PHANTOM's Davis Gaines to Headline Pacific Chorale's Season Finale Party

Pacific Chorale will be closing its season on June 12 with a bang - featuring an evening full of music to fit all tastes.

The first part of the evening will begin at 5:30 p.m. and will feature the internationally acclaimed choir performing at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall with the musical repertoire that the organization will be taking on tour to Budapest and Vienna this summer, under the theme "Cathedral Echoes."

Then guests will move to the Avenue of the Arts Hotel (formerly the Wyndham Hotel) just behind Segerstrom Center for the Arts for an evening of celebration, including auctions, awards and Broadway musical entertainment performed by world-renowned Davis Gaines (of "The Phantom of the Opera" and "LES MISERABLES" fame) performing many of the songs from roles which he has performed on stage.

The public is welcome to participate by purchasing tickets for the entire evening - both the concert and post-party - at $279 per person (orchestra seats for the concert included). The attire is "cocktail." The event is expected to sell out and event tickets are available on a first-come, first-serve basis. Reservations are accepted only by phone by calling 714/662-2345.

Pacific Chorale (PC) has delighted national and international audiences with concerts of great choral music performed at the highest musical standards since 1968. Under the artistic leadership of John Alexander, the organization produces a series of concerts each year at the Segerstrom Center for the Arts, where it serves as the sole resident choir. The mission of Pacific Chorale is to enrich and educate the community by demonstrating outstanding leadership in the performance, creation and preservation of choral music.

Pacific Chorale is recognized for exceptional artistic expression, preserving and performing classical choral music as well as stimulating American-focused programming. Pacific Chorale presents a substantial performance season of its own and is sought regularly to perform with the nation's leading symphonies. Under the inspired guidance of Artistic Director John Alexander, Pacific Chorale has infused an Old World art form with California's hallmark innovation and cultural independence, developing innovative new concepts in programming, and expanding the traditional concepts of choral repertoire and performance. The organization boasts over 30 world premieres and has released 14 self-produced recordings.

In addition to its long-standing partnership with Pacific Symphony, the Chorale has performed with such renowned American ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the National Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Musica Angelica.

John Alexander and the Chorale have toured extensively to over 19 countries - in Europe, South America and Asia - and has collaborated with the London Symphony, the Munich Symphony, L'Orchestre Lamoureux and L'Orchestre de St-Louis-en-l'I?le of Paris, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the China National Symphony, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Estonian National Symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Argentina.

In 2015, Pacific Chorale announced the retirement of its conductor, John Alexander, who will be serving through June 30, 2017 as Artistic Director and then will become Artistic Director Emeritus. In the same announcement, Robert Istad was named the next Artistic Director; he currently serves in the role of Associate Conductor.