Kathy Griff
is a first year member of the Long Beach Chorale, and is happy to be singing with this fine choir and its exceptionally talented conductor, Eliza Rubenstein. It is a joy to be immersed in choral music again after spending several years pursuing other interests.
She is now retired after serving thirty-seven years as a high school choral director. Kathy earned a B.A and M.A. in choral music education at CSULB, and also did graduate studies in folklore at UCLA.
Since retiring, Kathy has enjoyed attending Friday mid-afternoon series concerts of the Los Angeles Philharmonic, and going out to lunch with other retirees (celebrating our freedom from routine). Other performing groups she follows are Los Angeles Master Chorale, Los Angeles Opera, and South Coast Repertory Theater. She has attended Hollywood Bowl summer concerts with old friends since 1973.
She is passionate about weekly ballroom, Latin, and salsa dance classes. Since getting an Australian Shepherd puppy earlier this year, she now has begun training and attending dog shows, entering a new world of dog lovers.
Among her favorite popular music performers, she listens to and attends concerts by Tony Bennett, Willie Nelson, The Mavericks, K.D. Lang, Aretha Franklin, The Beatles, Al Jarreau, Los Lobos, and Harry Connick Jr.
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