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The Cantabile Chorale is a 60-member auditioned chorus
comprised of singers from the greater Bay Area
and has built a reputation over the years for high-quality
performances
and innovative programming with demanding repertoire
from all periods. Chorale produces a formal concert season
of
three program sets performed in Palo Alto and
Berkeley and San Francisco.
New for 2006-2007 season, rehearsals
are conducted
in Palo Alto, a recent change from our cross-bay,
split rehearsal structure. Cantabile rehearsal
season consists of fall,
winter and spring terms, ten to twelve weeks
in length. For additional educational growth,
activities include quarterly
training workshops as well as musicales for
singers to showcase their individual talents.
Workshops include repertoire development,
vocal training, diction and language coaching,
and history led by artistic staff and guest
artists.
In addition
to our commitment to early music,
Chorale programs feature local composers and
new works on an annual basis. In June 2003,
Chorale dedicated half of
one program set to Bay Area composers Kurt
Erickson, Kirke Mechem, Sanford Dole, Paul Crabtree
and David Conte. Additionally,
Chorale collaborated with California Symphony
in the premiere of Songs of Discovery, a new
composition by Kevin Beavers,
composer in residence for California Symphony.
In June 2005, Chorale presented Mass by William Ludtke, Bay Area
composer and one of the winners in CCG's 1986
new works competition. Our 2006-2007 season
will feature a premiere
by our very own Sanford Dole!
Cantabile Chorale
is repeatedly sought after for collaborative
performances and guest appearances.
For three seasons, Chorale performed with
Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. In November 2002, Chorale,
along
with Ragazzi
Boys Chorus and the Left Coast Chamber Ensemble,
conducted by Sanford Dole, joined the Lawrence
Pech Dance Company
for the premiere of a new ballet, Angels:
Fallen and Otherwise, by Bay Area composer Kurt Erickson.
In May 2004, Chorale
collaborated with California Symphony in three
performances of the Beethoven Symphony No.
9 and a commission by Kevin
Beavers. In summer 2005, Chorale was the guest
chorus for the Midsummer Mozart Festival under
the baton of Maestro
George Cleve.
Chorale tours locally and abroad
and in summer 2003, Chorale traveled to Italy
and performed formal and
informal concerts in addition to singing a
mass service at St. Mark's Basilica in Venice.
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