Amabile Choir is a multigenerational community choir that draws singers of all ages from Bainbridge Island, central and north Kitsap County. We perform six concerts a year, scheduled in the spring (April) and during the holiday season (December). We have also performed "A Christmas Party with Amabile" at the Jewel Box Theatre in Poulsbo for the last three years. Our audiences include our friends and neighbors from throughout Kitsap and surrounding counties.
Our director, Sylvia Cauter, taught choral music at North Kitsap High School for 28 years. Under her leadership, we are actively pursuing collaborations with choirs and instrumentalists from surrounding schools and othercommunity-based musical groups such as Kids in Concert (KIC), Sakai Choir, Poulsbo Community Orchestra and Olympic Serenade String Ensemble.
There are many benefits to singing in a choir, including social bonding across generations and communities, increasing happiness and wellbeing, reducing stress and improving health overall. Singing together is a way of combatting the forces in our society that pull us apart.