ST. LOUIS SINGS™

ST. LOUIS CHORAL CALENDAR 2012-2013
Compiled by the
Bach Society of Saint Louis
A listing of concerts by St. Louis area independent choral organizations. The Bach Society cannot guarantee the completeness or accuracy of this information. If there is any doubt, it is always wise to call ahead to confirm a performance, its time and location. To report inaccuracies or to add an event to the calendar, please email A. Dennis Sparger, Music Director, via Contact Us.
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Information as of August 27, 2012
Jump to: Nov & early Dec, mid-Dec, Jan to Mar, Apr to Jun, Choruses
September
5    Fri     8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus Women
Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Powell Hall
6    Sat    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus Women
Mahler: Symphony No. 3, Powell Hall
8    Sat    6:00    St. Louis Harmony Chorus, Dinner Show
Crestwood Community Center
30   Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
Today, A Rude Brief Recitative, Second Baptist Church
October
12   Fri     7:00    Collinsville Chorale
The Envelope Please, St. John UCC, Collinsville
13   Sat    7:00    St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
14   Sun   3:00    St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
14   Sun   3:00    Collinsville Chorale, The Envelope Please, Concord Trinity United Methodist Church, South County
14   Sun   3:00    Masterworks Chorale
Brass Spectacular, St. Paul UCC, Belleville
21   Sun   3:00    Collegium Vocale of St. Louis, Opera in 18th century Hamburg, Koburg Hall, Concordia Seminary
21   Sun   7:00    Bach Society of Saint Louis, Bach: BWV 51; Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass, St. Francis Xavier (College) Church
28   Sun   3:00    American Kantorei/Martin Dicke, guest cond
Bach: BWV 70 & 80, Concordia Seminary Chapel
28   Sun   3:00    Masterworks Children's Choruses
Fall Concert, St. Paul UCC, Belleville
November
3    Sat    8:00    Cathedral Concerts
Tenebrae, Cathedral Basilica
9    Fri     8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden; Mozart: Requiem, Powell Hall
10   Sat    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden; Mozart: Requiem, Powell Hall
11   Sun   3:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Schoenberg: Friede auf Erden; Mozart: Requiem, Powell Hall
11   Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, What Do You Think I Fought For?, Christ Church Cathedral
11   Sun   5:00    St. Louis Women's Chorale, Harvest and Song: A Musical Feast, Tower Grove Abbey
11   Sun   7:00    St. Louis Women's Chorale, Harvest and Song: A Musical Feast, Tower Grove Abbey
16   Fri     8:00    CHARIS, the St. Louis Women's Chorus
Love of Nature, Nature of Love, Lafayette Park UMC
17   Sat    8:00    CHARIS, the St. Louis Women's Chorus
Love of Nature, Nature of Love, Lafayette Park UMC
18   Sun   3:00    Bach Society of Saint Louis, Bach Chamber Music, Great Hall of the Church of St. Michael & St. George
25   Sun   7:00    St. Louis Metro Singers
Southwest Baptist Church
30   Fri     7:30    Saint Louis Concert Choir
A Night to Remember, Maritz Theatre, Fenton
December
1    Sat    2:00    St. Louis Children's Choirs
Holiday Concert, Powell Hall
1    Sat    3:00    Saint Louis Concert Choir
A Night to Remember, Maritz Theatre, Fenton
1    Sat    7:00    Saint Louis Concert Choir
A Night to Remember, Maritz Theatre, Fenton
1    Sat    7:30    Missouri Choral Society
Vivaldi: Gloria, Grace United Methodist Church, St. Louis
2    Sun   2:00    St. Peters Choral Society, Christmas Concert, Fort Zumwalt South H.S. Auditorium, St. Peters
2    Sun   2:30    Missouri Choral Society
Vivaldi: Gloria, First United Methodist, St. Charles
2    Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Concert Choir
A Night to Remember, Maritz Theatre, Fenton
2    Sun   3:00    Washington Civic Chorus, Christmas Concert, St. Peter's United Church of Christ, Washington, MO
2    Sun   3:00    St. Louis Metro Singers
St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
2    Sun   3:00    American Kantorei/Andrew Megill, guest cond
Bach: Christmas Oratorio I, BWV 191, Concordia Seminary Chapel
2    Sun   3:00    Missouri Women’s Chorus, Century: Ten Decades of Music for Women, Union Avenue Christian Church
2    Sun   7:30    Bach Society of Saint Louis
Christmas Candlelight Concert, Powell Hall
7    Fri     7:00    Collinsville Chorale, Christmas Concert, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville
7    Fri     8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Handel: Messiah, Powell Hall
7    Fri     8:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, The Touhill
8    Sat    2:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, The Touhill
8    Sat    4:00    Bel Canto Chorus of Saint Louis
Holiday Concert, Brown Hall, Washington University
8    Sat    7:00    St. Louis Metro Singers
St. Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia, IL
8    Sat    7:30    American Chamber Chorale, Messiah, Advent & Christmas Portion, Salem in Ladue Methodist Church
8    Sat    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Handel: Messiah, Powell Hall
8    Sat    8:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, The Touhill
9    Sun   2:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, The Touhill
9    Sun   3:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Handel: Messiah, Powell Hall
9    Sun   3:00    Collinsville Chorale
Christmas Concert, St. Mary's Catholic Church, Alton
9    Sun   7:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, The Touhill
9    Sun   7:30    Masterworks Chorale, Christmas Concert, St. Clare Catholic Church, O'Fallon, IL
11   Tue    7:30    St. Louis Harmony Chorus, Christmas Concert, First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood
14   Fri     7:30    Choral Arts Singers
Holiday Concert, Immanuel UCC, Wright City
15   Sat    7:30    St. Louis Metro Singers
St. Anselm Parish Church
15   Sat    8:00    St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs & Orchestra
Christmas as the Cathedral, Cathedral Basilica
16   Sun   2:30    St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs & Orchestra
Christmas as the Cathedral, Cathedral Basilica
16   Sun   3:00    Choral Arts Singers
Holiday Concert, Assumption Chapel, O'Fallon, MO
16   Sun   3:00    Belleville Philharmonic Chorale, Christmas Wonders, St. Luke's Catholic Church, Belleville
16   Sun   3:00    American Chamber Chorale
Messiah and More, Lutheran Church of the Resurrection
20   Thu    7:30    St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus
Gospel Christmas, Powell Hall
23   Sun   3:00    Metro East Community Chorale, Christmas Concert, Our Lady of the Snows Church, Belleville
23   Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Wonder upon Wonder Will Arrive to Me, Second Presbyterian Church
23   Sun   6:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Wonder upon Wonder Will Arrive to Me, Second Presbyterian Church
January
18   Fri     8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Holst: The Planets, Powell Hall
19   Sat    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Holst: The Planets, Powell Hall
20   Sun   3:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus, Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms; Holst: The Planets, Powell Hall
27   Sun   3:00    Bach Society of Saint Louis
Young Artist Recital, Second Presbyterian Church
February
2    Sat    8:00    Cathedral Concerts
Luther College Nordic Choir, Cathedral Basilica
3    Sun   3:00    Collegium Vocale of St. Louis, Four Sacred Cantatas by Graupner, First Presbyterian Church
17   Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Music & Movies Go Hand in Hand, St. Anthony of Padua Catholic Church
22   Fri     7:00    St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus
Lift Every Voice and Sing, Powell Hall
28   Thu    8:00    Cathedral Concerts
Chanticleer, Cathedral Basilica
March
2    Sat    7:00    St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
3    Sun   3:00    St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
5    Tue    7:00    St. Louis Harmony Chorus, Chamber Music Series, St. Louis Community College at Meramec
8    Fri     7:00    Collinsville Chorale, Spirituals Concerts, Meadow Heights Baptist Church, Collinsville
9    Sat    7:30    Masterworks Chorale
Broadway Pops, Hett Center, Lebanon
15   Fri     8:00    Cathedral Concerts
Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, Cathedral Basilica
23   Sat    7:30    American Chamber Chorale
Te Deum, Salem in Ladue Methodist Church
24   Sun   3:00    American Kantorei/Jeff Wilson, guest cond
Bach: Cantatas 22, 182, Concordia Seminary Chapel
April
6    Sat    8:00    Cathedral Concerts
Regensburg Cathedral Choir, Cathedral Basilica
7    Sun   3:00    Belleville Philharmonic Chorale, Celestial Spring, St. Paul United Church of Christ, Belleville
7    Sun   7:00    Bach Society of Saint Louis, Bach: Cantata 4, and Schubert: Mass in G, Ladue Chapel
14   Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus, Musicians Wrestle Everywhere, South Broadway Athletic Club
16   Tue    7:30    St. Louis Women's Chorale, Flowers and Song: The Sounds of Spring, Sheldon Concert Hall
19   Fri     8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Schicksalslied, Powell Hall
20   Sat    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Brahms: Schicksalslied, Powell Hall
21   Sun   3:00    Masterworks Children's Choruses
All-American Jubilee, St. Paul UCC, Belleville
27   Sat    4:00    Bel Canto Chorus of Saint Louis
Spring Concert, Parkway United Church of Christ
28   Sun   2:00    St. Peters Choral Society, Spring Concert, Fort Zumwalt South H.S. Auditorium, St. Peters
28   Sun   3:00    American Kantorei/Scott Hyslop, guest cond
Bach: Cantatas 69, 190a, Concordia Seminary Chapel
May
4    Sat    2:00    St. Louis Children's Choirs
35th Anniversary Gala Concert, Powell Hall
5    Sun   3:00    Masterworks Chorale
Mozart: Requiem, St. Clare Catholic Church, O'Fallon, IL
5    Sun   3:00    Missouri Women’s Chorus
The Cloistered Muse, venue tba
9    Thu    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bruckner, Berg, Beethoven, Powell Hall
10   Fri     8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bruckner, Berg, Beethoven, Powell Hall
11   Sat    7:30    American Chamber Chorale, Let Voice and String Resound!, Concordia Lutheran Church
11   Sat    8:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bruckner, Berg, Beethoven, Powell Hall
12   Sun   3:00    St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bruckner, Berg, Beethoven, Powell Hall
18   Sat    8:00    St. Louis Archdiocesan Choir & Orchestra
Cathedral Basilica
19   Sun   3:00    Collegium Vocale of St. Louis, Monteverdi Madrigals from Books 6 & 7, Christ Church Cathedral
19   Sun   3:00    Bach Society of Saint Louis, Rachmaninoff: Divine Liturgy, St. Stanislaus Kostka Church
26   Sun   3:00    Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
Chanting to Paradise, St. Francis de Sales Oratory
June
15   Sat    2:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Voices in Harmony, The Touhill
15   Sat    8:00    Ambassadors of Harmony
Voices in Harmony, The Touhill
28   Fri     7:00    Collinsville Chorale
Patriotic Concert, First Baptist Church, Collinsville
 
Cathedral Concerts - Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
314-533-7662         cathedralconcerts.org
Nov 3       Fri        8:00        Tenebrae, English Chamber Choir
Dec 15     Sat      8:00        Christmas at the Cathedral
Dec 16     Sun     2:30        Christmas at the Cathedral
Feb 2       Sat      8:00        Luther College Nordic Choir
Feb 28     Thu      8:00        Chanticleer
Mar 15     Fri        8:00        Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra, “The House of Dreams”
Apr 6       Sat       8:00        Regensberg Cathedral Choir (Regensburger Domspatzen)
May 18    Sat       8:00        St. Louis Archdiocesan Choir & Orchestra
 
Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
at the University of Missouri-St. Louis         touhill.org
Feb 21, 22 and 23 at 8:00, and Feb 24 at 2:00
Dance St. Louis and University of Missouri-St. Louis present
Bach's Cantata No. 10 and Carl Orff's Carmina Burana
Performed by MADCO and the Nashville Ballet, with the University Orchestra and University Singers, The Bach Society of Saint Louis, and the St. Louis Children's Choir
Venues
Sheldon Concert Hall         SheldonConcertHall.org
African Choral Music Workshops         africanchorus.org/NOAC/index.htm
Choruses
Chorus (rehearsal night) / Conductor; phone for info/tickets & website
Professional Choruses
American Kantorei (M) / guest conductors
free admission / offering; 314-505-7370         Bach.csl.edu/
Bach Society of Saint Louis (M) / A. Dennis Sparger
Alayne Smith, exec dir; 314-652-BACH          BachSociety.org
Collegium Vocale of Saint Louis / Bruce Carvell         cvsl.wordpress.com
Cornerstone Chorale & Brass / Bruce Vantine
314-838-4383         cornerstonechorale.org
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus (M) / Philip Barnes
Linda Ryder, exec dir; 636-458-4343         chamberchorus.org
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus (T) / Amy Kaiser
Susan Patterson, manager; 314-286-4108         stlsymphony.org
Volunteer Choruses
Ambassadors of Harmony (Th) / James Henry
Hal Maples, pub rel; 636-947-0334         aoh.org
American Chamber Chorale (T) / Stephen Morton
314-638-0793         americanchamberchorale.com
Archdiocesan Choir of St. Louis (T) / Dr. Horst Buchholz
314-533-7662         cathedralconcerts.org
Bel Canto Chorus of Saint Louis / Bruce Vantine; 314-838-4383
Belleville Philharmonic Chorale / Robert Charles Howard
618-234-8079         bellphil.com
Charis: The St. Louis Women's Chorus (T) / Kourtney R. Strade
636-379-1024         charischorus.org
Choral Arts Singers (M) / Travis Evans; 636-485-9826         concertarts.org
City Voices Chorus (Th), Sweet Adelines International / Jerilee Inghram
314-991-1585         city-voices-chorus.org
Collinsville Chorale / Andy Waggoner
Gary Humphrey, exec dir; 618-344-1960         collinsvillechorale.org
Deutscher Männerchor / Richard Fischer; 314-638-4499
Gateway Men's Chorus / Al Fischer; 314-289-4169         gatewaymenschorus.org
Great Rivers Choral Society (T) / Ron Abraham; 618-465-4074         grcs-sing.org
Harmonie Sängerbund / Joe Ruppe; 314-487-3138
Harmony Express Chorus (M) / Nancy Weiser
618-235-7383         harmonyexpresschorus.org
IN UNISONâ Chorus (M) / Kevin McBeth
Susan Patterson, manager; 314-286-4108         stlsymphony.org
Legend Singers / Doris Wilson; 314-524-9068
Liederkranz Singing Society / Norman Cleeland; 314-225-7332
Masterworks Chorale (T) / Dr. Stephen Mager
Christa Jenkins, chorus mgr; 618-628-9989         singmasterworks.org
Metro East Community Chorale (M) / Rosalind Stevens
618-520-2365         metroeastcommunitychorale.org
Missouri Choral Society / Kenneth G. Greenlaw
free admission; info 314-849-1912         missourichoralsociety.com
Missouri Women's Chorus / Scott Schoonover
314-966-5523         missouriwomenschorus.org
River Blenders Chorus / Diane Huber
Laura Beuhler, marketing-membership; 636-447-845         riverblenders.org
St. Louis African Chorus / Fred Onovwerosuoke
Asmeret Bezabeh, mgr; 314-652-6800         africanchorus.org/NOAC/index.htm
Saint Louis Concert Choir (3rd Sa) / Bob Pickett
314-292-8320         cmichoir.org/cmi-st-louis.php
St. Louis County Community Chorus / Merry E. Keller; 314-961-4871         stlccc.org
St. Louis Gateway Singers / Dr. Christina Shields; 314-541-3393
St. Louis Harmony Chorus (T) / Sandi Wright; 314-303-0877         stlharmony.org
St. Louis Metro Singers (T) / Mark Marting; 314-995-1262         metrosingers.org
St. Louis Women's Chorale / Leanne Latuda; 314-371-6700          stlwomenschorale.org
St. Peters Choral Society (M) / John Smith
Jim Kellen; info 636-447-5341         stpeterschoralsociety.org
Washington Civic Chorus (M) / Ken Tucker; 636-583-8614
Children's Choruses
Archdiocesan Children's Choir of St. Louis (Sa) / Dr. Horst Buchholz
314-533-7662         cathedralconcerts.org
Hope Kantorei / Stephen Rosebrock; 314-352-0014
Kirkwood Children's Chorale (T) / Mimi Steele
314-803-2007, tickets at the door         kirkwoodchildrenschorale.org
Masterworks Children's Chorus (Th) / Dr. Stephen Mager
Laurie Lindauer, asst; 618-628-9989         singmasterworks.org
St. Louis Children's Choirs / Barbara Berner; 314-993-9626         slccsing.org