Thank you to all our audience members and supporters… Our Christmas concert, “Gabriel’s Message” was well-attended and gave us all a wonderful start to the Christmas season.

We are truly honored to know our performances inspire and uplift our audience. From our Christmas concert, one audience member was moved to pen her thoughts after hearing us for the first time:

“At first, my attending Camerata Singers concerts, after nearly a three-hour journey, was simply to support my sister, Julia Turner, who is the current president. As time has evolved, however, l have been musically and magically transformed by their collective voices, the instrumentals, and the conductor. When l left the 2025 Christmas concert, l was moved to share about them in poetry.”

~ Gloria Sayles
Read her poem here…

And on to 2026!

Camerata Singers will be performing April 17th -19th, 2026. But you will get hungry before then, so we’ve found a way for you to eat and help out Camerata Singers at the same time!

This March 4th, 2026, the Pizza Factory in Salinas located at 926 South Main Street is hosting a fundraiser to support us. Follow this link for more information, a digital code (which you can use on their app) or visit in person. Camerata Singers will share in a potion of all Pizza Factory sales that day!

No flyer or app? No worries! Just let them know when you place your order that you are ordering with Camerata Singers’ fundraiser in mind.

Eat pizza, support us, what could be better? Well… Mark your calendars for April 17th, 18th and 19th for our Spring Camerata Singers concert series.

Our singers have begun rehearsals; our Artistic Director and Conductor, Mark Purcell, has gathered many beautiful and inspiring choral pieces to help us sing into the Christmas season. Along with voices of the choir, you’ll hear instrumentalists - including harp, percussion and our wonderful accompanist and piano soloist Lucy Faridany.

Check back for more information to come. We know you’ll love this music as much as we do.

Want to help out?
Are you interested in assisting at an upcoming concert? Would you like to serve as an usher? Please drop a note to our House Manager.

Mark PurceIl

Artistic Director & Conductor

Mark Purcell comes to us as the current music department chair (where he has conducted the choir and music ensemble since 2006) at Santa Catalina School in Monterey. Read more about Mark here. And here…. a recent article about Mark in the Carmel Pine Cone (page 27A).

We couldn’t do what we do without our collaborative pianist, Lucy Faridany. Well-known in the area as a talented concert pianist and accompanist, Lucy contributes significantly to the performances of our ensemble; we are delighted to have Lucy as part of our music-making.

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Come Sing with us! Are you interested in singing in a chorus that is musically satisfying and personally warm and accepting? 

If you are interested or have any questions, please get in touch with our president, Julia Turner, at juleyah@comcast.net. She will be happy to talk with you and set up an audition time.

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~ Support our local small businesses ~

These local retailers, who offer our concert tickets at the time of the concert, are small businesses in Monterey County. Please visit them throughout the year to offer your support; let them know how much you appreciate their ongoing support of Camerata Singers.

We appreciate and honor their support:

Bookmark Music
307 Forest Avenue, Pacific Grove
&
V.I.P. Salon
982 Park Row, Salinas

Camerata Singers was honored to participate in the fabulous “Monterey County Gives!” Fundraising event. Through your generous support, your donations totaled $26,745.00! Thank you, thank you!

Keep in touch - Want to be the first to know about our upcoming plans? Give us your name and email address and we’ll add you to our email list!

Our Carmelite Monastery experience.

Click the title above to read about the once-in-a-lifetime opportunity we were given this past October 2025.

Be an advertiser….

Do you own a business? Would you like to advertise in an upcoming concert program? We’d love to have you as a sponsor. Your ad will continue in each of our concert programs throughout the season.

With an ad purchase, you’ll receive complimentary tickets to our concerts.

Contact us here for more info:

PO Box 428
Salinas, California
93902

Camerata Singers thanks the Arts Council for their generous programmatic support….
We couldn’t do it without you!