Welcome to the brand new home page of the Bay Choral Guild! You first knew us as the Baroque Choral Guild, and more recently as Cantabile Chorale. Now we're returning to our “BCG” roots as the Bay Choral Guild. The group has a new name, but still the same mission—to bring you excellent choral music from all musical periods.

We just concluded our June concert, entitled “World of Song”, featuring folk songs and original works from around the globe. It was a fun time for all, and definitely a change of pace for us. Looking back on the season, our Winter concert “Gallic Flavor”, featuring the Duruflé Requiem and several French songs, was also a hit. Check out this review from a friendly blogger. We’re also quite pleased with December’s “An Orthodox Christmas” concert set, with deeply moving music from Russia and Eastern Europe. Here are just a few of the lovely things we heard from the audience:

Pro-level singing ensemble. Was like listening to KDFC-FM, but with the people actually in the same room. I kept waiting to hear Hoyt Smith intone, “That was the Bay Choral Guild... performing...”

Just wanted to let all you know that all of my friends, family and others came away with nothing but praise for our performance yesterday. The favorite was “Otche Nash”, hands down. Got many compliments on the diction and pronunciation....people were impressed!

Julie and I both enjoyed it quite a bit. Despite not comprising traditional “christmas carols” the concert had a feeling of joyousness and celebration just right for the season. You clearly were having fun, too.

Also have a look at this nice article the Palo Alto Weekly recently ran after interviewing our director, Sanford Dole, during preparations for that concert.

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