Thank you!

Thanks to everyone who attended and made our first concert of the season, "Made in America," a great success! Special thanks to Spence Kinard for narrating the program and tying everything together.

Mark your calendars now for our December concert, "Laud to the Nativity," on Saturday, December 19. This season has started out with a bang, and it's sure to only get better!

Fall Concert

Saturday, October 17
7:30 PM, Libby Gardner Concert Hall
Tickets available through Kingsbury Hall or our website. May also be available at the door the night of the concert

Don't miss it!

Facebook Fans

Make sure you join the Salt Lake Choral Artists Facebook Fan Page to not only keep up with all the latest news and concert announcements, but also take advantage of some great media!

We already have a lot of pictures from previous events, with more sure to come, and we've just begun featuring songs on our music player. The first featured song is a live performance of an arrangement of George Gershwin's "'S Wonderful." Since our first concert this season features American music, this is a great way to get in the mood!

New songs will be added periodically, and we'll also feature videos from our new YouTube channel.

If you are already a member of facebook, join our fan page today! If you're not a member, sign up for free and hop on board! You won't be sorry!

Season Tickets

Tickets for our 2009-2010 are now available for purchase.

You may buy tickets for individual concerts or buy season tickets. Prices and further information can be found on our website.

Buy season tickets before October 10 and receive an Early Bird discount: get the entire season for only $50!

Visit our website to purchase. We've got a great season of music lined up---you won't want to miss a single concert!

SLCA is on YouTube!

The Salt Lake Choral Artists now has its very own YouTube channel! You can view it here. Arvo Pärt's "Te Deum" is the first video available (in four parts due to length) with more on the way.

Subscribe, rate, and spread the word! And keep watching!

SLCA's 2009/10 Concert Season

We're ready to go on our new concert season, and we're very excited! Season brochures will be available soon. In the meantime, use this note to mark your calendars now! You won't want to miss any part of this season.

October 17: Made in America
Moving past pop and rock and roll, the Salt Lake Choral Artists explore the roots of American music. The choir will sing selections from Carol Barnett's "Bluegrass Mass," along with traditional folk music, African-American spirituals, gospel music, jazz, and music from the American musical theater. Also including sacred and secular music by living American composers, this concert truly represents a melting pot of styles.

December 19: Laud to the Nativity
Featuring soprano Carol Ann Allred, tenor Todd Miller, and mezzo-soprano Laura Garff Lewis, Respighi's "Laud to the Nativity" charmingly and intimately tells the nativity story through the eyes of the shepherds. Dr. Allred will also direct the Salt Lake Choral Artists in Ariel Ramirez' "Navidad Nuestra," which sets the Christmas story against a tapestry of traditional Latin American dance styles and instrumentation. The concert will include the music of Arvo Part, selections from Sergei Rachmaninoff's "All Night Vigil," and familiar favorites by John Rutter.

February 20: Beatlemania
John, Paul, George, and Ringo: those four iconic names that changed the face of pop music forever. Experience the British Invasion all over again as the Salt Lake Choral Artists sing the classic music of Lennon and McCartney as well as music by artists that both influenced and were influenced by the Beatles. With Get Back, a live Beatles cover band, and the award-winning vocal ensemble T minus 5, this is sure to be a night to remember!

May 15: Lux Aeterna - Eternal Light
Light: hope, faith, life, joy. Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna," a beautiful work for choir and chamber orchestra, fully expresses the idea of light in both its soaring, majestic phrases and its moments of quiet serenity. With texts drawn from a variety of sacred Latin sources, the piece emphasizes heavenly light. The Salt Lake Choral Artists will also premiere "One Light," a newly commissioned work by Ray Shattenkirk that draws its inspiration from religious poems from many faiths.

Free Concert!

Don't miss the concert of the last weekend session of the Summer Choral Institute, featuring John Rutter's "Psalmfest." This concert is free, and you'll get to hear the choir along with a chamber orchestra and soloists George Dyer and Carol Ann Allred.

This is a very exciting event and a great way to wrap up this part of this year's SCI. Tell all your friends! And come with them!

Details:

Saturday, August 8
7:30
Libby Gardner Concert Hall
School of Music, U of U campus
FREE!

See you there!