in concert:
“Taking Flight“
The happy heart runs with the river, floats on the air,
lifts to the music, soars with the eagle, hopes with the prayer.
– Maya Angelou
Sunday, April 28, 2024 at 4 pm
Northbrae Community Church, 941 The Alameda, Berkeley 94707
(and viewable live via youtube here)
Admission free – donations appreciated
Music by Hildegard von Bingen, Francesco Durante,
Antonio Vivaldi (excerpts from Gloria), Handel,
Josephine Poelinitz, (City Called Heaven),
Ola Gjeilo (Days of Beauty), David Brunner (Yo Le Canto),
Eriks Esenvalds (Stars), Elizabeth Alexander (Jump), and more.
With string quartet &
Jacqueline Andersen, soloist
Please join us for my last concert as music director of the Berkeley Women’s Community Chorus.
– Lovingly, Deb Golata
Music Director: Debra Golata
510-845-6900
dgolata@yahoo.com
BACKGROUND OF THE WOMEN’S CHORUS: In response to the overwhelming interest in Berkeley Community Chorus and Orchestra, which has a full membership, a new women’s chorus was developed, directed by Debra Golata. The repertoire is classically based but also includes selections from world music and jazz standards. We hold to the high standards of BCCO–singing in 2 to 4 part harmony, in a variety of languages with development of vocal and musical skills.
DIRECTOR DEBRA GOLATA received a bachelor’s degree in music education from Michigan State University and a master’s degree in choral conducting from San Jose State University. She has studied modern and flamenco dance, acting, and classical voice in San Francisco, New York City and Santiago de Compostela, Spain. Her vocal performance experience includes solo recitals, opera, musicals, and professional choral singing. She sang with the acclaimed Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra Chorale for 15 years, and she has concertized throughout the United States and Mexico with classical guitarist Jon Harris. For Oakland’s Rockridge Chorale she performed as vocal soloist in India and England and has served as accompanist, assistant conductor and vocal coach for the San Francisco Lyric Chorus. She is organist and music director at Northbrae Community Church in Berkeley and teaches private voice and piano lessons, as well as general music classes for schools in the Bay Area.
JACQUELINE ANDERSEN, ASSISTANT DIRECTOR, has worked with Debra Golata and the BWCC since its inception. Her background in voice includes musical theatre, opera, art song and choral works. She has taught voice/piano for over 30 years, is the Cantor and Soprano Soloist for Northbrae Community Church, has her B.A./M.A. in Music, and studied at BerkeleyRep School of Theatre and Studio A.C.T. She has performed with Woodminster, TheatreWorks, and other local musical theatre companies.