NOTE: “Today” and “tonight” refer to Friday, Sept. 11.
PORT TOWNSEND — “Back in the U.S.S.R.,” “Route 66” and “I’ll Be Seeing You” are on the itinerary for a pair of Wild Rose Chorale concerts at Trinity United Methodist Church tonight and Saturday.
The nine-voice a cappella ensemble, led by Leslie Lewis, has put together a musical journey for these shows titled “Oh, the Places You’ll Go (And How You’ll Get There).”
Tickets to the 7:30 p.m. concerts are $15 at www.brownpapertickets.com. They also will be available for a donation at the door of Trinity United, 609 Taylor St.
Lewis, for her part, is partial to “If You’re Gonna Play in Texas (You Gotta Have a Fiddle in the Band),” even if the only instruments in the Wild Rose Chorale are the vocal ones.
Along with their vocal harmonies, often the singers mimic fiddles, drums, “you name it,” member Lynn Nowak said in a news release.
“When you don’t have instruments, you can make some amazing sounds. You’re out there on your own when you’re a cappella,” added singer Marj Iuro.
Wild Rose performs “I’ll Be Seeing You,” the Beatles’ “Back in the U.S.S.R.” and Toto’s “Africa” in arrangements by the King’s Singers, the a cappella group formed at King’s College in Cambridge, England.
Those singers are among the best sources for material, Lewis said.
Alongside Iuro, Nowak and Lewis in the chorale are singers Charles Helman, Barb Matter, Al Thompson, Brian Goldstein, JES Schumacher and the newest member, Patrick Williams.
To find out more about the ensemble and its concerts, phone 360-385-1402, find Wild Rose Chorale on Facebook or visit www.wildrosechorale.org.
