Join Choral Arts Initiative for Season 10, where we come together during a time of questioning—when will things return to the way life was pre-pandemic? What is next for us? What are we doing?
Season 10 opens with a beautiful fall program, TOGETHER, featuring a vibrant roster of living composers that allows listeners to be wrapped in a lush and comforting soundscape. It’s a time to come together, reflect, and reaffirm: this is how harmony and unison feels.
In spring, FROM WILDERNESS, will finally receive its world premiere in conjunction with our second album release featuring the same work. This concert-length piece carries the listener on a journey of questioning, healing, mindfulness, and courage.
To mark our 10th Anniversary, we will also be inviting everyone to CELEBRATE with us. As an organization that is always looking forward, this will be a time to look back: to acknowledge our 10-year history, share stories, celebrate our family of supporters, and dream of what is in store for the next decade.
In summer, we are thrilled to bring back the PREMIERE|Project Festival, where we partner with living composers across the globe to bring their music to life. New this summer, we will also add a track for conductors.
Season 10 is not the season we dreamed of three years ago. In many ways, the pandemic forced us to remember something fundamentally essential: we are here. Our reimagined Season 10 feels authentically and beautifully aligned with where we are, and we believe you’ll feel the same way. Join us.
Brandon Elliott, Artistic Director
Together
FALL 2021
PROGRAM
Birdsong by Eric Nelson | West Coast Premiere
Be not afeard by Cecilia McDowall | United States Premiere
Healing Heart by Eric William Barnum
The Sometimes Joy of Reminiscing by Zachary Ritter | West Coast Premiere
And that Night by Kristian Rodriguez | West Coast Premiere
How do I love thee? by Gabriel Jackson
The Long Willows by Matthew Lyon Hazzard
Light Shines by Juhi Bansal | West Coast Premiere
all I have by Lauren Bydalek | West Coast Premiere
Sweet Rivers by Shawn Kirchner
FEATURED ARTISTS
WHEN & WHERE
From Wilderness
Spring 2022
PROGRAM
From Wilderness by Jeffrey Derus | World Premiere
A concert-length work for chorus, crystal singing bowls, and cello
FEATURED ARTISTS
WHEN & WHERE
Season 10 Celebration
Spring 2022
PROGRAM
All are welcome to this celebration as we toast to 10 years together, and cheers to the next 10!
FEATURED ARTISTS
Stay tuned for more information on our musical offerings!
WHEN & WHERE
April 30, 2022, 3:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Location TBD
PREMIERE|Project Festival
Summer 2022
PROGRAM
The program is determined based on the composers accepted to the festival. Stay tuned in early spring for more information!
FEATURED ARTISTS
The composers will be announced in early spring.
WHEN & WHERE
July 1, 2022
Zhang Hall–Concordia University Irvine
Irvine, CA 92612