ST. LOUIS SINGS™
ST. LOUIS CHORAL CALENDAR 2011-2012
Compiled by
The Bach Society of Saint Louis
 
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Information as of August 31, 2011
September
10   Sat    2:30      St. Louis Harmony Chorus
St. Louis Art Fair, Main Stage, Clayton
11   Sun   7:00      St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus
10 Year Anniversary Observance of 9/11, Manchester United Methodist Church
16   Fri     8:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Les Noces, Powell Hall
17   Sat    8:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Stravinsky: Les Noces, Powell Hall
24   Sat    6:00      American Chamber Chorale
A Special Evening with the Chorale, The Chapel, Memorial Presbyterian Church
24   Sat    8:00      American Chamber Chorale
A Special Evening with the Chorale, The Chapel, Memorial Presbyterian Church
25   Sun   3:00      Bach at the Sem
Memorial Concert for Robert Bergt, Concordia Seminary Chapel
October
1    Sat    8:00      St. Louis Harmony Chorus
Solid Gold, Touhill Performing Arts Center
2    Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A City's Song, St. Louis Abbey
7    Fri     7:00      Collinsville Chorale
Salute to Big Band and Swing, Collinsville (IL) High School Fine Arts Auditorium
15   Sat    7:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
16   Sun   3:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
16   Sun   3:00      Masterworks Chorale
Mozart: Coronation Mass, St. Paul UCC, Belleville, IL
16   Sun   3:00      Collegium Vocale
Music at the Court of Emperor Joseph I, 1705-1711, St. Anselm's
23   Sun   7:00      Bach Society of Saint Louis
Mozart: Requiem, St. Francis Xavier (College) Church
25   Tue    7:00      Cornerstone Chorale & Brass
I Make All Things New, Trinity Lutheran, Chesterfield
November
4    Fri     8:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete), Powell Hall
5    Sat    7:30      Great Rivers Choral Society
Songs of Faith and Hope, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Alton, IL
5    Sat    8:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Ravel: Daphnis et Chloé (complete), Powell Hall
6    Sun   3:00      Great Rivers Choral Society
Songs of Faith and Hope, Sts. Peter and Paul Church, Alton, IL
18   Fri     7:00      St. Louis Gateway Singers
Our Lady of the Snows, Belleville, IL
20   Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A Mentor's Memory, 560 Music Center
27   Sun   7:00      St. Louis Metro Singers
Silver Bells, Southwest Baptist Church
December
2    Fri     7:00      Collinsville Chorale
Christmas Concert, Holy Cross Lutheran Church, Collinsville, IL
2    Fri     7:30      Saint Louis Concert Choir
Christmasfantastic, Raymond E. Maritz Theatre, Fenton
3    Sun   2:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Holiday Concert, Powell Hall
3    Sun   2:00      St. Louis Gateway Singers
Carols in the Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
3    Sat    3:00      Saint Louis Concert Choir
Christmasfantastic, Raymond E. Maritz Theatre, Fenton
3    Sat    7:00      Saint Louis Concert Choir
Christmasfantastic, Raymond E. Maritz Theatre, Fenton
3    Sat    7:30      Great Rivers Choral Society
A Jazzy Christmas, First United Methodist Church, Godfrey, IL
3    Sat    7:30      Missouri Choral Society
Christmas Carol Concert, Christ, Prince of Peace Catholic Church, Manchester
3    Sat    8:00      American Chamber Chorale
A Candlelight Christmas, Salem in Ladue United Methodist Church
4    Sun   2:00      Washington Civic Chorus
Christmas Concert, St. Peter UCC, Washington
4    Sun   2:00      St. Peters Choral Society
Christmas Concert, Ft. Zumwalt South H.S. Auditorium, St. Peters
4    Sun   2:30      Missouri Choral Society
Christmas Carol Concert, First United Methodist Church, St. Charles
4    Sun   3:00      American Chamber Chorale
A St. Louis Family Christmas, Concordia Lutheran Church, Kirkwood
4    Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Concert Choir
Christmasfantastic, Raymond E. Maritz Theatre, Fenton
4    Sun   3:00      S. Louis Metro Singers
Silver Bells, St. Anthony of Padua
4    Sun   4:00      Washington Civic Chorus
Christmas Concert, St. Peter UCC, Washington
8    Fri     8:00      St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus
Gospel Christmas, Powell Hall
9    Fri     8:00      St. Louis County Community Chorus
Sing We Now of Christmas, Kirk of the Hills Presbyterian Church
9    Fri     8:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, Touhill Performing Arts Center
9    Fri     8:00      Gateway Men's Chorus
Silver Bells, Edison Theatre, Washington University
10   Sat    2:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, Touhill Performing Arts Center
10   Sat    2:00      St. Louis Gateway Singers
Carols in the Garden, Missouri Botanical Garden
10   Sat    4:00      Bel Canto Chorus
Holiday Concert, Brown Hall Lounge, Washington University
10   Sat    7:00      St. Louis Metro Singers
Silver Bells, St. Paul United Church of Christ, Columbia, IL
10   Sat    8:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, Touhill Performing Arts Center
10   Sat    8:00      Gateway Men's Chorus
Silver Bells, Edison Theatre, Washington University
10   Sat    8:00      Archdiocesan Choirs and Orchestra
Christmas at the Cathedral, Cathedral Basilica
11   Sun   2:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, Touhill Performing Arts Center
11   Sun   2:30      Archdiocesan Choirs and Orchestra
Christmas at the Cathedral, Cathedral Basilica
11   Sun   3:00      St. Louis County Community Chorus
Sing We Now of Christmas, Kirkwood High School Auditorium
11   Sun   3:00      Metro East Community Chorale
Christmas Concert, National Shrine of Our Lady of the Snows Church
11   Sun   3:00      St. Louis Gateway Singers
Annual Winter Concert, Lutheran High School
11   Sun   7:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Sounds of the Season, Touhill Performing Arts Center
11   Sun   7:30      Masterworks Chorale and Children's Choruses
A Masterworks Christmas, St. Clare Catholic church, O'Fallon, IL
12   Mon   8:00      Sheldon Chorale
A Robert Shaw Christmas Tribute, Sheldon Concert Hall
18   Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A King's Christmas, St. Vincent de Paul Chapel
18   Sun   3:00      Collegium Vocale
A Baroque Christmas, Pilgrim Congregational Church
18   Sun   3:00      Belleville Philharmonic Chorale
Bach Magnificat & Music from the Royal Wedding, St. Luke's Catholic Church, Belleville
18   Sun   6:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A King's Christmas, St. Vincent de Paul Chapel
20   Tue    7:30      Bach Society of Saint Louis
Christmas Candlelight Concert, Powell Hall
29   Thu    7:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Music of John Williams, Powell Hall
30   Fri     7:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Music of John Williams, Powell Hall
January
21   Sat    8:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Adams: Harmonium, Powell Hall
22   Sun   3:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Adams: Harmonium, Powell Hall
February
5    Sun   3:00      Collegium Vocale
Sacred Cantatas of Johann Sebastian Bach, First Presbyterian Church of St. Louis
10   Fri     7:00      St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus
Lift Every Voice: Black History Month Celebration, Powell Hall
17   Fri     7:00      Belleville Philharmonic Chorale
Fair Ladies and Fine Gents, Belleville Philharmonic Hall
18   Sat    7:00      Belleville Philharmonic Chorale
Fair Ladies and Fine Gents, Belleville Philharmonic Hall
19   Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A Chorus Carouse, The Schlafly Tap Room
March
3    Sat    7:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
4    Sun   3:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Family & Friends Concert, 560 Music Center
9    Fri     7:00      Collinsville Chorale
Spiritual & Gospel Concert, Meadow Heights Baptist Church, Collinsville, IL
18   Sun   7:00      Bach Society of Saint Louis
Bach: St. Matthew Passion, Viragh Center for the Arts at Chaminade
19   Mon   8:00      Sheldon Chorale
Haydn: Kleine Orgelmesse, Sheldon Concert Hall
23   Fri     7:30      Members of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy, Powell Hall
24   Sat    7:30      Members of the St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Distant Worlds: Music from Final Fantasy, Powell Hall
24   Sat    7:30      American Chamber Chorale
Psalms, Canticles, and Love Songs, Congregation Shaare Emeth
24   Sat    7:30      Masterworks Chorale
Rachmaninoff: Vespers, St. Louis Abbey
25   Sun   3:00      Masterworks Chorale
Rachmaninoff: Vespers, St. Clare Catholic Church, O'Fallon, IL
31   Sat    8:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bach: Mass in B minor, Powell Hall
31   Sat    8:00      Gateway Men's Chorus
Silver Celebration, 560 Music Center
April
1    Sun   3:00      St. Louis Symphony Chorus
Bach: Mass in B minor, Powell Hall
22   Sun   3:00      Masterworks Children's Choruses
April in Paris, St. Paul UCC, Belleville, IL
22   Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A Traveler's Tale, First Presbyterian Church of Kirkwood
27   Fri     7:30      Belleville Philharmonic Chorale
Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem, The Hett, McKendree Univ., Lebanon
28   Sat    4:00      Bel Canto Chorus
Spring Concert, Parkway United Church of Christ
28   Sat    7:30      Great Rivers Choral Society
Heritage: Seeds Planted in Song, Evangelical United Church of Christ, Godfrey, IL
29   Sun   3:00      Bach Society of Saint Louis
Mager: Te Deum, Ladue Chapel Presbyterian Church
29   Sun   3:00      Metro East Community Chorale
29   Sun   6:00      St. Louis Symphony IN UNISON Chorus
Community Concert, Greater Mt. Carmel Missionary Baptist Church
May
5    Sat    7:30      Collegium Vocale
‘Tis Nature's Voice: An Evening of 17th-Century English Song, Christ Church Cathedral
6    Sun   2:00      St. Peters Choral Society
Spring Concert, Ft. Zumwalt South H.S. Auditorium, St. Peters
12   Sat    2:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Spring Concerts 2012, Pillsbury Chapel, Missouri Baptist University
12   Sat    7:00      St. Louis Children's Choirs
Spring Concerts 2012, Pillsbury Chapel, Missouri Baptist University
12   Sat    8:00      St. Louis Archdiocesan Choir and Orchestra
Mozart: Coronation Mass, Cathedral Basilica
18   Fri     7:30      Masterworks Chorale
Give My Regards to Broadway, The Hett at McKendree University, Lebanon, IL
20   Sun   3:00      Masterworks Chorale
Give My Regards to Broadway, The Hett at McKendree University, Lebanon, IL
19   Sat    7:30      American Chamber Chorale
Music at an Exhibition, Memorial Presbyterian Church
27   Sun   3:00      Saint Louis Chamber Chorus
A Leader's Lament, Our Lady of Sorrows Catholic Church
June
15   Fri     8:00      Gateway Men's Chorus
ABBA Forever, Edison Theatre, Washington University
16   Sat    8:00      Gateway Men's Chorus
ABBA Forever, Edison Theatre, Washington University
23   Sat    2:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Voices in Harmony, Touhill Performing Arts Center
23   Sat    8:00      Ambassadors of Harmony
Voices in Harmony, Touhill Performing Arts Center
 
Cathedral Concerts - Cathedral Basilica of Saint Louis
314-533-7662                                                           www.cathedralconcerts.org
Oct 19     Wed     8:00      Westminster Cathedral Choir
Nov 4      Fri        8:00      Munich Symphony Orchestra
Nov 17     Thu       2:30      Vienna Boys Choir
Nov 18     Fri        8:00      Vienna Boys Choir
Dec 10     Sat       8:00      St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs and Orchestra, Christmas at the Cathedral
Dec 11     Sun      2:30      St. Louis Archdiocesan Choirs and Orchestra, Christmas at the Cathedral
Jan 22     Sun      2:30      Gerre Hancock, organist
Feb 7       Tue       8:00      Brass Spectacular
Mar 1       Thu       8:00      Chanticleer
Apr 13     Fri        8:00      Stile Antico
May 12    Sat       8:00      St. Louis Archdiocesan Choir and Orchestra, Mozart: Coronation Mass
Venues
Blanche M. Touhill Performing Arts Center
at the University of Missouri at St. Louis                              www.touhill.org
Sheldon Concert Hall                                                        www.SheldonConcertHall.org
African Choral Music Workshops            www.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             www.BachattheSem.aspx
Bach Society of Saint Louis (M) / A. Dennis Sparger
Alayne Smith, exec dir; 314-652-BACH                      www.bachsociety.org
Collegium Vocale of Saint Louis / Bruce Carvell               http://cvsl.wordpress.com
Cornerstone Chorale & Brass / Bruce Vantine
314-838-4383                                                       www.cornerstonechorale.org
Saint Louis Chamber Chorus (M) / Philip Barnes
Linda Ryder, exec dir; 636-458-4343                    www.chamberchorus.org
Saint Louis Symphony Chorus (T) / Amy Kaiser
Susan Patterson, manager, 314-286-4108                              www.SLSO.org
Sheldon Chorale (M) / Allen Carl Larson
314-822-4697                                                     www.SheldonConcertHall.org
Volunteer Choruses
Ambassadors of Harmony (Th) / James Henry
Hal Maples, pub rel; 636-947-0334                                             www.aoh.org
American Chamber Chorale (T) / Stephen Morton
314-638-0793                                         www.americanchamberchorale.com
Archdiocesan Choir of St. Louis (T) / Dr. Horst Buchholz
314-533-7662                                                         www.cathedralconcerts.org
Bel Canto Chorus of Saint Louis / Bruce Vantine; 314-838-4383
Belleville Philharmonic Chorale / Robert Charles Howard
618-234-8079                                                                          www.bellphil.com
Charis: The St. Louis Women's Chorus (T) / Kourtney R. Strade
636-379-1024                                                                   www.charischorus.org
City Voices Chorus (Th), Sweet Adelines International / Jerilee Inghram
314-991-1585                                                         www.city-voices-chorus.org
Collinsville Chorale / Andy Waggoner
Gary Humphrey, exec dir; 618-344-1960         www.collinsvillechorale.org
Deutscher Männerchor / Richard Fischer, 314-638-4499
Gateway Men's Chorus / Al Fischer
314-289-4169                                                    www.gatewaymenschorus.org
Great Rivers Choral Society (T) / Ron Abraham
618-465-4074                                                                          www.grcs-sing.org
Harmonie Sängerbund / Joe Ruppe, 314-487-3138
Harmony Express Chorus (M) / Nancy Weiser
618-235-7383                                               www.harmonyexpresschorus.org
IN UNISONâ Chorus / Kevin McBeth
Susan Patterson, manager, 314-286-4108                                  www.slso.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       www.singmasterworks.org
Metro East Community Chorale (M) / Rosalind Stevens
618-520-2365                                     www.metroeastcommunitychorale.org
Missouri Choral Society / Kenneth G. Greenlaw
free admission; info 314-849-1912           www.missourichoralsociety.com
Missouri Women's Chorus / Scott Schoonover
314-966-5523                                    http:/www.missouriwomenschorus.org
River Blenders Chorus / Diane Huber
Laura Beuhler, marketing-membership 636-447-845 www.riverblenders.org
St. Louis African Chorus / Fred Onovwerosuoke
Asmeret Bezabeh, mgr.; 314-652-6800   www.africanchorus.org/NOAC/index.htm
Saint Louis Concert Choir (3rd Sa) / Bob Pickett
314-292-8320                                          http://cmichoir.org/cmi-st-louis.php
St. Louis County Community Chorus / Merry E. Keller
314-961-4871                                                                               www.stlccc.org
St. Louis Gateway Singers / Dr. Christina Shields, 314-541-3393
St. Louis Harmony Chorus (T) / Sandi Wright
314-303-0877                                                                     www.stlharmony.org
St. Louis Metro Singers (T) / Mark Marting
314-995-1262                                                                   www.metrosingers.org
St. Louis Women's Chorale / vacancy
314-371-6700                                                         www.stlwomenschorale.org
St. Peters Choral Society (M) / John Smith
Jim Kellen, info 636-447-5341           http://www.stpeterschoralsociety.org
Schwäbischer Sängerbund / Friedel Geissert, 314-638-3653
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                                                                 www.cathedralconcerts.org
Kirkwood Children's Chorale (T) / Mimi Steele
314-803-2007, tickets at the door                 www.kirkwoodchildrenschorale.org
Masterworks Children's Chorus (Th) / Dr. Stephen Mager
Becky McGrady, mgr 618-257-02761                         www.singmasterworks.org
St. Louis Children's Choirs / Barbara Berner
314-993-9626                                                                                    www.slccsing.org