Article by Mike McInally:  It was just past 10 a.m. on a Saturday morning in the LaSells Stewart Center on the Oregon State University campus, and more than 100 OSU choral students were warming up their vocal cords. “We’re doing what not so many students are doing...

After nearly two years away from live performances, the Corvallis Repertory Singers return to the stage this weekend for "Candlelight & Carols," the ensemble’s traditional holiday concert. And, to mark the occasion, the Repertory Singers are offering audiences a...

San Diego singer-songwriter Steph Johnson was in the midst of a successful two-decade career, racking up awards and making albums that showcased her blend of jazz, soul, rock and blues. But it wasn’t until 2016 that she found what she calls “my purpose in this life:”...

A nationally renowned conductor and educator with a vision for equity and justice through song is the guest for the January edition of Maestro Moments, the free online series of live musical conversations sponsored by the Corvallis Repertory Singers.   Tesfa...

Dan Forrest, the nationally known and critically acclaimed composer whose choral works include “Requiem for the Living,” is our guest for the December edition of Maestro Moments. Check out the announcements: Email announcement 1, Email announcement 2.   

Orchestrator, composer for movies, stage productions and video games, Dave Metzger was our November guest for the Maestro Moments conversation series.  Check out the announcement.

Actor, singer and Broadway performer, Roosevelt Credit, was our first guest in our Maestro Moments series. Check out the announcements... Email announcement #1, Email announcement #2

The British composer Karl Jenkins burst onto the twenty-first century music scene with his oratorio The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace. It premiered in 2000 and has been performed more than 1,000 times since.  In recent years Jenkins has composed and recorded other major...

Nine high school singers will be among the chorus next weekend as the Corvallis Repertory Singers open their 2019-20 season with Karl Jenkins’s 2011 oratorio The Peacemakers.  It’s all part of CRS’s Choral Internship Program, which invites high-school students to...

The human yearning for peace is as old as the urge toward conflict. Maybe older.   Three thousand years ago the Psalmist wrote, “Peace be within your walls and prosperity within your palaces.” A millennium later Jesus said, “Blessed are the peacemakers, for they shall...