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Windward Choral Society December Concerts To Feature Harmonious Singing
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versity in Hawai‘i and Mc- Creary Duprey’s love of languages. She has an under- graduate degree in Spanish from Gettysburg College in Pennsylvania, and a Master
of Music from Westminster ChoirCollegeinNewJersey.
fun — even for spouses who aredraggedtothem—and they are completely free with no tickets needed. We invite the community to support the performing arts and share in the live musical experience.”
rest,MarkHayes,JaceSap- lan and Eric Whitacre.
“We are excited to be able to come back and to sing togeth- er,” says McCreary Duprey. “Our concerts are known to be
“We invite the community to support the performing arts and share in the live musical experience.”
Singing in a variety of different languages is to be expected — to honor the di-
Born and raised in Nu‘ua- nu to a singing mother and a father who was a renowned organist and composer (John McCreary), McCreary Duprey has allowed music to guide her career. She trav- eled the world learning from world-acclaimed conductors and singing in prestigious choirs, including the West- minster Choir and the New York Philharmonic. But, when she returned home to Hawai‘i to found the Hawai‘i Pacific University Interna- tional Chorale and Vocal En- semble and moved to Kailua, she noticed the choral music
that was once prevalent on the Windward side during her ‘Io- lani School days in the 1970s no longer existed.
showed up! I expected attri- tion to happen, but it didn’t. We had more than 100 singers before the pandemic started.”
Windward Choral Society, led by artist director and conductor Susan McCreary Duprey, will hold performances in Kailua on Dec. 9 and 11. PHOTO COURTESY WINDWARD CHORAL SOCIETY
Special thanks to our community partners.
“I made 50 packets of music for that first evening, thinking that would be more than enough, but when the first night arrived, 65 singers
Email windwardchoral- society@gmail.com or visit thewindwardchoralsociety. org for more information.
Wednesday, December 7, 2022 5:00 - 8:30 p.m.
Castle Front Lawn
640 ‘Ulukahiki Street, Kailua, HI 96734
“In 2008, I put free ads in MidWeek and The Honolulu Advertiser to solicit singers for the first practice of the Windward Choral Society,” McCreary Duprey recollects. “The goal was to focus on ‘ohana and the joy of music.
Choir members weathered the pandemic by practicing on Zoom and outdoors, and now they rehearse in person again on Tuesday evenings at St. Anthony’s Parish Hall in Kai- lua. It’s a non-auditioned cho- rus, holding two open houses at the start of fall and spring.
Adventist Health Castle’s
Annual Christmas Tree Lighting event
Together Again
Join us for a family-filled night of music by Ei Nei and The Free Little Birds, trolley rides and Christmas fun!
Limited handicap parking will be available at the hospital. All other parking will be at the Kailua Parking Garage, the 3-level parking garage in front of Longs Drugs in Kailua Town Center. Trolley pick-up/drop-off will be on the first level of the parking garage from 5:00 – 9:00 p.m.