Western Reserve Chorale

08/13/2026

🎶 𝗦𝗔𝗩𝗘 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗗𝗔𝗧𝗘𝗦 🎶
𝗪𝗲𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗻 𝗥𝗲𝘀𝗲𝗿𝘃𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹𝗲’𝘀 𝟯𝟱𝘁𝗵 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻 𝗶𝘀 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗴! 😎

For 35 years, Western Reserve Chorale has brought singers, audiences, friends, families, and music lovers together through the joy of community choral singing. Now, we’re getting ready for another memorable season and 𝘄𝗲 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘆𝗼𝘂 there with us. ❤️🎼

Mark your calendars for all three performances of our 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲–𝟮𝟳 𝗦𝗲𝗮𝘀𝗼𝗻:

📅 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗗𝗲𝗰𝗲𝗺𝗯𝗲𝗿 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟲
Annual Holiday Concert featuring Bob Chilcott’s 𝘎𝘭𝘰𝘳𝘪𝘢 and other seasonal works

📅 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗰𝗵 𝟭𝟰, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳
Fauré’s 𝘙𝘦𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘦𝘮 and Schubert’s 𝘔𝘢𝘴𝘴 𝘪𝘯 𝘎

📅 𝗦𝘂𝗻𝗱𝗮𝘆, 𝗝𝘂𝗻𝗲 𝟲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟳
𝘚𝘰𝘯𝘨𝘴 𝘰𝘧 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘨𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘤𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘯 🎭🎶

⏰ Performances begin at 𝟯:𝟯𝟬 𝗣𝗠
📍 First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights

Our concerts are 𝗳𝗿𝗲𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗼𝗽𝗲𝗻 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝘂𝗯𝗹𝗶𝗰, with in-person and livestream options available.

✨ Three concerts. One extraordinary 35th season. 🎹

𝗦𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝘀 𝗽𝗼𝘀𝘁 𝘀𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘆 𝗱𝗮𝘁𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗿𝗲 𝗶𝘁 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗹𝗼𝘃𝗲𝘀 𝗹𝗶𝘃𝗲 𝗰𝗵𝗼𝗿𝗮𝗹 𝗺𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗰!

🔗 Learn more at:
https://www.westernreservechorale.org/

08/12/2026

Announcing our 35th choral season! Free concerts in December, March, and June. https://mailchi.mp/1ead82db251f/35thseasonannouncement

06/26/2026

All we need is love and a great audience! The video of Love in 3/4 Time is available to enjoy now.

David Gilson, Artistic DirectorFirst Baptist Church of Greater Cle...

06/09/2026

Bringing the LOVE to Ohio Living Breckenridge Village❤️ WRC performs Love in 3/4 Time for a wonderful audience.

06/08/2026

Thank you to all who came to our performance yesterday. It was a beautiful day to sing about LOVE!
❤️❤️❤️

05/31/2026

Next Sunday: JUNE 7th
Western Reserve Chorale
Spring Concert: LOVE IN ¾ TIME
3:30 pm, First Baptist Church, Shaker Heights.
Children are welcome! There will be an intermission!

Two easy guidelines for children at concerts:
If the children are older (grade school and beyond), sitting nearer the stage will make the concert more interesting to them.

If the children are younger (K and younger), it's good to sit near an aisle/exit. If they become restless or disruptive, you can make an easy exit.

Concert ideas for young children:
Encourage quietly "conducting" along with the rhythm.
Let them quietly tap the beat on their legs or a soft seat cushion to stay involved with the music.
Bring notebooks for drawing pictures inspired by the melodies.
We do not encourage food and drink during the concert.

Do you have positive tips for kids at concerts?
Add them in the Comments section below.

05/27/2026

**UPDATE

“LOVE IS A SICKNESS” by Dale Trumbore

SHA BM, SHA BM…Dm bah dah du-dah. Ba du du du-wah. This jazzy, syncopated, joyful rendition takes its text from Samuel Daniel’s poem written in 1614. Updated to this SATB score in 2006 by Dale Trumbore, the Western Reserve Chorale members morph into a DooWop group whilen in rehearsal, and soon, in performance.

Love is a sickness full of woes,
All remedies refusing;
A plant that with most cutting grows,
Most barren with best using.
Why so?
More we enjoy it, more it dies;
If not enjoyed, it sighing cries,
Heigh ho!

As the composer explains, “This jazzy piece takes nonsense words already in the text and adds s**t syllables, creating a swinging accompaniment to the lovelorn melody.“ ”Love is a Sickness“ was named a winner of the Chanticleer Student Composer Competition when Trumbore was 18 years old.

Attend the free concert on Sunday, June 7 at 3:30 pm, and watch the Chorale rock out, even if the dour words promise otherwise!

First Baptist Church, 3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights OH 44118
Photo Credit: Dale Trumbore

05/25/2026

Johannes Brahms wrote his Liebeslieder Waltzes (Love Song Waltzes) in 1868-69. To put this in world history perspective, our American Civil War ended in 1865, three years before Brahms began writing the Liebeslieder Waltzes. Brahms was born the same year as Alfred Nobel (1833), the Swedish inventor of dynamite, who established the Nobel Prizes.

Johannes Brahms likely intended his Liebeslieder Waltzes to be played in parlors or informal home gatherings rather than in grand concert halls. He used a simple, typical waltz rhythm (think: oom-pah-pah) with simple, easy-to-sing folk lyrics and melodies. Immediately successful, these waltzes were responsible for much of Brahms' personal wealth.

The Western Reserve Chorale hopes you enjoy these waltzes at our June 7th concert as much as we do!

05/21/2026

Love, Love, Love!
All You Need Is Love was written by John Lennon in 1967, during the height of the Vietnam War and the counterculture movement. The song acted as a universal message of peace, arguing that fundamental human goodwill is more powerful than division or material wealth.
We'll be performing this song at our concert!
Join us, and sing along with us on this song.
June 7th, at 3:30 pm
First Baptist Church of Greater Cleveland
3630 Fairmount Blvd., Shaker Heights