Come Sing Now
Who are we? We are a group of women who love to have fun and sing together
Harmony of the Gorge is a group of women singers dedicated to achieving musical excellence and personal growth by providing quality education and opportunities to perform and promote the art form of four-part a cappella harmony. We have members from the Columbia River Gorge area who gather in Hood River on Tuesdays to share an evening of four-part harmony, musical challenge and fun. Singers come from Hood River, Carson, Lyle, Odell, White Salmon, Stevenson, North Bonneville, Parkdale, Klickitat, Dallesport and The Dalles.
We participate regularly in our North x Northwest Region 13 activities which includes educational workshops, classes, and competitions. In the past, we have earned some nice chorus awards at contests – but the real value of attending competitions is to receive positive comments and suggestions on how we can be even better singers. In 2012, we were thrilled to earn the “Harmonize the World” award — which recognized our chorus’ and our members’ involvement in and around our communities in the Mid-Columbia area.
Our Core Values include:
family, friendship, belonging, relationships, personal well being, health, self-esteem, security, respect, happiness, inner harmony, balance,
faith, religion, spirituality, life-long learning, education, personal growth
Our 2024-2025
Management Team
Team Leaders: Kathy & Dotty, & Shelley
Communications: Frances Finance: Rhonda
Membership: Angie Performances: Dotty Marketing; Anna
Director: Judy G
Our chorus celebrated our 40th anniversary in 2023. We are at a crossroads in the life of our chorus — and that’s a good thing! We can go straight forward and continue doing things like we’ve done in the past — or we can turn left or right and see what surprises await.
What does that really mean? It still will mean having fun singing together — but with new songs and more singers.
- New music. We do have many favorites from the past that we love to sing — but it’s time to get NEW songs to perform this summer. So finding and learning new music that we will enjoy singing will be top of our list.
- Arrangements: Yes, we sing “barbershop style” … but that is by no means “old fashioned” or “out of date” — in fact, it’s quite the opposite! New fantastic barbershop arrangements are being written for many of the popular songs we all enjoy.
- Finding more women to sing with us. Women with high, medium, or low ranges…. we welcome you all!
Judy Galloway, director
If singing is missing in your life, call me at 541-490-2481
or you can email me: jhgalloway47@gmail.com.
Everyone needs to sing – and singing together with friends is the absolute best!! Singing not only makes us feel better, but singing is also great for our health.
Regrettably, too many people (men and women) are told early in life that they can not or should not sing. I so disagree!
We all need to sing – it’s one of the most powerful ways to express our feelings and release our fears, sorrows, and joys!
For over 30 years now, I have enjoyed singing with these fantastic women, and in 2021, I moved into the role of directing the chorus. In 2008, I received Region 24’s “Rose Achievement” recognition.
Along with completing the SAI Certified Director Program, I’m also studying arranging, music notation, and theory.
I’m a 16-year member of the Barbershop Harmony Society, webmaster for the Evergreen District, 2020 EVG’s Barbershopper of the Year, and very involved in the continued success of Harmony College Northwest, which yearly attracts singers from the USA and Canada for a weekend of quality music education, singing, coaching, and fun.