The Sangre de Cristo Chorale is singing again!

Our group values great singing, hard work, a supportive rehearsal and performance climate, a diversity of voices, and fun! We invite you to sing with us in our upcoming 44th season. Information about concerts, auditions, and our first rehearsal of the season follow below.

 

Upcoming Season Schedule

  • A Winter Day (Saturday and Sunday, December 4-5, 4:00PM) will premiere “The End and The Beginning," a work by Katie Kring commissioned by the Chorale, and will feature cellist Dana Winograd in "A Winter Day," a major work by Canadian composer Sarah Quartel.

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  • A Shakespeare Sampler (Saturday and Sunday, February 19-20, 4:00PM) will present a concert of settings of Shakespeare, including Matthew Harris’s beloved "Shakespeare Songs."

  • Songs of Nature (Saturday, May 7, 4:00PM) will feature flutist Bonnie Schmader in a concert linking music with sounds of nature, including works of Craig Hella Johnson, Jocelyn Hagen, and Judith Cloud.

 

Auditions

We are always interested in new singers wishing to join our ranks. For information and to express interest in auditioning, please contact Music Director Fred Graham at sdccmusicdirector@gmail.com

The Sangre de Cristo Chorale singing at the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver, October 2019.

Introducing the Composer of Our Latest Commissioned Work

Katie Kring (b. 1983) is a composer, lyricist, bookwriter, arranger, performer, stage manager, and boulanger based in Springfield, Missouri. Her musical theatre and choral works and commissions are performed internationally. Katie was commissioned by the Chorale to compose the music and lyrics for "The End and the Beginning" during the Covid-19 pandemic. The piece beautifully acknowledges the losses the pandemic has created for all humankind, while evoking hope for recovery and rebirth as we go forward.

Singer Sidebar

Discerning dogs approve of Sangre de Cristo Chorale’s December holiday concert lineup! That’s the conclusion we’ve drawn from these photos, which Chorale alto Andrea Cassutt sent of her four-legged family member. Andrea commented: “Surprisingly, and unusually, Finnegan pulled a couple of our concert postcards off the coffee table and was eager to give them a good chew.”

Though animals aren’t part of our usual audience demographic, Finnegan clearly has good taste. He’s also probably been listening to Andrea rehearse her solo for the concert.

We hope you’re planning to attend one of our two performances so you can hear Andrea and the rest of the Chorale singers in a program that we’re all excited about. It’s a mix of old and new repertoire with both reverent and joyful texts to match our mixed emotions these days. Composer Katie Kring will be in town to hear the premiere of “The End and the Beginning,” which the Chorale commissioned from her last year. And you won’t want to miss our special guest musician, Dana Winograd, principal cellist for the Santa Fe Symphony. Dana and Chorale Pianist Deborah Wagner will perform two selections by James MacMillan, and Dana will be featured in a wonderful suite of pieces for chorus, piano, and cello by Canadian composer Sarah Quartel titled A Winter Day. Several Christmas selections round out the program.

Catch up with familiar singers and meet our new members (all of whom will be vaccinated and masked) at one of these two performances:

Saturday, December 4 at 4 p.m., St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, Santa Fe

Sunday, December 5 at 4 p.m., United Church of Los Alamos

Tickets can be purchased using the botton below or at the door. Note that tickets are free for students and healthcare workers with current ID. Remember to bring proof of vaccination, photo ID, a mask, and a friend!

 

To hear the Chorale until we can perform for you in person, click on the video composite below to hear our Virtual Performance of Gwyneth Walker's "How Can I Keep from Singing?"

 
 
 
 

Watch https://www.facebook.com/sdcchorale/ and the space below for periodic links and pointers to music and music stories that have moved us during challenging times. Be safe and listen to good music!

 

The Chorale is actively seeking
high school Apprentice singers!
Contact Music Director Fred Graham
for further information.


The mission of the Sangre de Cristo Chorale is to entertain, educate, unite, and inspire singers and audiences by performing quality choral music.

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