SF GIRLS CHORUS HOLIDAY CONCERTS FEATURING DEBORAH VOIGT AND GUEST APPEARANCES WITH NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
SOPRANO DEBORAH VOIGT TO GUEST WITH 350 VOICES OF THE GRAMMY-WINNING SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS IN AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS DEC. 7 AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL
SF GIRLS CHORUS AGAIN GUESTS WITH NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FOR DECEMBER 17-20 HOLIDAY CONCERTS AROUND THE BAY
San Francisco, CA, October 11, 2015 –International opera, concert and recording star soprano Deborah Voigt will join the multiple Grammy Award-winning San Francisco Girls Chorus, Lisa Bielawa, Artistic Director, and its full complement of 350 singers including the San Francisco Girls Chorus School on stage at Davies Symphony Hall for An American Christmas. Conducted by Music Director and Principal Conductor Valérie Sainte-Agathe, the performance will be given Monday, December 7, at 8 pm at Davies Symphony Hall in San Francisco. In addition, the 40-voice San Francisco Girls Chorus will appear as guest artists with New Century Chamber Orchestra for its holiday concerts December 17-20 at various Bay Area venues. For information and tickets, visit www.sfgirlschorus.org and follow on social media at @SFGirlsChorus.
San Francisco Girls Chorus Holiday Concerts
Monday, December 7, at 8pm at Davies Symphony Hall, San Francisco An American Christmas
The full complement of more than 300 voices of the San Francisco Girls Chorus and School take the Davies Symphony Hall stage in song for the annual celebration of the season. This year, the holiday concert will feature soprano Deborah Voigt and a program that illustrates in music how American composers and culture have shaped how we view, celebrate and sing about the holidays from colonial times to the present. The concert will feature William Billings’ (1746-1800) Shepherd's Carol, Judaea and Bethlehem; Kirke Mechem’s (b. 1925) Seven Joys of Christmas; PDQ Bach’s (Peter Schikele, born 1935) Little Town, Good King Kong and Throw the Yule; Edward Pola/George Wyle’s 1963 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Felix Bernard/Richard B. Smith’s 1934 Winter Wonderland; Robert Wells/Mel Torme’s 1946 The Christmas Song; John Jacob Niles’ 1933 I Wonder as I Wander and other American works to be announced. Sing-along favorite carols from abroad that have inspired generations of Americans will include We Three Kings, Joy to the World, Hark the Herald, The First Noel and Silent Night.
Tickets for An American Christmas with special guest Deborah Voigt are priced $30-$65 and may be purchased by phone through City Box Office 415-392-4400 and online at www.sfgirlschorus.org.
December 17-20 with New Century Chamber Orchestra and David Krakauer
The 40-member San Francisco Girls Chorus will appear as guest artists with New Century Chamber Orchestra and Music Director Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg in concerts featuring clarinetist and klezmer artist David Krakauer in a program to include Bach’s Sheep May Safely Graze and Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring in addition to a variety of Christmas and Hanukkah holiday favorites, to be announced at a later date. This will mark the second collaboration with New Century Chamber Orchestra and adds to the Chorus’ impressive list of partners over the years which have included regular appearances with San Francisco Opera, San Francisco Symphony, Opera Paralèlle, and occasional appearances with Joe Goode Performance Group, ODC Dance, Stephen Petronio Dance Company and others.
Performances with New Century Chamber Orchestra will be given Thursday, December 17, 2015, 8pm, at First Congregational Church in Berkeley; Friday, December 18, 2015, 8pm, at First United Methodist Church in Palo Alto; Saturday, December 19, 2015, 8pm, at Herbst Theatre in San Francisco; and Sunday, December 20, 2015, 5pm, at the Osher Marin Jewish Community Center in San Rafael. For details and tickets, visit ncco.org.
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SOPRANO DEBORAH VOIGT TO GUEST WITH 350 VOICES OF THE GRAMMY-WINNING SAN FRANCISCO GIRLS CHORUS IN AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS
DEC. 7 AT DAVIES SYMPHONY HALL
SF GIRLS CHORUS AGAIN GUESTS WITH NEW CENTURY CHAMBER ORCHESTRA FOR DECEMBER 17-20 HOLIDAY CONCERTS AROUND THE BAY
WHO: San Francisco Girls Chorus and Soprano Deborah Voigt conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe WHAT: An American Christmas WHEN: Monday, December 7, at 8 pm WHERE: Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue, San Francisco
PROGRAM: The concert will feature William Billings’ (1746-1800) Shepherd's Carol, Judaea and Bethlehem; Kirke Mechem’s (b. 1925) Seven Joys of Christmas; PDQ Bach’s (Peter Schikele, born 1935) Little Town, Good King Kong and Throw the Yule; Edward Pola/George Wyle’s 1963 It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year; Felix Bernard/Richard B. Smith’s 1934 Winter Wonderland; Robert Wells/Mel Torme’s 1946 The Christmas Song; John Jacob Niles’ 1933 I Wonder as I Wander and other American works to be announced. Sing-along favorite carols from abroad that have inspired generations of Americans will include We Three Kings, Joy to the World, Hark the Herald, The First Noel and Silent Night.
TICKETS/INFO: $30-$60 www.sfgirlschorus.org and follow on social media at @SFGirlsChorus.
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