Upcoming & Past Events

Upcoming Events

This concert is open to everyone!

July 13, 2:00 PM

"A Glimmer of Hope"
A Musical Journey through Life's Joys and Challenges
Paradise Village Senior Living
2700 E. Fourth St. National City

Past Concerts

Year Program Performance Locations (San Diego County, California) Date

2025      A Dream Before Summer - with Cinballera Wilson Performing Arts Center, San Diego. June 7 & 8, 2025
   Music in Springtime with the Center Chorale California Center for the Arts, Escondido June 1, 2025
  A Glimmer of Hope -    St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, San Diego May 18, 2025
A Musical Journey Through Life's Joys & Challenges

   A Glimmer of Hope - with Center Chorale & Others   California Center for the Arts, Escondido April 2, 2025
A Musical Journey Through Life's Joys & Challenges

   Amahl and the Night Visitors - with Cinballera First Lutheran Church of San Diego    January 6, 2025

2024       A John Rutter Christmas: Magnificat and Joy to the World First Presbyterian Church of San Diego                                   December 15, 2024
- with Westminster Choir
                  Caroling at Mission Marketplace   Mission Marketplace in Oceanside                                 December 8, 2024

                   Andrea Bocelli's 30th Anniversary Tour   Pechanga Arena                                                                               December 4, 2024
- backup chorus
                   Ode to Joy 2 in collaboration with the Center Chorale California Center for the Arts, Escondido November 22, 2024
                   Broadway Our Way St Dunstan's Episcopal Church                                                      September 8, 2024

                   Broadway Our Way     GlenBrook Health Care Center July 13, 2024

                   Carl Orff, "Carmina Burana" with City Ballet of San Diego       California Center for the Arts, Escondido    May 4, and 5, 2024
                   and the Center Chorale

                  Maurice Durufle' "Requiem" Good Friday performance            First Presbyterian Church, San Diego                                           March 29, 2024
                  with Westminster Choir

2023      "The Nutcracker" plus caroling prior to the                               California Center for the Arts, Escondido                                     December 22, 2023
                   matinee and evening performances - City Ballet

                  Benjamin Britten's "Ceremony of Carols" and                           First Presbyterian Church, San Diego                                            December 10, 2023
                  Conrad Susa's "Carols and Lullabies:
                  Christmas in the Southwest"

                   Collaboration with Center Chorale in Escondido                      The Grand Ritz Theater, Escondido                                    November 17, 2023
                   Joseph Haydn's 'Lord Nelson Mass' and
                   John Nettles' 'Wild Things'

                   "Sing of Peace"                                                                                     St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, San Diego                                     August 27, 2023

   “Jubilate Deo” with the Center Chorale and Orchestra California Center for the Performing Arts, Escondido June 2, 2023

   “PCC at the Vi” (private concert). The Vi, at La Jolla Village Senior Living April 19, 2023
Wide range of selections from Pacific Coast Chorale favorites

Fauré’s “Requiem” Good Friday Tenebrae Service with the First Presbyterian Church April 7, 2023
Westminster Choir

   “The Church is One Foundation” and other selections Trinity Lutheran Church January 22, 2023
chosen for the church’s 125th Anniversary Celebration Service
2022      Caroling and “Snowflake Chorus” for the Nutcracker Ballet,   California Center for the Arts, Escondido December 23, 2022
City Ballet of San Diego

Saint-Saens’ “Christmas Oratorio” and Heather Sorensen’s   First Presbyterian Church December 18, 2022
“Carol Cantata” with the Westminster Choir

PCC Community Holiday Carolers San Diego December 8, 2022
3 locations including Piazza Carmel in Carmel Valley

  “Laudate Dominum” and “Scarborough Fair” and First Presbyterian Church September 24, 2022
  guitar concert by Robert Wetzel for FPC’s Arts Series

Faure’s “Requiem” (benefit for the Food Pantry) First Presbyterian Church August 13, 2022
with the Westminster Choir

Wedding ceremony: Performed songs requested by the bride Marine Corps Air Station, Miramar July 16, 2022

Choral accompaniment for Andrea Bocelli’s Pechanga Arena June 15, 2022
San Diego Performance (see also 2019 & 2024)

“Good Friday it is finished” Rutter’s “Requiem” First Presbyterian Church April 15, 2022
with the Westminster Choir

“A Celtic Spring”     First Presbyterian Church April 3. 2022

   “San Diego Sings!” Festival 2022 The Conrad Prebys Performing Arts Center, La Jolla April 2, 2022

2021      “Christmas Concert” with the Westminster Choir First Presbyterian Church December 12, 2021

   “Composers Then and Now”    First Presbyterian Church November 14, 2021

Jean Will presents “Opera’s Greatest Moments” California Center for the Performing Arts, Escondido November 6, 2021
  with the Center Chorale

    “Labors of Love”     First Presbyterian Church September 18, 2021

  “Folk’s-a-Poppin”    First Presbyterian Church June 19, 2021

  Virtual Valentines Card -  “Zoom collage” using contributions YouTube January 30, 2021
sung by individual PCC members

2020   Virtual Winter Holiday Card -  “Zoom collage” using    YouTube November 21, 2020
contributions sung by individual PCC members

2019    Caroling and “Snowflake Chorus” for the Nutcracker Ballet,   Spreckels Theatre December 14-15, 21-22, 2019
City Ballet of San Diego

  Choral accompaniment for Andrea Bocelli’s Pechanga Arena December 8, 2019
  San Diego Performance (see also 2022 & 2024)

  Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with the City Ballet of San Diego Spreckels Theatre November 1-3, 2019

    “A Choral Bouquet”   All Soul’s Episcopal Church October 25, 2019

    Private concert for The Vi    The Vi at La Jolla Senior Living October 13, 2019

“Lift Up Your Voice!” community hymn sing First Presbyterian Church June 8, 2019

   “Songs of the Civil War Era”     Congregational Church of La Jolla June 2, 2019

  “Songs of the Civil War Era”   Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church May 25, 2019

    “Songs of the Civil War Era”    St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church May 19, 2019

Mozart’s “Requiem” with the City Ballet of San Diego Orchestra Spreckels Theatre May 10-12, 2019

  “Make Ready for the Jubilee: Songs of the Civil War Era”   United Church of Christ, La Mesa April 28, 2019

  Choral Consortium’s “San Diego Sings! Choral Festival”   Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park March 23, 2019

2018 “Hodie (Christus natus est)” – This Day with the Center Chorale The Heritage Center, Escondido December 22, 2018

   “Hodie (Christus natus est)” – This Day with the Center Chorale Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church December 15, 2018

   “Silver Screen” – Theme Songs Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church September 28, 2018

   “Silver Screen” - Theme Songs United Church of Christ, La Mesa August 26, 2018

   Private concert for residents at The Vi The Vi at La Jolla Village Senior Living August 12, 2018

Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana” with the San Diego City Ballet Spreckels Theatre May 11, 12, and 13, 2018
Orchestra and an original City Ballet of San Diego World Premier

  Young Actors Theater Show (PCC augmented the performers) Young Actors Theater, Spring Valley January 26, 2018

2017 "Handel’s Messiah” with the East County Youth Symphony Joan B. Kroc Theater December 16, 2017

   "Handel’s Messiah” with the East County Youth Symphony Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church December 6, 2017

  Private concert for residents at The Vi The Vi at La Jolla Village Senior Living August 27, 2017

   National Anthem at US Tennis Association tournament finals Barnes Tennis Center August 5, 2017

   “Road Trip”    Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church July 29, 2017

  "The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses"   San Diego Civic Theater July 21, 2017

Schubert’s “Mass in G” with the East County Youth Symphony Joan B. Kroc Center May 13, 2017

   Schubert’s “Mass in G” with the East County Youth Symphony Lakeside Community Presbyterian Church April 30, 2017

   San Diego Sings! Choral Arts Festival Spreckels Organ Pavilion in Balboa Park March 25, 2017

Brahms’ “Requiem” with the Center Chorale and Symphony. California Center for the Arts, Escondido January 29, 2017
Orchestra

2016 “A Choral Potpourri”   Central Public Library October 30, 2016

  “Mass Appeal”   Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church August 20, 2016

    “Back to Broadway”   Logan Heights Library Branch April 3, 2016

2015 Christmas Program Mt. Soledad Presbyterian Church December 17, 2015

Holiday Extravaganza with Richard Lederer Spreckels Theatre December 15, 2015

Holiday Extravaganza   Central Library December 13, 2015

Celebrating the 10th Anniversary of Logan Heights Library Logan Heights Public Library December 12, 2015

   Mozart’s “Requiem” with City Ballet of San Diego and Orchestra Spreckels Theatre November 13-15, 2015

  ”Celebrating the Human Spirit in Commemoration of 9/11” La Jolla Presbyterian Church September 11, 2015

  “Choral Gems” Central Public Library June 28, 2015

    “Music of the Civil War”    Serra Mesa Public Library March 15, 2015

“Music of the Civil War”    Mission Valley Public Library February 21, 2015

   ”Celebrating Black History Month”   Logan Heights Public Library February 7, 2015

   “Music of the Civil War”   Central Public Library February 1, 2015

2014 “Messiah Sing-along” with City of San Diego Ballet Orchestra Spreckels Theatre December 16, 2014

    ”International Folk Music” St. Dunstan’s Episcopal Church November 2, 2014

  ”International Folk Music”   La Jolla Riford Branch Library September 28, 2014

  Mozart’s “Requiem” with City Ballet of San Diego Spreckels Theatre May 9-11, 2014

  Brahms’ “Requiem” with East County Youth Symphony Joan Kroc Center April 1 and April 14, 2014

   ”Broadway and Beyond”   Central Public Library March 24, 2014

   ”Broadway and Beyond”   Logan Heights Public Library March 22, 2014

2013 Carl Orff’s “Carmina Burana”    Spreckels Theatre Three performances in early May 2013
What was to become PCC began as the earliest singers
joined with other local singers accompanied by the
  City Ballet of San Diego and Orchestra

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A Dream Before Summer
June 7 & 8, 2025
in collaboration with Cinballera
Wilson Performing Arts Center, San Diego

"Music in Springtime"

June 1, 2025

in collaboration with Center Chorale
California Center for the Arts, Escondido

A Glimmer of Hope
April 2, 2025
Escondido Choral Arts & the California Center for the Arts

Caroling, followed by City Ballet's performance of Tchaikovsky's
"The Nutcracker"
(Waltz of the Snowflakes)

December 23, 2024
Matinee and Evening performances

Concert Hall, California Center for the Arts, Escondido

John Rutter's
Magnificat and Joy to the World,
December 15, 2024 7:00 p.m.
in Collaboration with Westminster Choir,
as part of the First Presbyterian Church's Fine Arts Series

Caroling at Mission Marketplace in Oceanside, December 8, 2024

 Andrea Bocelli's
"30th Anniversary Holiday Tour"

December 4, 2024 7:30 p.m.

Pechanga Arena, San Diego, CA

Ode to Joy!

November 22, 2024 7:00 p.m.

in Collaboration with Center Chorale

Center Theater, on the campus of California Center for the Arts, Escondido (CCA-E)

Performance was SOLD OUT!

Broadway Our Way, at St Dunstan's Episcopal Church
in San Diego, September 8, 2024

Broadway Our Way, at GlenBrook Health Care Center,
in Carlsbad, July 13, 2024

Carl Orff, "Carmina Burana" with City Ballet of San Diego and the Center Chorale
at the California Center for the Arts, Escondido, May 4 and 5, 2024

Pacific Coast Chorale partners with Westminster Choir to perform
Maurice Durufle's Requiem on March 29, 2024

Pacific Coast Caroling performances in December 2023, including caroling at the December 22 'The Nutcracker' performance

December 10, 2023
Benjamin Britten's Ceremony of Carols and
Conrad Susa's Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest @
First Presbyterian Church in San Diego
Collaboration with Westminster Choir

The full YouTube video for this performance is available at https://www.youtube.com/live/BHF4kjupkT8?si=07-YpooGqyucoAUE

Ceremony of Carols
I. Procession
II. WOLCUM YOLE!
III. There Is No Rose
IV(a). That Yonge Child, with solo by Renee Chang
IV(b). Balulalow, with solo by Rebecca Horton
V. As Dew In Aprille
VI. This Little Babe
VII. Interlude, Harp solo by Elena Mashkovtseva
VIII. In Freezing Winter Night
IX. Spring Carol, with solos by Rebecca Horton and Carol Rogers
X. Deo Gracias

Carols & Lullabies, Christmas in the Southwest by Conrad Susa
I. Oh, Mi Belen (Biscayan)
II. El Desembre Congelat (Catalonian)
III. Alegria (Puerto Rican), with solos by Allen Pace and Richard Stanford
IV. A La Nanita Nina (Spanish)
V. La Posadas (Spanish), with solos by Greg Carlson, John Nettles, Luis Noriega
VI. Campana Sobre Campana (Andalucian)
VII. En Belen Tocan a Fuego (Castilian) with solos by Greg Carlson, Rebecca Horton and Carol Rogers
VIII. El Noi De La Mare (Catalonian) with solos by Rebecca Horton, John Nettles, Allen Pace and Carol Rogers
IX. Chiquirriquitin (Andalucian)
X. El Rorro (Mexican)

Congregational Carols

O Come All Ye Faithful, with Jan Feher on Organ
Angels We Have Heard On High, with Jan Feher on Organ
Joy to the World, with Pam Monroe on Organ

Pam Monroe, Organ

Mark Shapiro, Guitar

Elena Mashkovtseva, Harp

David Whitman, Marimba

Jan Fletcher, Organ

Composers Then and Now and Wild Things, Collaboration with
Center Chorale, at The Grand Ritz Hotel in Escondido

August 27, 2023 "Sing of Peace", St. Dunstan's Episcopal Church, San Diego

June 2, 2023 - Collaboration with Escondido Center Chorale, @ CCAE Center Theater,
In Glorious Spring featuring Dan Forrest's 'Jubilate Deo'.

April 7, 2023 Good Friday's performance of Gabriel Faure's Requiem, in collaboration with Westminster Choir, video produced by First Presbyterian Church of San Diego

April 7, 2023 Good Friday's performance of Gabriel Faure's Requiem, in collaboration with Westminster Choir, video produced by First Presbyterian Church of San Diego

Here are the starting times for each of the hymn and the seven movements:

Go to Dark Gethsemane 6:54
Gabriel Faure's Requiem

I. Introit and Kyrie. 13:30
II. Offertorium 22:26
III. Sanctus 34:20
IV. Pie Jesus 41:37
V. Agnus Dei 48:53
VI. Libera me 56:29
VII. In Paradisum 1:05

PCC performed at Trinity Lutheran Church's 125th anniversary celebration on January 22, 2023. You can hear us performing 'We've Come This Far by Faith' with this video and "Jesu Bleibet Miene Freude" with this video.

PCC Performs at the Vi, March 19, 2023

December, 2022, Holiday Carolers in Three Locations in San Diego

"Spirit of the Guitar", part of First Presbyterian Church Art Series, September 24, 2022

A Wedding at MCAS Miramar July 16, 2022

PCC as Vocal Accompaniment for Andrea Bocelli, June 15, 2022

April 15, 2022 Good Friday Performance, in collaboration with Westminster Choir of First Presbyterian Church

Hymn #97 Go to Dark Gethsemane, 5:17

John Rutter's Requiem

I. Requiem Aeternam, 11:57
II. Out of the Deep, 21:26
III. Pie Jesu, 29:26
IV. Sanctus, 35:44
V. Agnus Dei, 39:29
VI. The Lord Is My Shepherd, 48:10
VII. Lux Aeterna, 55:04

A Celtic Spring Arranged and Orchestrated by John Nettles First Presbyterian Church April 3, 2022

Overture, Traditional tunes, arr. John Nettles, 12:00
Mari's Wedding, Traditional, 16:20
Sally Gardens, Traditional, Soloist Timothy McReynolds, 19:00
Nella Fantasia, by C. Ferrau & E. Morricone, Soloist Caroline Nelms, 21:53
Believe Me If All Those Endearing Young Charms, Traditional, Soloist John Nettles, 28:18
Orange/Green, Traditional, 33:35
Sunday, Bloody Sunday, by U2, Soloists Timothy McReynolds, Amy Pfleeger, Alex Yazumatzu, 35:30
Danny Boy, Traditional, Soloist Anyssa Chavez, 39:54
Off to Philadelphia, Traditional, Soloist Christopher Moore, 45:28
Whither Must I Wander, by Vaughan-Williams with words by Robert Louis Stevenson, Soloist John Nettles, 48:45
Song for the Journey - traditional, 53:50
Send Me a Song by David Downes and Catriona Nidhubhghaill, Soloist Caroline Nelms, 56:40
Run, Runaway, by Slade, 1:03