After studying piano, ear training, etc. for 8 years at Baltimore Peabody Conservatory of Music and representing my Class at the Maryland State Chorus, my love of music as always remained with me…
       I especially love to sing and have enjoyed Glee Clubs, Church Choirs and especially H.R. Chorale.
       I have been lucky enuff to have had some fabulous Directors over the last 18 years.( Jesse, Ben, and Audra…. But my Special Accolades go to Gail, our pianist…. Don’t know where we would be without her….  She is amazing.. 🤩 
       MUSIC is a COMFORT to my “SOUL”…. 🎶

I always enjoyed participating in  both the orchestra as a first violinist and a soprano in the choir in junior highand high school. I’ve always felt and still do that music lifts the spirit.
I was delighted to learn that there was a chorale when I moved to Heritage Ranch.

Singing has always been my way to cope with stress.  Church choir started in elementary school through graduation.  In college, I was too busy and actually not accompished enough for the choir.  As an adult, I’ve participated in church choirs and was thrilled to learn about the Chorale at Heritage Ranch.  I started rehearsing before I moved in and my villa remodeling was completed.  The singing and fellowship in the Chorale is outstanding.  The variety of musis is great fun and the patriotic performances will bring tears to your eyes.

My husband and I  arrived in Texas in September 2003 and discovered Heritage Ranch two months later.  We rented a home until our house was built on Bridle Court in June 2004.  With a desire to sing, a group of us formed the Heritage Ranch Chorale with Jimmy Herman as our director. 
 With Jimmy’s failing health we were very happy to have Jesse Young take control of the eagar singers.  
  As more homes were built the chorale rapidly grew to over 60. Throughout the years we’ve been singing the same programs as we currently sing.  Quite often we included a line of dancers to our chorale repertoire.  At Christmas we used to sing during the holiday dinners.  For years we sang Christmas Carols to shut-in members of our community and to folks in nursing homes or memory care residences.  The chorale has meant a lot to me.

I have been in performing groups (big and select) for most of my life.  I sang in school and church ensembles and sang solos.  As a school principal, I sang in student productions.
My undergraduate degree includes a minor in music, emphasis on voice and piano.
I joined chorale in 2022 (I think), when we moved here.
Much gratitude goes to our director and pianist!

Joined 2016. My life is not complete without music. When I moved here, I immediately joined the Chorale.

Music has always been a part of my life. I have sung in many groups plus solo. I love the HR Chorale. You become family. I love you all and appreciate each one of you. 💕💕

I enjoy singing in the Chorale and appreciate lessons in the vocal section breakdowns and how it sounds in performances. Joining the HR Chorale has been an opportunity to exercise my voice and learn / re-learn music. I really appreciate the rehearsal’s break out for Soprano -Alto – Tenor – Baritone – Bass – etc and how it all comes together for the performances.

I started with the Chorale when it began in 2006. I started singing in church choirs as a child. We had a choir for every age through high school. I didn’t sing in my college choir – no time!  Started singing in my church choir after we moved to Baytown, Texas in the 70’s. I started singing in the Trinity Presbyterian Church choir in McKinney after we moved to north Texas. I have  enjoyed singing in the Chorale – I think singing really helps our thinking as we age!

I have enjoyed singing in a church choir for many years in my younger years. I also played the flute and piccolo in middle and high school years. I love singing in the HR Chorale and would encourage anyone who wants to spend time with a group of delightful people please come join us!

I have a degree in music therapy that I was never able to use.  My daughter is an Orchestra Director & my son played in the high school band.  When we moved to Heritage Ranch the end of March of 2020 – everything shut down for covid.  It was hard to meet people or get involved.  However, I had this neighbor that got me involved.  The first thing she asked is do you sing?  Then I got involved in Activities Committee with her and Marketing and Communications.  I will always be indebted to this neighbor for getting me involved and not taking No for an answer.

I’ve always loved music – both singing and playing the piano, and I’ve been in choirs my whole life. We moved here from Florida where we were snowbirds between there and The Lake of the Ozarks in MO.  I sang with The Voices of Naples (VON) in FL and served as Scholarship Chairperson.  VON is a non-profit organization which awards scholarships to graduating high school seniors who plan to continue their vocal music studies at the university level.  I also sang with Lumina, another non-profit which provides funding for women’s shelters.  In MO I sang in church choir and did summer stock with The Lake Ozark Chorale.  In both FL and MO venues, we performed Broadway musicals, classical, holiday themes, sacred music, and even a Tribute to Queen. 

Joined in 2015. My very small community in Illinois had an outstanding band program, winning the Statewide competitions for umpteen years in a row. My focus was playing the trumpet, and while we had a pretty good chorus program as well, I did not participate. So, I’m a late bloomer with the singing thing. In the 20 or so years prior to moving here I sang in church choirs and did an occasional solo. Moving here in February, I attended the Spring Concert that year to get a read on the quality of the HR Chorale. Signed up right after, and as they say “the rest is history”.

My wife, Kathy, and I have sung with the HR Chorale from its founding and we’ve enjoyed it ever since.  I started singing in college and I sing in my church choir and the Allen Symphony Chorus.  The Chorale gives everyone, even folks who have never sung in a group, the chance to make beautiful music for everyone at Heritage Ranch.  It’s simply a lot of fun and the sense of contributing to the life of Heritage Ranch brings real joy.