The award-winning William Baker Festival Singers will perform a benefit concert to support Hillcrest Transitional Housing (HillcrestKC.org) on Tuesday, May 7, 7:30 PM, at the St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 416 SE Grand Avenue in Lee’s Summit, MO. Admission is free, but donations will be received to support the charity. 100% of donated funds will support Hillcrest Transitional Housing. […]
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William Baker Festival Singers 26th Kansas City Home Concert
Upon their return from a thrilling three-performance Chicago residency, the Kansas City based William Baker Festival Singers present their 26th annual Kansas City Home Concert & Reception to conclude their 2023-2024 subscription concerts. there will be one performance only, Sunday, May 5, 3:00 PM, St. Mary, 1307 Holmes Street in Kansas City, MO. Tickets are available at […]
Ancient Greek repertoire in St. Louis/Dunphy premiere
Sunday, April 7, sees an unusual program of music setting ancient Greek writers at Graham Chapel, on the campus of Washington University in St. Louis. The repertoire includes four of the Odes from Sophocles’s ANTIGONE translated by Philip Barnes, the conductor of the performers, the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus. The composers are Ned Rorem, Sasha […]
William Baker Festival Singers in Kansas City Performs Vaughan Williams, Bernstein & More
The William Baker Festival Singers, a 50-voice semi-professional chorale based in Kansas City, will perform its annual Kenneth Babcock Memorial Masterworks Concert with chamber orchestra and distinguished soloists on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at 3:00 PM, at the historic St. Mary’s Episcopal Church, 1307 Holmes Street in Kansas City, MO. The program will include Vaughan Williams’ […]
Holy Week Concert: Palestrina and Allegri in Lee’s Summit, Missouri
St. Paul A Cappella, a 16-voice semi-professional ensemble under the direction of Dr. William O. Baker, presents a Holy Week Concert of Palestrina: Stabat Mater; Allegri: Miserere Mein; Schulz-Widmar: Good Friday Anthems; and Tavener: Funeral Ikos, along with organ selections by Helmuth Wacha, Samuel Scheidt, and Johann Sebastian Bach. Sunday, March 24, 4:00 PM, St. Paul’s […]
Remarkable venue to host Austro-Hungarian repertoire
The historic Shrine of St. Joseph, located in downtown St. Louis, was enlarged in 1866, just months after Franz Liszt completed his “Missa Choralis.” The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus will ‘marry’ these two masterpieces of architecture and music on February 18, and tickets are now available through its website. Visitors to this website can watch […]