SUBSCRIPTIONS
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A new season awaits, as the Chamber Chorus performs in six venues totally new to us and perhaps to you. Our season theme, Opposites Attract, explores how apparent contradictions can actually interact and complement one another, as when silence accentuates a musical phrase, or the intensity of hatred is transformed into a deep love. Our diverse repertoire ranges from classic examples of a cappella writing to unfamiliar and new pieces from artists around the globe. As always, women composers and commissioned works feature prominently, demonstrating our mission not only to entertain, but to educate and inspire. Favorites such as Bruckner, Dvorak, and Vaughan Williams accompany profound offerings from Kerensa Briggs, Melissa Dunphy, and Libby Larsen. Hear how some of St. Louis's most distinctive venues respond to the resonant voices of the Chamber Chorus, using programs tailored to their specific acoustic and traditions.
We will hold each presentation on a Sunday from 3 pm to about 4:30 pm.
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Season subscriptions include access to all six of our Sunday afternoon concerts. As a season subscriber you will enjoy guaranteed, reserved seating with the best acoustical advantage and receive pre-concert letters from the Artistic Director including advance information about the program, seating, and parking. You can also receive a tax deduction for missed concerts and have ticket exchange benefits.*​
* Call us at (636) 458-4343 or email us for information about exchanging tickets or obtaining tax letters.
The Sound of Silence
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Chapel of the Sisters of the Most Precious Blood, O'Fallon
204 N. Main St., O'Fallon, MO 63366
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Music is never more arresting than when leavened with stillness, and this program explores how silence can instil drama into the mundane. We present Renaissance motets that describe the silent, part songs by Vaughan Williams and Elaine Hagenberg, and a recent SLCC commission from Wolfram Buchenberg.
9.29.24
3pm
Classic Pop​
The Sun Theater, Grand Center
3625 Grandel Square, St. Louis, MO 63108
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The Chamber Chorus brings its distinctive sound to some popular ballads of recent years, from The Beatles to Coldplay, Gretchen Peters to Taylor Swift. Premiered at this occasion will be Hurt by Nine Inch Nails, arranged for us by Melissa Dunphy.
11.10.24
3pm
Holiday Works​
All Saints Catholic Church, St. Peters
7 McMenamy Rd., St. Peters, MO 63376
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Over three decades the Chamber Chorus has sponsored new songs for the season, and at this concert we present an impressive selection of ‘our’ commissions, together with fresh arrangements of some favorite carols. Composers represented include Bob Chilcott, Eriks Esenvalds, and Sasha Johnson Manning.
12.22.24
3pm
Love Conquers Hate
Kirkwood United Methodist Church, Kirkwood
201 W. Adams Ave., Kirkwood, MO 63122
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We declare that love triumphs over hate with settings of Catullus’s verse, Odi et Amo, and through Roxanna Panufnik’s song, Love Endureth. We step outside our practice of singing a cappella to reprise a past SLCC commission for choir and piano, Ardor Amoris, by Francis Potts.
2.16.25
3pm
Old Roots, Fresh Blooms
First Presbyterian Church, University City
7200 Delmar Blvd., St. Louis, MO 63130
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The early days of spring are hailed in seasonal songs from Dvorak, Mendelssohn, and E. J. Moeran. Composer-in-Residence Kerensa Briggs contributes a new work for the Chorus to collaborate with choir students from the St. Louis area.
4.6.25
3pm
War and Peace
Congregation B'Nai Amoona, Creve Coeur
324 S. Mason Rd., Creve Coeur, MO 63141
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Darius Milhaud, born to an old Jewish family in Southern France, wrote cantatas for war and peace just prior to the Second World War. His powerful music complements another composer who escaped the clutches of the Nazis, Vally Weigl, and some of her works are here given their St. Louis premieres.
5.25.25
3pm