Current Season
Our 33rd season, 2012 - 2013
Adventures in Song!
Celebrate
Colorado!
Friday, October 19, 2012 - 7:30 pm - St Andrew United Methodist Church,
Highlands Ranch
Saturday,
October 20, 2012 - 7:30 pm - Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village
Celebrate the music and capture the spirit of Colorado with the
Chorale and our special guests, Jon Chandler and the Wichitones, in a
lively concert of Colorado music and poetry. We will feature Cecil Effinger’s
Four Pastorales, with texts by Thomas Hornsby Ferril, former Colorado Poet
Laureate. We have also commissioned Daniel Morel, whose music frequently graces
our programs, to compose a setting of Here Is A Land, the famous Hornsby
Ferril poem inscribed in our State Capitol Rotunda.
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The
Spirit of Christmas
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 7:30 pm
Saturday,
December 8, 2012 – 7:30 pm
Bethany
Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village
From Bach to jazz, from voice to brass, from traditional to
modern, the Chorale will capture The Spirit of Christmas in an exciting
and varied collage of songs and styles. The concert centerpiece will be the
exciting Hodie for Chorus and Brass by former Coloradoan, Z. Randall
Stroope. Another highlight will be the magical combination of The Rose
and Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming, made popular by LeAnn Rimes on YouTube.
Please join us for an evening of song, singalongs and celebration this holiday
season.
Mass
Appeal
Friday, March 8, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Saturday, March 9, 2013 – 7:30 pm
Bethany Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village
Mass Appeal will
showcase exciting musical text settings from the Latin Mass by Dvorak, Ariel
Ramirez, Verdi, and Karl Jenkins. In contrast, we will perform a variety of
selections with mass appeal, including Chorale favorites such as Lullaby
by Billy Joel; Chanticleer’s hit Callin’ My Children Home; Stanford’s
The Bluebird; and selections with our special guest and Denver’s own
singer-songwriter, Coles Whalen, who will bring a homespun blend of country,
blues, jazz and pop to an evening of musical variety and fun.
Isn’t
it Romantic?
Friday, May 10, 2013 - 7:30 pm
Saturday, May
11, 2013 – 7:30 pm
Bethany
Lutheran Church, Cherry Hills Village
The
Chorale will perform sublime music of the
Romantic era, including gems by Brahms, Schubert and
Schumann. We will also
journey through the American Songbook with
Isn’t it Romantic?, I’ll Take
Romance, and A Fine
Romance, accompanied by members of the
University of Denver Lamont School
of Music’s Jazz Studies Program.
Come join us on this adventure in song that will make your heart smile!
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