Symphonic
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Member Spotlight: Jerry Rubino, Voices of Experience, Minneapolis
Kelsey Menehan | Adults/Seniors, Community Outreach, Conducting, Education, General, Health, Professional, Singing, Symphonic
After 23 years of many roles with the Dale Warland Singers, including associate conductor, Jerry Rubino is leading a new "artistically ambitious" choir of seniors called Voices of Experience. Chorus America talked to Rubino about what he calls his "ministry" of music—how he encourages singers to bring their full, expressive selves to singing. Read more
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A Chorister's Front Row Seat on History
Singing for the Soviets during the 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis
Jody Kerssenbrock | Community Outreach, History, Impact/Value, Participation, Performance, Professional, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
The Robert Shaw Chorale and Orchestra’s 1962 tour of Eastern Europe and the Soviet Union was more than anyone bargained for. Jody Kerssenbrock, then a 25-year-old chorister, remembers what it was like to be in "enemy" territory during the Cuban Missile Crisis, when the world came as close as it ever has to a nuclear war. Read more
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Verdi's Requiem: Under the Influence
Jeffrey Baxter | Composing/Commissioning, History, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
Composers don't exist in a vacuum; they are continually influenced by their predecessors and peers, their culture and society. Here, we look at some of the influences (and influencers) reflected in Verdi's Requiem. Read more
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L.A. Rising
Michael Shaughnessy | Profile, Singing, Symphonic
The "left coast" is fast becoming a center for creativity in the choral arts. Read more
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Why I Love Singing with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus
...And What I Learned
Meaghan Curry | Impact/Value, Profile, Singing, Symphonic
What does a singer learn after a year-and-a-half and 28 performances with a chorus? Singer Meaghan Curry, an alto with the Atlanta Symphony Orchestra Chorus, reflects on just that. Read more
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Ligeti in Winter
Gregory Boals | Audiences, Impact/Value, Rehearsal, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
Much in the same way you might stop and get to know your neighbors during a snowstorm, a difficult piece can draw singers together in solidarity amdist the flurry of notes. Read more
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Why People Who Hate Choral Music Love Carmina Burana
Conductor Tom Hall on Why Its So Exciting
Chorus America Staff | Innovation, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
Since its premiere in 1937, Carl Orff's bawdy rollick through the fields and swamps of Love, Lust, and Booze has commanded the kind of following that rock bands dream of. Among the zipped up, stiffly starched giants of the choral repertoire, Carmina Burana is the bad girl who can't seem to keep her blouse buttoned. Read more
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Choral Masterworks: Is Any One Version "The Best"?
Chorus America Staff | Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
Choral conductor Tom Hall pulls back the veil on several well-loved choral works in this interview. Read more
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Your Desert Island Discs
Chorus America Staff | Impact/Value, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
If you were stranded on a desert island, what choral music recording would you take with you? When we asked this of some 600 choral singers, many of them thought the question was—how to put this delicately?—ill-advised. Read more
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Choral Recordings To Die For
Chorus America Staff | Repertoire, Symphonic
It might be time to update and upgrade your own choral recording library. When the Voice asked today's classical music broadcast personalities, "What three or four choral recordings would you take to the ends of the earth with you, and why?" they came up with the following, sometimes surprising, favorites. Read more
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Events
Great River Chorale (St. Cloud, MN) Announces Auditions for the 2013-2014 Concert Season
St. Cloud, Minnesota
Great River Chorale | Adults/Seniors, Community Outreach, Education, General, Networking, Participation, Performance, Professional, Rehearsal, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic, Volunteer
Great River Chorale is a select, auditioned 45-voice choral ensemble based in St. Cloud. The chorale rehearses Sunday nights and holds extra rehearsals prior to concerts. Members (ages 18 and up) are skilled professional and avocational musicians and choral enthusiasts who desire to sing high quality repertoire at the highest level of excellence. Read more
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Breath of Inspiration: An evening of Gospel, Classical, Jazz and More!
111 S Grand Ave. Los Angeles, CA 90012
iris@DCINY.org | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, Children/Youth, Composing/Commissioning, Conducting, Diversity, Education, Families, General, Marketing/Public Relations, Participation, Performance, Repertoire, Schools, Singing, Symphonic, Venue
An evening of triumphant music! Members of Toronto Youth Wind Orchestra, Atlanta Youth Wind Symphony and Gwen Wyatt Chorale (CA) provide an entertaining palette of unique genre-bending sounds. From Gospel to Classical, these passionate, energetic artists perform with a supreme gusto and enthusiasm that is sure to delight and entertain audiences of all ages and tastes. Read more
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Beethoven's Symphony No. 9 - Choralis and Alexandria Choral Society
Alexandria, VA
Alexandria Chor... | Audiences, Children/Youth, Community Outreach, Families, General, Performance, Singing, Symphonic
Beethoven’s final masterpiece will be brought to life in its entirety by the Choralis Orchestra with the combined voices of Choralis and the Alexandria Choral Society, with a stellar cast of soloists. Also on the program is Brahms’ Schicksalslied (Song of Fate), making this concert a must for the lover of symphonic works as well as the choral aficionado. Read more
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Toronto Mendelssohn Choir - Beethoven Missa Solemnis
Toronto, Ontario
Toronto Mendels... | Audiences, General, Marketing/Public Relations, Performance, Professional, Symphonic
Immerse yourself in this grand symphonic work, an artistic testament to Beethoven’s spirituality. Read more
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Heritage Presents: 13th Annual Concert Sing On!
4101 Nebraska Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20016
Miriam Dixon | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, CA News, Children/Youth, Civic Engagement, Community Outreach, Composing/Commissioning, Conducting, Diversity, Education, Families, Fundraising, General, Impact/Value, Innovation, Management/Leadership, Marketing/Public Relations, Networking, Participation, Performance, Professional, Recruitment, Schools, Singing, Social Media, Symphonic, Venue, Volunteer
We Preserve the Past. We Inspire the Community. We Sing On. Join Heritage Signature Chorale for our annual concert which promises to stir your soul. Tickets may be purchased at www.heritagesignaturechorale.org or by phone (202) 808-0583. Read more
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Time Zones ~~ Bach and Chaplin Merge!
Pittsburgh, PA
BriGuySinger | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, Children/Youth, Conducting, Diversity, Families, History, Impact/Value, Innovation, Performance, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
The season of examining time and travel finishes with a juxtaposition of two distinct Time Zones, the first being that of our forebear and namesake, Johann Sebastian Bach, and the second being that of a writer, star and legend of the silent screen, Charlie Chaplin. In combining the musical genius of Bach with the brilliant silent narratives of Chaplin’s films, the Bach Choir bridges these two bountiful eras, creating a thought-provoking connection between artistic genres. Read more
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Handel's Messiah
Williamsville, NY
HGrant | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, General, Performance, Singing, Symphonic
The Buffalo Philharmonic Chorus (BPC) is known for its annual December presentations of Handel's Messiah. This year, the BPC is extending the telling of this magnificent story by performing the rarely heard Easter movements from Messiah. Read more
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Mississippi Valley Orchestra in collaboration with Chorus Polaris and Two Rivers Chorale presents Songs of Fate
Columbia Heights, MN
KNelsonMN | Singing, Symphonic
Mississippi Valley Orchestra, under the baton of Christina Chen-Beyers, presents Songs of Fate on Tuesday, February 12, at 7:30 p.m. at First Lutheran Church in Columbia Heights in collaboration with Chorus Polaris, conducted by John Hoffacker and Two Rivers Chorale, conducted by Timothy Sawyer. Read more
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San Jose Symphonic Choir Performs Mendelssohn's ELIJAH
345 South First Street, San Jose, CA 95113
Pam McCulloch | Audiences, Children/Youth, Families, Performance, Singing, Symphonic
San Jose Symphonic Choir, under the direction of Maestro Leroy Kromm, will perform Felix Mendelssohn’s acclaimed oratorio, Elijah. The 135-voice choir will be joined by Peter Tuff, baritone, singing the role of Elijah, and Bay Area favorite and Opera San Jose alumnus Christopher Bengochea, tenor, as Obadiah. The performance will also feature Yemonja Stanley, soprano, Cassandra Cardenas, mezzo soprano, members of Vivace Youth Chorus of San Jose, and the Nova Vista Symphony. TICKETS General $30; Senior/Military/Student $24; Group rate (10 or more) $20 Tickets go on sale February 5, 2013 at Symphony Silicon Valley box office, 408-286-2600, ext. 23. The box office is open from 10-5, Monday-Friday. Any questions email us at office-manager@sanjosesymphonicchoir.org. About San Jose Symphonic Choir San Jose Symphonic Choir is supported, in part, by a Cultural Affairs grant from the City of San Jose, by a grant from the Farrington Foundation, and is funded by Applied Materials Excellence In The Arts Grants, a program of Arts Council Silicon Valley. Read more
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"Letter from Italy, 1944"
LaRosa Lane, Middletown, CT
Joyce Kirkpatrick | Adults/Seniors, Audiences, Civic Engagement, Community Outreach, Composing/Commissioning, General, History, Performance, Repertoire, Singing, Symphonic
Veterans, PTSD, world premiere, Connecticut artists, letters from Italy – what do these have in common? On April 28, 2013 an epic musical drama will unfold in Connecticut. It is about a World War II, 10th Mountain Division soldier, Dr. John K. Meneely, Jr., who served as a medic in the Aleutians and Italy. At the end of the war suffering from PTSD, he returned home to his young family. For the next 18 years he and his family struggled with his internal battles. Half a century later, their collective story is being told and their triumphs being sung. The soldier’s daughters, Grammy-nominee composer Sarah Meneely-Kyder and poet Nancy Meneely, both Connecticut residents, have woven their physician father’s letters and their family’s story into a poignant saga of courage and compassion. Meneely-Kyder has set her sister’s ringing lyrics to music in a major musical drama, Letter from Italy, 1944. It calls for a cast of five soloists, a large chorus and orchestra. Read more
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Enjoy Seattle’s First Online Choral Music Channel
In celebration of Chorus America’s Annual Conference coming to the Pacific Northwest, Classical KING FM has launched Seattle’s first all-choral music channel online at www.king.org. Listen 24 hours a day, 7 days a week for music from top choral groups, including winners of Chorus America’s Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence.
