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As we continue our 65th year, we look forward to several upcoming performances and events and hope you can join us! After a successful performance at the Cuesta College Jazz Festival in San Luis Obispo on November 9, our Torrance Jazz Singers (Torrance Civic Vocal Jazz Ensemble) and the Torrance Civic Chorale are both preparing for a busy holiday schedule and looking forward to some special events in the Spring. We hope to see you when we sing at the City Council Meeting on Dec. 3 or 17 (7 pm), when we carol around Old Torrance on Dec. 5 (6 pm), at the Torrance Holiday Event at Wilson Park on Dec. 14 (5 pm), or at our Holiday Celebration concert alongside the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band on Dec. 21 at 7:30 pm. "Save the Date" for our TCC Jazz Night Fundraiser on March 22, 2025 and our Spring Concert ("Music for the Soul") on May 10, 2025. These are only a few of our Spring events!
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A Holiday Celebration 2024
This will be a concert not to be missed. The TCC and TCVJE are joining forces with the Palos Verdes Symphonic Band to present a "Holiday Celebration" like no other! We will sing the entire concert accompanied by the PVSB on Dec. 21, 2024 at 7:30 pm. Also on the show will be some a cappella performances, the Jazz Singers Combo, and, of course, this will all be capped off by the Hallelujah Chorus, Peace, Peace, and our Community Sing! Tickets are available at Armstrong Ticket Site
About the PVSB
The Palos Verdes Symphonic Band, founded in 1962 and currently under the direction of Mark Hamamura and Eric Hankey, consists of local amateur and former professional musicians dedicated to bringing the best in concert band music to the South Bay community. Members include private and public-school music teachers, engineers, physicians, homemakers, students, and more!
Palos Verdes Symphonic Band Website
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Mark Hamamura, PVSB Music Director
Mark Hamamura is currently an Associate Professor at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa. Prior to becoming a full-time teacher, he developed novel medical imaging systems as a researcher at the University of California, Irvine, where he also earned his doctorate degree in Physics. While a graduate student, Mark simultaneously held the position of Director of Athletic Bands at his alma mater, where he directed the Pep Band, Concert Band, and Stage Band, and served as founding sponsor of the Lambda Alpha chapter of Kappa Kappa Psi, National Honorary Band Fraternity. More recently, he trained as a Conducting Fellow at the Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute and earned his Master of Arts degree in Music Education from Adams State University. He currently resides in Mission Viejo with his wife and two fur babies (aka cats).
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Eric Hankey, PVSB Associate Music Director
Eric Hankey is currently the Band Director at Torrance High School, as well as organist and pianist for American Martyrs Catholic Church in Manhattan Beach. Previously, he served as Music Director for Bishop Montgomery High School, as well as conductor, arranger, teacher, and musician in hundreds of projects, including the Los Angeles Catholic Schools Band, Crescendo School of Music, Long Lake Camp for the Arts, Southeast Symphony Saturday Conservatory, Huntington Beach Symphony, Westchester Symphony, and numerous other schools and churches. He also enjoys engineering projects, classic cars, and travel, especially with his wife, two sons, and three dogs.
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SUPPORT THE TCC AND TJS WITH A PROGRAM AD | |
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Place an ad in our concert program and showcase your business while supporting the Torrance Civic Chorale: this is perhaps one of the best ways you can promote your business in the South Bay community. To advertise in our Winter Concert, Dec. 21, 2024, click below.
Program Order Form
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Dec. 3: Torrance City Council Meeting
Dec. 4: Women's Club Luncheon
Dec. 5: Caroling in Old Torrance
Dec. 14: City Holiday Event-Wilson Park
Dec. 21: Holiday Celebration
March 22: Jazz Night Gala
April 5: Oceanside Jazz Festival
April 25: Fullerton Jazz Festival
May 10: Music for the Soul Concert
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Our Winter Celebration is on December 21, 2024 at 7:30 pm in the Armstrong Theatre will feature special selections such as this one with of our members on cello. | |
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Wonderful performance by the TCC at the City of Torrance Cultural Arts Commission Annual Arts Awards on Sunday, Oct. 27! "I am honored and humbled by receiving the Tom Rische Award for Arts Education. Thank you to Mayor Chen and City Council, the Cultural Arts Commission,
Assembly Member Muratsuchi, Supervisor Janice Hahn, Monica Harte (Cultural Services Manager), and Gia Jordyl (Cultural Services Coordinator)", Ed Trimis, Artistic Director and Conductor, Torrance Civic Chorale and the Jazz Singers.
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Yes!!! Where can you hear the best of gospel/spirituals, soul, rhythm and blues, and funk all in one concert? At the TCC/TCVJE Spring Concert, Music for the Soul: Gospel, Soul, and Rhythm and Blues. We will have a live and funky horn band and perform music from Aretha Franklin and James Brown, to Earth, Wind, and Fire, to Tower of Power, to the Stevie Wonder, the Jackson Five, the Blues Brothers and more! Don't miss it on May 10, 2025! | |
Photos and videos available for viewing, download, and purchase at our SmugMug site below.
SmugMug Site
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TORRANCE JAZZ SINGERS AT CUESTA COLLEGE | |
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Congrats to the Jazz Singers of Torrance (Torrance Civic Vocal Jazz Ensemble) who performed November 9 in San Luis Obispo at the Cuesta College Vocal Jazz Festival. Thank you to the City of Torrance & family and friends for their support, Cuesta College for hosting, and our wonderful singers! Check out their performance linked above and below.
Torrance Jazz Singers at Cuesta College
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The Torrance Jazz Singers at the clinic following their performance at the Cuesta College Vocal Jazz Festival in San Luis Obispo on 11/9/24. | | |
"A Disney Celebration" featured the Torrance Civic Chorale and the Torrance Civic Jazz Singers with special guests, the CSU Dominguez Hills Chorus at the Armstrong Theatre in Torrance, CA on May 3, 2024. See the video below. | |
YOU CAN SUPPORT THE WORK OF TJHE TCC AND TJS! | |
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Torrance City Council and Staff
George K. Chen, Mayor
Mike Griffiths, Jon Kaji, Sharon Kalani, Bridgett Lewis, Aurelio Mattucci, Asam Sheikh
Rebecca Poirier, City Clerk
Tim Goodrich, City Treasurer
Torrance Civic Chorale Leadership
Monica Harte, Cultural Services Manager
Gia Jordayl, Cultural Services Supervisor
Dr. Edward Trimis, Artistic Director and Conductor
Friends of the Torrance Civic Chorale
Susan Culver-Suhr, Chairperson
Karen Peterson, CFO/Treasurer
Linda and Ted Gohata, Librarians
Alex Balan, Historian/Social Media/Events Co-Chair
Tomoyo Namigata, Website/Member Photos/events Co-Chair
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THE TORRANCE CIVIC CHORALE
City of Torrance Cultural Affairs Department 3330 Civic Center Drive Torrance, CA 90503
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