PASADENA CHORALE
CHORUS & COMMUNITY
TICKET RESERVATIONS FOR THIS CONCERT OPEN ON OCTOBER 10!
DECEMBER 5 | 7:30PM
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • PASADENA
an American oratorio for the winter solstice by Shawn Kirchner
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
Based in Los Angeles, Shawn Kirchner is a composer / arranger / songwriter, singer, and pianist whose choral works are performed throughout the world. A member of the Los Angeles Master Chorale (LAMC) since 2001, Kirchner has enjoyed an enduring creative relationship with music director Grant Gershon, culminating in his tenure as the LAMC’s Swan Family Composer-in-Residence from 2012-2015. Kirchner has also collaborated with such leading ensembles as Conspirare, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Lorelei Ensemble, San Diego Master Chorale, Los Robles Master Chorale, Coro Allegro, Atlanta Master Chorale, Tonality, and now the Pasadena Chorale.
JANUARY 7, 2024 | 4PM
ARATANI THEATRE • LITTLE TOKYO
the Los Angeles Daiku joins the Pasadena Chorale & Orchestra to present Beethoven’s iconic work, 200 years after its creation
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
One of the greatest composers in the Western musical tradition, Ludwig van Beethoven revolutionized virtually every form and genre of music in which he composed. His “Eroica” Symphony transformed that genre; his 32 piano sonatas enabled the development of piano music from the genial pieces of the late 18th century to the colossal masterworks of Liszt and Schumann; and his opera Fidelio embodied the virtues of liberty and equality that transformed Europe during his life.
MAY 11, 2024 | 7:30PM
FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH • PASADENA
excerpts from Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil and the music it inspired
ABOUT THE COMPOSER
As a young composer, Sergei Rachmaninoff followed in the tradition of his idol Tchaikovsky, adding to his composing skills a phenomenal prowess as a pianist and great gifts as a conductor. As the new century developed around him, his music stubbornly retained many of the characteristics of his idol, but always with the unmistakably personal stamp of its creator. For many years Rachmaninoff was better known as a piano virtuoso, but his compositions have come to be acknowledged as supreme masterworks of the Russian school.
JUNE 15, 2024 | 7PM
NEIGHBORHOOD UNITARIAN UNIVERSALIST CHURCH • PASADENA
annual concert of new music by local high school composers