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Chanticleer in Sonoma Choral Workshop |
| CHANTICLEER IN SONOMA CHORAL WORKSHOP 5 days of music making presented by Chanticleer and the Sonoma County Choral Society at Sonoma State University Rohnert Park, California |
Welcome
The next workshop is scheduled for June 15-19, 2011.
Details will be available at this site no later than October 2010.
Applications will be due in January 2011.
While you’re here, take a look at the program information from our 2009 workshop.
The coming workshop will include many similar features.
We hope that you will consider applying for it!
Contact us at,
www.chanticleer.org, email info@chanticleer.org, or call 415-252-8589.
“The workshop does it all: wonderful music–making, talented and truly nice people,
and a well-organized program from the very first moment through the closing concert.”
2007 workshop participant
Join Chanticleer at Sonoma State University (SSU) for an intensive five-day program of coaching, classes and rehearsals designed to make you the best choral singer that you can be. In a beautiful wine country setting just one hour from San Francisco, you’ll receive in-depth instruction and valuable performance tips from America’s premier classical vocal ensemble.
Joseph Jennings, Chanticleer’s Artistic Advisor, directs the workshop, together with Robert Worth, SSU’s Director of Choral Music, and the members of Chanticleer. The twelve singers of the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble participate in chamber ensemble coaching sessions and demonstrations of rehearsal techniques, as well as informal interactions with workshop participants throughout the workshop.
The Chanticleer in Sonoma Choral Workshop is designed for experienced chamber chorus or other choral singers at the university-level and beyond. Maximum enrollment is 64 singers. Male and female singers with good sight-singing ability are encouraged to apply. Admission is determined by specific criteria, including vocal characteristics and background, recent choral experience, and a reference statement.
Don’t miss this exceptional opportunity to learn first-hand from the professionals of Chanticleer, all in the comfort of the first-class facilities at Sonoma State University in the heart of the Sonoma wine country.
“Thanks to all the members of Chanticleer for their graciousness, willingness to teach and share information about
themselves, and their sense of humor.
Everyone involved could not have been more generous and kind
with their assistance and encouragement.”
2006 workshop participant
CHANTICLEER
Led by Joseph Jennings, Artistic Advisor, and Matt Oltman, Music Director, Chanticleer has been called “the world's reigning male chorus” by the New Yorker Magazine. In 2008, Chanticleer was named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America and inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame. Chanticleer - based in San Francisco - has developed a remarkable reputation for its vivid interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz, and from gospel to venturesome new music. With its seamless blend of twelve male voices, ranging from countertenor to bass, the ensemble has earned international renown as “an orchestra of voices.”
SONOMA STATE UNIVERSITY
The workshop takes place on the park-like campus of Sonoma State University in Rohnert Park, 45 miles north of San Francisco. Deluxe housing is available on campus in new apartments, with full food service and access to the facilities of the University, including the library, swimming pool, new recreation center, and rehearsal rooms in the Music Department.
Opportunities for recreation and sightseeing off-campus before and after the workshop include visits to local wineries, hikes in the hills, trips to the redwoods and the Russian River, browsing for antiques in small towns and drives along the breathtaking Sonoma County coastline.
“We learned to listen and sing so that every note blends and every phrase carries meaning.”
2005 workshop participant
SONOMA COUNTY CHORAL SOCIETY
The Sonoma County Choral Society (SCCS), based at Sonoma State University, promotes the performance and enjoyment of choral music in the northern San Francisco Bay Area. The Society brings together students, staff, faculty, and members of the surrounding community of all ages to prepare and present outstanding performances of fine choral repertoire, as well as to plan and offer a broad array of educational activities. SCCS works to build a community of musicians and music-lovers of all ages to share the experience of magnificent music.
GREEN MUSIC CENTER
The Donald & Maureen Green Music Center at SSU, a $110 million performing arts complex, now over 80% complete, will feature two performance venues with world-class acoustics, a 1400-seat concert hall and a 252-seat recital hall. The Chanticleer in Sonoma Choral Workshop will move to the world-class Green Music Center at SSU after the anticipated opening in Fall 2010. The Green Music Center and its summertime Green Music Festival are expected to attract more than 150,000 people per year when the Center opens.