The Chorale and Orchestra perform choral masterworks, jazz and musical theater, a unique combination for Los Angeles concert goers. The group hosts an annual ‘Evening of Jewish Music’ and a Messiah Festival. Other performances have included choral works such as Vivaldi’s Gloria, Mozart’s Requiem, Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony, Haydn’s Creation, the Brahms Requiem, Respighi’s Laud to the Nativity, James Domine’s Requiem and Luke and Sarah with the San Fernando Valley Symphony and the Durufle’ Requiem with guest conductor Paul Salamunovich. Their recent performance of the Faure’ and Rutter Requiems marked the third season in which members of the Church of Scientology Choir joined the Chorale and Orchestra. Performances with the new San Fernando Valley Master Chorale included Orff’s Carmina Burana, the Verdi Requiem, and Mendelssohn’s Elijah. A series of Bach works including the B Minor Mass, St. Matthew Passion and St. John Passion were performed with the Southern Nevada Musical Arts Society Chorus at Artemis Ham Hall, University of Las Vegas. Opera and musical theater programs have included Amahl and the Night Visitors, Bizet’s Carmen, ‘Great Opera Choruses’, and music from the Broadway stage. The Chorale’s series honoring Jewish composers opened in 1995 with Broadway, Our Way I-V, Bernstein Remembered, An Evening with Irving Berlin, A Tribute to Richard Rodgers, and Where There’s Fosse, There’s Music. They recently performed A Tribute to Ray Charles with guest conductor and accompanist Dwight Elrich, and a concert with guest conductor Marvin Neumann of the Mozart Coronation Mass and Mendelssohn’s Hymn of Praise.
