![]() Catharine Johnson has been singing with the Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale since January of 1978. She was elected board treasurer (for life!) in 2000 and has been fulfilling the role ever since. Catharine is from Eldora, Iowa, but calls Cedar Rapids home. She graduated from Cornell College in Mount Vernon, Iowa with a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and another in philosophy. She has been working at D.C. Taylor Co. since December of 1993 and has been the paymaster at DCT since 2000. Catharine is married to Truman Johnson and has three step-children and seven step-grandchildren. Thank you for all of your dedication to CRCC, Catharine!
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![]() The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale’s annual fundraiser “Some Like It Hot!” will be held on Saturday, October 29, 6-9 PM, at Lowe Park, Marion. Admission to this fall festival is $25 per person and includes a chili tasting contest; regional beer and root beer tasting; decorate your own caramel apples; pumpkin painting and a silent auction of local crafts and theme baskets. Tickets will be available at the door or the Concert Chorale’s website, crchorale.org. Proceeds support the Concert Chorale’s musical programs enabling them to provide free tickets to all area students, elementary school through college. The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale aims to promote choral music appreciation and develop musicianship by performing a broad repertoire of music while providing youth and community outreach opportunities. ![]() The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale will be represented by Dr. Gerald Kreitzer, director, on the radio the morning of Thursday, October 6, 2016. He will be speaking about our upcoming concert, Jubilant Songs and Hymns, on WMT radio at 7:45 with Doug Wagner. Tune in to hear more information about what CRCC has been working on and what to expect in the coming months! ![]() The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale and Artistic Director Gerald Kreitzer will perform their first season concert, “Jubilant Psalms and Hymns,” on Friday, October 7, 7:30 PM, at First Lutheran Church, 1000 3rdAve., SE, Cedar Rapids. The program includes “Totus Tuus” by the Polish composer Henryck Gorecki; “Chichester Psalms” by Leonard Bernstein; and “Jubilate” by English composer Bob Chilcott. The soloist for “Chichester Psalms” will be boy soprano, Tejas Puthige with the composition accompanied by harp, piano and percussion. Rebecca de Souza, soprano, will be soloist for “Jubilate” which will be accompanied by brass ensemble and piano. Assistant Director and pianist of the Concert Chorale is Marita Wolgast. Season tickets for the four Concert Chorale concerts are available for $40 in- advance from the Chorale website: www.crchorale.org or by mail: 1756 1st Ave. NE, Ste. C, Cedar Rapids, IA 52402. Season tickets will be available at-the-door of the first concert for a cost of $50. Individual tickets are $12 in-advance and $15 at-the-door. All students, elementary through college age, are free admission. The Cedar Rapids Concert Chorale aims to promote choral music appreciation and develop musicianship by performing a broad repertoire of music while providing youth and community outreach opportunities. |
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