Chanting to Paradise
Sunday, May 26, 2013 at 3 p.m.
St. Francis de Sales Oratory
58th Season Announced
Auditions
Next Concert
2012-2013 Program Booklet
the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
under their British-born director
Philip Barnes...Barnes has led the choir
since 1989―and it shows"
–Gramophone (UK)
What's New
Auditions are being scheduled for the 2013-2014 season! We are looking for singers for all voice parts, and auditions will be held on the evenings of May 28 and 29 and June 3, 4, 5 and 10 from 7-10pm.
Join us after the final concert of the season! Come to Ernesto's Wine Bar for dinner/drinks and a portion of your check will be donated to the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus.
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus' 58th Season has been announced! Join us for our 2013-2014 season, The Ancients Speak, and reserve your season subscription today.
In late February the Chamber Chorus recorded a new CD for the British label, Regent. Executive producer Gary Cole flew in from the UK to supervise a new compilation of great American choral works, many of which are featured in concerts this season. The disc should be released in the fall of 2013; watch this website for updates.
We have a deal for you! Our CD Three Pack is only $10 for three recordings from our live concerts. Included are the Vox Pop, Choral Masterpieces, and Rejoicing in His Birth CDs. Get yours before they're gone...
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About Us
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus is a not-for-profit organization committed to presenting the finest a cappella choral works, seeking to entertain, educate, and inspire audiences through its unique programs in St. Louis’s finest public buildings. Now enjoying its second half-century, the forty-voice ensemble performs six concerts annually and may be heard on several compact discs. Under the direction of English conductor Philip Barnes, the Chamber Chorus combines outstanding acoustics with originality and excellence of its presentations, and has established an enviable reputation as the Midwest’s premier a cappella ensemble.
Major American cities can routinely offer several choirs of excellence, but what distinguishes St. Louis is a chamber choir with an enviable history of championing both neglected and newly written repertoire in countless outstanding performances. The stability afforded the choir by having only four artistic directors over 55 years has supported its musical growth, which in recent years has led to a commitment to unaccompanied repertoire. Each season the singers present six programs that include both canonical works of choral music, as well as the less familiar and several world premières. That both the founder, Ronald Arnatt, and current artistic director, Philip Barnes, were raised in the English cathedral tradition accounts for the preponderance of British music in the choir’s repertoire. However, much care and attention is lavished on other traditions, notably polychoral works from the Renaissance, the German Romantics, and American classics. Since Barnes’s appointment in 1989, there has been a gradual shift toward the commissioning of new music, and this has yielded important works from some of the most significant contemporary writers of choral music.
The Chamber Chorus is affiliated with the American Choral Directors Association. The Chorus is not associated with any religious or educational institution, and welcomes performers and listeners from any background, discriminating against no one. Although much of the Chorus’ repertoire is sacred and sung in sacred buildings, the repertoire and venues are selected purely on artistic grounds.
Financial support for the Saint Louis Chamber Chorus is made possible by grants from the Arts and Education Council, the Missouri Arts Council, and the Regional Arts Commission of St. Louis.
The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
PO Box 11558, Clayton, MO 63105
636.458.4343
© 1955-2013 The Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
stlchamberchorus@gmail.com