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| | OKTOBERFEST! GALA & SILENT AUCTION
SEPTEMBER 29, 2023 7:00 PM
Location: Women's Club of Winter Park
You are invited to the Orlando Sings 3rd Annual Gala and Silent Auction. Don your Lederhosen and join us for a festive evening of live music, delicious German food and a silent auction in support of our educational and outreach programs. Prost! | Buy Tickets |
| | ALAS & ALLELUIA: WORKS FOR DOUBLE CHOIR
NOVEMBER 10, 2023 8:00 PM
ORLANDO SINGS SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Andrew Minear, conductor
HARMONIA
Sandra Shafer, conductor
First United Methodist Church of Orlando
Experience Central Florida's professional-level choirs in stereo LIVE with a beautiful evening of music for double choir, including two premieres and a grand finale where audience members are invited to join in the song!
After a highly-acclaimed inaugural season, Harmonia returns with the gorgeous sound of over 75 talented sopranos and altos as they perform a set of historic masterpieces, including the famed Biebl Ave Maria.
Then the Symphonic Chorus brings a sophisticated tour de force of a program, featuring Frank Martin’s divine Mass for Double Choir (the greatest a cappella choral achievement of the 20th century), the North American premiere of Shruthi Rajasekar’s The Change We Need and the world premiere of Orlando composer
Keith Lay’s Over the North Jetty.
HARMONIA
Supitia Cesis Cantate Domino
Franz Beibl Ave Maria
Pavel Chesnokov Gladsome Light
Nicola Porpora Sicut Erat
SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Shavon Lloyd Alleluia
Heinrich Schütz Jauchzet dem Herren, alle Welt, SWV 36
Shruthi Rajasekar The Change We Need (North American premiere)
Keith Lay Over the North Jetty (world premiere)
Frank Martin Mass for Double Choir
William Harris Faire is the Heaven | Buy Tickets |
| | A SOLARIA SOLSTICE
DECEMBER 21, 2023 6:30 & 8:15 PM
SOLARIA SINGERS
Andrew Minear, conductor
Timucua Arts Foundation
Quickly becoming a favorite holiday tradition in Orlando, A Solaria Solstice features Orlando's finest vocalists in an intimate venue. Hear moving poetry and music from Christmas, Hanukkah, and Kwanzaa, as well as compelling contemporary choral works that reflect on this time of darkness, renewal, and the light to come!
Carlos Cordero Holding Our Breath
Reena Esmail The Tipping Point
& Traditional Songs of the Season | Buy Tickets |
| | CHORAL FESTIVAL CONCERT #1:
THE ROAD EAST
APRIL 30, 2024 7:30 PM
ORLANDO SINGS SYMPHONIC CHORUS & HARMONIA
Sophia Khutsishvili, guest conductor from Republic of Georgia
DongKyu Lee, guest conductor from South Korea
First United Methodist Church of Orlando
Immerse yourself in a truly enchanting musical journey as Harmonia and the Orlando Sings Symphonic Chorus bring to life the rich and captivating choral traditions of the Republic of Georgia and South Korea. Delight in the rare privilege of witnessing TWO esteemed international guest conductors guide our harmonious journey, bringing to life the soul-stirring music of their homelands.
Transport yourself to the rugged landscapes of the Republic of Georgia through the hauntingly beautiful sounds that echo its deep-rooted culture. The journey continues as we traverse to the vibrant and diverse musical landscape of South Korea, where choral singing is a hugely popular national movement. Be part of this groundbreaking moment as we proudly present these mesmerizing choral masterpieces for the first time in the United States.
Yosif Ketchakhmadze Archaica II Lasharis Gzaze
& more Choral Music from the Republic of Georgia
KyungSuk Cheon The Song of Iris Rossii: Requiem for the Comfort Women
MinHyeong Lee Jeongseon Arirang
& more Choral Music from South Korea | Buy Tickets |
| | FESTIVAL DINNER
May 3, 2024 6:00 PM
Location: First United Methodist Church
Join us for dinner on Friday May 3 before the Orlando Sings Choral Festival Concert: The Road West.
Meet composers and conductors, dine with our star choir members, enjoy a beautiful catered meal, and relax before the concert knowing the venue is just a few steps away!
Seating is limited so reserve your tickets today. Enjoy food and fun with the vibrant Orlando Sings musical artist and audience community! | Buy Tickets |
| | CHORAL FESTIVAL CONCERT #2:
THE ROAD WEST
MAY 3, 2024 8:00 PM
ORLANDO SINGS SYMPHONIC CHORUS
Justin Chase & Andrew Minear, conductors
First United Methodist Church of Orlando
On The Road West, find an unmissable encounter of tradition and innovation through the transcendent beauty of Fauré’s Requiem, and the groundbreaking blend of Indian and Western classical styles in Esmail’s Malhaar: A Requiem for Water.
2024 marks 100 years since the death of French composer Gabriel Fauré, one of the most revered composers of the late 19th century. His beautiful Requiem, unlike traditional requiem settings, embraces a serene and contemplative approach, focusing on the themes of rest, peace, and eternal light.
In Hindustani music, Malhaar refers to a family of raags that beckon rain. The work intertwines texts from the traditional Latin Requiem mass alongside the work of Wendell Berry and William O’Daly, along with interspersed Hindi. It traces a trajectory of beauty and awe of water, the fear and devastation around its loss, an answered plea of atonement, and eventually a promise of a new cycle of life.
Both works are full of hope as they guide the listener through a spectrum of feelings – from contemplation to exultation, from reflection to catharsis. In this powerful fusion of west and east, timeless and contemporary, we are reminded of our connection with the earth and our common humanity.
Gabriel Fauré Requiem, Op. 48
Reena Esmail Malhaar: A Requiem for Water
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