Join the Mat-Su Community Chorus for the Spring 2026 season!

We are a non-auditioned ensemble dedicated to bringing quality choral music to the Mat-Su Valley. Adult singers of all experience levels are welcome. Choral experience is helpful, but not required. High school students may join after a brief assessment with the director.

Rehearsals are held on Thursdays from 7-9pm at Mat-Su Evangelical Church, 5201 E Mayflower Lane, Wasilla. Registration is open from 6:30-7pm prior to the first three rehearsals on 1/22, 1/29, and 2/5. Dues of $60 per semester are due by the third rehearsal. Prospective members are welcome to try out a rehearsal before committing!

The spring season runs through mid-May, ending with concert performances in multiple locations around the Mat-Su Valley. Tentative concert dates are May 14th and May 17th. This season’s program includes songs from opera, musical theater, and popular music about royal characters or by noble-sounding artists.

We can’t wait to sing with you!

Get ready for another fantastic season with your local community chorus! We will begin rehearsals for or Fall/Winter season on September 4th.

Here’s what you need to know:

Registration will be open from 6:30-7pm before the first three rehearsals, on September 4th, 11th, and 18th. If you are a returning member, you just need to check in and pay your membership dues. If you are a new member, we’ll have a short form for you to fill out and music that you can borrow during rehearsal. You will receive your assigned music folder after you’ve decided to join and dues are paid. Dues are $60 for fall or $100 if you pay for both the fall and spring semesters. No refunds can be given after the third week of rehearsals.

Our concerts are Thursday, December 11th and Sunday, December 14th. We sound our best when every singer is at every rehearsal and concert. We understand that some conflicts and unexpected situations arise, but please make attendance a priority. The fall season is short; we have only 13 rehearsals before our concerts, so each one is important. Members who cannot attend both concerts or who miss three rehearsals may be asked to step down until a future season.

Be prepared to jump in and sing! We’ll spend a short amount of time introducing ourselves and going over some policies, but the goal of every rehearsal is to spend as much time singing as possible. Warm-ups will start promptly at 7:00pm, so please arrive on time.

Be prepared to step out of your comfort zone! The goal of this ensemble is to challenge every singer to improve, no matter your starting point. We will be working on both memorizing some songs and singing in a mixed formation this year. This may feel awkward or seem daunting at first, but it will greatly improve our musicality when we pull it off!

Invite a friend! There’s no such thing as too many voices! I’m looking forward to getting started in just a few weeks!

~Amber

Don’t miss this fantastic program of well-loved classic poems in beautiful musical settings! Adult tickets are $10, $5 for students and seniors, or bring the whole family for $30. With an opening performance of folk songs by the Mat-Su Kids’ Chorus, this program will last approximately two hours including intermission.

Join us for our spring program, Poetic Notes!

 

Rehearsals begin on January 16th and new members are accepted during the first three weeks. Concerts will be held in late April to mid-May, exact dates TBA. Prospective members are welcome to try out a rehearsal before committing! Please email director@matsucommunitychorus.org with any questions. We look forward to singing with you!

Fall is in the air and that means it’s time to get ready to sing! The adult ensemble will begin rehearsals on Thursday, September 5th, and the Kids’ Chorus will start two weeks later on the 19th. We can’t wait to see you!

Hi folks! Here’s the song order so that you can get your music ready for tomorrow’s dress rehearsal:

(Kids sing first)
Gloria
Bleak Midwinter – small group
Ave Verum Corpus
Chanukah Blessing
The Light of Christmas Morn – small group
River Carol
Silver Bells – small group
Winter Wonderland
Intermission – remember to bring baked goods if you can!
My (Alaskan) Favorite Things – small group
That’s Christmas to Me – small group
Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas – small group
Wexford Carol – small group
Christmas Candles
White Christmas
Hallelujah Chorus
Peace, Peace

Please arrive at the Baptist church at 5:45 if you can help set up risers, or at 6:15 for warm-up. Thank you!

Hello singers! Please remember to bring your Sponsor-Your-Singer and Program Ad forms to chorus this Thursday. Ad artwork for the program can be emailed to me: amber@liberatedsong.com.

This Saturday we will be caroling at the Alaska Vintage Market at Raven Hall, on the fairgrounds. The performance space is in the middle of the hall, next to the Soda Jerk Booth. We will meet at 12:30 to warm up and will sing from 1pm to approximately 2pm. Wear something wintery or Christmasy. Kids are welcome to join us for caroling!

Join the Mat-Su Community Chorus or Mat-Su Kid’s Chorus for our Winter 2023 season!

The adult chorus is a non-auditioned ensemble open to all voices. High school students are welcome with director approval.

Our winter theme is Holiday Traditions, and we’ll be preparing a program that includes nostalgic carols and member favorites that are sure to bring back memories and create new ones.
Rehearsals are every Thursday from 7pm-9pm at Mat-Su Evangelical Covenant Church, 5201 E Mayflower Lane, Wasilla.

New members are accepted during the first three rehearsals of the season. Please arrive early at your first rehearsal to check in and receive music.
Semester dues for adults are $60, plus the cost of concert attire. More information about membership in the adult chorus can be found at www.matsucommunitychorus.org and questions can be sent to our director Amber Sumner at director@matsucommunitychorus.org.

The Mat-Su Kid’s Chorus is a new offering that provides an opportunity for younger singers across the valley to participate in a choral ensemble! This group will be open to children in first through eighth grade. Rehearsals are held from 7-8pm on Thursdays and childcare is available until 9pm for children whose parents are in the adult chorus. The semester fee is $80 and homeschool reimbursement is available for some programs. Please email matsukidschorus@yahoo.com for more information.

Hello everyone! I am working on the programming for the upcoming winter concert. The concert title will be “Holiday Traditions” and the program will be bookended by two classical pieces that have special meaning for me: Randol Alan Bass’s Gloria and the Hallelujah Chorus from Handel’s Messiah. I am looking for ideas from all of you for pieces that carry special meaning or nostalgia from your own holiday traditions!

Please comment here or email me (amber@liberatedsong.com) with your ideas. I would like some, though not necessarily all, of your suggestions to be accompanied in the program with a few sentences of explanation of why they were chosen by our members or long-time supporters. If you have a specific arrangement in mind, please let me know so that I can do my best to find it!

My goal is to have the progam pieces finalized by the end of July. Thank you in advance for your input!

Both of our choruses have had their first meetings of the winter semester and we had a lot of fun! There’s lots of amazing music in store for this season and there is still plenty of room to join us!

Kid’s Chorus (age 5-13) meets Saturdays, 10:00-11:00am
Adult chorus (open to high school students) meets Thursdays, 7:00-9:00pm

Both groups rehearse at Mat-Su Evangelical Covenant Church, 5201 E Mayflower Lane, Wasilla. The Kid’s chorus is eligible for homeschool reimbursement. Send us an email (admin@matsucommunitychorus.org) for more info or simply show up and sing! We can’t wait to see you!