Pacific Chorale opened our 55th season with a very special program in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa on October 15, 2022. Beginning with an angelic sounding Duruflé’s Requiem, and closing with a stimulating work of Hagen’s The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Artistic Director Robert Istad once again took listeners on an exquisite and uplifting journey with the sounds of Pacific Chorale.
All photos © Doug Gifford Photography
Immediately following Pacific Chorale’s season opening concert was a post-concert reception for our donors on the Box-Circle level of the Concert Hall. High in spirits after such a wonderful concert, we wanted to share a special surprise – our GRAMMY!
On October 8, 2022, Pacific Chorale had the pleasure of performing two pieces for Orange County Museum of Art’s 24-hour grand opening in their beautiful new permanent home!
At 6 PM we performed Skyscape An aleatoric free form/change choir work performed on the Sky Bridges connecting us to the sky.
© Doug Gifford Photography
A free-form piece performed by Pacific Chorale at the opening of the new OCMA pic.twitter.com/5rAXE91Mf2
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At 6:30 PM we moved to the Special Exhibitions Pavilion for an acapella choir performance of composer Arvo Pärt’s evocative Magnificat, a work that recalls the past while echoing the future.
© Doug Gifford Photography
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Congratulations to the whole OCMA team for the weekend’s massive success! It was certainly an event for the record books, and we are honored to have been a part of it.
Pacific Chorale is delighted to welcome a new teaching artist, Zoe Hyunjin Kwak. Zoe came from South Korea to do her masters in choral conducting at University of Louisville, then went on to U. of Kentucky to do her DMA. She is now the Music Director at Young Nak Church in L.A. An excellent musician and a lovely person, and we are delighted to have her on the team!
Learn more about Pacific Chorale’s Award-Winning Education Programs.
On behalf of everyone at Pacific Chorale, we are deeply saddened to share the news that Emeritus Board member Vina Williams passed away in the early hours September 27, 2022.
Vina has been a stalwart member of the Pacific Chorale family since 1969. She was a frequent featured soprano soloist, a Board member for multiple terms, and continued to sing as a member of the Chorale for many decades. A fierce and generous advocate for classical music and artists, she underwrote multiple Chorale concerts, chaired our Gala fundraiser three times, and was instrumental in the establishment of our Encore Society for planned giving. In 2014 we recognized Vina’s many contributions to the Chorale and to Orange County’s musical culture by awarding her the Entrepreneur in the Arts Award.
Our thoughts go out to her husband Tom, son Craig, and to all Vina’s loving family and friends.
A memorial service, open to all family and friends, will be held on Saturday, October 29 at 1pm in Grace Lutheran Church, 6931 Edinger Avenue, Huntington Beach, CA 92647.
In lieu of flowers, please consider contributing to the Pacific Symphony, www.pacificsymphony.org; and Pacific Chorale, www.pacificchorale.org.
Pacific Chorale opened our 55th season with a very special program in the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, Costa Mesa on October 15, 2022. Beginning with an angelic sounding Duruflé’s Requiem, and closing with a stimulating work of Hagen’s The Notebooks of Leonardo Da Vinci, Artistic Director Robert
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On October 8, 2022, Pacific Chorale had the pleasure of performing two pieces for Orange County Museum of Art’s 24-hour grand opening in their beautiful new permanent home! At 6 PM we performed Skyscape An aleatoric free form/change choir work performed on the Sky Bridges connecting us to the sky. A free-form piece performed
Continue ReadingPacific Chorale is delighted to welcome a new teaching artist, Zoe Hyunjin Kwak. Zoe came from South Korea to do her masters in choral conducting at University of Louisville, then went on to U. of Kentucky to do her DMA. She is now the Music Director at Young Nak Church in L.A. An excellent musician
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On behalf of everyone at Pacific Chorale, we are deeply saddened to share the news that Emeritus Board member Vina Williams passed away in the early hours September 27, 2022. Vina has been a stalwart member of the Pacific Chorale family since 1969. She was a frequent featured soprano soloist, a Board member for
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