Art Center East/Contributed imageAfter a 22-month hiatus, the Grande Ronde Community Choir will resume rehearsals Jan. 6, 2022. For information, visit www.artcentereast.org.

Go! staff

LA GRANDE — The Grande Ronde Community Choir is welcoming back singers on Jan. 6, 2022 — the first time since winter term March 2020.

Art Center East announced that the choir will start again for winter term on Jan. 6 with rehearsals on Thursdays from 7-8:30 p.m. in Loso Hall, room 123, on the campus of Eastern Oregon University. The music director is Michael Frasier and choir accompanist is Lanetta Paul. No audition is required to sing in the choir; register online at www.artcentereast.org.

According to ACE, all singers age 14 and older who wish to participate in the choir must be fully vaccinated against COVID-19 by Jan. 6. Singers are also required to wear masks — a special vocal performance mask (machine washable) will be provided to each GRCC singer.

“When the choir last sang together, the pandemic was just starting,” Frasier said. “We closed our March 5, 2020, concert singing ‘Lean on Me’ and ‘We Shall Overcome’ with the audience. I’m choosing pieces for GRCC’s March 3, 2022, concert that will bring an uplifting and positive tone to our long-awaited resumption of group singing.”

For more information about Grande Ronde Community Choir or other ACE Community Music Programs, contact ACE Outreach Coordinator Moira Madden at outreach@artcentereast.org or call the art center at 541-624-2800.

Find out more about ACE’s arts opportunities (including classes and events) at www.artcentereast.org. The center is at 1006 Penn Ave. in La Grande and is open Wednesday through Friday from noon-5 p.m. and Saturdays from 10 a.m.-2 p.m.