Inland Chorale

Choral singing has had a long history in the Hemet-San Jacinto Valley area, going back at least as far as 1962 when a local singer and businessman founded the Hemacinto Chorale.  Throughout the years various groups have continued to come together with the purpose of singing beautiful and challenging choral music. 

One of these groups, formed in 1989, with Virginia Pritchard as accompanist, found itself suddenly without a director in the fall of that year.  Jane Atherstone, a singing member of the group, assumed the directorship.  It became The Inland Chamber Chorale and later The Inland Chorale.

                         Christmas, 1997

In its twenty years of existence, the Inland Chorale has performed the music of Mozart, Pergolesi, Schubert, Brahms, Faure and many other distinguished composers and arrangers. Modern composers such as John Rutter, John Leavitt and Mark Hayes are also well-represented.  We have sung in Latin, Italian, Spanish, German, French, Hebrew, and most recently, Estonian. 

We are particularly pleased to have sung many songs composed or arranged especially for us by local composer and musician Jean Thomas Will.  Mrs. Will is a published composer, an organist and pianist and also a choral director in her own right.

The Chorale has also been fortunate to have a peerless accompanist during our twenty years of performing – Virginia Pritchard.  Her musicianship and ability as a pianist and accompanist have been crucial for the musical development and formation of the Chorale.

We are dedicated to performing quality choral music in a professional and entertaining manner. We present four concerts a year—two during the Christmas season and two in May.