FREE PROGRAMMING
CONCERTS
We believe that everyone deserves access to live high-quality choral concerts, so the Pasadena Chorale’s concert programming is offered at no cost to the public. The Wednesday concert series features 90 singers in the magnificent setting of Pasadena’s First United Methodist Church. The Sunday afternoon series showcases 24 singers in the intimate and vibrant acoustic of the Altadena Community Church.
FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
THE HIGH NOTES
A treble chorus for singers in grades 6-10, the High Notes rehearse weekly, practicing high-level ensemble singing and learning vocal technique and music theory. The High Notes perform several times annually, both with the Pasadena Chorale and on their own.
FREE EDUCATION PROGRAMS
LISTENING TO THE FUTURE
A project for high-school composers, Listening to the Future offers young people instruction in composing choral music and a performance and recording of the music they compose. Like all our educational programming, Listening to the Future is offered at no cost to students and families.
OUR 2024-2025 SEASON PERFORMANCES
Sep 8
Sonic Bloom
Sonic Bloom marks the first in a new concert series featuring 24 singers of the Pasadena Chorale in an intimate performance at Altadena Community Church.
Dec 4
The Light of Hope Returning
Gather in the winter season with Shawn Kirchner’s new American holiday classic. Incorporating a range of styles from bluegrass and gospel to contemporary classical, Kirchner weaves a uniquely American oratorio for our times. This special performance features the composer at the piano!
Dec 14 & 15
Twilight of the Year
Ring in the season with a complilation of the season’s most luscious choral music.
Feb 12
Sing America, Part One: I, Too
Celebrate the grandeur and diversity of America’s choral tradition, beginning with Florence Price’s Abraham Lincoln Walks at Midnight and Margaret Bonds’ Credo.
Mar 9
Rebirth
Renew yourself with this afternoon of sublime choral music from the Renaissance.
May 10
Listening to the Future
Be the first to hear tomorrow’s choral classics! Music composed for the Chorale by Pasadena area high school students, with the guidance of composer mentor Jen Wang. In the first 8 years of Listening to the Future, the Chorale premiered 71 new choral works created by 29 student composers, many of whom have gone on to study composition at some of the most prestigious universities.
Jun 11
Sing America, Part Two: E Pluribus Unum
Celebrate the grandeur and diversity of America’s choral tradition, with Aaron Copland’s In the Beginning and music by Leonard Bernstein, Randall Thompson, and many of today’s most popular American choral composers.
PASADENA CHORALE'S
LISTENING TO THE FUTURE
In the eight years since the free educational program began, Listening to the Future has seen 7 composer mentors guide 29 student composers in the creation of 71 original compositions. Alumni of the program have gone on to study at Stanford, Columbia, Yale, Chapman University, University of Michigan and more.
Our 2024 Holiday Performances
The Pasadena Chorale will have not one, but three holiday performances this December! Join us for Shawn Kirchner’s beloved The Light of Hope Returning at Pasadena’s First United Methodist Church on December 4th, and then on December 14th and 15th, sixteen singers from the Chorale will perform an intimate holiday concert, Twilight of the Year, at Altadena Community Church.
