About Us
The Vivace! Choral Program is located in the Bethel School District in Graham, Washington.
Rehearsals are held Monday evenings, with three concert performances throughout the year.
Our ensembles are open to students, teachers, and community members.
Our Choirs
TREBLE CHOIR
Beginning and intermediate singers, typically late elementary to early high school. No audition required.
Rehearses 5-6pm
CATHEDRALS CHOIR
Intermediate and advanced singers, typically high school, late middle school, and adult. Audition required.
Rehearses 6-7pm
CHAMBER CHOIR
Our most advanced singers, typically high school and adult.
Audition required.
Rehearses 7-7:30pm
The Vivace! Choral Program is a mentoring music program, a certified 501(c)3 non-profit organization founded in 1999 by Andrea Klouse as a supplement to the musical offerings of our chorister’s regular school day.
We offer a continuous and comprehensive 4th-12th grade mixed choral experience for students.
Vivace! uses a strong educational mentoring model, in which each choir is “mentored” by students from the next level in the organization. Additionally, a small number of novice educators and college students who plan to teach music are selected as section leaders for the Cathedrals Choir.
While students receive instruction in vocal technique, theory, history, movement and performance, Vivace! provides young music educators the opportunity to practice and hone their artistic skills in a nurturing environment. The choristers perform a wide variety of music; from the sophisticated motet to satisfyingly silly and choreographed pieces. Vivace! choirs strive to delight, inspire and entertain all.
Notable Past Performances
About Vivace!
Vivace! choirs have been featured in concert at The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception and The Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C.; the Abbey Bach Festival in Mt. Angel, Oregon; and in cathedrals from Seattle to San Francisco along America’s scenic West Coast. The Cathedrals Choir performed in Austria at the Mozart Festival in Salzburg and Vienna, with additional formal concerts at Melk Abbey and the Matthias Church in Budapest, Hungary. The choir has also been featured in the Seattle Symphony’s Benaroya Hall and Tacoma’s Pantages Theater. Singers have performed with the Tacoma Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Maestro Harvey Felder and under the direction of Dr. Geoffrey Boers of the University of Washington. Vivace! choirs have also been featured in concert with the inimitable Peter Schickele, a.k.a. P.D.Q. Bach. They have appeared several times on classical radio broadcasts and have been featured in Seattle’s Argosy Christmas Ship Festivals.
Sophia Goodenberger
Interim Artistic Director
Andrea Klouse
Founder, Artistic Director Emeritus (1999-2020)
Michael Vebber
Accompanist
Katie Olson
Assistant Director, Logistics Coordinator
Our Staff and Board of Directors
Amelia Cilley
Board President
Jamie Brossman
Alto Section Leader
Ryan Lelli
Tenor Section Leader