The Ottumwa Area Community Chorus presents its 2019 Fall concert, “I Got Rhythm”, featuring the exciting and masterful music of George Gershwin (1898-1937). The concert will feature both the adult and children’s choruses, performing separately as well as together. The program includes examples of the wide range of styles, tempos, and compositional techniques so masterfully used by Gershwin, including the influences of classical, jazz, and popular music.

The Ottumwa Area Community Chorus presents its 2018 Fall concert, “A Million Dreams”, featuring African American Spirituals and Songs from South Africa. African American spirituals are an integral and powerful part of the history of our country. They represent the period of time when the south allowed slavery to flourish and were commonly found both before and during civil war times.

The Ottumwa Area Community Chorus, under the new direction of Dr. Christine Bergan, presents its 2016 Fall concert, “An Evening of Andrew Lloyd Webber.” The Ottumwa Area Community Chorus was originally founded as a chorus for adult singers only, however, Dr. Bergan has developed a brand-new community children’s chorus for the first time in its history.