Description
Aloha! The Fog City Singers cordially invite you to join us as we share our Fall Concerts, entitled “When the Fog Rolls In To Honolulu.” In these concerts we will use our barbershop, choral, and contemporary a cappella singing to embark on a grand musical journey that will take you across the Pacific Ocean and return you safely home.
Concert repertoire includes our newest commissioned contest piece, Jeremiah Pope’s barbershop mashup of Elton John’s “Don’t Let the Sun Go Down on Me” and Bill Withers’ “Ain’t No Sunshine.” Another commission, a medley of Damita Jo’s “When the Fog Rolls In To San Francisco” and Queen Lili‘uokalani’s “Sanoe,” establishes a direct contrapuntal musical connection between San Francisco, our home town, and Honolulu, our October tour destination.
Performances by our chapter quartets, including S’melodies and Yeah No Yeah, will round out the concerts.
Our October concert in Honolulu—our first-ever full Fog City concert held outside the San Francisco Bay Area—will be at Kawaiaha‘o Church, the “Westminster Abbey of Hawaii.”
When/Where
Sunday, October 4, 5:00PM
Kawaiaha‘o Church
957 Punchbowl Street, Honolulu, HI 96813
Saturday, November 14, 7:30PM
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
114 Montecito Avenue, Oakland, CA 94610
Sunday, November 15, 4:00PM
St. Mark’s Lutheran Church
1111 O’Farrell Street, San Francisco, CA 94109
Repertoire List
Our concert repertoire is as follows:
All Night — by S. Paulus, T. Yeh (2011)
Don’t Let the Sun Go Down On Me/Ain’t No Sunshine — by E. John, B. Taupin (1974); B. Withers (1971) · arr. J. Pope (2026)
Dream On — by B. Rector, M. Scibila (2022) · arr. P. McAlexander (2022)
Hawai‘i Aloha — by J. McGranahan, L. Lyons (19th Century)
Wedding Bells (Are Breaking Up That Old Gang Of Mine) — by S. Fain, I. Kahal, W. Raskin (1929) · arr. D. Wright (1992)
What Shall We Do With the Drunken Sailor — Trad. English Sea Chantey · arr. A. Parker, R. Shaw (1962)
When the Fog Rolls In To San Francisco/Sanoe — by J. Liebman (1966); Lili’uokalani (19th Century) · arr. J. Raven (2026)
You Didn’t Want Me When You Had Me — by B. Russell, B. Grossman (1917) · arr. P. McAlexander (2014)
Note: One of our chorus’ central tenets is that we never want one’s financial situation to be an impediment to their ability to associate with us. That goes for both our members and our audiences. If you are in need of an alternative ticket option, please reach out to us at contact@fogcitysingers.com, and we will figure out how to accommodate.