A New Season Begins Soon!

Soon you will have the 2017-2018 Season brochure in your hands.  We hope you are anticipating it as much as we are. Much of the concert season is a result of Audience requests from concert surveys and conversations. At your request, “The New Choir” will return as our Guest Choir in March. And, the Santa […]

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A Concert that Bridges two Eras

Hello dear Music Friends, We hope you are ready for our final concert of the season: Saturday June 3rd and Sunday June 4th! Did you know that when Gabriel Fauré was born, Chopin was still composing, yet by the time Fauré died, jazz and atonal music existed in the salons of France?  Fauré is known […]

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Geniuses of the Romantic Period: Early and Late

Hello dear Music Friends, Don’t forget that the final concert of our season is Saturday June 3rd and Sunday June 4th! In “Faure Requiem and Mendelssohn Motets,” you will have opportunity to hear works by one of the geniuses of the early Romantic period, Felix Mendelssohn, and also hear Mendelssohn’s influence in the works of […]

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Fauré Requiem and Mendelssohn Motets for Choir and Wind Instruments

The Santa Cruz Chorale concludes their 2016-2017 season with their June concert, “Faure Requiem and Mendelssohn Motets.” Our June concert presents works by two great composers of the Romantic Period: Gabriel Fauré and Felix Mendelssohn.  The centerpiece of the program is one of Fauré’s most famous works, the Requiem for soprano and baritone soloists, choir, […]

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Santa Cruz Chorale Guest Concert with the New Choir on Sunday

Hello dear Music Friends,  Don’t forget  that the New Choir will be our guests in Santa Cruz this Sunday, March 26, 2017! The New Choir, known for exquisite blend and masterful musicianship, are our guests for one day only. We look forward to singing a few selections with the group, which has existed since 2000 […]

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The Santa Cruz Chorale presents The New Choir in “A Dialogue of Heaven and Earth”

One of the great pleasures for us every year is the March concert. It is so for several reasons: First, we get to hear many different choral groups while selecting the one we invite as our Guest Choir. Second, the music they sing opens up new musical opportunities for us, as we usually perform a […]

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The Santa Cruz Chorale presents The Best of “Christmas with the Chorale”

At this point in the season, we Santa Cruz Chorale singers are now finding ourselves humming the Christmas concert selections over and over, sometimes even in our sleep!  Some of the pieces are the ones we must carefully, painstakingly work on for weeks, before they can be sung to our satisfaction. Others are joyfully easy […]

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Stravinsky and Renaissance Motets June 25, June 26 2016

Hello Friends, By now we hope you have your tickets to this weekend’s concert, which includes Stravinsky’s “Mass” and Renaissance motets for choir and wind instruments. Earlier this week, our Artistic Director, Christian Grube, was interviewed by Scott MacClelland.  Mr. MacClelland interviewed Dr. Grube about his early life, influences, and how he came to be […]

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