The Village Voices Chorale

The VILLAGE VOICES CHORALE is a spirited community chorus for adults who love to sing. Directed by Gloria Hilliard and accompanied by Christine DeKlotz, the 60+ voice chorale delights its listeners with a wide variety of music from Classical to Broadway and Contemporary. Founded in 1969 as a non-profit organization, the Village Voices Chorale makes financial contributions to support vocal school music programs and provides scholarships to students majoring in voice.   We rehearse in Westlake Village, California, and perform primarily at the Scherr Forum Theatre, in the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza.

Our first rehearsal for the Spring 2010 Season will take place on Tuesday, January 12th.

The Village Voices Chorale Presents

LOVE - AMERICAN STYLE!

8 p.m. Friday, June 4
8 p.m. Saturday June 5
2010

The Village Voices have spread their love of singing across America and the world, from singing the Faure Requiem under John Rutter at New York City's Carnegie Hall in 2001 to our international tours and performances.

The Village Voices Chorale welcomes singers who wish to audition. Auditions are held in late August, and again in January of each year. If you can sight-read music and have experience singing four-part harmony in a mixed chorus, we'd enjoy meeting you!

Auditions for the Spring Semester start on January 4th and 5th.  Previous choral experience and sight-reading are preferred. Please call Tom Hopkins at (805)495-2701 for an appointment. We look forward to hearing from you!

The Village Voices Chorale performs at the Scherr Forum Theatre of the Thousand Oaks Civic Arts Plaza. Traditionally, holiday concerts are presented the second weekend in December and spring concerts in late May or early June. The Village Voices also welcomes invitations to sing for corporate functions and for special occasions in the community.

In January, 2009 we joined with the Thousand Oaks Philharmonic and a number of very talented instrumental soloists in Opus 23, featuring the Beethoven Choral Fantasy.

The Village Voices Music Awards Program consists of annual scholarships awarded to local students majoring in vocal music, and financial donations to local elementary school music programs. A highlight of the Village Voices Chorale spring concerts is the appearance of our winners and recipients - gifted young performers and delightful elementary school choral groups. Concert goers are treated to graceful presentations from scholarship winners who are considering a career in vocal music, perhaps even in opera, and whose command of the art form is already impressively apparent.

We welcome your donations to the Awards Program.

Please note: applications should be submitted for both Scholarship applications from February to March, 2010.  

We'd like to hear from you! Let us know how you like our concerts, the performances of the winners of the Village Voices Annual Music Awards Program, and tell us what you'd like to see and hear.