Santa Clarita Master Chorale

Concerts and Events

A World of Holiday Joy

Welcome the season with a joyful collection of music from around the world. Featured in this international program of holiday music will be Italian composer, Ottorino Respighi's lovely "Laud to the Nativity," an earthy and simple Christmas work that focuses on the simple shepherds and Mary herself. Respighi's folksy tunes combine quite harmoniously with the poetry of 13th century Franciscan friar Jacopone da Todi. These Bolognese gentlemen give us music with plenty of sweet and joyous moments for the season.

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The French Requiems

The Chorale presents two setting of the Requiem mass by two great French masters – Gabriel Faure and Maurice Durufle. These evocative works paint both tender and passionate musical pictures of our yearnings for comfort and the promise of hope. You will hear both an eloquent voice of human grief, and cinematically perfect songs of joy and "peace at the last."

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A Musical Menu

From Bach to Broadway – "food, glorious food" is celebrated in a delightful array of choral music to suit every taste. Come indulge your musical appetite with Bach's light-hearted family drama about coffee; a scrumptious feast of music from the fellow that gave us West Side Story; and a "sweet" of musical offerings fit for the pickiest foodie from our own artistic director, Allan Petker.

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History

Established in 1998 by Founders Jill Hackett and Deb Baur, the Santa Clarita Master Chorale fills a recognized need for a first-class independent community chorus in the Santa Clarita Valley. The all-volunteer Chorale is an auditioned chorus whose members meet high musical standards. Premering in June 1999 under the leadership of Artistic Director Emeritus Peter Pocock, the Chorale was enthusiastically received by audiences and critics. In the following four concert seasons, Dr. Pocock firmly established the Chorale’s reputation for performances of high artistic quality. Upon Dr. Pocock’s return to his native Australia in 2004, Allan Robert Petker became the new Artistic Director and has proven to be a popular, inspiring and visionary new leader building on the solid foundation of excellence established by the Chorale.

The Santa Clarita Master Chorale rehearses once per week from September through May/June and performs three concerts per year in December, March, and May/June. The repertoire performed is of a wide range, from major classical masterworks and works by living composers to Christmas carols and Broadway music.

While striving for the highest level of artistic performance, the Chorale also serves the community through community benefit performances, as well as educational programs which include pre-concert lectures, high school and college student internships, master classes for elementary and high school students, and the recent addition of the Santa Clarita Children's Honor Choir.

Now in its fourteenth season, the Chorale's reputation for artistic excellence and community service has resulted in grants from the Los Angeles County Arts Commission, the City of Santa Clarita, the California Arts Council, Los Angeles County Supervisor Michael D. Antonovich, the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation, Ralph M. Parsons Foundation, and the Wal-Mart Foundation.

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P.O. Box 800459
Santa Clarita, CA 91380-0459
Phone: (661) 254-8886
email: info@scmasterchorale.org