NICASIO TO SAN FRAN - SINGING AND CELEBRATING

Welcome back! Double post today, we had a busy day yesterday as we packed our bags and drove south to San Francisco. Crossing the Golden Gate Bridge for the first time was spectacular, and once we checked into our hotel we were given a few hours to break for lunch. 

Our group of cool kids walked to Chinatown, where we had a lunch that filled the table (and then some!!).

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LIVE CONCERT

That afternoon, a concert was held at Calvary Presbyterian Church, a beautiful performance space nestled into the heart of San Francisco. The choir performed their repertoire from the recording sessions, as well as Matthew Lyon Hazzard's 'Flight' and Ethan Sperry's arrangement of 'Hallelujah'. 
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We were joined by friends & family in the area, and even got to goof off a little beforehand. Nic got ahold of a plastic baby arm, and the rest is conducting history...

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A Voice is Heard in Ramah
David Walters
Soloist: Julianne Rathbone

​Lao Rahal Soti
Samih Choukeir,
​Arr. Shireen Abu-Khader
Soloist: Lily Sveinbjornsson

Hallelujah
Leonard Cohen, Arr. Ethan Sperry
Solosts: Jonathan Brinkley, Jere Burkholder, Rachel Bard

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DINNER AND A TOAST

After the concert, the choir headed to a Dim Sum restaurant for good food, drinks, and celebration. Eveyone chipped in to purchase Ethan a bottle of wine from Skywalker vineyards (yes, grown and bottled at the ranch), and the choir presidents thanked everyone who has worked hard behind the scenes to make this all possible. It was a great way to acknowledge everyone's valuable contributions to this tour, and the night ended with a rousing chorus of 'Hallelujah' for the waitstaff...as well as three separate rounds of 'Happy Birthday'. (Happy birthday to Lily, Julianne, and Marcus!)

But the tour's not over yet - check back in tomorrow to see what the singers of the PSU Chamber Choir get up to during their free day in San Francisco!