Spring 2023 Concert

Our Spring Concert “Service” is just around the corner. Please join us for a Sunday afternoon filled with joyous music. Here’s a copy of our publicity poster.

Trinity United Methodist Women Tea Party

We were asked to perform for the ladies at their annual tea party. We were missing a few singers but gave it our best. Here are a few pictures (taken by David Erickson) along with a video recording of one of the songs we performed.

For the Beauty of the Earth
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Scholarship Fundraiser Concert

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Holiday Concert 2022

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Our Spring 2022 Concert Poster

Annual Scholarship Fund-Raiser

We will be doing our annual fund-raiser concert to support our endowed scholarship at USC-Aiken. Each year an aspiring music student is awarded a $1000 scholarship. All money collected at this concert will be directly applied to the scholarship fund. Here’s a poster with the details.

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Holiday Concert – 2021

Our First Performance with Keely Rhodes

On November 14, 2021, we served as the choir for the Sunday service at Trinity Unity Methodist Church. This was the inaugural performance lead by our new Artistic Director, Keely Rhodes. We were missing a few singers but managed to hold it together anyway. Here’s a link to us singing, done by Stan Gossard (thanks Stan!).

Meet Our New Artistic Director

We are happy to announce that our search for a new Artistic Director is complete. Ms. Keely Rhodes has been chosen to be our new leader. Keely is a mezzo-soprano who received a Bachelor’s of Music degree from Oberlin Conservatory and a Master’s and Doctor of Musical Arts degrees from the University of Texas in Austin. In academia, Dr. Rhodes has served as a director of choirs, head of vocal studies, and an assistant professor of music. She has also had the honor of serving as a Fulbright scholar to Italy in 2006-2007. She joined USC-Aiken as an Assistant Professor of Music in 2019. Keely also teaches private voice lessons, performs as a soloist and collaborative artist for choral, chamber, and symphonic groups and as an opera singer in the United States, Europe, Central America, and South America.

Seeking New Artistic Director

It is with mixed emotions that we said goodbye to our leader, our inspiration, Diane Haslam, back in October 2020. She decided to return to her homeland in England to be near her mum and family. We wish her only the best as she begins the next phase in her storied life.

The COVID-19 situation left us playing a wait and see game before seeking her replacement. That time has now come. We have formed a Search Committee to seek qualified candidates to take over as our Artistic Director. It is our intent to compile a list of interested candidates, complete an interview process narrowing down the number of potential candidates to three, and then have a series of rehearsals with each one so that the candidate will get a feel for us as well as us doing the same with him/her. Final selection will be made by a vote taken of the singers. In the case of a tie the Board will decide the winner.

If things go as planned, with our director search and the COVID-19 menace, we may be ready to resume limited singing again in the Fall. We anticipate resuming normal rehearsals and performances by Spring, 2022. Stay tuned for further announcements.

Spring 2019 Concert Pictures

Take a look at this gallery of pictures taken by Bruce Haslam at our concert, “Let All Men Sing”.

Fabulous Spring Concert!

We had a wonderful concert on May 12, Mother’s Day!  Everyone seemed to enjoy the music and we have received many, many favorable comments. Thanks to Diane Haslam’s guidance and support, we continue to improve and are looking ahead to even more of the same next season.

Here’s a link to a YouTube playlist of the full recording taken at the performance.  Check out the concert page under the Music tab above to get links to the individual songs.

Trinity United Methodist Church Service

We served as the chancel choir at the Sunday morning, April 7, 2019 service.

Here is a recording taken of us singing.

Track Times:

00:00 Prelude by Elizabeth Lindroth

02:18 Steal Away

04:54 Ubi Caritas

07:56 How Great Thou Art

13:35 Dem Dry Bones

Scholarship Fund Raiser Concert

Our annual concert to support our endowed scholarship at USC Aiken will be held on Sunday, February 10 at 4 pm in the Etherredge Center. This fund was established and supported by us since our founding in 2007. Each year we award a scholarship to an aspiring vocal music student who is seeking a career in performance or music education. We will do a joint concert with the university’s choir with all money collected going to support this scholarship fund.

Great Concert!

We had a wonderful concert and the house was packed full!  So good to see so many happy faces!

Here’s a couple of links to the video recording. It’s in two parts but you can click on the first one and there you’ll find the link to the second.

Enjoy and please spread the word on your favorite social media pages.

​Part 1: https://youtu.be/NYMeEnykJIs
Part 2: https://youtu.be/5QUYIz_vfXg