The Sangre de Cristo Chorale is ready to sing 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 a celebratory Open House follow below.

We had a GREAT Open House Saturday! Thanks to all who participated, current singers and new!


When: Saturday August 7, 3-4 PM
Where: St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 550 W. San Mateo, Santa Fe
Contact: info@sdcchorale.org

We will sing a few songs to get our voices moving and to remember what it is like to sing in person with other people again! If you love to sing, please join us! Out of concern for the safety of all, we ask that only fully vaccinated singers join this event.

Update July 27: Based on new CDC guidance, we are eliminating the planned refreshment period and are asking that participants wear masks and maintain social distance throughout the event. Note on the facility: the St. Bede’s HVAC system filters the air to viral levels and exchanges air at seven times per hour. Doors will be opened for additional ventilation.

Please register at https://bit.ly/3xO6uXH or feel free to just show up!

 
 

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

Auditions

When: Monday August 9, 6:30 to 9:00 PM; Saturday August 14, 9:30 AM       to 12 Noon; Monday August 16, 6:30 to 9:00 PM
Where: St. Bede’s Episcopal Church, 550 W. San Mateo, Santa Fe
Contact: Fred Graham, sdccmusicdirector@gmail.com

The Chorale membership typically includes singers in their teens and twenties and every decade on up. There are no dues or music fees, although donations from singers (and others!) are greatly appreciated and help sustain our organization.

 
 

Upcoming Season Highlights

Our opening concert will premiere “The End and The Beginning," a commissioned work by Katie Kring. During the season we will collaborate with cellist Dana Winograd on a major work by Canadian composer Sarah Quartel. We will also present a concert of settings of Shakespeare, including some Matthew Harris’s beloved "Shakespeare Songs". Flutist Bonnie Schmader will join us for a concert linking music with sounds of nature, which will include works of Craig Hella Johnson, Jocelyn Hagen, and Judith Cloud.

Katie Kring (b. 1983) is a composer, lyricist, bookwriter, arranger, performer, stage manager, and boulanger based in Springfield, Missouri. Katie's 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

Music appreciation and performance often runs in families. The Bach and Beethoven families are just two famous examples, but I'm sure you know of many more among your own acquaintances. Throughout its history, Sangre de Cristo Chorale has seen singing parents introduce their children to the group, but in at least one case, the influence ran the other direction.

Randy and Laura Erickson had known and enjoyed the Chorale for several years before daughter Rachel became an apprentice with the group. At that point, the parents decided to audition and make choral singing a family affair!

To share the Ericksons’ experiences of singing in Sangre de Cristo Chorale click on the photo below. In the background you'll enjoy Rachel's solo in Elizabeth Poston's arrangement of “Jesus Christ the Apple Tree," as performed by Sangre de Cristo Chorale in December 2003 under the direction of Mary Badarak.

 

Previous Singer Sidebars, Virtual Concerts, and Musical Works in Progress are available here

 

To hear more of 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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