Eric Whitacre News

Newnan's Masterworks Community Chorale is holding its annual spring concert on April 17, 3:00 pm, at the Centre for the Performing and Visual Arts. Their feature selection is "Requiem for the Living," written by Dan Forrest in 2013. This forty-minute chorale, accompanied by organ and chamber orchestra, has been performed on five continents and multiple times at Carnegie Hall.

The Phoenix Chorale concludes its record-breaking, GRAMMY winning season with a smash finale, Big Blue Marble, a concert celebrating our Earth. 

Artistic Director Grant Gershon and President & CEO Jean Davidson announce the 2016-17 season of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC), one of the world's foremost professional choruses noted for its adventurous programming and artistic excellence, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. Under the artistic leadership of Gershon, the choir's 53rd season includes an ambitious blend of choral masterworks, engaging premieres, a cappella offerings and collaborations with some of today's leading artistic visionaries to create immersive musical experiences. The programming embraces the LA Master Chorale's distinguished history, while building upon its legacy of expanding the choral repertoire by commissioning new works and championing rising and established composers.

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences has awarded the Phoenix Chorale and the Kansas City Chorale a GRAMMY Award at the 58th Annual GRAMMY Award Ceremony held February 15, 2016, in Los Angeles. The Chorales' joint recording of Rachmaninoff: All-night Vigil was recognized with top honor for 'Best Choral Performance.'

The National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences awarded the Kansas City Chorale and the Phoenix Chorale one GRAMMY Award at the 58th Annual GRAMMY awards held February 15, 2016, in Los Angeles at the Staples Center. 

New Musicals at 54 is a series presented by Feinstein's/ 54 Below Programming Director Jennifer Ashley Tepper. Some of the 10 new and diverse musicals by a selection of today's most talented writers have had out-of-town productions, some have had workshops... now's your chance to be first to see them in NYC! Join us at New Musicals at 54 for one-night-only concerts celebrating each new show with songs, behind-the-scenes stories, and all-star casts!

The St. Cyprian Singers, Clarence Gate, London will sing a free choral concert on Thursday, August 13, at 12:30 pm Primarily consisting of ex-Oxbridge choral scholars, the St. Cyprian's Singers were founded in 2012 as the choir of St. Cyprian's Church, Clarence Gate in London. Now one of the leading mixed voiced church choirs in the city, the main function of the group is to provide music at the regular choral mass on Sundays and special services throughout the year.

Joel Rinsema, who served as President & CEO of the Phoenix Chorale for 15 years, has resigned to focus his full attention on responsibilities as Artistic Director and Conductor of the Denver-based choral ensemble Kantorei.

The sounds of Scandinavia and the Baltic come to Southland when Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC), led by Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, hosts a highly anticipated international choral exchange with the renowned Estonian TV Girls' Choir and Finland's Vox Aurea ('The Golden Voice') culminating with a free concert featuring all three choirs tonight, July 22, 7 pm, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.  Vox Aurea, led by Sanna Salminen, makes its first Southland appearance since 2009, thrilling audiences with a range of traditional Finnish folk songs and classical selections that evoke the peaceful and expansive landscape of Scandinavia.  The Estonian TV Girls' Choir, under the direction of Aarne Saluveer, has collaborated with such acclaimed Estonian composers as Arvo Part, Veljo Tormis, Urmas Sisask and Tõnis Magi and also performs regional folk music as well as contemporary jazz and pop music.  LACC  previously performed with both choirs during its 2010 tour to the Baltic region and Scandinavia.

The National Children's Chorus makes its Hollywood Bowl debut performance with the Los Angeles Philharmonic and the Los Angeles Master Chorale in Carl Orff's Carmina Burana, conducted by Gustavo Dudamel.

The sounds of Scandinavia and the Baltic come to Southland when Los Angeles Children's Chorus (LACC), led by Artistic Director Anne Tomlinson, hosts a highly anticipated international choral exchange with the renowned Estonian TV Girls' Choir and Finland's Vox Aurea ("The Golden Voice") culminating with a free concert featuring all three choirs on Wednesday, July 22, 7 pm, at Pasadena Presbyterian Church.  Vox Aurea, led by Sanna Salminen, makes its first Southland appearance since 2009, thrilling audiences with a range of traditional Finnish folk songs and classical selections that evoke the peaceful and expansive landscape of Scandinavia.  The Estonian TV Girls' Choir, under the direction of Aarne Saluveer, has collaborated with such acclaimed Estonian composers as Arvo Part, Veljo Tormis, Urmas Sisask and Tõnis Magi and also performs regional folk music as well as contemporary jazz and pop music.  LACC  previously performed with both choirs during its 2010 tour to the Baltic region and Scandinavia.

A program representing cultures from around the world will be performed at Symphony Space tonight, June 23, at 7 p.m., in 'Resounding Hope Through Music,' a concert featuring three extraordinary youth choirs: the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus from Israel in its New York debut and from the U.S., the Chicago Children's Chorus and the Young People's Chorus of New York City, which is presenting this concert as part of its 'Transmusica' concert series. The series was created in 2012 to build bridges to other world cultures through the magic of music.

A program representing cultures from around the world will be performed at Symphony Space Tuesday, June 23, at 7 p.m., in 'Resounding Hope Through Music,' a concert featuring three extraordinary youth choirs: the YMCA Jerusalem Youth Chorus from Israel in its New York debut and from the U.S., the Chicago Children's Chorus and the Young People's Chorus of New York City, which is presenting this concert as part of its 'Transmusica' concert series. The series was created in 2012 to build bridges to other world cultures through the magic of music.

The New Amsterdam Singers (NAS), led by Music Director Clara Longstreth, will present its final concert of the season, titled Poems, Letters, and Premieres, tonight, May 28, 2015 at 8:00 P.M. at Saint Ignatius of Antioch Episcopal Church, 554 West End Avenue (at 87th Street).

The Los Angeles Master Chorale wraps its 51st season with a compelling program showcasing the boundless harmonic imaginations of American composer Eric Whitacre, a noted pioneer who has embraced the artistic potential of social media, and the music of Estonian "mystic minimalist" Arvo Part, celebrated for his beautifully sensuous and reflective chant-like compositions, today, May 16, 2 pm, and Sunday, May 17, 2015, at 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. 

The Colorado Springs Chorale announces their upcoming concert, Breath of Spring tonight, May 8 at 7:30 PM at First United Methodist Church, 420 N. Nevada Ave.

The iconic Apollo Chorus, Chicago's oldest musical organization, concludes its sold out 2014-2015 season with the International Voices concert series, which will feature music from distant shores in a variety of captivating genres. Performances are tonight, May 1, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St., and on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Rd. in Elmhurst. Music Director Dr. Stephen Alltop will conduct.

The iconic Apollo Chorus, Chicago's oldest musical organization, concludes its sold out 2014-2015 season with the International Voices concert series, which will feature music from distant shores in a variety of captivating genres. Performances are on Friday, May 1, 2015 at 7:30 p.m. at Fourth Presbyterian Church, 126 E. Chestnut St., and on Sunday, May 3, 2015 at 3:00 p.m. at Elmhurst Christian Reformed Church, 149 W. Brush Hill Rd. in Elmhurst. Music Director Dr. Stephen Alltop will conduct.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale wraps its 51st season with a compelling program showcasing the boundless harmonic imaginations of American composer Eric Whitacre, a noted pioneer who has embraced the artistic potential of social media, and the music of Estonian "mystic minimalist" Arvo Part, celebrated for his beautifully sensuous and reflective chant-like compositions, on Saturday, May 16, 2 pm, and Sunday, May 17, 2015, at 7 pm, at Walt Disney Concert Hall. 

Artists Lounge Live presents Sara Jean Ford, who starred as Christine in Broadway's THE PHANTOM OF THE OPERA in DREAM OF NOW, DREAM OF THEN: The High Notes and Hijinks of a Broadway Soprano tonight, April 16, 2015 at 7:30pm at Metropolis Performing Art Centre, 111 W. Campbell St. in Arlington Heights.