- Aug 17, 2025 - 5:00 pm
- 5:00 pm
- 1h
- Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall
- Free
Choral Festival 2025
THE 17th ANNUAL CHORAL FESTIVAL
Presented in association with Segerstrom Center for the Arts
AUG. 17, 2025
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This festival joins hundreds of community members with the voices of the GRAMMY® Award-winning Pacific Chorale! Experience one of the country's foremost music venues at no cost. Festival choir participation registration opens May 1st, and free concert tickets are available starting July 1, 2025.
Leonard Bernstein’s MASS is a musical and emotional tour de force—a powerful fusion of classical, jazz, gospel, rock, and Broadway that challenges and uplifts. Originally commissioned for the opening of the Kennedy Center, this visionary work layers sacred tradition with contemporary expression, questioning faith while ultimately reaffirming it.
For singers, MASS is a thrilling challenge: its soaring choral lines, dynamic rhythms, and deep emotional storytelling make it one of the most rewarding works to perform. For concertgoers, it’s a transcendent experience—an electrifying mix of Bernstein’s genius and unfiltered humanity. While Pacific Chorale’s Festival Chorus presents selections only, without theatrical elements, the heart of the work shines through: a deeply moving exploration of doubt, belief, and the universal search for meaning.
In collaboration with OC Food Bank, Pacific Chorale's Festival-weekend food drive returns! Support OC Families in Need. Learn More
Program:
Medley on American Folk Songs (World Premiere) - arr. Jung-A Lee
Selections from Bernstein’s MASS
Adolphus Hailstork - I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes
We Shall Walk Through the Valley - arr. Undine Smith Moore
New Ticket Options for 2025
This year’s Festival is open to all, with flexible ticket options designed to keep our community singing together:
- Pay What You Can: Everyone is welcome. A suggested donation of $15 helps, but choose what works for you. Free tickets are still available, write $0 in the amount.
- $50 Box Circle: Prefer a premium seat and want to support the Festival? This option helps cover the costs of presenting this joyful, community-centered event.
All ticket proceeds support Pacific Chorale’s mission to make music accessible for all.
Sponsored by
Platinum Season Sponsor · Phillip N. and Mary A. Lyons, Segerstrom Center for the ArtsLocation
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Up to 400 members of Southern California’s choral community unite annually for this free public performance. This year’s program features Bernstein's Mass and other selections! Participation registration opens May 1 to sing with your Grammy-winning Pacific Chorale.
Up to 400 members of Southern California’s choral community unite annually for this free public performance. This year’s program features Bernstein's Mass and other selections! Participation registration opens May 1 to sing with your Grammy-winning Pacific Chorale.