PORT TOWNSEND — The Community Chorus of Port Townsend and East Jefferson County will present “Music Changes the World” at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Saturday.
Friday’s performance will be at First Presbyterian Church, 1111 Franklin St. in Port Townsend, and Saturday’s will be at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer, 45 Redeemer Way, Chimacum.
Tickets for both performances are $15 per person at www.brownpapertickets.com or at the door.
The concerts, which will be directed by Sarah Moran, includes Spanish, African, Hebrew, German and Japanese songs.
The program includes variations on Christmas favorites such as “O Tannenbaum” and “Bring a Torch, Jeannette, Isabella.” In keeping with the world theme, Moran also has included 1971’s “I’d Like to Teach the World to Sing,” “Umoja Tunaimba (United We Sing),” “Sing to Bring Us Together” and “Your Hand and Mine.”
Musical accompaniment will be provided by pianist Liz Hopkins and percussionist Sammy J. Watkins.
These concerts mark the return of the chorus’ cookie sale extravaganza, which has not been held seen since 2019. Homemade holiday cookies will be available for purchase at both concerts for $15 per box.
Proceeds will help support next fall’s performance, with Port Townsend’s Rainshadow Chorale, of Handel’s “Messiah.”
All singers 16 and older are welcome to join the combined choir to celebrate the community chorus’ 50th anniversary.
For information, call 360-643-3345 or visit www.ptchorus.org.
