Koris | Choir - Bostonas latvieši

Bostonas latviešu koris | Boston Latvian Choir

Par kori

Bostonas latviešu koris diriģentes Krisītes Skares vadībā dibināts 2014.g. janvārī ar duci drošsirdīgu dalībnieku, taču 2023. gada darbību noslēdzot, savās ierindās var saskaitīt 55 jautrus dziedātājus. Koris ir 10 gadu darbības laikā uzstājies 3-4 reizes gadā. Dalībnieki pēc 2017.g. Baltimoras un 2022.g. Minesotas dziesmu un deju svētkiem spēra soli nākamajiem izaicinājumiem - 2018.g. un 2023.g. dziesmu svētkiem Latvijā un 2019.g. dziesmu svētkiem Toronto!

About the Choir

The Boston Latvian Choir was founded with a dozen brave singers in January 2014 by artistic director Krissy Skare, and closes its latest concert season with 55 joyous members. The choir has performed 3-4 concerts per year over the past 5 years, most notably in the presence of composer Ēriks Ešenvalds in October 2016. After the 2017 Baltimore and 2022 Minnesota Latvian Song Festivals, for which founder Krissy Skare served as Artistic Director, the choir embraced its next challenges — the 2018 and 2023 Song Festivas lin Latvia and 2019 Song Festival in Toronto!

Boston Latvian Choir's principal accompanist is Bret Silverman.

Kora koncerta ieraksti | Concert Videos

"Vai tādēļi nedziedāju" koncertprogramma, 2016.g. 9. jūnijā
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"Laid iekšā, saiminiece!" koncertprogramma, 2015.g. 17. decembrī
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Par diriģenti

Diriģente, pedagoģe, dziedātāja, aranžētāja un bostoniete Krisīte Skare ieguvusi mūzikas bakalaura gradu University of Massachusetts Amherst, mūzikas maģistra gradu Jaunanglijas Mūzikas konservatorijā un pedagoģijas maģistra gradu Harvard Graduate School of Education. Skare ir amerikāņu starppaaudžu kora Neighborhood Rocks līdzdibinātāja un diriģente, kā arī Bostonas latviešu koŗa (dib. 2014.g.) dibinātāja un mākslinieciskā vadītāja. Viņu priecina mācīt latviešu jaunatni, strādājot kā dziedāšanas skolotāja gan Bostonas latviešu skolā, gan Ņujorkas Katskiļu bērnu nometnē. Kā dziedātāja viņa izceļas džeza, popmūzikas un folkloras žanros, bieži uzstājoties ar dzīvesbiedru, ģitāristu un dziedātāju Michael Glashow.

About the Director

Boston-based conductor, teacher, performer and arranger Krissy Skare (BM, University of Massachusetts Amherst; MM, New England Conservatory of Music; Ed.M., Harvard Graduate School of Education) is the co-founder and director of Neighborhood Rocks, a multigenerational community choir, as well as the founder and director of the Boston Latvian choir. She enjoys working with young Latvians as a music teacher at the Boston Latvian School and the New York Latvian summer camp in the Catskill Mountains. As a singer, Skare performs jazz, contemporary and Latvian folk music, often with her husband, guitarist and singer Michael Glashow.