Long Beach Chorale and Chamber Orchestra

Linda is brand new to the chorale this season, joining the alto section. She’s a school district administrator by trade. She was a voice major and college and nowadays is an advocate for incorporating the arts into her school district’s programming.

Something people would be surprised to know about Linda? “I was on Romper Room on television when I was five. Romper, bomper, stomperoo,” she says. Today, she enjoys hiking, swimming, and hanging out with fun and interesting people. Her favorite music to listen to is the great works of composers of centuries past, she says.

“The Long Beach Chorale rocks! The talent in the room astounds me every time we sing

Linda at the summit of Mt. Baldy

together,” Linda says. We think you’re pretty hot stuff, too, Linda!

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Nathan Staph is a valued member of the tenor section. He is a talented cinematographer and video editor — he and his friend Michael Kroh produced the promotional video for the chorale’s Dona Nobis Pacem concert last season.Nathan studied music at Orange Coast College in Costa Mesa, California, where Long Beach Chorale’s Artistic Director Eliza Rubenstein was his choir director.

His favorite piece the chorale has performed is Dave Brubeck’s arrangement of the Christmas carol We Three Kings. Singing with the chorale provides Nathan with a unique artistic environment, he says. “It’s a place where I can express myself as well as take in thoughts, ideas, beauty, and passion that I would never be exposed to elsewhere,” he says. “Oh, and it’s really, really, really fun.”

In his spare time, Nathan juggles, kayaks, plays the videogame Call of Duty, and eats

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quesadillas. His favorite musical acts include Radiohead, Iron & Wine, Bon Iver, Midlake, Band of Horses, and Billie Holiday. Like many chorale members, he is a fan of Los Angeles-area classical music radio station KUSC. He also enjoys barbershop quartets. One of his life goals is to fight a bear. “I don’t wanna kill it, but I’d just like to see if I could win,” he explains.

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Eve, a second soprano/first alto, has been with the chorale for about 16 years and is frequently seen wearing an interesting scarf. The piece she most enjoyed performing with the group was the Faure Requiem.

Eve has lived in Belmont Shore all her life and lives behind the house her mother grew up and still lives in. Growing up, Eve studied piano and played the flute in the Rogers Junior High School band. Her first voice teacher was Bev Kelly, a local jazz singer. She attended UC Irvine and sang in various choirs there. “I learned from some of the best directors of choral singing, including one of Eliza’s influences, Joseph Huszti, who is still going strong, “ she says.

Singing with the Long Beach Chorale is important to her because, as she says, “it fulfills my passion for song and my need to be a part of a team effort. It brings me joy.” When she’s not singing, Eve is taking care of her family, reading, visiting with friends, listening to the radio and dancing along. Music that might be playing if you stopped by Eve’s house would include Debussy’s Clair de Lune, Imagine by John Lennon, Tchaikovsky’s First Symphony, Beethoven, the Beatles, or Joni Mitchell and her ilk.

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