Introducing Coastal Voices

It’s finally time to let everybody know about our new identity. Central Coast Chorale is “rebranding” as Coastal Voices as of August 2023. We’re excited to showcase new energy, a new(ish) director, new voices joining our established singers, a new website, new outreach programs, and our continuing commitment to quality choral singing that we hope brings joy to our audiences and ourselves!

Here’s the press release that’s going out to media outlets this week:

The board and members of Central Coast Chorale, a community chorus since 1998, have changed the group’s name to Coastal Voices, as part of a renewed vision developed post-Covid 19.

Since 1998, the Central Coast Chorale - now Coastal Voices - group has performed seasonal vocal music up and down the coastal area, at venues located primarily in Yachats, Newport, and Lincoln City. “Only a global pandemic could keep the chorale off the stage,” said Rhodd Caldwell, artistic director. “From the spring of 2020 to the fall of 2022, the singers were silent.” After the forced hiatus, the choir regrouped with a new artistic director and a renewed vision. To celebrate that return and to mark 25 years of music-making, the organization is taking a new name: Coastal Voices. The mission remains the same: to create a sustainable and inclusive organization that celebrates, promotes and develops the choral arts. Coastal Voices will continue to perform a wide variety of choral music for the Lincoln County community - selections medieval to modern, sacred to secular, classical to folk, American to multi-cultural.

Practice sessions are held from 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesdays each week at the Newport Performing Arts Center, 777 W. Olive Street in Newport. For more information, please visit the Coastal Voices website at coastal-voices.org, call 541-283-6295 or email CVinfo@coastal-voices.org.