SFCC Performing Groups

Spokane Falls Community Band performs an extensive repertoire of master works by composers from the Renaissance to the present. Membership includes college students and amateur and professional musicians from the Spokane area.

Spokane Falls Community Symphony is comprised of people from all walks of life who share a common interest in performing major symphonic repertoire. The ensemble, composed of students, amateurs and professional musicians, performs several concerts each season.

Chamber Singers is a select ensemble that performs music appropriate for smaller ensembles across a wide range of styles. This ensemble is intended for students with exceptional vocal and musical ability, who will self-start and practice regularly on their own. This ensemble performs many times each quarter (as well as on the quarterly Choral Concert) and tours each year, alternating regional with national/international destinations. You do not need to be a music major transfer student to audition. You merely need to have the desire to rehearse and perform high quality music at a high level.

College Chorale is open to any interested student who wants to sing in an ensemble. This group is composed of MEN’S CHOIR (Meistersingers) and WOMEN’S CHOIR (Bella Voce), which rehearse separately but the meet every Friday to make CHORALE. No prior choral experience is required, but the director needs to hear each interested student’s voice in a mini-audition designed to determine range and voice quality. Both groups and the combined Chorale perform quarterly at the Choral Concert.

Jazz Ensemble performs classic and contemporary jazz by the world's great arrangers and also serves as a performance lab for student compositions. This 23- piece 'Big Band' has toured to Hawaii, performed at the famed Montreau and North Sea jazz Festivals in Europe and received numerous awards at national and regional festivals. In addition to studio recording projects, the band performs regularly, often backing major jazz artists in concert.

Jazz Combos provide opportunities to study and perform jazz in a small group format. Emphasis is on improvisation and ensemble experience in a variety of jazz styles from bebop and blues to fusion. Combos record in the SFCC studio and perform throughout the community and at national jazz festivals.

Jazz Singers is a select ensemble that performs vocal jazz both with and without a rhythm section. Depending upon group size, this class may also include a Vocal Jazz Solo Workshop, which will emphasize the skills needed to perform a vocal jazz solo. These skills include microphone technique, stage presence, stylization, improvisation, communication with a rhythm section and reading chord charts and lead sheets. Both the ensemble and the soloists will perform on the quarterly Choral Concert, and may be asked to perform in other venues as well.

Barbershop Harmony is open to any student with a desire to sing and learn more about this unique American art form. Men and women rehearse separately and perform on the quarterly Choral Concert. In the spring quarter SFCC’s barbershop groups are usually invited to perform on shows staged by Spokane barbershop harmony chapters. No music reading skills are required.

Commercial Music Groups allow students to study and perform in small groups, concentrating on one or more styles: classic rock and blues, top 40, country progressive rock, pop, and student compositions.