The San Francisco Choral Society returns to Davies Symphony Hall for its second annual Summer Festival Chorus featuring two compelling U.S. premieres by Ukrainian composer Alexander Shchetynsky, Requiem and Lacrimosa, alongside Mozart’s iconic Requiem. The Summer Festival Chorus program brings experienced singers from across the country and beyond to join the Resident Chorus for one […]
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6/25, The Choral Project’s EARTHSONGS Concert Will Feature World Premiere (Sta Clara)
The centerpiece of The Choral Project’s concert, EARTHSONGS: SOMETHING TO SAY, is Joshua Shank’s “there is something i have to say.”Shank has been a longtime collaborator with The Choral Project, having previously written a commissioned work for the choir titled “rules to live by,” featuring their chorus members’ responses to the prompt, “I believe…” The […]
6/24, The Choral Project’s EARTHSONGS Concert Will Feature World Premiere (Aptos)
The centerpiece of The Choral Project’s concert, EARTHSONGS: SOMETHING TO SAY, is Joshua Shank’s “there is something i have to say.”Shank has been a longtime collaborator with The Choral Project, having previously written a commissioned work for the choir titled “rules to live by,” featuring their chorus members’ responses to the prompt, “I believe…” The […]
The Pasadena Chorale Presents Listening to the Future Concert
The Pasadena Chorale will present its annual student composer concert, Listening to the Future, on Saturday, June 17 at 7 p.m., at the First Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church in Pasadena. Audience members will be the first to hear ten new pieces that were composed by five local high school students for the Chorale’s June concert. […]
6/16, Tomorrow’s Memories: A Little Manila Diary
June 16, 7:30-9:30pm; June 17, 3:00-5:00pm and 7:30-9:30pm; June 18, 3:00-5:00pm The San Francisco Girls Chorus concludes its season with the world premiere of Tomorrow’s Memories: A Little Manila Diary, a new SFGC-commissioned choral-opera from American composer Matthew Welch. The semi-staged work is based on Tomorrow’s Memories, A Diary, 1924-1928, the diary writings of Filipina […]
6/16, SVGMC One-Night-Only Queer + 1983 Concert Party: FORTY RUBYVERSARY
Concert will celebrate and highlight all things 1983, the year SVGMC was founded.The repertoire featured in this landmark concert will include songs that were popular in 1983, such as Cyndi Lauper’s “Girls Just Want to Have Fun” and Bonnie Taylor’s “Total Eclipse of the Heart (Turn Around);” pieces by musicians who were born in 1983, […]