LOVE IS BORN

Announcing Musaic's annual holiday concert season!

- December 13 at 3:00 in San Mateo

- December 17 at 8:00 in San Francisco

- December 19 at 7:00 in Novato - Christmas picnic - bring food and drinks!

Ten men blend in gorgeous harmonies at Christmastime.  With Love is Born, Musaic
continues its exploration of memory and meaning in the holiday season–relying on
the strains of Gregorian chant and hymns mixed with the warmth and energy of
traditional carols and the spicy humor of modern jazz arrangements of your
favorite Christmas tunes.  Ave Marias, Cheyenne Indians, and a certain famous
reindeer–these performances have something for everyone.  Join us in opening
your ears and your heart this holiday, as we bring a little more love into the
world.

Musaic has grown!  We're ten members bold!

- Listen to song samples from the Love is Born concert program
http://musaicsf.org/samples.php

- For details, directions, and to order tickets, visit Musaic's website
http://www.musaicsf.org/

Greetings from Ken Malucelli at ACC (A Cappella Central, div. Prince/
SF Prodns).

Short notice, but this just flew in:

I'm in need of a hip, young male (special request from sponsor) vocal
group, fun and upbeat, ideally a quartet, to perform a few tunes at a
convention in San Francisco of a major clothier on Mon. Dec. 7,
between 3:00-4:30pm, with a rehearsal earlier that day; time TBA.

Fee clear to the group: $1500.  Need to secure a group ASAP.  If
interested (be sure to read specs, below) and available, please e-mail
me direct: Ken@...

The gimmick behind the campaign is for young men to reclaim their
manhood and "WEAR THE PANTS." The vocal group will kick off and end
the presentation with a few songs.  The main song required is a TV
commercial: "I Wear No Pants."  Music w/b provided.  Midi available
now.  Important: The client needs the vocal group to perform this song
sans pants (no, this is not a joke).  They will otherwise dress the
guys in khakis and shirts.

Suggestions for a few of the other tunes the group could sing:
- It's a Man's Man's World (James Brown)
- Hot Pants (James Brown)
- Soul Man (Sam & Dave)
- Walk Like a Man (Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons)
- Let's Hear it for the Boy (Denice Williams - from "Footloose")
- What A Man (Salt & Pepa featuring En Vogue)
- Man in the Mirror (Michael Jackson)
    and for the encore...
- Macho Man (Village People)

Thanks,
KM

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Voci

Women's Vocal Ensemble

Jude Navari, Artistic Director

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

Contact: Susan Sands

510 841-4889 or vocisings@...

Attn: Music Calendar Editor

Event Dates:  Dec. 13 and Dec. 19



“Voices in Peace IX:  The Greenest Branch”


Mostly Medieval Marian music with Romantic and Twentieth-Century
offshoots



Featuring Francis Poulenc's "Litanies to the Black Virgin," Emma Lou
Diemer's "Hail, O Greenest Branch," masses by Benjamin Britten and
Josef Rheinberger, and Medieval Chant, Conductus, English Carols, and
French Chansons

Voci Women`s Vocal Ensemble, conducted by Jude Navari, presents
“Voices in Peace IX:  The Greenest Branch,” a program of mostly
Medieval Marian music with Romantic and Twentieth-Century offshoots.
The concert features Francis Poulenc's "Litanies to the Black Virgin,"
Emma Lou Diemer's "Hail, O Greenest Branch," masses by Benjamin
Britten and Josef Rheinberger, and Medieval Chant, Conductus, English
Carols, and French Chansons.



WHEN AND WHERE:



Sunday, December 13, 4:00 pm

Lake Merritt United Methodist Church

1330 Lakeshore Ave.

Oakland



Saturday, December 19, 2009, 4:00 pm

Unitarian Universalist Church of Berkeley

1 Lawson Rd.

Kensington



TICKETS:



$20 General

$17 Students, Seniors and Groups

FREE for Children under 12

Available at the door or online at www.vocisings.com

Information: (510) 531-8714



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION



Voci Women’s Vocal Ensemble, founded in 1991, is recognized as one of
the finest choral groups in the Bay Area. Led by artistic director
Jude Navari, who is active throughout the Bay Area as a conductor and
composer, the Ensemble has been described as having a particularly
lush and ethereal quality. Voci champions music by women and for women
and commissions new works by contemporary composers, especially from
the San Francisco Bay Area.  The group’s size of 24 voices conveys a
poignant intimacy and allows for a deep, personal connection among
chorus members and between chorus and audience. Voci’s commitment to
musical excellence, unique mastery of style and technique, and
adventurous and innovative programming have earned high praise from
critics and choral musicians alike. The singers are women of all ages
and walks of life who share a passionate love of music, fierce
dedication to the ensemble, and deep commitment to the community.
Voci has given benefit performances for the Oakland firestorm victims,
the Faithful Fools Street Ministry of San Francisco, Adopt A Special
Kid, and the Global Fund for Women.



The 2009-2010 season is Jude Navari's eleventh year as Artistic
Director of Voci.  He has prepared choruses and conducted performances
for Berkeley Opera, arranged folk music and coached rehearsals for
Westwind International Folk Ensemble's chorus Westwind Voices,
conducted premieres of new works by UC Berkeley graduate student
composers for the Berkeley New Music Project, and served as Artistic
Director of the Sacramento Men’s Chorus.  In August 2001, Jude
prepared the vocal ensemble for the West Coast Premiere of Philip
Glass’s The Photographer at the Cabrillo Music Festival.  Currently,
Jude serves as Professor of Music and Director of Vocal Ensembles at
Skyline College in San Bruno.  Jude Navari received his Ph.D. in Music
Composition from the University of California, Berkeley, where he also
studied conducting with Marika Kuzma and Jung Ho Pak.



Assistant Conductor Edna Huelsenbeck is the founder and former
director of the Pacific Women’s Chorus in San Diego, and Concentus
Women’s Chorus in Rochester, NY.  She previously served as Interim
Director for the University Section Club Chorus at U.C. Berkeley and
the Interim Assistant Director of the San Diego Master Chorale.  She
received her Master of Music degree from The University of Texas at
Austin, where she studied conducting with Morris Beachy and Craig
Hella Johnson.  This is her second year with Voci.



Accompanist Sharon Lee actively performs as accompanist, collaborative
pianist, vocal coach, music director, and piano instructor. She has
worked throughout the nation, especially in the New England area, with
various colleges, companies,and organizations including the Handel and
Haydn Society, Boston Children's Chorus, MassTheatrica, Bay Area
Summer Opera Theater Institute, New England Conservatory, Wellesley
College, and Boston College. Ms. Lee holds a Bachelor's degree in
music from UC Berkeley.  She furthered her studies with Irma
Vallecillo, Kayo Iwama, and John Greer at the New England Conservatory
of Music, where she received her Master's degree and Graduate Diploma
in Collaborative Piano.

Gueat organist, Matthew Walsh, has served as Music Director at three
American cathedrals. After serving cathedrals in Winona, Minnesota and
Detroit, Michigan, in 1994 he accepted the position as Music Director
for Holy Name Cathedral in Chicago. There he presided at the
cathedral’s Flentrop and Casavant organs and led the professional and
volunteer choirs in liturgy and concert. He directed the start of a
new Holy Name Cathedral Children's Choir and recorded two CDs with the
Cathedral Choirs. From 1982-1994 he served as Music Director for St.
Ignatius Church and the University of San Francisco where he was a
frequent recitalist, led the tonal renovation of the organ and
established a weekly concert series.  In July 2006, he and his wife,
Mary, returned to the Bay Area and he is currently the Organist and
Choir Director at St. Monica Church in San Francisco. He also teaches
medieval and renaissance music history and counterpoint at Holy Names
University in Oakland.  Mr. Walsh’s performances include recitals at
St. Mary’s Cathedral and Church of the Advent in San Francisco, Holy
Name Cathedral and Fourth Presbyterian Church in Chicago, Trinity
Church in Reno and St. Sulpice in Paris, France. He has performed with
the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra and has been invited to perform
on the concert series celebrating the installation of the large new
organ at Oakland’s Cathedral of Christ the Light.  Mr. Walsh is a
member of the Steering Committee of the Conference of Roman Catholic
Cathedral Musicians and was a founding member of the Society for
Catholic Liturgy. He is the immediate past Sub Dean of the San
Francisco Chapter of the American Guild of Organists and also serves
on the Worship and Music committees of the Cathedral of Christ the
Light where he was organist for the first public Mass.

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Church of the Advent of Christ the King
San Francisco

An Advent Liturgy
Candlelit Procession with Carols and Hymns for Advent Sunday

November 29, 2009
5:40pm     Prelude
6pm          Service


Fr. Paul Anthony Burrows, officiant

Schola Adventus
Paul M Ellison, guest director
George Anton Emblom, guest organist

Music by Bach, Britten, Gibbons, Ledger, Howells, Messiaen, Palestrina
and Willcocks

A Reception Follows in Lathrop Hall

261 Fell Street (between Frankin & Gough)
San Francisco
CA 94102
415-431-0454

http://advent-sf.org/directions.htm

BART: Civic Center
MUNI: Van Ness

--
Live in a world of your own, but always welcome visitors.

BELLA MUSICA CHORUS
Arlene Sagan, Artistic Director
Mark Bruce, Organ
Marcelle Dronkers, Soprano
Lee Strawn, Baritone

present Ralph Vaughan Williams, DONA NOBIS PACEM, "an eloquent plea for peace",
and Samuel Barber, AGNUS DEI

Ralph Vaughan Williams (1872-1958) created one of the great choral masterpieces
of the 20th century with his Dona Nobis Pacem. Composed in the mid 1930s (as the
drums of war beat across Europe) this score is a deeply moving plea for peace.
Vaughan Williams combined traditional Latin texts with the powerful verbal
imagery of Walt Whitman who, like the composer, knew the horrors of war first
hand. Plainsong and British folk song infuse Vaughan Williams's musical language
which is thoroughly rooted in early 20th century tonality. The hard edged
lyricism of the Dona Nobis Pacem speaks eloquently of the futility of war. That
message remains timely today.

8 pm Saturday, December 12
Chapel of the Great Commission, Pacific School of Religion
1798 Scenic Ave (at Le Conte) Berkeley

4 pm Sunday, December 13
Northbrae Community Church
942 The Alameda, Berkeley

Suggested donation: $15, $12 seniors and students. For more information visit
www.bellamusica.org, email info@..., or call Arlene Sagan at (510)
525-5393. Bella Musica is a proud affiliate member of SFEMS.

The San Francisco Lyric Chorus, under the direction of new Music Director,
Robert Train Adams, presents What Sweeter Music, an exciting variety of
music for the Christmas season, selected from a list of the top 50 favorite
Christmas carols and other works, chosen by major English and American
choral conductors for the December 2008 issue of the eminent British music
publication, BBC Music Magazine.


PROGRAM:
Poulenc:  Quatre Motets Pour le Temps de Noël
Britten:  This Little Babe from Ceremony of Carols
Victoria:  O Magnum Mysterium
Sweelinck:  Hodie Christus Natus Est
Pearsall:  In Dulci Jubilo
Tavener:  The Lamb
Praetorius:  Es Ist Ein Ros Entsprungen
Anonymous (ca. 1420):  Ther Is No Rose
Joubert:  There Is No Rose
Ord:  Adam Lay Ybounden
Rutter, arr.:  Il Est Né Le Divin Enfant
Darke:  In The Bleak Midwinter
Gardner:  Tomorrow Shall Be My Dancing Day
Rutter:  What Sweeter Music
AND the World Premiere of Robert Train Adamsą Christmas Fantasy


FEATURED ACCOMPANIST:
Reiko Lane, Organ


DATE, TIME, PLACE:
Saturday, December 5, 2009, 7 p.m.
Sunday, December 6, 2009, 7 p.m.



First Unitarian Universalist Church
Franklin and Geary Streets
San Francisco


TICKETS:
General, $20; Seniors & Advance, $17
Free admission for students 5-18
Please, no children under five
Visit our website:  www.sflc.org
For information call (415) 721-4077 or email info@...

The Stanford University Singers is a select concert choir of
approximately 50 members which performs a broad range of Western
classical music, conducted by Robert Huw Morgan, who is also the
University's organist and conductor of the Memorial Church Choir.  Our
first concert is this Wednesday, November 18, at 8 p.m. in the Stanford
Memorial Church.  We will be singing Rutter's Requiem, with soprano
soloist (and University Singers alum), Elyse Nakajima.  The other
Singers piece will be Cantique de Jean Racine, by Faure, and there will
be a work for strings, as well.  Tickets are the biggest bargain around,
at $10 for adults, $9 for seniors, and $5 for Stanford students.  It is
always a pleasure to listen to concerts in Memorial Church, and I hope
some on this list may be able to come.  Feel free to contact me if you
need any additional information.  Steve Elrick


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For a glorious start to the Holiday Season, Bay Choral Guild presents Maestro
Sanford
Dole, Jublilate Orchestra and soloists Ann Moss, Elspeth Franks, and Sonia
Gariaeff in the
first concert of our 31st Season:

*Festive Works by Masters of the Baroque*

*Where and when:*
      Campbell:
          Friday, November 20, 8:00 pm
          Campbell United Methodist Church, 1675 Winchester Blvd.
      San Francisco:
          Saturday, November 21, 8:00 pm
          St. Gregory of Nyssa Episcopal Church, 500 De Haro at Mariposa
      Palo Alto:
          Sunday, November 22, 4:30 pm
          St. Mark's Episcopal Church, 600 Colorado Ave.

Our concert program is a delightful collection of Baroque Masterworks,
beginning with *Handel’s* lively Dixit Dominus, a favorite with choirs
and audiences worldwide. Next, celebrating the feast day of the patron
saint of music, is the renowned Messa di Santa Cecilia of Alessandro
*Scarlatti*, and finally the luminous Beatus vir, a dramatic setting of
Psalm 112 by Claudio *Monteverdi*.

Sanford Dole, BCG Artistic Director, directs the BCG chorus and the
*Jubilate Orchestra*, David Wilson concertmaster, with many
instrumentalists from the Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra. We also have
three *outstanding soloists* - soprano Ann Moss, and mezzos Elspeth
Franks, and Sonia Gariaeff. Join Maestro Dole and the Bay Choral Guild
for a joyful and festive concert!

For even more notes, please visit www.baychoralguild.org
<http://www.baychoralguild.org>.

Please join us for a preview lecture a half hour before each concert.

Tickets:
$25 general, $20 senior, $6 student

Bay Choral Guild, PO Box 597, Los Altos, CA 94023
www.baychoralguild.org <http://www.baychoralguild.org>

Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble is looking for a few new singers to
join us. Please
consider joining yourself, or pass this announcement on to someone else who
may be interested.

We will be holding auditions in ba-December. Voices Lesbian Choral Ensemble
is a 21-year old a cappella group that strives to use musical excellence and
the messages in its repertoire to promote lesbian visibility and social
justice. Check us out at http://www.voiceslce.org.

Please contact us ASAP at voicesinfo@... or call (510) 486-8984 if
interested in finding out more about auditioning! High sopranos and low
altos particularly encouraged to audition.


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GOLDEN GATE MEN’S  CHORUS
PROUDLY PROCLAIMS “’TIS  THE SEASON!”
Interim  Music Director Anthony Pasqua conducts Tuesday, December 8th,
Thursday, December 10th, & Tuesday, December 15th at 8:00  PM,  & Saturday,
December 12th at 3:00  PM, at  St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, San  Francisco
SAN FRANCISCO, November  2009 – The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus (GGMC), the
premier men’s chorus in San Francisco, ushers in the holiday  season with a
joyful proclamation of, “’Tis the Season!”
In a season that included the tearful departure of beloved mentor  Joseph
Jennings, the men of the GGMC and interim music director Anthony Pasqua
continue  their annual holiday tradition of honoring the close of a year and the
promise  & hope of the New Year to come.  Using an underlying theme of “
transformation & refraction,” the men  of the chorus will take familiar
holiday
classics like “Ave Maria” and present  various arrangements of them,
allowing the audience to experience each piece  through the prism of the
individual composer’s vision.  We will offer variations on a theme  within the
setting of peace, love, & tranquility of the holiday.
Never fear, GGMC will  continue their custom of candlelight procession,
followed by songs of the mother  and child, including pieces by early composers
Tallis, Brumel, Monteverdi and  Ockeghem, as well as more recent
compositions by Respighi, Stravinsky, Grieg and  Debussy.  In addition, our
audience
favorite, the Christmas carol  sing-a-long, is guaranteed to surround and
fill the audience with the magic,  spirit, and joy of the season.  “
Counterpoint,” the highly regarded small  ensemble, will also be featured. 
Through
this challenging season of  change, GGMC celebrates the holiday season with the
very best in male choral  literature.
Please join us on our  journey of transformation with our annual holiday
concert series as we warmly  & proudly proclaim, “’Tis The Season!”
The  performances will be Tuesday, December 8th, Thursday, December  10th,
& Tuesday, December 15th at 8:00 PM, &  Saturday, December 12th at 3:00 PM,
at  St. Matthew’s Lutheran Church, San Francisco
Tickets and  Availability
Tickets are now available for $20 and can be  purchased:
     *   Online  at www.ggmc.org
     *   A  Different Light Bookstore at 489  Castro Street  in San
Francisco
     *   GGMC members
     *   For  group tickets, contact tickets@...
Remaining tickets will be available at the door. Student half-price
discount
tickets are available at the door with valid ID.
St.  Matthew’s Lutheran Church is located at 3281 16th Street at Dolores
Street and  is easily accessible by BART (16th & Mission) and by MUNI (J-line,
16th  & Church). Please check _www.sfmuni.com_ (http://www.sfmuni.com/)  &
_www.bart.gov_ (http://www.bart.gov/)   for schedules and fares.
About the Interim Music  Director
Anthony  Pasqua comes to us with substantial academic and choral
experience, including a  previous stint as Music Director for GGMC in the summer
of
1990.  Following  completion of degrees in music theory and choral music, Tony
has lectured at the University  of Southern  California,  conducted and
lectured at California State Polytechnic University,  and served as Director of
UC Choral Ensembles at UC Berkeley.  His conducting credits include the Men’
s  Chorus of Orange County, the Oakland Symphony Chorus, and VOCI Women’s
Choral  Ensemble in Oakland.   He currently sings with the San Francisco
Symphony Chorus.
About  the Chorus
The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus (GGMC) was formed by  Dick Kramer in 1982 as
the Dick Kramer Gay Men’s Chorale. Mr. Kramer, one of the  founding fathers
of the American gay choral movement, envisioned a small men’s  ensemble
reminiscent of university men’s choruses of 19th-century Europe. Reorganized
as
the Golden Gate Men’s Chorus in  1988, the GGMC continues to present high
quality performances of men’s choral  music. The GGMC presents spring, summer
and winter programs annually, in  addition to guest and community benefit
performances throughout the year.
The Golden Gate Men’s Chorus is a select group of  50 men representing the
ethnic and social diversity of San  Francisco who  share a common
appreciation of choral music.  The GGMC strives for musical  excellence,
provides a
productive social fellowship for its members, and aims to  present the rich
tradition of choral music to the broad and diverse components  of the San
Francisco Bay Area community.
The GGMC is proud to be supported by the San  Francisco Grants for the
Arts/SF Hotel Tax Fund and is a member of GALA  Choruses, an international
organization of gay- and lesbian-identified and  supportive choruses.
For more information, visit the GGMC Web site at _www.ggmc.org_
(http://www.ggmc.org/)  or contact the chorus at (415)  668-GGMC.



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Dear choral colleagues, below is some information about a free choral workshop
in SF on January 23, in case you are interested in participating or can forward
it to your chorus.  It sounds like a wonderful opportunity to learn about two
Baroque masterworks.

----- Forwarded Message -----
From: "Ryan Schell" <rschell@...>
Sent: Wednesday, November 11, 2009 3:28:39 PM GMT -08:00 US/Canada Pacific
Subject: American Bach Soloists' 2nd Annual Free Choral Workshop

The American Bach Soloists are pleased to announce our 2nd Annual Free Choral
Workshop on January 23, 2010. Jeffrey Thomas will explore issues of Baroque
vocal technique, phrasing, tempos, choral balance, and rhetoric in Handel's
Messiah and Bach's St. John Passion.
http://www.americanbach.org/workshop/index.html

Would you kindly forward this information to any other singers that you think
might enjoy and benefit from this event?

Kind regards,

Ryan Schell
Business Manager
AMERICAN BACH SOLOISTS
44 Page Street, Suite 504
San Francisco CA 94102-5973
Phone: 415-621-7900 ext 203
Fax: 415-621-7920
www.americanbach.org

The San Francisco Bay Area Chamber Choir, directed by David Stein, will present
its fall concert "Faire is the Heaven" on Saturday, November 21 at First
Presbyterian Church, 2001 Santa Clara Ave. Alameda at 7:00 pm.  The concert will
repeat on Sunday, November 22 at Old Mission San Jose, 43300 Mission Blvd.
Fremont at 7:00 pm.  Repertoire on the concert program is sacred music for
multiple choirs by composers from the 16th to the 21st century:
Vodnansky - Rorando coeli
Schütz - Jauchzet dem Herrn
Pachelbel - Der Herr ist König
Durante - Miserere mei Deus
Handl - Venite ascendamus ad montem Domine
Peter Phillips - Ave Jesu Christe
G. Gabrieli - O magnum mysterium
Bassano - Hodie Christus
Mendelssohn - Heilig
Rheinberger - Mass in Eb (Kyrie and Gloria)
Harris - Faire is the Heaven
Britten - Hymn to the Virgin
Tavener - A Hymn to the Mother of God
Quintana - Hodie Christus
Terry Schlenker - Mass for Double Choir (Kyrie and Gloria) - west coast premiere
performance

Tickerts are $15 general, $10 senior and students, available at the door.  For
more information log on to: www.sfbaychoir.org or call (510) 315-1068

VOLTI CONCERTS November 13, 14 & 15, 2009
"Poetry, Proverbs, and Music"
www.voltisf.org/tickets.html

What do anti-depressants, Jan Vermeer of Delft, grasshoppers, the Moselle River,
colored fungus, the reflections of oil in a puddle, and Oz have in common?  They
are all part of the array of imagery set to music in the upcoming Volti
concerts.  Once again this superb group of professional singers has prepared an
outstanding and very original program of new choral music.

Volti and Bob Geary invite you to celebrate the opening of Volti's 31st season
of singing without a net,  with a concert featuring two premieres of Volti
commissions and music from our new CD, "Turn the Page -- New Directions in
American Choral Music."  The premieres are by Volti's resident composer Mark
Winges and current Volti singer Joshua Fishbein, and back by popular demand are
repeat performances of two earlier commissions from composers Stacy Garrop and
Eric Moe. Rounding out the program will be works by William Hawley, Mark
Zuckerman, and Wayne Peterson. All contemporary, all a cappella, all-American
music!

Mark Winges Where Everything Is Music (2009 Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Joshua Fishbein The Poetry of Earth (2009 Volti Commission, World Premiere)
Stacy Garrop Sonnets of Beauty and Music (2007 Volti Commission, Featured on the
new Volti CD Turn the Page)
William Hawley Two Motets (Featured on new Volti CD Turn the Page)
Eric Moe The Crowds Cheered As Gloom Galloped Away (2008 Volti Commission)
Mark Zuckerman Proverbs for Four at Fifty
Wayne Peterson Two poems of Delmore Schwartz

Friday, November 13, 8:00 PM
San Francisco – St. Mark's Episcopal Church
1111 O'Farrell Street

Saturday, November 14, 8:00 PM
Berkeley – St. Mark's Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way

Sunday, November 15, 4:00 PM
Palo Alto – All Saints Episcopal Church
555 Waverley Street

Tickets are $25 in advance, $30 at the door; $20 / 25 seniors (65 and over) and
students (21 and under); $10 student rush (door only)

www.voltisf.org/tickets.html