LAMORINDA WEEKLY | Holiday songs at Diablo Women's Chorale concert in Lafayette


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What do you get when you mix "Fa-La-La" with "Cool Yule," add a dash of "Christmas, Baby Please Come Home," and fold in a blend of other winter holiday songs? You get the Diablo Women's Chorale fall concert, "Winter's Light," at 4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 8 at Temple Isaiah, 945 Risa Road, in Lafayette.

Backed by live musicians, the chorale will present a program of jazzy, uplifting music to kick off the beginning of the holiday season. Grab your friends and family members and join the chorale as they lighten a winter afternoon with songs from Lisa Loeb, George Michael, Irving Berlin, Phil Spector, and many others.

The Diablo Women's Chorale - one of the oldest community choruses in the Bay Area - presents public concerts in December and May/June each year. Members include women from all areas of the San Francisco East Bay who share a passion for music and a gratifying sense of community and fun.

Director Stevie Greenwell is a well-known vocalist and choral educator. She earned a Bachelor of Music at Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, and served as Director of Vocal Studies at Marin School of the Arts from 2012 to 2018 where she was awarded the "Golden Bell" from the California School Boards Association. Stevie now performs with the Thrive Choir, the Jazz Mafia Choral Syndicate, and other artists around the Bay Area.

Accompanist Rebecca Hass is a pianist, teacher, and songwriter and holds a bachelor of music degree in piano from Ithaca College. Her extensive experience includes accompanying classical performers, musical theater classes, vocal competitions, church choirs, the Prelude Singer-Actor Performance Lab at the MacPhail Center for Music in Minneapolis, and the St. Paul Conservatory for Performing Arts.

Purchase advance tickets online at www.DiabloWomensChorale.org or call 1-800-838-3006.