearts.
Here is This is Who We Are, by Mark Burrows 2020.