The Pasadena Chorale (Photo – Photo – Luis Luque)
PASADENA – ColoradoBoulevard.net:
The Pasadena Chorale announced its 2022-2023 season – the first full season of live programming since the COVID-19 pandemic!
By News Desk
The Pasadena Chorale will perform four choral concerts and hold two benefit events for the 22/23 season at various venues in Pasadena. The Pasadena Chorale will offer all of its 22/23 concerts at no cost to its patrons with its innovative “Listen First, Then Give” ticketing. While tickets are free, donations are strongly encouraged.
The Pasadena Chorale will begin its 22/23 season on Thursday, October 20, 2022 at 7:00 pm with Fall Follies, a cabaret-style fundraiser at the Tea Rose Garden in Pasadena. An important benefit for the Chorale every year, this is the first Fall Follies since 2019 because of the pandemic. The theme of this year’s Follies is “A Night of Mystery, Magic and Romance.” Guests are encouraged to wear a costume or mask that evokes the theme of the night. Tickets are $100 and include a catered menu featuring wine, light fare, salad and dessert.
The second benefit for the Pasadena Chorale will be a concert celebrating Josquin Desprez’s greatest hit of 1515, Pange Lingua Mass, on Sunday, March 5 at 5 p.m. The pricing for this event will be announced at a later date. Proceeds from both benefit events will help the Chorale continue to offer concert and educational programming at no cost to the community.
Schedule
The Pasadena Chorale’s 22/23 season will feature the following four choral concerts:
- The Light of Hope Returning on Dec. 6, 2022 at 7:30 p.m.
A folk oratorio for the winter solstice featuring traditional, and new winter carols by Shawn Kirchner.
Venue: First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena CA 91101 - Josquin! on March 4, 2023 at 7:30 p.m. and March 5, 2023 at 5 p.m.
A celebration of Josquin Desprez’s greatest hit of 1515, Pange Lingua Mass. The March 5 performance is a special benefit event for the Pasadena Chorale.
Venue: Altadena Community Church, 943 E. Altadena Dr., Altadena CA 91001 - Brahms and Beyond on May 6, 20223 at 7:30 p.m.
An exploration of exquisite choral music composed and inspired by Johannes Brahms.
Venue: First United Methodist Church Pasadena, 500 E. Colorado Blvd., Pasadena CA 91101 - Listening to the Future on June 17, 2023 at 7 p.m.
A concert featuring new music composed by Pasadena area high school students.
Venue: Neighborhood Unitarian Universalist Church, 301 N Orange Grove Blvd, Pasadena, CA 91103
Pasadena Chorale recently reached its largest size to date, with 70 singers, from auditions held in August 2022 for its 2022-23 season.
Jeffrey Bernstein, the Chorale’s Founding Artistic and Executive Director said:
We have been working hard on putting together a full season of programming for the Chorale’s 22/23 Season. This season we’re continuing our post-COVID revival with four concerts to move audiences with the beauty of unified choral singing. We’ll be performing in great acoustic spaces, singing gems of the repertoire by Josquin, Vaughan Williams and Brahms, and exploring new music by diverse and young composers.
At this time, the Pasadena Chorale is requiring all personnel and audience members to be fully vaccinated and boosted against COVID-19.
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