The Stockton Chorale: Our First 60 Years of Singing

60 Years of Singing

JanetWessling

Arlene Weston

EleanorVogel

ThelmaHolton

LloydWessling

HaroldCayton

Arthur J.Holton

LawrenceOsborne

Cantor BenPerl

The Original Double Quartet, 1952

1953: Original Octet + 4 = The Stockton Chorale

In rehearsal at Delta College, 1956

Morris Chapel

1958

1960’s

Art Holton

Frank Prather

Director

1965-1967

Chorale Sings with Stockton Symphony

May 16, 1967

(Frank Prather)

Bach’s St Matthew PassionSymphony, Chorale & Central Methodist

1967 (Frank Prather)

Ralph Prime

Director

1967-1972

Stockton Chorale with Ralph Prime (undated photo)

A Chorale staple:

Handel’s Messiah

1969

(Ralph Prime)

Carl Orff’sCarmina Burana

with

Stockton Ballet

1972

Gilbert & Sullivan’s

H.M.S. Pinafore

1973

. . .another Messiah

1978

Pops. . .

(1979)

. . .and Holiday Pops (1981)

1982

England Tour

1981

. . .some old English cathedral

Carmen Dragon Collaborations

(Yes, the Chorale once sang at the Hollywood Bowl)

The Chorale has a long tradition of family concerts.

1984

1985

Pops

1985

Australia/New Zealand

Tour1990

Jauvonah Saiers & Kathy Earl

Frank & Lorraine Baldwin

Carnegie Hall1991

Mark Ross Clark

Director

1991 - 1995

Germany/Austria Tour

1993

19951994

Joe Miller

Director

1995-1999

19981995

Shrewsbury Abbey, England Tour 1997

Edward “Ted” Cetto

Director

1999-2009

2003

2007

2004

Schubert Mass in G -- Faye Spanos Concert Hall

Ireland/Scotland Tour 2007

The Great Hall of Edinburgh Castle

Danny Mann’s PubKillarney, Ireland

Glencoe, Scotland

Saint Patrick’s Cathedral, Dublin

Curtis Mannah

Interim Director

2009

Dr. Magen Solomon

Director

2010 - present

June2011

Sometimes we’re deliberately boar-ing(St. John’s, Lodi)

2009Inez Pope

1954

Let’s hear it for the accompanists. . .

Robin Knutson

Esther Roche

Mary EllenCranston-Bennett

Concert Posters

The Solo Chorale

&

The Master Chorale

1960

StocktonOpera

AssociationCollaborations

La Boheme(2011)

Renata BrikaCostumer

It took a lot of people to get us to 60, people like Lorraine Baldwin, Judy Hutton, Shirley Field, Dorsey Meyer. . .

. . .and master organizer, Thelma Holton1952

1982

Singers’ Retreats

ECCO

Fund-raising

Dinners

Teas

Youth Chorale

Yosemite 1985

Kathy Earl, Youth Chorale Director 1988

Joan Calonico

Director

Youth Chorale

From the Stockton Chorale, thanks for 60 years of support!