Calling all singers in Ashe County!
Do you enjoy making new friends? Do you enjoy making music with others? Do you enjoy choral music?
Join the Ashe Community Singers for a spring concert and make music with friends, featuring choral classics celebrating American stories, in honor of the 250th anniversary of the United States. This season’s repertoire explores a diverse range of American musical traditions, blending choral classics with folk music, gospel, spirituals, and more!
Are you interested in participating?
Choral Director Dr. Jordon Shomper warmly invites all SATB singers to join in this community ensemble.
There is a $35 participation fee that will help to cover the cost of music and production fees.
Rehearsals: Tuesdays, 7-8:30 PM, beginning March 3 – May 19
Rehearsal Location: West Jefferson United Methodist Church Sanctuary
Concert Date: May 22, 2026, 7:30 PM
Location: Ashe Civic Center
Free and open to the public, donations gratefully accepted.
Sign up online:
You may also sign up and pay the night of the first rehearsal.
Please contact the Arts Council if you have any questions or concerns at info@ashecountyarts.org or 336-846-2787.
Spring Concert 2026
CONCERT SELECTIONS
|
TITLE The Star-Spangled Banner |
COMPOSER arranged by Stephen Caldwell |
| Lift Every Voice and Sing | arranged by Roland Carter |
| Zion’s Walls | arranged by Aaron Copland |
| Here Rests in Honored Glory | Donald B. Miller |
| Soon-Ah-Will-Be-Done | arranged by William Dawson |
| Shenandoah | arranged by James Erb |
| Cherokee: To hi yi | James Green |
| De colores | arranged by Mari Esabel Valverde |
| Simple GIfts | arranged by Bob Chilcott |
| America from West Side Story | arranged by William Stickles |
| America the Beautiful | arranged by Edwin Fissinger |
|
God Bless America This Land is Your Land |
arranged by Roy Ringwald Woody Guthrie |