Wednesday, May 23, 2012

2012 Summer Schedule 
for the Noon Music at 12pm
& the Concert and Lecture Series at 7pm
is now available.

You can download or PRINT A COPY for your use.  

You can also pick up a copy of the schedule at the Cache Valley Visitors Bureau and they are available at the concerts.  Each week we will list the performers and put in links to their websites, blogs and/or youtube videos if they are available. This way you can easily learn more about the performers.  We will also put in any changes to the schedule for that week.

We hope this blog will be a help to you as you enjoy the varied and talented performers  from our beautiful Cache Valley.  We also hope you will take some time to explore the many Downtown Logan establishments before and after these wonderful FREE concerts. 

Click on colored names for more information.  

Tuesday, May 8, 2012

A Very Unique Pairing of Choral Groups for May 17, 2012 Event at Tabernacle

                            "Sing for Spring"  



Imperial Glee Club 


and the American Heritage Youth Chorus







The next concert at the Logan Tabernacle 
will be a combined performance by the 
and the 
Thursday, May 17 at 7:00 p.m. 
Entitled  "Sing for Spring" , 
the event is FREE of charge and everyone is invited.  
Click on names above to go to their websites.

The Imperial Glee Club of Logan, directed by Warren Barton, is one of the oldest independent and continuously performing male choruses in the western United States. Founded in 1916 by a small group of male singers in the Logan Sixth LDS Ward, the Club has grown and maintained a membership of 20-30 men from communities throughout Cache Valley.

The American Heritage Youth Chorus is an LDS-oriented choral organization for children and youth ages 8-18 sponsored by the American Heritage School in American Fork. Enrollment in the group is open to all children and youth regardless of school affiliation, drawing membership from 
across Utah and Salt Lake counties.


Rob Swenson directs the youth chorus. He holds both a Bachelors and a Masters degree in Music Education from Brigham Young University. A composer and arranger, his music has been performed by groups around the state, including numerous LDS institute choirs.



The Logan Tabernacle is located at 
50 North Main, Logan, Utah; 
The Logan Tabernacle Concert and Lecture Series is a service of 
We are grateful to the Cache County RAPZ Tax and 
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
for their support.

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Saturday, April 28, 2012

BELLS WILL RING SATURDAY AT THE TABERNACLE

The Westminster Handbell Choir will perform in the Logan Tabernacle Saturday May 5th, 2012 at 7pm.

First Presbyterian Church’s Handbell Choir, directed by Cathy Ferrand Bullock, now in its 11th year, is becoming increasingly popular in Cache Valley and has a reputation for excellence in a variety of music– religious, patriotic, classical, or show tunes. Fifteen ringers comprise the interfaith group, enjoying the challenging teamwork of playing four octaves of bells. Anyone is welcome to join when vacancies occur. The bell choir plays several times a year during worship services at the Church, as well as for Christmas programs at the Logan Tabernacle, and for other organizations.
Below is a video fromYouTube made in March 2010 telling about the group.  It was done by Whitney Peterson and gives background information on this wonderful group of bell ringers and their most talented conductor.  Enjoy! and be sure to come to this FREE concert on Saturday, May 5th at 7pm.

Friday, April 20, 2012

CACHE VALLEY HIGH SCHOOLS FESTIVAL CHORAL CONCERT

The Grizzlies, Mustangs, Indians, Bobcats will join together in Song!

Four Cache Valley high school choirs will perform together Thursday, April 26, at 7:00 p.m. in the Logan Tabernacle. 



The top choirs from Logan, Mountain Crest, Preston and Sky View high schools will each present several numbers then join together under the direction of Dr. Cory Evans, Director of Choral Activities at Utah State University. 
        The concert is FREE and everyone is welcome.


After each choir has performed, the combined choirs will sing Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’s beautiful Ave Verum Corpus. Written in 1791 just six months before his death, it foreshadows aspects of the Requiem, one of Mozart’s masterworks. The evening will finish with the choirs singing Giuseppe Verdi’s Va, Pensiero from the third act of the opera Nabucco (1842). The rousing song is better known as the Chorus of the Hebrew Slaves.

Dr. Cory Evens also serves as Music Director of the Northern Utah Choral Society and as Executive Director of Music Reservata of Utah. Cory has also served as Musical Director of the Arizona Mormon Choir and 
Zion's Youth Choir of Florida.
  A native of Salt Lake City, Dr. Evans received a Bachelors degree in music education from Utah State University, a Masters degree in vocal performance from the University of Florida, and a D.M.A degree in choral conducting from Arizona State University. As a tenor soloist, Cory has recently premiered Ophelia in Seville by Miguel del Aguila with Utah State University's Musica Viva. He has soloed with the Vancouver Symphony and Utah Chamber Orchestra, and appears on the CD Sing Me to Heaven, released on Integra Classics.
He and his wife, Jennie, live in Nibley with their girls, Ellie and Jessie.


The Logan Tabernacle is at 50 North Main, Logan, Utah, 
with excellent parking behind the building. 
Please join me in supporting our valley high school choral students 
by attending this joint concert.     KM

Friday, April 13, 2012

Cache Children’s Choir to Host Los Angeles Children’s Chorus in Concert

Los Angeles Children's Chorus
The Intermediate Choir of the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus is coming to Logan to perform a joint concert with the Cache Children’s Choir. The concert will be Saturday, April 21st at 12:00 Noon in the Logan Tabernacle. The concert is FREE and open to the public.


The Intermediate Choir is one of six choirs in the Los Angeles Children’s Chorus. 
Founded in 1986 the Chorus has over 350 choristers in the six choirs, 
which are Concert Choir, Chamber Singers, Intermediate, Apprentice, 
Preparatory Choirs, and the Young Men’s Ensemble.  The Intermediate Choir tours 
regionally and has been to San Francisco, Seattle, Phoenix, and Portland. 
This is their third time to tour in Utah. They visited Salt Lake City in 1999 and Logan in 2004.  Their director is Mandy Brigham. Brigham has taught vocal music and conducted in school and church settings in Southern California for over thirty years. 
Cache Children's Choir


The Cantate Choir, the auditioned choir in Cache Children’s Choir 
directed by Dr. Sylvia Munsen, will host the LACC singers in their homes.
“It’s a great way to get to know each other,” 

said Jill DeVilbiss, Associate Conductor of the Cantate Choir.  
Dr. Sylvia Munsen, Cache Children’s Choir artistic director,
has degrees from St. Olaf College and the University of Illinois.

She has been appointed Professor and the Beverly Taylor Sorenson Endowed Chair for Elementary Arts Education and brings more than thirty years of success as a conductor of, 
and clinician with, children's choirs 
Jill DeVilbiss, Cantate Choir Co- Director, has degrees from 
Utah State University in Vocal Performance and Pedagogy, and Choral Education. 
She teaches music at Edith Bowen Laboratory School.

Remember that this concert is not an evening concert, 
but is scheduled for 12 Noon.
Bring the entire family to enjoy this experience together