Join with members of the Savannah Philharmonic Chorus in lifting your voice with singers from all over our region this Summer. Spend a Monday and Tuesday evening singing inspiring pieces with our chorus master Paul Thornock, covering the fundamentals of healthy singing with Rebecca Flaherty & William Lavonis, and getting to know singers from the region over dinner and post-rehearsal dessert receptions.
Chorus Camp will be held 6:00-9:30PM on Monday, June 10th & Tuesday, June 11th in Downtown Savannah. Our gathering will be in Regina Coeli Hall in the undercroft of the Cathedral Basilica of St. John the Baptist. This space is handicap accessible.
The $45 registration fee covers sheet music, dinner, and post-rehearsal dessert reception both evenings. If finances are a hindrance to your participation, please contact Sharon Mays to discuss a scholarship. Registration closes on Wednesday, June 5th.
6:00-6:45 PM Dinner
6:45-7:15 PM Vocal Warm Up
7:15-8:45 PM Choral Rehearsal
8:45-9:30 PM Dessert Reception
Dr. Paul Thornock is the Chorus Master for the Savannah Philharmonic. In addition to these roles he serves as Director of Music and Organist at the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah, Georgia, where he conducts the semi-professional Cathedral Choir, the fully professional Choral Scholars, and acts as Artistic Director for the Friends of Cathedral Music concert series.
Before coming to Savannah, Dr. Thornock was the director of music at St. Joseph Cathedral in Columbus, Ohio and St. James Cathedral in Seattle. He has also taught at the University of Puget Sound, Capital University, and Trinity Lutheran Seminary. He holds degrees from the University of Puget Sound (BM), the University of Notre Dame (MM), and the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music (DMA).
Rebecca Flaherty is a classically trained soprano with degrees from Oberlin Conservatory, Cleveland Institute of Music, and Georgia Southern University. She has been a student of the bel canto technique since 1994, and has been teaching it since 2000.
Recent appearances: Music with a Mission Concert Series, Savannah Music Festival, Onstage at The Lucas Cabaret Series, Hilton Head Symphony Orchestra, The Savannah Philharmonic, Charleston Chamber Opera, Savannah Voice Festival, First Coast Opera, and Beaufort Symphony. Rebecca currently teaches music at Marshpoint Elementary School, and directs the Marshpoint Mariner Chorus, a 40-voice ensemble that meets each morning before school.
Dr. William Lavonis holds degrees in voice, opera and musical theatre from the University of Cincinnati, Philadelphia’s University of the Arts, and Shenandoah University. He has held a number of collegiate teaching positions, including the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee where he served for 15 years as Professor of Voice and Director of Opera and Musical Theatre.
A native of Southern New Jersey, Bill made his professional singing debut at New York’s Avery Fisher Hall with the American Symphony Orchestra in Israel in Egypt and has performed over 100 leading and supporting roles in opera and musical theatre throughout the United States, including Connecticut Opera in Hartford, Florentine Opera in Milwaukee, Santa Fe Opera and the Ohio Light Opera. He has appeared with the Santa Fe Desert Chorale and has been heard in recital and oratorio on Wisconsin Public Radio, in New York City and at the Berkshire Choral Festival where he was a faculty member for ten years.
