Join the Chorale for The Jewish Composers Series and Annual Benefit

Oct 1

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Please note the new venue for this performance due to construction taking place at Los Angeles Pierce College:     Plaza del Sol Performance Hall, CSUN, 18111 Nordhoff St, Northridge, CA

By request, the chorale will perform the music of Cole Porter.  One of the area’s most popular groups playing Jewish music, the Golden State Klezmer Band, will also join this year’s concert.

A special guest who knew Cole Porter, Maurice Engelman, will delight us with stories and remembrances of the great composer.

 

Porter was a contemporary of Richard Rodgers and Lorenz Hart, and may be best known for his Broadway works “Kiss Me, Kate” and “Anything Goes”.  He wrote both the music and lyrics for many Broadway and Hollywood hits with great success, producing many tunes such as “Night and Day’, “It’s De-Lovely”, and “Just One of Those Things”, that are considered standards.

 

The audience will be invited to sing along with the chorale and soloists on these classic songs.

 

Please arrive by 7:30 p.m. for the  visit with Maurice Engelman.

Parking: $6 per car, Lots G3, B1 or B2.  See the CSUN website for a map of parking areas.

 

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Auditions for the 2011-2012 Season!

Aug 11

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The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale is auditioning singers and a Master of Ceremonies for the remainder of its 2012 season.  Soloists and ensemble singers will be heard on Sunday, January 29 by appointment at Pierce College in Woodland Hills, and ensemble singers on Monday, February 6 at 7PM at Pierce College.  Call Annette at (818) 985-7312.

 

The season will include a Cabaret show in March, Bach’s Cantata #4 (Christ lag in Todesbanden) and Mary E. Caldwell’s rarely-heard “Of Time and Eternity” on April 14.

 

The Chorale rehearses on Monday nights in Woodland Hills and performs at CSUN (Northridge).  Celebrating their 22nd anniversary season, shows have included a Broadway review featuring music of Cole Porter last October; Respighi’s ‘Laud to the Nativity’ last December; an annual benefit Cabaret  March 10; and Mary E. Caldwell’s ‘Of Time and Eternity’ and Bach’s Cantata #4 on Apr. 14.  Soloists will be needed for all works.

 

The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale, Terry Danne, Artistic Director, is an auditioned chorus with 50 to 80 singers participating.  They perform musical theater, choral masterworks with orchestra, jazz, and opera highlights programs.  The group is comprised of professional and community singers and students, and showcases resident company soloists as well as guest performers in every performance. 

 

The last several years have seen the Chorale performing at Carnegie Hall and Avery Fisher Hall in New York, at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion and the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre in Los Angeles, and at the American Choral Directors Association Conference in Honolulu, Hawaii.  They recently hosted a national workshop in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Their stirring performances of Orff’s Carmina Burana, Verdi’s Requiem and the Duke Ellington Sacred Concert at the John Anson Ford Amphitheatre were enthusiastically received by audience and critics alike.

 

The Chorale has been invited to make guest appearances in Las Vegas and Washington, D.C. during the 2012 – 2013 season.

 

Auditions Sunday, January 29, 2012

Auditions Sunday, January 29, 2012

 

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Final Concert of the Season – A Tribute

May 15

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Celebrate a musical Memorial Day with the chorale and a bevy of soloists.

Our last concert of the season will focus on meaningful texts for the occasion.  “Testament of Freedom”  is drawn from writings of Thomas Jefferson as the Colonies prepared to seek their independence, spirituals reference the emancipation from slavery and “Les Miserables”  reminds us this search is universal.  The “Chichester Psalms” by Bernstein and “Mass in G Minor” by Vaughan Williams offer solace through  faith.

Soloists include Fe’ao Bloomfield, Karen Matranga, Brittney Wheeler, John Wallis, and Joaquin Labado.  Nima Sahabi will play a Chopin piano prelude, and Paul Baker will be the guest harpist.

Where:  Pierce College “Theater on the Hill”, 6201 Winnetka Ave., Woodland Hills 91367.

When:  Saturday, May 28 at 8PM.

Tickets:  General – $20, Seniors and Military – $15, Students – $10. Pierce students free with current student ID.

Purchase tickets online at brownpapertickets.com, Or call (800) 838-3006 or  (818) 753-3306 for more info.

One of J.S. Bach’s Greatest Works – St. Matthew Passion

Mar 31

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The San Fernando Valley Master Chorale will be joined by members of the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society Chorus, Dr. Douglas Peterson, Director, from Las Vegas.

This monumental oratorio for soloists, chorus and orchestra is considered by historians to be one of the finest works of its kind ever written.  It was first presented 79 years after J.S.Bach’s death by Felix Mendelssohn.  As a result,  Bach became recognized as the great creative genius he was.

For Tickets: Adults $25, Seniors/Military $20, Students $10. Order online: brownpapertickets.com or call 800/838-3006

For More Information: 818/753-3306

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Come to the Cabaret Old Chum!

Dec 8

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For an evening of variety entertainment, get your tickets for the Philharmonic Choir’s annual Cabaret Dinner and Silent Auction held Saturday, March 5 at the Great Hall at Pierce College, 6201 Winnetka Ave in Woodland Hills.

This fundraiser offers a buffet dinner provided by Stonefire Grill, an evening of nightclub-style entertainment by members of the chorale hosted by David Williams portraying  Sammy Davis Jr.


Dinner begins at 6:30PM with the show at 8PM.


Tickets are $40 in advance, $50 at the door, children 12 and under – $20.   Proceeds will go toward the group’s Spring concert.


For information, directions and tickets, call 818/753-3306.


For credit card orders call 800/838-3006, or order online at  brownpapertickets.com.


Bring your friends and family to this elegant evening.  The Cabaret is the place to be!

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