Welcome erkeley Broadway Singers (BBS) is a 75-member community chorus, founded in 1998, under the music direction of Ellen Hoffman. We sing songs from Broadway shows and movie musicals with a strong dash of standards from the Great American Songbook, nostalgic tunes from the 20s, 30s, and 40s, as well as jazz, Latin, doo-wop, blues, and other popular music. Many of our songs are arranged by Ellen for BBS. Our repertoire includes Broadway tunes, such as Oklahoma and Seasons of Love, blues like Kansas City and classics such as Begin the Beguine. We cover many terrific 20th century popular songs, not only those written by Rodgers and Hart, Cole Porter and the Gershwins, but also artists like Smokey Robinson, Luis Bonfa, Stevie Wonder, John Lennon, and Paul McCartney. There's something for everyone! (Check out our repertoire!) Our goal is to provide a joyful and creative music experience for both our members and our audiences. Our concerts are free. We love to sing! And, we strive to reach a large community that is diverse in age, race and ethnicity. Welcome to the Berkeley Broadway Singers home page! CONCERTS Spring 2008: Special 10th Anniversary Concerts! Ellen and we singers have started our final push for our very special tenth anniversary concerts, which are set for this weekend, Saturday, April 12 at St. Ambrose at 8:00 pm, and Sunday, April 13 at St. Augustine's at 4:00 pm. For our dedicated fans, we'll see you there! FLASH ... this just in!! As part of our celebration, BBS has been invited to participate in a concert hall performance of Stephen Sondheim's Follies at the Paramount Theater in Oakland on Friday, May 16th (8:00 pm) and Sunday May 18 at 2:00 pm. Forty of us have signed on to perform with the Oakland East Bay Symphony, and as if that wasn't enough, with Rita Moreno and Val Diamond!! Wow, are we honored to have been chosen! To find out more, and to order tickets go to http://www.oebs.org/page/may16.htm So ... where were we?? Oh, in honor of the anniversary, at our BBS concert in April we plan to reprise some of our favorite numbers from the past ten years. The chorus has voted on a large number of possible candidates, and Ellen has made a final selection from the top vote-getters. Some of these songs will have new arrangements; as well, we'll be doing three of the songs from Stephen Sondheim's Follies. Just for fun, go back to our repertoire page and listen to the way we did these reprise songs before! Here's the final list of songs for this weekend's concerts: SET I Beyond the Sea (Fall 2005) Change the World Sat Getting to Know You Duo Sun With You I'm Born Again Duo Beautiful Girls Loveland Live, Laugh, Love Sat Because Duo Sun I Won't Grow Up Duo Tangerine (Fall 2004) If I Were a Bell (Fall 2005) SET II Sat Seasons of Love Quartet Sun Hit the Road, Jack Quintet Gary, Indiana (Fall 2003) Mood Indigo (Fall 2004) Sat Barcelona Duo Sun It Couldn't Please Me More Duo On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe (Fall 2005) The Look of Love Berkeley, California; Lyrics by Nancy Shapiro Audience SingAlong (Fall 2003) Sat A Boy Like That Duo Sun You Could Drive a Person Crazy Trio Kismet Medley (Fall 2006) As you can see, there will be no solo numbers this season. To round out the program, as an experiment this season, only duets, trios and other multiple-singer ensemble numbers will be performed. Come and listen, and please let us know what you think! Hear the songs Sample the smooth styles of the Berkeley Broadway singers on our repertoire page. » click here to listen