The award-winning William Baker Festival Singers will present their 27th annual Home Concert & Reception at the conclusion of their 2024-2025 concert season. The program will include Johannes Brahms “O Heiland Reiss, die Himmel auf,” along with works by Edward Bairstow, Tomas Luis da Victoria, Knut Nystedt, and Composer in Residence Sean Sweeden. The program culminates in […]
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Bach’s Mass in B Minor in Kansas City
The William Baker Festival Singers & Chamber Orchestra with organist Jacob Hofeling, and soloists Kelli Van Meter, Erin Lillie, Emily Stott, Zachary Devin and Ed Frazier Davis, perform the epis MASS IN B MINOR of Johann Sebastian Bach. The award-winning semi-professional chorale specializing in short form sacred a cappella classics and spirituals has a long history […]
Carols for St. Louis
On Sunday, 22 December, at 3pm, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus presents a selection of original carols and arrangements that have been written for the choir over three decades. This ‘reprise’ performance will be complemented with a brand new carol from local composer, Carter Datz. Like so many pieces created for the Chamber Chorus, his […]
MESSIAH – Sing Along of the Christmas Portion
The 4th Annual sing-along performance of the Christmas portion of Handel’s MESSIAH will be Sunday, December 8, 4:00 PM, in the nave of the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 416 SE Grand Avenue, Lee’s Summit, MO. The St. Paul Choir & Chamber Orchestra will be under the baton of Music Director Dr. William O. Baker. Soloist […]
Classic Pop in St. Louis
Just for once the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus lets it hair down with a concert titled “Classic Pop” that comprises some of the most skilled choral arrangements of popular songs of the past century. Songwriters such as Cole Porter, Billy Joel and Taylor Swift receive fresh interpretations by Richard Rodney Bennett, Orin Johnson, and Andre […]
William Baker Festival Singers Season opening Concert – Kansas City
The award-winning William Baker Festival Singers opens its 27th concert season with a program called “I Believe!” on Sunday, 3 November 2024, 3:00 CST, at the historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1307 Holmes Street in downtown Kansas City, MO. The program, conducted by Dr. Baker, will include “Let All Mortal Flesh” of Edward Bairstow; “Svete […]