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The vocal group CoastSing, directed by Sue Bohlin, will perform their annual Christmas Concert featuring music by Rutter, Torme, Durufle and more, on Sunday, December 17 at 4pm. Tickets will be $25 in advance, $5 more day of and will be available at the Dolphin Gallery, Gualala Arts and online at Eventbrite.com
17 & under free with a paying adult
This concert will feature special guest Bryn Harris, Jessie Hanna, drums, Tom Merline, piano.
Program Notes
Christmas Comes but Once a Year – a Celtic celebration of food and drink at Christmas time
Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire – featuring Bryn Harris
Canticle of the Turning – featuring Christine Kan, violin
Ubi caritas by Maurice Duruflé
Good King Wenceslas
Sim Shalom – Grant us Peace
Heliseb Väljadel – a secular setting of Ave Maria in Estonian, featuring Jacqueline Redd
The Old Astronomer
Hallelujah by Leonard Cohen
Verde Mar de Navegar – a celebration of the sea & sky in Portuguese
selections from John Rutter’s Magnificat – sung in Latin, featuring Bryn Harris and Jacqueline Redd
About Director Sue Bohlin
In October 2023, shortly before celebrating 23 years of marriage, musical couple Sue Bohlin and Bob Geary were entered into the United States Congressional Record by Representative Barbara Lee of California’s 12 district for “exemplary service in the field of choral music”. Both have received “Founders” awards from the Piedmont East Bay Children’s Choir after 4 decades of leading the group to international recognition. Maestro Geary is the 2023 winner of two prestigious awards from Chorus America. A published composer, Sue recently quit driving back and forth to her Bay Area music gigs, and prefers the scenic beauty and gentle nature of all things on the coast. Besides directing CoastSing, Sue currently helps out the music program in the Pt. Arena School District, plays piano for the Shepherd of the Sea, and teaches voice and piano privately. Mr. Geary currently conducts his professional choir, Volti, plus the SF Choral Society, and Piedmont Choir’s Ancora. Sue and Bob share their time between their house in Anchor Bay and a boat in Sausalito.