Author: admin
Posts by admin
To help fill the silence
The Guest Concert with New Choir has been cancelled
Dear concert goer, In accordance with Santa Cruz County Health guidelines for limiting the spread of CoVid-19, we are cancelling our March 22nd guest concert. If you already purchased a ticket to that concert, or if you are a season ticket holder, we can refund your ticket for the March concert or you can donate […]
Read More from The Guest Concert with New Choir has been cancelled
Fundraiser Party November 9!
Please join the Santa Cruz Chorale on Saturday, Nov. 9th, 2019, between 3pm and 5 pm for our fundraising event at the r. blitzer gallery on the Westside in Santa Cruz, 2801 Mission St. (in the old Wrigley Building). There will be both a silent auction and a raffle. A sampling of items includes a 2-night stay in […]
New internship program
The Santa Cruz chorale announces an exciting new internship program for young singers. We now offer scholarships for music students to join us for a limited time and experience the master conducting of Christian Grube and the joy of performing masterworks with a professional orchestra.Visit http://stage.santacruzchorale.org/internship-program for more information, and to apply. […]
A Chorister’s thoughts on magic
The second half of our April concert consists of one piece only. Psalm 42 by Felix B. Mendelssohn. It’s brilliant programing. After all the power, glory and majesty of Haydn’s Mass in Bb Major, the second half begins with a single soft melodic line which translates: As the stag screams out for fresh water, so […]
Favorite Words
We take to some words for the way they roll off the tongue; others for the thing they describe. Juxtapose has enjoyed rolling off my tongue from time to time ever since I first heard it in Mrs. Curcio’s sixth grade classroom. Yesterday, it came to me as I contemplated what to write for this […]
Beautiful Singing Nurturing Beautiful Children
“Beautiful Singing Nurturing Beautiful Children” Our Guest Concert is coming up fast. I, for one, am looking forward to this year’s performance because I’ll get to sit in the audience with my eight-year-old grandson who can’t wait to hear “other kids sing.” The Santa Cruz Chorale will welcome the Cantabella Children’s Chorus to perform […]
Read More from Beautiful Singing Nurturing Beautiful Children
Cantabella Children’s Chorus
The Cantabella Children’s Chorus is particularly exciting for me because a few years ago, as a music educator, I attended the National MusicEducator’s Conference. One of the highlights of this particular conference is the opportunity to hear top performing groups from all over the country. Any group you hear will be of high quality, but as […]
The sound of Christmas
By Lois Van Buren Upon joining the Santa Cruz Chorale, new members are given a handbook which includes a page of obligations each is expected to meet in order to maintain the group’s high standard of excellence. For the most part, these expectations are quite reasonable – be on time, attend regularly, know your part, pay your dues, […]