Choir of the Sound History

Choir of the Sound (COTS), a non-profit organization associated with Shoreline Community College, is a leading community choir in the Puget Sound area. The choir is routinely recognized for its impressive performances of major choral and other classical works, which it presents each year in its Winter Classical concert. In addition, the choir uses a unique blend of staging, lighting, and choreography to turn its Holiday and Spring Pops concerts into musical theater–style productions.

Judy Filibeck took up the COTS director baton in 2003, and since then has increasingly challenged the choir to work at a high musical level, focusing on blend, precision, and demanding literature. At the same time, the choir continues to convey a genuine –and infectious—sense of fun to its audiences. These developments have been enthusiastically received (read reviews of our Classical and Pops concerts from the Shoreline Enterprise)!

In November 2005, COTS singers joined four other choirs and two New York City soloists at world-renowned Carnegie Hall in a performance of Vivaldi’s Gloria under the direction of conductor Jonathan Griffiths, accompanied by the New England Symphonic Ensemble. In the summer of 2007, COTS singers toured Italy, performing in Florence, Venice, and Verona.

COTS sings at many other community venues, including sporting events such as Seattle Mariners, Seattle Sounders, Seattle Thunderbirds, and Everett Aquasox games, and aboard Argosy Christmas Ship cruises. The choir is also available for private parties. See photos from a recent Holiday party.