Barlines: A Black Choral Composer Night (Choral Singalong)
$10 suggested donation at bar
About Dereau Farrar
DeReau K. Farrar (he/him/his) is Director of Music at First Unitarian Church of Portland, Oregon, and President of the Association for Unitarian Universalist Music Ministries. In recent years, he has also spent time on the UUA's Commission on Institutional Change and the Black Lives of Unitarian Universalism Advisory Team. Before moving to Portland in 2016, he served the First Unitarian Church of Los Angeles and the Unitarian Universalist Community Church of Santa Monica, led an interfaith community gospel choir, and freelanced.
https://www.firstunitarianportland.org/staff/dereau-farrar/About Colin Alexsei Shepard
Pianist Colin Alexsei Shepard was born and adopted from St. Petersburg, Russia and started studying choir and piano at an early age. He is currently the principal keyboardist of the Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra, the main accompanist for Opera Theater Oregon, and is a regular accompanist and coach for vocal studios at Portland State University. Additionally, he plays piano for the Portland State Chamber Choir under the director of Dr. Ethan Sperry and is a music director for Kairos-Milwaukie United Church of Christ.
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