The San Francisco Choral Society concludes its 2023 season with the world premiere of Bronte by prolific Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, a new choral work commissioned by the organization and inspired by the poetry of Emily Bronte. Led by Artistic Director Robert Geary, the program will be presented as part of the California Festival: A […]
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12/11, San Francisco Girls Chorus Winter Concert: Folk Songs of the World
The San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) presents its highly anticipated annual concert at Davies Symphony Hall with a concert program inspired by folk music traditions. The holiday celebration brings together singers from the award-winning Premier Ensemble, the Chorus School, and SFGC alumnae, featuring acclaimed accordionist and 2023 Latin Grammy nominee Sam Reider. SFGC and Sam […]
11/5, This Is What It Means – LCCE and the SF Girls Chorus (San Francisco)
LEFT COAST AT THE CALIFORNIA FESTIVAL: CALIFORNIA VOICES“This Is What It Means”LEFT COAST CHAMBER ENSEMBLE AND THE SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUSLeft Coast and the San Francisco Girls Chorus team up to present a program which centers the voices of Californian women composers at the California Festival. We interweave instrumental and vocal works by Pauline Oliveros, […]
Vox Alta presents Deep In the Night (Berkeley, CA)
The depths of night encompass many ideas: stillness and sleep, love and loss, peace and passion. Vox Alta — a collaborative group of eight sopranos and altos [in the San Francisco Bay Area] — will sing works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Gustav Holst, Zoltan Kodaly, Karin Rehnqvist, and more. This concert is a benefit […]
11/3, Volti Sings New Music
The professional vocal ensemble Volti opens its 45th season of “singing without a net” with a concert of beautiful and groundbreaking contemporary music by a wonderfully diverse group of composers, setting words by some of the world’s greatest poets. Robert Geary conducts. Join us for an evening of music you’ve never heard, that you’ll never […]
11/4, San Francisco Girls Chorus: This Is What It Means
The San Francisco Girls Chorus (SFGC) launches its 2023-2024 season with This Is What It Means, a concert featuring the Premier Ensemble co-presented and performed with Left Coast Chamber Ensemble (LCCE) as part of the statewide California Festival. Minnesota Public Radio describes the SFGC as “smooth, perfect, yet very identifiable” while Gramophone praises their “beauty […]