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Next class: July 1, 8, 15, & 22, 7-9:30pm
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Next class: Monday Evenings, July 7, 14, 21 & 28, 7pm - 9:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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Simona Nass and Paul Kim bring their passion, knowledge, and vast collection of Renaissance Motets to a workshop designed to help singers get the most out of their sightreading skills. Singers will have the opportunity to sing one on a part in small ensembles formed based on individual experience.
Simona Nass has been singing choral music since elementary school, including participating in recordings with Cantori/New York and the Renaissance Street Singers. However, she is primarily known for being a Renaissance motet sight-singing obsessionist. After sight-singing Renaissance motets for over a decade, she started hosting Renaissance motet sight sings in 2005, gathering a different set of 4-8 singers several times a month. Nearly 200 singers have participated, ranging from professional singers with strong sight-singing skills to less advanced community chorus members.
Paul Kim is an SFSU Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and is currently pursuing his Master of Music in Choral Conducting with Josh Haberman, also at SFSU. He is the director of the International Orange Chorale (www.iocsf.org),
the San Francisco State University Women's Chorus, the Oakland Interfaith Gospel Choir, and was a member of RoShamBo, a professional a cappella jazz/pop sextet.
Next class: Monday Evenings, July 7, 14, 21 & 28, 7pm - 9:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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From previous workshop participants:
“... a class that could benefit any performer: beginning to advanced.”
“I learn so much from Karen.
She has a way to help you go beyond what you think you can do.”
About the Feldenkrais Method®
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-84), the Feldenkrais Method®of Somatic Education
offers a system toward developing harmonious patterns of movement. Its emphasis on sensing,
imagining, and differentiating the relationships between the joints and bones of the skeletal
system helps to bring greater clarity and comfort, grace and ease. In the performing arts, the method is highly effective in improving coordination and posture for singers, dancers, and in character study for actors.
About Karen:
Singer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, Karen Clark, has presented workshops for musicians throughout the U.S. Her essay, The Impulse to Sing, is published in the Feldenkrais Journal. Karen is Lecturer in Voice at Sonoma State University.
Drop in rate: 4 Thursday evenings, $15 each, Saturday intensive, $45.
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Dessert and beverages will be served, during which there will be the opportunity to meet the
performers in an informal setting. We hope you will take this opportunity to join us for this memorable evening and support the continuing work of the Sonoma County Choral Society.
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Tenor Brian Staufenbiel (professor of music at UC Santa Cruz, and regular SCCS soloist) and pianist Michael McGushin perform Franz Schubert's great song cycle, Die Schöne Müllerin, in a special presentation.
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Join us for a morning of singing and learning about the history and performance practice surrounding the composition of Handel's eleven little-known masterpieces, the Chandos anthems. Composed between 1717 and 1718 for his lavish patron, the First Duke of Chandos, these breathtakingly beautiful sacred compositions are true musical perfection!
Music and refreshments provided For information, call 707-664-4234 or email sonomachoral@sonoma.edu
This weekend intensive workshop features lessons in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement augmented by individual Functional Integration® lessons specific to the needs of performing artists including singers, actors and instrumentalists.
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education offers a means for discovering new approaches, new movements, and new ways of sensing ourselves. In Awareness Through Movement lessons participants are guided through a series of structured, gentle and innovative sequences which highlight the relationship between the bones, joints, and muscle groups of the body.
This workshop explores:
From previous workshop participants:
“... a class that could benefit any performer: beginning to advanced.”
“I learn so much from Karen.
She has a way to help you go beyond what you think you can do.”
About the Feldenkrais Method®
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais (1904-84), the Feldenkrais Method®of Somatic Education
offers a system toward developing harmonious patterns of movement. Its emphasis on sensing,
imagining, and differentiating the relationships between the joints and bones of the skeletal
system helps to bring greater clarity and comfort, grace and ease. In the performing arts, the method is highly effective in improving coordination and posture for singers, dancers, and in character study for actors.
Singer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, Karen Clark, has presented workshops for musicians throughout the U.S. Her essay, The Impulse to Sing, is published in the Feldenkrais Journal. Karen is Lecturer in Voice at Sonoma State University.
Next class: Wednesday evenings, January 3, 10, 17, and 24, 7pm - 9:30pm
This class will be limited in size so as to give participants more individual attention. The emphasis will be on improving individual technique in the context of choral and solo singing. Designed with the beginning to the more experienced level singer in mind, this series of classes will consider some foundation as well as advanced technical concepts. Each participant will leave with a new understanding of their own instrument as well as tools and exercises designed specifically for them. This will happen in mini voice lessons that will take place in the context of the class. Participants are encouraged to bring questions about vocal technique as well as specific vocal challenges to be worked on and improved in class.
Comments from past participants:
"The teachers were fabulous in their support of choral singers and generous with their insights into specific next steps for each of us. We had a great time in every session!"
"Through this course I gained information that I could use to sing better. Even more important, I gained confidence in my singing."
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10/31/06: THIS CONCERT IS NEARLY SOLD OUT! PLEASE DO NOT ORDER TICKETS ON THE WEBSITE, AS THERE MAY BE NO SEATS REMAINING. INSTEAD, CALL THE SSU BOX OFFICE AT 707-664-2353.
For the string player or the brass player who would like to find more comfort in sitting and playing or the singer who seeks more ease in standing and holding music, these classes will be of benefit in the following ways:
Come and enjoy this opportunity to move and create and explore your possibilities for movement. Dress comfortably. Mats are provided or you may choose to bring your own. To enhance your process of learning, we invite you to consider taking this intensive weekend workshop in conjunction with the weekly Ready Set Sing workshop!
Singer and Feldenkrais Practitioner, Karen Clark, has presented workshops for musicians throughout the U.S. Her essay, The Impulse to Sing, is published in the Feldenkrais Journal. Karen is Lecturer in Voice at Sonoma State University.
The Summer 2006 Workshop takes place on July 22 & 23
Saturday 10am to 4pm
Sunday 2pm to 6pm
Next class: January 2008
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Each session features a noted conductor working through one or more great works with a choir of local singers ranging in size from 60-120 voices.
There is no advance registration necessary for the Midsummer Night Sings sessions. Just come on down to have a great time singing! If you have a score for the evening's project, bring it along. Otherwise, you can borrow one of ours. Fees are collected at the door. Snacks and beverages for breaktime are provided!
Don't miss these great opportunities to acquaint yourself--or reacquaint yourself-- with these great works!
Wednesdays evenings in July – 7:00-9:45
Guest Conductors:
Location: Room 119, Ives Hall, Sonoma State University
Musical scores and refreshments provided!
Tel: (707) 664-4234
We present two of Bach's best-known two-part cantatas from his Weimar period, featuring natural trumpeter extraordinaire John Thiessen, the Santa Rosa Children's Chorus (directed by Carol Menke), and a full Baroque orchestra. Cantata 147 contains the famous Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring and features the trumpet in a brilliant opening chorus.
Program - Cantata 21: Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis/
Cantata 147: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben/
Cantata 172: Erschallet, ihr Lieder.
Ensembles - Sonoma County Bach Choir/
Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus (directed by Carol Menke)/
Jubilate Baroque Orchestra.
Soloists - John Thiessen, baroque trumpet/Carol Menke, soprano/Christopher Fritzsche, alto/Daniel Hutchings, tenor/Hugh Davies, baritone.
Directed by Robert Worth
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These pieces, which Bach composed in his early twenties, are filled with surprises and deeply felt gestures and sound-worlds. Cantata 131 is famous for its dark beginnings, haunting chorale-arias, and abrupt shifts of tempo and harmony, all in the service of a close depiction of the text.
Program - Cantata 131: Aus der Tiefe/
Cantata 150: Nach dir, Herr, verlanget mich/
Cantata 196: Der Herr denket an uns.
Ensembles - SSU Chamber Singers/
Jubilate Baroque Orchestra.
Soloists - Carol Menke, soprano/
Christopher Fritzsche, alto/
Daniel Hutchings, tenor/
Hugh Davies, baritone.
Directed by Robert Worth
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The Sonoma County Bach Choir and the SSU Chamber Singers take on Bach’s glorious motets, products of his maturity during his years at Leipzig. From the meticulously structured Jesu meine Freude to the deeply expressive Komm Jesu komm to the over-the-top joyful Singet dem Herrn, these pieces are guaranteed to knock your socks off!
Program -
Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf/
Jesu meine Freude/
Komm Jesu komm/
Lobet den Herrn/
Singet dem Herrn.
Ensembles -
SSU Chamber Singers/
Sonoma County Bach Choir/
Members of Jubilate Baroque Orchestra/
Directed by Robert Worth
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For a few short years in the 1720’s Bach enjoyed the patronage of the music-loving Prince Leopold of Köthen, to whom he presented his most joyous instrumental pieces. The original version of the 2nd Suite will astonish you, the battle of styles in the B minor Partita for “Dueling Fiddles” will keep you at the edge of your seat, while the whirlwind virtuosity of the famous Fifth Brandenburg Concerto will sweep you off your feet!
Program - Concerto for Flute, Violin, & Oboe d'amore/
Suite in A Minor for Oboe and Strings/
Suite from Klavierbüchlein for Anna Magdalena Bach/
Partita in B Minor for Dueling Violins/
Fifth Brandenburg Concerto
Ensemble - Linda Burman-Hall, harpsichord/
Debra Nagy, oboe/
Louise Carslake, flute/
Anthony Martin and Joseph Edelberg, violins/
George Thomson, viola/
Elisabeth Reed, cello/
John Dornenburg, violone
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Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on ensemble and solo singing techniques.
Co-taught by SSU voice professors Christopher Fritzsche and Karen Clark.
Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on ensemble and solo singing techniques.
Co-taught by SSU voice professors Christopher Fritzsche and Karen Clark.
Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere. The class will focus on ensemble and solo singing techniques.
Co-taught by SSU voice professors Christopher Fritzsche and Karen Clark.
Each November, SCCS and the Sonoma
State University music department host the High School Choral Festival.
High schools from across Sonoma and northern Marin counties are invited to bring
choirs to the university to for each other, for SSU choral director Bob Worth,
and for a guest clinician. Choirs receive both written comments and a live,
15-minute clinic. The inaugural festival, in 2002, featured ten choirs from eight different high
schools; the guest clnician was Brad
Wells of Williams College in Massachusetts. The second annual festival,
in 2003, featured twelve choirs from nine different schools, with guest clinician
Daniel Hughes of The
Choral Project in San Jose. The third annual festival is slated for Thursday, November 18, 2004, from 8
to 5 PM. The clinician will be Anna Hamre, director of choral activities at California State University Fresno.
For further information, please email Bob
Worth.
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Then Ready, Set, Sing! is for you. We'll begin with a clear overview of the mechanics of your voice, then move quickly into the experience of singing. We'll explore as a group and in a masterclass setting where you'll receive individual attention from workshop leaders...a great opportunity to learn by observing others as they work through similar vocal challenges all in a fun and supportive atmosphere.
Co-taught by SSU voice professor Jenni Samuelson and Chanticleer veteran Chris Fritzsche.
There is no advance registration for the Midsummer Night Sings sessions. Just come on down to have a great time singing! If you have a score for the evening's project, bring it along. Otherwise, you can borrow one of ours. Fees are collected at the door.
Snacks and beverages for breaktime are provided!
Don't miss these great opportunities to acquaint yourself--or reacquaint yourself-- with these great works!
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Sightsinging Toolkit
Registration: Click on first class session below.
This course emphasizes developement of strong reading skills, using Movable Do solfege and count singing. With a different focus each time the workshop is offered, the course is an excellent foundation for beginners or next step for seasoned sightsingers.
- Solfege, both in familiar contexts and in sightsinging
- Everything you wanted to know about basic theory but were afraid to ask
- Successful strategies for improving sightsinging ability
Marie Schrader has a degree in Music Education with emphasis in Vocal Performance, from Sonoma State University. In addition to conducting the choir at Windsor High School, Ms. Schrader is also the Music Teacher at Brooks Elementary School in the Windsor School District. She also has taught music for various organizations including Kenwood School, Sonoma Valley Children’s Chorus, Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus, and Vivace Adult Chorus. She has also performed and toured with vocal groups such as Santa Rosa Junior College Concert Choir and Chamber Singers, Sonoma State University Chorus. Ms. Schrader has toured Europe twice with the Northern California Chamber Chorale.
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration: See below.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
Click on first class session below to register. Fee covers all class sessions.
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $60.00
Monteverdiana: Monteverdi's Late Works
In the last several years of his life, Monteverdi published two massive volumes of his compositions: The Eight Book of Madrigals and the Selva Morale. The SSU Chamber Singers, accompanied by a chamber ensemble from Sonoma Baroque, will present some of the astounding pieces from these books, representing the peak of Monteverdi's art in both secular and sacred realms.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
An American Choral Landscape
The SSU Chorus, directed by Jenny Bent, presents an eclectic concert of American choral music by such composers as Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Moses Hogan.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
JS Bach: Mass in B minor with Santa Rosa Symphony
Bach's sacred magnum opus glorifies both voice and instrument, as the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Sonoma County Bach Choir wing the listener to heaven with brilliant harmonies and depth of sound. From the solemn Kyrie to the ebullient Gloria through the last chord of the Dona nobis pacem, you'll be riveted by this tour de force setting of the Latin Mass.
Intimacies and Outbursts, featuring Jenni Samuelson
From the most intimate art song to fiery operatic duet, this program will take you on a journey through the ups and downs of love, featuring works by Purcell, Mozart, Strauss, Poulenc, and Bernstein. Jenni Samuelson, an SSU graduate who has performed in many SCCS concerts, will be joined by baritone Joseph Wiggett and pianist Stephen Thomas, faculty members of CSU Stanislaus and frequent performers on concert stages throughout the US and Europe.
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
3rd Annual SCCS Soiree
Join us for an intimate evening at a private Santa Rosa home for a fundraising event in support of the educational work of the Sonoma County Choral Society. Now in its second season, Clerestory makes its Sonoma County debut at the soiree with a varied program of a capella music including early Renaissance gems and American classiscs.
Don't miss this opportunity to hear this great ensemble, and support SCCS at the same time!
General: $150.00
Bach Variations - Sonoma Baroque
Sonoma Baroque Orchestra, directed by Michael Sand, teams up with soprano Carol Menke to perform an all-Bach concert featuring Cantata 82 ('Ich habe genug'), the Violin Concerto in A major, and Sinfonias.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow - Carol Menke and Marilyn Thompson
Celebrating two decades of musical collaboration in the wonderful world of lieder, Carol Menke, soprano, and Marilyn Thompson, pianist, perform the works of Robert Schumann, Joseph Marx,Gabriel Faure, Olivier Messiaen, and the English songs of Robert Sheldon. They will be joined by a fabulous guest artist!
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
Test
Renaissance Motets: Sightreading Workshop for Small Ensembles
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration: Please check back for online registration.
*For questions about the class email: christopher.fritzsche@gmail.com
Comments from past participants:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $60.00
Giuseppe Verdi: Messa da Requiem - Sonoma County Bach Choir with the Santa Rosa Symphony
The Sonoma County Bach Choir and the Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus, four renowned operatic stars and the Santa Rosa Symphony under the baton of new Music Director Bruno Ferrandis in this complex weaving of themes of life and death.
Trecento and Quattrocento Music in Northern Italy
The SSU Chamber Singers, directed by Robert Worth, perform fabulous,rarely-heard music composed in Italy during the 14th, 15th and early 16th
centuries. Featuring works by Paola Tenorista, Johannes Ciconia,Guillaume Dufay and Josquin Desprez.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Cathedrals, Castles and Colonies - SSU CHORUS
From the Gothic cathedrals and the majestic castles of Europe to the shores of the Americas, the Sonoma State University Chorus (directed by Jenny Bent) will perform a variety of works by English, German, Italian, and American composers including Leonardo Leo's "Magnificat" and Andreas Hammerschmidt's "O Ihr Lieben Hirten."
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
5th Annual Invitational High School Choral Festival
Come hear young choral singers from Sonoma and Marin as we invite guest clinician Sanford Dole and SSU choral director Robert Worth to listen to, comment upon, and encourage local choirs. Drop in anytime throughout the day to get a taste of what these kids can do!
SCCS Season Opening Recital
Soprano Marguerite Krull, countertenor Chris Fritzsche, flautist Kathleen Kraft, and Sonoma Baroque, a new period-instrument chamber ensemble, open our season with a program including the Pergolesi 'Stabat Mater' and The Bach Orchestral Suite in B Minor.
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
The Planets with the Santa Rosa Symphony
Women of the Sonoma County Bach Choir and the SSU Chamber Singers join the Santa Rosa Symphony, directed by Bruno Ferrandis, in a special Multimedia production of Gustav Holst's 'The Planets'. Also featured are Oliver Messiaen's 'Un Sourire' for orchestra and Gustav Mahler's 'Songs of a Wayfarer', featuring mezzo-soprano Jacalyn Kreitzer. For tickets to this performance, please call the Santa Rosa Symphony Box office at 707-546-8742, or visit santarosasymphony.com.
Feldenkrais ATM Class
Registration: Click on first class session below to register online.
Dates: Thursday evenings , July 5, 12, 19, & 26, 7-8:15 pm, plus one Saturday intensive, July 21, 10-3 pm.
*Drop ins accomodated, see rate information below.
This weekly workshop features lessons in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement augmented by individual Functional Integration® lessons specific to the needs of performing artists including singers, actors and instrumentalists.
Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education offers a means for discovering new approaches, new movements, and new ways of sensing ourselves. In Awareness Through Movement lessons participants are guided through a series of structured, gentle and innovative sequences which highlight the relationship between the bones, joints, and muscle groups of the body.
• Improving technical skill through sensory awareness.
• Imagination and intention in performance.
• Taking the Feldenkrais Method® into the practice room
• How to have more fun and effective practicing!
Come and enjoy this opportunity to move and create and explore your possibilities for movement. Dress comfortably. Mats are provided or you may choose to bring your own.
General: $75.00
Student/Seniors: $75.00
Handel in Rome, Handel in London
When he was 22, Handel spent several years in Rome, where he produced some of his most novel and exciting works of sacred music. Featured pieces will be the psalms Dixit Dominus and Laudate Pueri. In addition, the second half of the concert will feature two of the bloved Chandos anthems. The Sonoma Baroque Orchestra joins with the Sonoma County Bach Choir and a great lineup of soloists for this season-closer conducted by guest director Jenny Bent.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
World Peace, World Freedom
The SSU Chorus, under the guest direction of SSU Music Theater director Lynne Morrow, presents a concert of world music for choir, drawn from the rich repertoires of Africa, South and Central America, Asia and beyond. The focus will be on music central to the struggle for peace and freedom. This colorful and moving event will set your ear humming, your mind working and your feet tapping!
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
English Cathedral Music: Byrd to Britten and Beyond
Guest director Jenny Bent, substituting for SCCS Music Director Bob Worth during his sabbatical semester, leads the SSU Chamber Singers in a concert of English sacred music, beginning with William Byrd and proceeding all the way to the present. Don't miss the chance to hear this fine small group sing under Jenny's peerless direction!
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Cantiamo and Santa Rosa Children's Chorus
Two fine groups directed by local singer/conductor Carol Menke join together for a bright and joyous Spring concert. Cantiamo will perform both sacred and secular works of the season, and the Concert Choir from SRCC will thrill you with their pure voices and delightful presentation. Join us for our first concert in Santa Rosa's newest concert venue, the Glaser Center!
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Movie Magic of John WIlliams
Part of the Symphony Pops series, a co-production of the Santa Rosa Symphony and the Wells Fargo Center for the Arts, Michael Krajewski will conduct a blockbuster performance of the “Movie Magic of John Williams”, featuring music from the "Star Wars" series, "Saving Private Ryan", and many other Williams favorites.
Soirée
We invite you to join us for an intimate evening at a private Santa Rosa home for a fundraising event to support the educational work of the Sonoma County Choral Society. The concert will feature the works of composer and SSU Performing Arts chair Jeff Langley and lyricist Amanda McTigue. Performers will include Jenni Samuelson, Carol Menke, Karen Clark, Christopher Fritzsche, and other favorite Sonoma County artists.
General: $150.00
Die Schöne Müllerin (Canceled)
This concert had to be canceled due to unforeseen circumstances.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Midwinter Choral Retreat: Exploring Handel
Handel: Chandos Anthems and other Handel Favorites
Jenny Bent, Guest Conductor
Feldenkrais Method for Performing Artists
Next class: January 13 & 14, 2007. Saturday 10-4, Sunday 2-6
Weekend Workshop
Registration: SSU Extended Education "Feldenkrais"
• Improving technical skill through sensory awareness.
• Imagination and intention in performance.
• Taking the Feldenkrais Method® into the practice room
• How to have more fun and effective practicing!
Come and enjoy this opportunity to move and create and explore your possibilities for movement. Dress comfortably. Mats are provided or you may choose to bring your own.
Ready, Set, Sing!
Healthy Vocal Production in Choral and Solo Singing
Registration:
"This class changed my mind. Before, I thought voice classes were mainly for soloists; now I see that every voice can grow and benefit from expert guidance."
General: $80.00
Student/Seniors: $60.00
Dona Nobis Pacem
Rising young conductor Joana Carneiros joins the Santa Rosa Symphony, the SSU Chorus (Robert Worth, director), the Santa Rosa Symphonic Chorus (Dan Earl, director) and the Santa Rosa High School Concert Choir (Kira Nikiforuk, director) for a concert of Robert Schumann, John Corigliano and Ralph Vaughan Williams, featuring the powerful Dona Nobis Pacem. Soloists include Jenni Samuelson (soprano) and Philip Lima (baritone).
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
Claudio Monteverdi was a musical giant at the cusp between the Renaissance and the Baroque. His virtuosic 1610 collection of music for the Vespers service includes large-scale psalm settings, instrumental pieces, and solos, duets and trios. We will perform Monteverdi's work in the context of an Annunciation Vespers, with chant passages unifying the polyphony. There will be cornetti and harpsichord in the orchestra along with strings and winds, the voices of the Sonoma County Bach Choir and an exciting lineup of soloists. Don't miss this rare opportunity to hear early Baroque music at its finest!
Presented by Santa Rosa Symphony.
General: $20.00
FANS: $20.00
Student/Seniors: $20.00
The Triumphs of Oriana
The SSU Chamber Singers, directed by Robert Worth, present highlights from Thomas Morley's great madrigal collection, the Triumphs of Oriana, for which the leading madrigalists of the day contributed pieces. The concert will also include selections from Il Trionfo di Dori, the Italian model for Morley's work.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Invitational High School Choral Festival
Led by Joshua Haberman (choral director at San Francisco State University and assistant conductor of the San Francisco Symphony Chorus) and SSU choral director Robert Worth, our 5th annual SSU Choral Festival is your opportunity to see and hear the future of choral music as we hear performances by high school choirs from Sonoma and Marin counties!
Admission is free, and all are welcome to drop by to listen in on this fascinating event. Groups will sing from 9-4:30.
An Evening of Duets
Soprano Carol Menke, countertenor Chris Fritzsche and pianist Marilyn Thompson team up to open our season with a recital ranging from Handel to Schumann. If you caught Chris and Carol singing Vivaldi last December, you'll know first-hand the vocal excitement these two artists can generate!
Feldenkrais Weekend Intensive Workshop
This weekend intensive workshop features lessons in Feldenkrais Awareness Through Movement specific to the needs of singers and instrumentalists. Founded by Moshe Feldenkrais, the Feldenkrais Method of Somatic Education offers a means for discovering new approaches, new movements, and new ways of sensing ourselves. In Awareness Through Movement lessons participants are guided through a series of structured, gentle and innovative sequences which highlight the relationship between the bones, joints, and muscle groups of the body.
- Increased Mobility of the Head, Neck, and Shoulders
- Greater Flexibility in the Back
- The Dynamics of Posture in Standing and Sitting
The Relationship between Breathing and Posture
VoiceWorks: Sightsinging Toolkit
Registration: SSU Extended Education
This course emphasizes developement of strong reading skills, using Movable Do solfege and count singing. With a different focus each time the workshop is offered, the course is an excellent foundation for beginners or next step for seasoned sightsingers.
- Solfege, both in familiar contexts and in sightsinging
- Everything you wanted to know about basic theory but were afraid to ask
- Successful strategies for improving sightsinging ability
Mozart’s Sacred Music: From Salzburg to Vienna: Mass in C Minor
The Sonoma County Bach Choir, a period-instrument ensemble and stellar soloists team up to present Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor. Composed in his first years in Vienna, and designed to feature his new wife Constanze as soprano soloist, the piece was performed in incomplete form in Salzburg in 1783.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Mozart’s Sacred Music: From Salzburg to Vienna: Vespers
The Sonoma County Bach Choir, the SSU Chorus, Jubilate Baroque Orchestra and a lineup of top local soloists perform both of Mozart’s Vespers settings, written in the composers last years in Salzburg. Included is also the exquisite motet, Ave verum corpus, written in Vienna in Mozart’s final days.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Mozart’s Sacred Music: From Salzburg to Vienna: Missa Brevis
The SSU Chamber Singers, a sextet of period-instrument players and four outstanding soloists perform four of the young Mozart’s delightful Missa Brevis settings, written for the Archbishop’s musical establishment at Salzburg.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Featured Guest Ensemble: San Francisco Choral Artists
Directed by Magen Solomon, this accomplished group of singers offers Wisdom of the Ages: Sages & Seers: Thought-provoking works on texts drawn from Eastern and Western traditions, from the great poets, sages, thinkers, and mystics. Highlights include world premiere works written just for this program.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Mozart Soirée
We invite you to join us for an intimate evening at a private Santa Rosa home for a fundraising event to support the educational work of the Sonoma County Choral Society. The concert will feature Jeffrey Kahane, and sopranos Carol Menke, and Jenni Samuelson, who will perform
works by Mozart in honor of his 250th birthday. Dessert and beverages will be served, during which, there will be the opportunity to meet the
performers in an informal setting. We hope you will take this opportunity to join us for this memorable evening and support the continuing work of the Sonoma County Choral Society.
General: $150.00
Love and Beauty in Turbulent Times
SSU faculty contralto Karen Clark and pianist Marilyn Thompson explore the complexity of the human soul, as expressed in song settings by Mozart, Mahler, Brahms, Debussy and Ravel, as well as in traditional and contemporary American song.
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
Mozart Quartets: A 250th Birthday Celebration
Pianist Marilyn Thompson, cellist Jill Brendel and friends join company to present Mozart quartets, including the Dissonance String Quartet and the E-flat Piano Quartet. Free cake at intermission!
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
The Red Priest of Venice: The Sacred Music of Antonio Vivaldi
The Santa Rosa Symphony Honor Choir and Sonoma Baroque Orchestra team up with two outstanding local vocal soloists to present sacred works by the impetuous Antonio Vivaldi, including the Magnificat and his famed Gloria.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
A Bach Christmas Celebration
Enhance your holidays by enjoying these magnificent Latin church pieces by Johann Sebastian Bach, including the Magnificat, the Third Orchestral Suite, and Cantata 191 (Gloria in excelsis Deo). The sacred sounds of Christmas will ring in your ears long after the final note!
General: $20.00
FANS: $20.00
Student/Seniors: $20.00
Blessed Cecilia: Music in Praise of Music
The SSU Chamber Singers, under the direction of Robert Worth, perform a concert dedicated to Saint Cecilia, the patron saint of music. Featured works include a set of Renaissance motets, Herbert Howells touching Hymn for Saint Cecilia, and Benjamin Britten’s incredible Hymn to Saint Cecilia, based upon a poem by WH Auden.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
The Triumphs of Oriana
The SSU Chamber Singers, directed by Robert Worth, present highlights from Thomas Morley's great madrigal collection, the Triumphs of Oriana, for which the leading madrigalists of the day contributed pieces. The concert will also include selections from Il Trionfo di Dori, the Italian model for Morley's work.
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Invitational High School Choral Festival
Led by Daniel Afonso of CSU Stanislaus and SSU choral director Robert Worth, our 4th annual SSU Choral Festival is your opportunity to see and hear the future of choral music as we hear performances by high school choirs from Sonoma and Marin counties.
The Extremes of Love, Praise and Devotion: Chris Fritzsche and Charles Rus
This concert begins with songs on texts of love returned, spurned and confounded by Giulio and Francesca Caccini, Nicholas Lanier, John Blow, and Claudio Monteverdi. The second half of the concert will feature arias by JS Bach. Charles Rus will accompany on instruments from his own collection, and will lace the concert with solo gems, some old, some new, and some unexpected. At intermission, let us treat you to refreshments as part of our season opening gala!
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
Midsummer Night Sings
Greenfarm’s choral series on Wednesday nights in July! Join us in a unique experience of singing great choral works (with only one rehearsal!!), led by four of the Bay Area’s finest choral conductors.
July 9 - Brad Wells
Poulenc: Gloria
Mendelssohn: Psalm 42 Cantata
Mendelssohn: Verleih uns Frieden
July 16 - Sanford Dole
Brahms: Requiem
July 23 - Matt Oltman
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb, Ceremony of Carols, and Gloriana Dances
July 30 - Bob Worth
Bach: St. John Passion
$10 per session; $5 students, age 18 and under
$2.50 for parking
Email: sonomachoral@sonoma.edu
Bach in Weimar
BACH IN WEIMAR: TRUMPET CANTATAS
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Bach in Mühlhausen
BACH IN MÜHLHAUSEN: EARLY CANTATAS
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Bach in Leipzig
BACH IN LEIPZIG: MOTETS
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Bach in Cöthen
BACH IN CÖTHEN: INSTRUMENTAL MASTERPIECES
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Over 200 musicians including the Santa Rosa Symphony/Sonoma County Choral Society Honor choir, the Young People's Chamber Orchestra, and a professional orchestra of Santa Rosa Symphony players join in the SSU Gymnasium to perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony. The first half of the concert will include a lecture-demonstration highlighting important aspects of the piece, with the full forces onstage.
Volti
Guest performance by Volti, an outstanding chamber chorus from San Francisco, under the direction of Bob Geary. The program will feature modern and historical works from Central and South America. A gala reception for audience members and the singers will feature the annual SCCS raffle.
Voice Recital with Carol Menke and Alden Gilchrist
The world-class team of soprano Carol Menke and pianist Alden Gilchrist are back for an encore Sonoma County recital with a program spanning the centuries. The program will include Elizabethan music by Purcell, Dowland and Weldon, the music of Poulenc, Wolf, and Rachmaninoff, as well as Mr. Gilchrist’s settings of Emily Dickinson and William Blake. Ms. Menke is a local treasure with a beautiful soprano voice and a particular passion for the Art Song.
Ready, Set, Sing!
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like learn how to improve your voice in a fun and supportive group atmosphere?
Ready, Set, Sing!
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like learn how to improve your voice in a fun and supportive group atmosphere?
Ready, Set, Sing!
Do you enjoy singing? Would you like learn how to improve your voice in a fun and supportive group atmosphere?
Handel: Messiah
A rare full performance of Handel's Messiah, featuring the Sonoma County Bach Choir and the Santa Rosa Symphony, under the direction of Bob Worth.
Christmas Revels
Christmas music of the Medieval, Renaissance and Modern eras, presented in a festive atmosphere with instruments, refreshments and varied entertainments.
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms & Rouse: Karolju
Santa Rosa Symphony subscription series production, featuring SSU Chorus plus honor choir of high school students and community members, under the direction of Jeffrey Kahane. More information at www.santarosasymphony.com
High School Choral Festival
Voice Recital with Jenni Samuelson and Chris Fritzsche
Come hear SSU Voice Professor Jenni Samuelson and Chanticleer veteran Christopher Fritzsche as they present an evening of vocal music with pianist Marilyn Thompson and cellist Judiyaba. They will perform duets and solo works by Bach, Monteverdi, Schubert, Hahn, Turina, Faure, and Jeff Langley. The evening will include refreshments and a festive intermission as our way of saying "Welcome Back" for our 2004-2005 season!
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
VoiceWorks: Ready, Set, Sing!
Does your voice flow freely one day and frustrate you the next? Could you use a set of tools specifically designed to develop and "tune up" your instrument on a daily basis? Would you like to have some fun with fellow singers?
Midsummer Night Sings
Greenfarm’s choral series, now on Wednesday nights! Join us in a unique experience of singing great choral works, led by four of the Bay Area’s finest choral conductors.
General: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $5.00
Monteverdi: Quarto Libro
Il Quarto Libro Dei Madrigali
Directed by Robert Worth In 1603, Claudio Monteverdi published his Fourth Book of Madrigals for Five Voices. In this volume, the 36-year-old composer demonstrates his mastery of the leading secular music form of his time. The Quarto Libro is brimming over with some of the finest gems, including Si ch'io vorrei morire, Luci serene e chiare, and the powerful (and desperate) Sfogava con le stelle. Don't miss this rare performance of the entire cycle of twenty madrigals.
Ticket Prices
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Celebrate Spring!
Brahms: Nanie, Opus 82Hummel: Trumpet Concerto
Britten: Spring Symphony Guy Few, trumpet
Susan Platts, mezzo-soprano
Elissa Johnston, soprano
Alan Bennett, tenor
Santa Rosa Symphony Honor Choir
Sonoma County Bach Choir
Santa Rosa High School Concert Choir
Jeffrey Kahane, conductor Celebrate the season of rebirth with performances of the exuberant and joyful Spring Symphony by Benjamin Britten, featuring the Santa Rosa Symphony Honor Choir and gifted soloists. Brahms' gorgeous and rarely performed choral work, Nanie, invokes the transitory beauty of youth. Hearlding the end of an extraordinary season, Trumpeter Guy Few, called "...one of the most brilliant Canadian brass players of his time" (Toronto Star), performs the stirring Hummel Trumpet Concerto. To order tickets call the Santa Rosa Symphony Box Office at (707) 54-MUSIC (546-8742) OR visit their website at www.santarosasymphony.com
Carmina Burana
Sonoma State University ChorusDirected by Robert Worth The SSU Chorus performs Carl Orff's celebration of Spring and the cycles of life. Accompanied by the composer's own orchestration for two pianos and a large battery of percussion, along with excellent local soloists, the production will be a colorful and festive presentation of Orff's catchy and often bizarre settings of monks' songs from a Medieval manuscript.
Ticket Prices
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
The Choral Project
Special gala reception at intermission! Directed by Daniel Hughes The critically acclaimed ensemble The Choral Project presents a concert featuring repertoire from the Renaissance to contemporary. Works by Byrd, di Lasso and Janequin compositions by Brhams, Swayne, and Whitacre create a program that is sure to include something for everyone. Several spirituals and folk songs from around the globe will round out the program. Selections will include pieces form the choir's latest CD "Water & Light," which has received rave reviews. The ensemble will also present several selections which will be performed in the 2004 International Eisteddfod "Choir of the World" competition, to which they have been accepted.
Ticket Prices
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
Light out of Darkness
Bach: Cantata 106 (Actus Tragicus)Praetorius: Psalm 116
Schutz: Motets Sonoma County Bach Choir
Santa Rosa Children's Chorus (Carol Menke, director)
Soprano: Carol Menke
Mezzo-soprano: Bonnie Brooks
Tenor: Scott Whitaker
Bass: Jeffrey Fields
Directed by Robert Worth The Sonoma County Bach Choir, joined by the magnificent voices of the Santa Rosa Children’s Chorus and the period instruments of Jubilate, perform a concert of German Baroque music in memoriam. Audience members will notice immediately a curious fact: Rather than leaving a somber effect, the music is incredibly uplifting and fortifying. A great roster of soloists joins the three ensembles for this special concert.
Each concert will be preceded by a BachGrounder lecture-demonstration at 7:15 PM.
Ticket Prices
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Cantiamo
Directed by Carol Menke Come hear the excellent local chamber choir, Cantiamo, perform a program of choral treasures! The group, under the peerless leadership of Carol Menke, will sing a set of their core Renaissance repertoire, including works by Lassus, Byrd and Monteverdi, and then take a tour through the twentieth century, featuring (among others) Imant Raminsh, Herbert Howells and Maurice Duruflé.
Ticket Prices
General: $10.00
FANS: $8.00
Student/Seniors: $6.00
Navidad Nuestra
Sonoma State University ChorusSonoma State University Chamber Singers
Directed by Robert Worth The Chorus and the Chamber Singers join forces to present a program of seasonal music from Spain and the Hispanic New World. The program is built around Ariel Ramirez' beloved Navidad Nuestra, based upon the melodies and dance forms of Argentina. In addition, secular and sacred music from both sides of the Atlantic will be featured in this spirited celebration.
Ticket Prices
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Bach Mass in B Minor
Sonoma County Bach ChoirJubilate Baroque Orchestra
Soprano: Jenni Samuelson
Mezzo-soprano: Lisa van der Ploeg
Tenor: Scott Whitaker
Bass: David Cox
Directed by Robert Worth The Sonoma County Bach Choir, under the direction of Robert Worth, performs Bach's masterpiece, which gathers together all of the skeins of his long experience with sacred music into a tour de force setting of the Latin Mass. Jubilate Baroque Orchestra, playing on period instruments, will join with an exciting slate of soloists in this not-to-be-missed production.
Ticket Prices
General: $12.00
FANS: $10.00
Student/Seniors: $8.00
Mozart's Requiem
Santa Rosa Symphony Orchestra & Honor ChoirSoprano: Jenni Samuelson
Alto: Jennifer Lane
Tenor: Scott Whitaker
Bass: Hugh Davies
Robert Worth, Conductor A lecture and performance of the incomplete work exactly as Mozart left it will draw you into the compositional process and tell the story of its creation, which is inextricably bound with the tragedy of Mozart's untimely death at the age of 35. Then, after intermission, you will hear a complete performance of this choral masterpiece as it is know and loved throughout the world.
Ticket Prices
General: $20.00
Student/Seniors: $10.00