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Choruses in San Francisco National Children's ChorusThe GRAMMY Award-winning National Children's Chorus Academy based in San Francisco provides children ages 5 to 17 the opportunity to learn and grow in an extraordinary musical environment. The country's leading music educators work with students in small groups weekly to develop their vocal and musicianship skills from the most basic concepts through the college level. Tone quality, breath support and musical expression are cultivated within the individual singers, while working together as an ensemble culminates in an exciting array of performances, presenting world premieres and collaborating with an exceptional roster of professional artists from around the world. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Fog City SingersThe Fog City Singers were founded by six members of the Bay Area choral and barbershop communities. They had a simple question: what would happen if barbershop music were infused with influences from San Francisco's rich musical tapestry? Specifically, what might Barbershop have to gain from the diverse music singing all around the city? Likewise, what might others learn from the techniques and traditions that barbershoppers cultivate in that unique American art form?
Hometown: San Francisco, CA Scales of the CityWe're Scales of the City, a San Francisco co-ed a cappella group that performs all around the Bay Area. Based on the model of a collegiate glee club, we're a group of performers who love singing pop music from our childhoods and today, with a sprinkling of showtunes just for kicks. We're all about making great music to share, and having a great time doing it. Hometown: San Francisco, CA International Orange ChoraleRecipient of the 2011 Chorus America / ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming, the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco (IOCSF), led by Artistic Director Zane Fiala, was founded in 2003. Named after the color of the Golden Gate Bridge, the International Orange Chorale of San Francisco is an auditioned all-volunteer chamber choir devoted to performing established repertoire of all periods, with particular attention to contemporary music, including newly commissioned works by promising composers. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Sound Wave ChorusWe are a dynamic chorus comprised of fabulous women of diverse ages and backgrounds who sing barbershop style a cappella harmony. SF Sound Wave is dedicated to continuous vocal improvement while creating great friendships and having fun! We welcome women who love to sing and are striving for excellence. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Lyric Opera ChorusOpera is one of the oldest entertainment arts. It's an art form that involves a dramatic work in which singers and musicians perform a performance with the combination of texts and musical score, usually in a theatre. The art includes many of the regular contemporary theatrical works, including acting, scenery, costumes, and even including dance sometimes. Opera exhibitions and performances usually take place in a large, covered arena called an opera house. An orchestra accompanies performances. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Capella SFThe mission of Cappella SF is to perform and record a cappella choral repertoire of all periods, to bring to life the vast riches of a cappella choral literature through fine artistry, to contribute to the cultural life of the Bay Area community, and to cultivate the musical education of the chorus and its audience, including educational outreach to students and young people to help them discover the joy of singing and hearing a cappella choral music.
Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Boys ChorusThe Grammy award winning San Francisco Boys Chorus (SFBC) was founded by Gaetano Merola and Madi Bacon in 1948 to provide trained boy singers for the San Francisco Opera, and is today led by Artistic Director, Ian Robertson.
Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Choral ArtistsSan Francisco Choral Artists (SFCA) are a Bay Area chamber choir with a mission to foster new American choral music and to present eclectic, imaginative programs consisting of both new works and repertoire spanning 600 years in performances of uncompromisingly high quality. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Fog City HarmoniaWomen's vocal ensemble, rooted in barbershop while exploring diverse musical repertoire with professional-quality musicality and performance. Harmonia believes that cultivating a diverse and inclusive chorus is a beautiful opportunity, not a final destination. We strive not just to include, but to showcase our members' unique voices and stories in our music, and we commit to seeking a wide range of collaborators, chorus members, and audiences. When we fall short, we commit to improving. Whatever your background, experience, or perspective, Harmonia welcomes you. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Chamber SingersEstablished in 1989, the San Francisco Choral Society is a nonprofit organization dedicated to the performance of beautiful, inspiring choral music. To date, we have shared our joy and enthusiasm for choral music with more than 60,000 concertgoers. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Conspiracy of VenusConspiracy of Venus is a 30-woman vocal ensemble started in 2007 and based in San Francisco that explores the creative frontiers of music under the artistic direction of Joyce Todd McBride. We interpret Joyce's daring and inventive covers of beloved songs, ranging from popular classics (Joni Mitchell's "Big Yellow Taxi" and David Bowie's "Life On Mars") to edgy contemporary pieces (Bjork's "Possibly Maybe" and The Pixie's "Monkey Gone To Heaven), as well as the music of Tome Waits, Leonard Cohen, Stevie Wonder, and original compositions by McBride, with dazzling technical verve and tons of personality. Drawing inspiration from medieval music, jazz, funk, and new music, Conspiracy of Venus takes vocal music into territories not often explored by more traditional choirs or college-style a cappella groups (though we are inspired by them too!). Hometown: San Francisco, CA ClerestoryFounded in 2006, Clerestory is the Bay Area's acclaimed 9-man vocal ensemble. Clerestory's singers, from countertenor to bass, are veterans of San Francisco's finest professional vocal groups, including Chanticleer, Philharmonia Baroque, American Bach Soloists and others. The ensemble has been featured on National Public Radio and on San Francisco's KDFC. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Musae San FranciscoMusae is a women's vocal ensemble based in San Francisco. The group takes its name from the original "ladies of song," the classic nine muses of Greek mythology. Since its founding in 2004, Musae has performed diverse and accessible music throughout the Bay Area, and continues to stretch the boundaries of traditional repertoire for women's voices.
Hometown: San Francisco, CA Pitch PleasePitch Please! is a San Francisco a cappella group. We are a diverse group of individuals who love to sing. Formed in 2017, we're young, scrappy, and hungry for more talented singers, vocal percussionists, and arrangers who are committed to joining and growing a fun new a cappella group! Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Gay Men’s ChorusDuring the fall of 1978, a call went out to men in and around the Castro who liked to sing inviting them to a gathering with the purpose of possibly creating a chorus. The driving force was Jon Sims, the conductor of the Freedom Band. October 30 was chosen as the date of the first "rehearsal" to be held at Everett Middle School. The word went out, flyers posted around the neighborhood. Interest mounted leading up to that first gathering held at Everett Middle School. Around 100 men showed up on the first night. The atmosphere of excitement was described as palpable. The men sang "If They Could See Me Now" and "Stouthearted Men"! Little did the men who gathered those 35 years ago know they were actually giving birth to a world-wide LGBT Choral phenomenon that now boasts hundreds of choruses around the globe. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Lesbian / Gay Chorus of San FranciscoCelebrating all sexual orientations and gender identities, LGCSF provides an open and artistic environment for singers committed to musical excellence. Our performances entertain, educate, and inspire audiences with the spirit of inclusion and harmony. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Young Women’s Chorus of San FranciscoThe Young Women's Choral Projects provides talented young women from across the San Francisco Bay Area with exceptional interpersonal and musical experiences. Through the Young Women's Choral Projects, participants from diverse cultural, educational and socio-economic backgrounds find their voices as singers, artists and women in a nurturing musical environment that empowers them to artistic and personal excellence. The collaborative experience of learning and creating high-quality choral music will foster the development of each young woman both musically and individually, as well as teach them important life skills like dedication, commitment to themselves and to one another, and working in community. Hometown: San Francisco, CA MusaicMen's voices. Life through music.
Hometown: San Francisco, CA SlavyankaSlavyanka is a mixed voice a cappella chorus based in San Francisco, California, and made up of amateur musicians from varied professions, including computer programmers, scientists, lawyers, and businessmen. The musical demands placed on the Chorus are quite high both because of technical content of the music and the nearly four octave range often required to sing it. We perform most of our music in Russian, though most of us do not speak Russian. Our chorus consists of 25 singers united by a common interest in the choral music of the peoples of Russia and Eastern Europe. Over the years we have compiled an enviable record of achievement. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Bach ChoirThe San Francisco Bach Choir is an auditioned volunteer choir providing the Bay Area with exceptional concerts, singing music of all periods but focused particularly on the music of J.S. Bach, his contemporaries, and predecessors. Founded in 1937, it is one of the oldest continuously performing community choirs in the western United States. The Choir uses a historically informed approach, period instruments, and professional instrumentalists and soloists. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Choral SocietyInspired by the joy of singing and hearing choral music, the San Francisco Choral Society strives to be a premier symphonic chorus through the outstanding performance of choral masterpieces and new commissioned works. Infused with a commitment to excellence and education, our professional artistic and administrative staff, soloists, and orchestras work collaboratively with our all-volunteer auditioned singers to foster a vibrant, diverse, and interactive choral community, educate our singers and audiences, and extend our reach to youth. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Renaissance VoicesSan Francisco Renaissance Voices made their debut in 2004 with a "standing room only" performance of Victoria's Requiem and quickly became a favorite of Bay Area Early Music audiences. We have consistently earned praise for our "gossamer sound ... a sound something akin to spiritual levitation" as well as recognition for our imaginative programming and christened the Bay Area's "hipper than thou" Early Music ensemble by San Francisco Classical Voice. We are dedicated to performing and exploring the a cappella choral music of the Renaissance particularly lesser-known and rarely-performed works, as well as exploring music from this period outside of the traditional European canon. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco City ChorusThe San Francisco City Chorus is a self-supported, non-profit community arts and education organization that reflects the wonderful diversity of the Bay Area. We are an intergenerational group of 50-60 singers from various ethnic, economic and musical backgrounds that share a love for music, for singing and for our community. We are led by esteemed Bay Area musician Larry Marietta and accompanied by acclaimed organist John R. S. Walko. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Golden Gate Men's ChorusThe Golden Gate Men's Chorus (GGMC) was formed in 1982 by Dick Kramer, one of the founding fathers of the American gay choral movement. Under the direction of Joseph Piazza, the GGMC 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 presents high quality performances of men's choral music in annual spring, summer and winter programs, in addition to guest and community benefit performances throughout the year. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Girls ChorusFor more than 30 years, the San Francisco Girls Chorus has been recognized as one of the world's most respected vocal ensembles. Its level of training, performance, quality, range, and leadership in commissioning music for treble voices are lauded by musicians, critics, and audiences. San Francisco Symphony Music Director Michael Tilson Thomas says, "The San Francisco Girls Chorus is a treasure. Their training, musicality, and vibrant spirit are evident whenever they perform. I have enjoyed our long association and look forward to many years of collaboration." Hometown: San Francisco, CA Resound EnsembleResound Ensemble is a community of singers sharing intimate, engaging performances with audiences in the San Francisco Bay Area. We are committed in an eclectic repertoire that connects today's audience to the human experience through song. Hometown: San Francisco, CA San Francisco Lyric ChorusSan Francisco Lyric Chorus is an auditioned, medium-sized, mixed-voice chorus that performs a diverse repertoire with an emphasis on classical choral music and rarely performed works. We are an inclusive and welcoming community of singers, committed to excellent musicianship and creative programming. Hometown: San Francisco, CA ChanticleerCalled "the world's reigning male chorus," by the New Yorker magazine, and named Ensemble of the Year by Musical America in 2008, Chanticleer will perform more than 100 concerts in 2010-11, the GRAMMY Award-winning ensemble's 33rd Season. Praised by the San Francisco Chronicle for their "tonal luxuriance and crisply etched clarity," Chanticleer will tour to Canada and 22 of the United States, including appearances at Walt Disney Concert Hall in Los Angeles, New York's Metropolitan Museum of Art and the National American Choral Directors Association Conference in Chicago. In early 2010, Chanticleer gave 14 concerts in 11 European countries, appearing at many of Europe's legendary concert halls. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Saringhimig SingersFounded by Artistic Director George Hernandez, the group started as a chamber choir at the University of the Philippines and rapidly gained recognition as one of the best choirs in the country. Soon after, the choir trained primarily for competitions and embarked on several European concert tours participating in choral festivals, winning in distinguished choral competitions against many of the best choirs in the world, and reaping critical reviews from European critics thereby establishing an undisputable international reputation. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Cable Car ChorusFor over 65 years, the San Francisco Cable Car Chorus has delighted audiences with men's four-part a capella harmony in the traditional Barbershop Style. We sing at public events, private parties, concerts, and deliver Singing Valentines during that special time of year. Hometown: San Francisco, CA Conspiracy of BeardsSan Francisco's Conspiracy of Beards is a 30 member male choir started in 2003 that performs dynamic, original, a cappella arrangements of the poetic songs of Leonard Cohen.
Hometown: San Francisco, CA Loose Interpretations San FranciscoWe've been performing all over the Bay Area since 2004. We mostly sing original arrangements of pop covers, though our repertoire spans several decades and musical genres, including songs by: Gershwin, Annie Lennox, Simon & Garfunkel, Madonna, Stevie Wonder, The Postal Service, and even a little Bon Jovi. (Yep, Bon Jovi. May he forgive us.) We currently have 13 active members. Hometown: San Francisco, CA VoltiVolti's professional vocalists, under the direction of founder and Artistic Director Robert Geary, are dedicated to the discovery, creation, and performance of new vocal music. The ensemble's mission is to encourage, foster and showcase contemporary American music and composers, and to introduce contemporary vocal music from around the world to local audiences.
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