Member Organization

Summer Fling Singers

Mailing Address:
18221 SE 43rd Pl
Issaquah, WA 98027
Electronic Contact:
Artistic Director: Aaron Giles
Founded: 2016
Next Anniversary: 2025 calendar year
Ensemble Type: Adult Auditioned Community Choir
Participating members are selected from local community choirs through invitation and referral
Size: 12 members
Yearly Contributions: Free
Participants are asked to consider donating to help support the group's operations.
Rehearses: various days, 7:00pm during the Summer Only at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA
Rehearsals are coordinated with the singers and may vary year-to-year.

Description

We are a mixed chamber group of singers skipping out for a month during the summer to explore new genres and experience small ensemble singing.

Each year, Summer Fling Singers chooses a different style or composer of a cappella music to focus upon. Once decided, a director is selected to coach us through the repertoire and conduct us in concert. Past seasons have featured coaching by notable local directors including Laurie Betts Hughes, Markdavin Obenza, Gary Cannon, Heather MacLaughlin Garbes, Anne Lyman, and Daniel Mahraun.

An initial reading session is held in late June or early July, followed by 6 rehearsals spread over the last three full weeks of August, culminating in a free concert held the weekend prior to Labor Day weekend. Concert dress is “Aloha” shirts and sun dresses, because no one should have to wear black in the summer.

The ensemble is limited to 12ish experienced and dedicated singers each season, with preference given to previous participants. New singers are selected through invitation and referral. Interested singers should send an email to info@summerfling.org describing your choral experience, and we'll put you on the mailing list where we announce future openings.

Summer Fling Singers is a registered 501(c)(3) organization.

Ensemble Photos

Summer Fling Singers. Summer Fling 2019 was coached by Heather MacLaughlin Garbes. Photography by Philip D. Lanum.
Summer Fling Singers. Summer Fling 2019 was coached by Heather MacLaughlin Garbes. Photography by Philip D. Lanum.
Summer Fling Singers. Summer Fling 2019 in concert dress. Photography by Philip D. Lanum.
Summer Fling Singers. Summer Fling 2019 in concert dress. Photography by Philip D. Lanum.