PORT TOWNSEND — The Summertime Singers will present “Buried Treasure” in concerts at 7 p.m. Friday and 3 p.m. Sunday.
Both performances will be at Grace Lutheran Church, 1120 Walker St., Port Townsend.
Admission is by a suggested donation of $15 to benefit the church in appreciation of its support for the community’s music organizations.
The concerts will feature music from the Renaissance up through the present.
“The program consists of pieces that people loved and haven’t sung for years that deserve to be heard,” director Colleen Johnson said. “Many singers have these treasures stashed away in file cabinets or milk crates, scores which somehow never got turned in, perhaps because they have special meaning or emotional significance.”
Songs include “Hallelujah,” an unpublished piece written by Simon Sargon, three pieces by American composer Shawn Kirchner, including “Tu Sangre en la Mia,” a poem by Pablo Neruda that Kerchner set to music.
Johnson also will teach and lead the audience through Rollo Dilworth’s “Ain’t Gonna Let Nobody Turn Me Around” and “Sure on This Shining Night,” by Samuel Barber.
The Summertime Singers is an informal group which performs during the summer while their other choirs are on hiatus.
During most of the year, members of the group perform with RainShadow Chorale, Wild Rose Chorale, Port Townsend Community Chorus, Threshold Choir and various church choirs.
Helen Lauritzen has been the group’s accompanist since it formed in 2012.
For more information, call Johnson at 810-965-5966.
