Bay Ocean Community Chorus presents it’s Spring Concert – Birds, Bees and Broadway

Our mission statement – Music is a powerful force for good in the world. It is unique in its ability to inspire people and bring them together. Bay Ocean Community Chorus seeks to foster a community of compassion and understanding crossing generations and cultures through the beauty and power of choral music.

The performance will take place at the Tillamook County Library, 1716 3rd St. in Tillamook, OR on Friday, May 9th, 2025 at 4pm.

Sean Gaskell features songs on the kora- a 21 stringed West African harp. He studied under the extensive instruction of Moriba Kuyateh and the late Malamini Jobarteh in Gambia, and both Youssoupha Cissokho and Mamadou Cissokho in Senegal. The kora is traditionally played by oral historians known as Griots. Many songs featured on the kora preserve an 800 year history dating back to the founding of the Mande empire. Gaskell has presented adult, youth and family programs at over 400 libraries and a multitude of k-12 schools, colleges, universities and assisted living facilities throughout the United States and Canada.

The North Oregon Coast Symphony finishes its 2024-2025 season with two concerts in June titled “Echoes of the New World.” The programs will feature Antonín Dvořák’s beloved Symphony #9, also known as the New World Symphony.

Also featured will be two pieces spotlighting NOCS’s graduating high school seniors.  Dylan Morrow will be the soloist for Max Bruch’s Kol Nidrei for Cello and Orchestra, and violinist Audrey Cereghino for Soon Hee Newbold’s Invicta.

Johann Strauss Jr.’s Emperor Waltz will round out this concert series.

The first concert will take place on Saturday, June 14 at the Nehalem Elementary School Gym (36300 8th St., Nehalem, OR) beginning at 3:00 pm.

The second concert will be on Sunday, June 15, at the Charlene Larsen Center for the Performing Arts (588 16th St., Astoria, OR) at 3:00 pm.

 

Admission for both concerts will be: $10 Adults, ages 18 and under FREE (children 12 and under with adult supervision).  

Tickets will be available at the door for the Nehalem concert (cash and personal checks only.)

Tickets for the Astoria concert will be sold online at charlenelarsencenter.org or by phone at 503 338 9132.  Cookies and refreshments will be available at both concerts during intermission.

 

This non-profit orchestra, under the direction of conductor Cory Pederson, brings together musicians from the north Oregon and south Washington coast to perform classical music for local audiences.  For more information, please visit the the NOCS website nocsymphony.org.