"Best Place for Singing Lessons"

Jan Pedersen Schiff
Founder/Artistic Director
Photo by Tim Greenwood

This summer, SingersMarin chamber choirs les étoiles and Celestial Voices will be competing in the 2008 World Choir Games in Graz, Austria! For more information, please see http://www.worldchoirgames.com and our World Choir Games Tour Information Austria Page page for more details.

Human Race -- Join Us -- May 10

Come and support SingersMarin! Our young singers, les étoiles and Celestial Voices will be kicking off the event at 8:15 a.m. with a rendition of the Star Spangled Banner.

We invite you to participate with us as a runner or walker.  Your participation will help bring needed resources so that we can continue to nurture people of all ages as we touch the heart with beauty and uplift the spirit with joyful song! For more information please see our Marin Human Race brochure.

To register to walk/run, download a registration form.  Please return your registration form and the donations you have collected by May 2 to the SingersMarin office:  1038 Redwood Hwy,  Mill Valley (101 frontage road near Ethan Allen).

To make an online, secure and tax-deductiable donation to the Human Race and support a participating singer (if applicable), please follow this this link Online Donation.

Pictures from last year's Human Race:

Left to right: Kiara Yee, Starlights member & Jazz Thompson, Twinkling Stars member, Singers: Lenore Davies, Tori Brant,
Budd Abbott, Nancy Fickbohm, Abigail Millikan-States, Jessie and Addie Ewald - Celestial Voices members.

Registration is now open -- for more information about this program click here. To register follow this link.

Upcoming Spring Concerts!

Saturday, May 17th, 2008 at 7:30 p.m.

Spring Concert:  “To Everything There Is A Season”

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SingersMarin choruses:  Wings of Song, adult women’s ensemble
 and les étoiles, teen girls chorus

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Last Year's Spring Concert at St. Hillary's Church - May 20, 2007

                                                                                Photo by Tim Greenwood

Saturday, June 7,  2008 at 2:00 p.m.

Spring Concert:  "Earthly Voices, Heavenly Sounds"

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Youth Choruses:  Twinkling Stars, Starlights, Comets, Celestial Voices, and les étoiles

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Last Year's Spring Concert at the Marin Youth Center - May 19, 2007

                                                                                Photo by Tim Greenwood

Auditioning Now  "Voices"
Voices is a professional ensemble of eclectic perfection dedicated to the highest level of artistry through a variety of repertoire. The ensemble is made up of professional adult singers, soprano, alto, tenor, bass. Repertoire includes classical, modern, jazz and improvised arrangements. Rehearsals are held on Wednesday evenings and some Saturday mornings, with the schedule being determined prior to each performance. For more information or to audition, contact  Jan Pedersen Schiff, office@singersmarin.org.

The Connection between Singing and Happiness

In a broadcast of NPR’s All Things Considered, commentator Michelle Mercer observed the connection between choral singing and happiness. Focusing on community choruses, she reflects on her own gleeful local chorus, The Harmonium Choral Society. Listen to “Community Choruses: Singing and Happiness.”

More news can be found in our News Archive.

Thanks for your Support!

We are now celebrating SingersMarin's 20th year of music and community service in Marin, which began in 1987. SingersMarin is grateful to our members, alumni, and friends for making these past 20 years possible. As always, our tuition fees and concert revenues do not cover the expenses, and we depend on the financial support of many generous donors. Please consider an online, secure tax-deductile donation by clicking on Donations or follow this link to print and mail a tax-deductible gift to SingersMarin to help keep the choral arts alive and well.