The LA Master Chorale’s 60th Anniversary Season continues with the launch of L.A. SINGS! As the largest professional choir in the country, the Chorale is dedicated to transforming L.A. into a city of singers and nurturing our vibrant choral ecosystem. Led by Grant Gershon and MUSE/IQUE Artistic & Music Director Rachael Worby, All You Need Is Love is a mega sing-along at Walt Disney Concert Hall, celebrating our ability to come together and find harmony in our differences. This marks the first collaboration between the Chorale and the highly innovative MUSE/IQUE, featuring the songs Stand By Me, What A Wonderful World, Ain’t No Mountain High Enough, and more, along with popular choral work. No singing experience required!

Long Beach Camerata Singers invite you to join us for our 59th season opener, "Cradle of Life," a musical exploration of our planet. This impactful performance will be filled with music and words celebrating the Earth and our relationship with it. From the forests to the mountains, you will not want to miss the beautiful sounds and deep feelings that this concert is sure to hold for us all.

The Los Angeles Master Chorale opens the 2024-2025 season with Sing Joyfully | 60th Anniversary Celebration Concert, which features a cappella pieces from the Renaissance to present day. The concert opens with William Byrd’s ebullient Sing Joyfully, and the Chorale will take Byrd at his word by joyfully singing choral showpieces by Anton Bruckner, Sergei Rachmaninoff and Juan Gutiérrez de Padilla. The second half of the program celebrates the 30th anniversary of Morten Lauridsen’s classic O Magnum Mysterium (written for the Chorale), along with glorious music of Elinor Remick Warren, Moses Hogan and Leonard Bernstein among many others.

The Los Angeles Philharmonic & Los Angeles Master Chorale present Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms under the direction of Gustavo Dudamel.

Join Terpsichor for our first performance at The Covington! We will perform various solo numbers and as a quartet.

Firebird Light Opera presents ‘Firebird & Friends’, a free event as part of Artown! Enjoy an evening of friendship with us at the Center for Spiritual Living on July 28th!

PREMIERE|Project Festival is a world-class destination for living composers.  Spending a weeklong residency with Choral Arts Initiative, twelve select composers will complete a workshop-commission experience that culminates in this final performance!  After the performance featuring 12 world premieres, join us for a complimentary reception in the courtyard to connect with the composers and Choral Artists. 

Vocal ensemble Terpsichor presents their debut concert featuring choral classics, solos, and duets.

Laude presents When We Plant Trees at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Featuring Laude composers Molly Pease, Fahad Siadat, Sharon Chohi Kim, David Conley and the premiere performance of "Symphony For Voices" by David Harris.

The Long Beach Camerata Carolers perform a series of patriotic songs in honor of Memorial Day at the American Gold Star Manor memorial day ceremony.

Anna Caplan sings as a quartet member and soloist.

Showcasing the talents and personalities of our individual singers, you will leave the theater tapping your toes and humming your favorite songs from classic Hollywood movies!

Join us for this free musical event - "May the 4th Be With You" and dress in your Star Wars best!

Christoph Bull will play film music featuring the iconic music of Star Wars by John Williams on The Great Organs at First Church to celebrate May the Fourth (Thursday, 5/4/23). In what is now an annual tradition, the Sanctuary at First Church leaps with the energy of the classic Sci-Fi series, brought to life on one of the largest organs in the world. The night brings several LA treasures together under one roof with the expansive creativity of Christoph Bull mixing the majestic colors of 20,000 pipes into his awe-inspiring artistry. The FCCLA Cathedral Choir under the direction of David Harris will make a guest appearance.

The livelihood and years of hard work of Open Gallery were taken away in a matter of minutes when a driver racing down 7th street clipped another vehicle sending both cars flying up the cub into their loft and gallery. We are honored to come together with others in the Long Beach community to help this family and small business rebuild and help artists who were affected by the crash.

Please join the Long Beach Camerata Singers on Friday at Grace First Presbyterian Church in Long Beach at 8pm. All proceeds will go toward benefiting the gallery. If you are unable to attend and would like to support this cause, you can do so here: https://linktr.ee/opengallerylb?utm_source=qr_code

Spend the afternoon in the historic First Congregational Church while enjoying beautiful music and gathering insight to the musical genius of Johann Sebastian Bach. An Afternoon with Bach will include cantatas, motets, concertos, and organ music, featuring virtuoso local and international artists. Delight in a day of compelling and scintillating music by one of the world’s greatest composers that will educate and entertain listeners.

4:00-4:10 PM Festival Greetings and Introduction

4:15-4:45 PM Motet Program

5:00-5:30 PM Cantata Program

6-7 PM Organ Recital

Choral Arts Initiative presents Tapestry of Becoming. Tapestry of Becoming takes you on a beautiful journey of self-discovery, resilience, transformation, and love. Featuring four commissioned works, the pieces talk about finding your place in the world, loving yourself, and appreciating everything life has to offer. There's a metaphorical story about a river bravely entering the vast ocean, becoming something greater in the process. The pieces also give blessings for peace, harmony, and eternal grace, showing the importance of hope and trust. You'll find a longing to connect with nature and the elements, finding comfort in the music of the mountains. The program ends with a powerful message of strength and faith, celebrating life's unyielding spirit. Join us for this captivating musical journey.

Choral Arts Initiative's performance at the Western Division ACDA conference will feature works by living composers comprising multiple world premieres that explores becoming and belonging as part of the conference's overall theme, "One Voice, One Song." The program will showcase the group's versatility, adventurous programming, range, and technical prowess.

Join us for Pacific Symphony’s annual festivities honoring the Lunar New Year! Celebrating the Year of the Dragon, this performance is sure to sell out once again as audiences from across our communities come together to feast on a colorful presentation of Eastern and Western music and dance. Pacific Chorale joins the symphony in this joyous celebration.

Carl St. Clair, conductor

The University of Redlands Opera Department presents Hansel and Gretel by Engelbert Humperdinck.

Directed by Cindy Snyder and Malcolm Swan.

Anna Caplan performs the role of the Mother.

Say “Hallelujah” as the Long Beach Camerata Singers perform this beloved masterpiece, now in its 16th year! This year we partner with the Tesserae Baroque Ensemble and award-winning soloists to share all your favorite arias and choruses.

The Cathedral Choir and Laude present Gloria by Francis Poulenc at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Poulenc’s post-war setting of the “Gloria” is as expansive and celebrative as it is questioning. His use of word stress in opposition to metric stress creates an uneasy elation as the choir dances through these famous Christmas lyrics. The soprano solo, sung by Laurel Irene, floats angularly, an angel flying too close to earth caught up in humanity’s failures. Perhaps the most noteworthy aspect of the piece is Poulenc’s inventive orchestral colors. Played by Christoph Bull on The Great Organs, this timbral masterpiece returns to the organ-inspired home from which they came. To hear orchestral music of this ilk performed by Christoph Bull on The Great Organs is a treat not to be missed. The Cathedral Choir will lead this celebration directed by David Harris.

Free and open to the public.

A serene and beautiful evening of traditional holiday a cappella music, performed by the Catalyst Chamber Ensemble.

The Mixed Company presents their annual Christmas Variety Show featuring the ‘Tis the Season Handbell Carolers as well as special variety guests!

Bach Collegium San Diego launches the BCSD TWENTYONE Bach at Noon series with a tribute to William Byrd (c.1540-1623), marking the quadricentennial of his death. Though among the most celebrated and influential composers of his day, in one way Byrd was an outsider to the mainstream: he was a Catholic in the wake of the rupture of the Church of England from Rome. Byrd is the Wyrd features some of Byrd’s most important contributions to both the Anglican and Catholic liturgical music repertories, including the Mass for Four Voices, and the Magnificat from the Great Service.

Choral Arts Initiative presents the first concert of their 12th Season. Embark on a profound and introspective journey into the intricate tapestry of human existence and its interplay with time and the natural world. The Tower and the Garden by Gregory Spears presents a contemplative exploration of spirituality, history, and the consequences of human actions, using vivid imagery and allegorical elements to evoke emotions of wonder and regret. The Branch Will Not Break by Christopher Cerrone delves into themes of transience, loss, and the fleeting beauty of nature, enveloping the reader in poignant scenes and reflections on life's complexities. Both pieces invite us to ponder the significance of time, the human experience, and our profound connection to the natural world.

The Cathedral Choir and Laude perform Eleanor Daley’s deeply moving “Requiem” at the First Congregational Church of Los Angeles. Set to texts by poets Clare Harner (“Do Not Stand At My Grave And Weep”) and Carolyn Smart (“The Sound Of The Birds”), and passages from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, her “Requiem” serves as a celebrative exploration of life. Compared to the Catholic death rite text, Daley created an a-religious work that delves into the grief surrounding the loss of a loved one and the joy in finding self in that loss. The work will be shared on All Saints Day as a way for those in attendance to commemorate their loved ones past. Those present are invited to bring memorabilia of loved ones to display. Solos by Tiffany Ho and Molly Pease, directed by David Harris.

Free and open to the public.

The Long Beach Camerata Singers present their seventh annual Peace Project performance. This year the theme is “The Worth of Water.” All of the music for the concert will refer to water in its libretto. For example, the repertoire will include Samuel Barber’s “To Be Sung on the Water,” “The Prow” by local composer Matthew Lyon Hazzard, and the traditional folk tune, “Oh Shenandoah,” among others. The music will be performed by a chorus of approximately 80 members. The Peace Project is distinguished by being a narrated concert. The narrator for Peace Project 7 “The Worth of Water” will be California State Assembly Member Josh Lowenthal.

The University of Redlands Vocal Chamber Music Consort presents “‘Onipa’a”. This concert focuses on choral repertoire as change agent for cultural shirts, righting wrongs, bridging divides, and understanding the collective other.

This event is free and open to the public.

Dr. Jace Saplan, conductor

PREMIERE|Project Festival is a world-class destination for living composers. Spending a weeklong residency with Choral Arts Initiative, fifteen select composers will complete a workshop-commission experience that culminates in this final performance! Hear fifteen brand new world premieres by emerging composers across the country.