Duruflé Requiem

Please join Choral Artistry as we perform with the Bower School of Music’s Chamber choir and Symphony Orchestra as we present Duruflé Requiem.

Additional pieces include Trois Chansons Bretonnes by Henk Badings and Piano Concerto in A minor, Op. 16, by Edvard Grieg.

Time & Location:
4:00 PM
Moorings Presbyterian Church
791 Harbour Rd
Naples, FL 34103

SING OUT! 2024 - Kol Tikvah: The Voice of Hope

CONCERT

with clinician Dr. Coreen Duffy, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montana

The concert will feature a variety of secular and sacred pieces celebrating the Jewish faith and traditions. Choral Artistry (conducted by Dr. Trent Brown) will perform during the first half of the concert, and the Festival Choir (conducted by Dr. Duffy) will perform during the second half.

The Concert is FREE and open to the public.

Time & Location:
4:00 PM

New Hope Presbyterian Church
10051 Plantation Rd
Fort Myers, FL 33966

SING OUT! 2024 - Kol Tikvah: The Voice of Hope

with clinician Dr. Coreen Duffy, Director of Choral Activities at the University of Montana

Please join us as we sing through a variety of secular and sacred pieces celebrating the Jewish faith and traditions.

Workshop and festival concert will be lead by Dr. Duffy.

Festival choir will rehearse on Saturday (2 workshops) and Sunday (1 workshop) and then perform on Sunday at 4:00 PM.

In person check-in begins Saturday at 9:30 AM.

Closest Airport: RSW

Hotel suggestions: There are many in the area - Holiday Inn, Drury, Marriot, etc. You may want to map the Church location and then see what hotels interest you. Many are located in shopping centers (Gulf Coast Town Center/Bell Tower Shops).

New Hope Presbyterian Church
10051 Plantation Rd.
Fort Myers, FL 33966

Holiday on Tap!

Join us for our Holiday On Tap Beer Choir at Palm City Brewing (PCB) in Fort Myers. PCB is planning on making some special brew choices for us to help get us in the spirit. A food truck will be there as well with fantastic nosh.

We will be singing your favorite festive music with opportunities to win prizes. Wear your Holiday headgear, outfits, ugly sweaters, and elf shoes! Events include 50/50 raffle, best (worst) Holiday outfit, and more.

There will also be an Angel Tree from Eva’s Closet Foundation which helps provides Christmas to children in our area. Please bring gift cards to Walmart, Target, or Publix to drop into a box under the tree.

See you on the 12th!

CONSIDERING MATTHEW SHEPARD

BY CRAIG HELLA JOHNSON

Event Registration

"... in performance, 'Considering Matthew Shepard' emerged as a portrait of our times and a testament to the nature of hate...he was an 'ordinary boy,' as the libretto repeated, who met an extraordinary fate..." ~ Chicago Tribune

October 12, 2023 marks 25 years since Matthew Shepard's death. In remembrance of this historic and tragic anniversary, Choral Artistry is proud to perform an encore of Craig Hella Johnson's Considering Matthew Shepard on October 22nd at the Naples United Church of Christ. The three-part oratorio is about gay college student Matthew Shepard, who was beaten, tortured, and left to die in a 1998 hate crime.

“Matt Shepard and his story have led me on an inspiring, challenging and deeply meaningful journey that I continue to this day. In composing Considering Matthew Shepard I wanted to create, within a musical framework, a space for reflection, consideration and unity around his life and legacy.”

– Craig Hella Johnson, composer

“The work is loosely modeled after a Bach passion,” Dr. Brown says. “It takes texts from Matthew Shepard’s journal, and it takes interviews from Matthew’s parents and some clippings from some news articles, as well, and uses that as the libretto to tell the story of Matthew’s life and his untimely death and the legacy he leaves.

Purchase your tickets while they are still available!
  

This contemporary style musical has many moving parts and employs multiple musical styles and genres including gospel, classical, rock, country, Gregorian chant and others. This interplay of musical stylizations reflect on both the life and death of Matthew. For many marginalized in their communities due to sexual orientation, Matthew Shepard’s death pushed the abuses and acts of hate against the LGBTQ+AI community into the light. 

Use of the word “considering” in the title allowed the composer to explore its definition throughout the work: “when all the good and bad parts of something are thought about.” This piece recognizes and celebrates Matthew’s ordinariness, his story, as well as the tragedy of his death. It explores how it could happen to “any one of us” or “all of us,” while also conveying the huge effect his death had on our culture, making it not just Matthew’s story, but potentially everyone’s story in a world where hate is unbridled and we try to find our way forward through understanding and compassion.

Location & Time
Sunday, October 22, 2023
4:00pm - 6:00pm

Naples United Church of Christ
5200 Crayton Rd
Naples, FL 34103

Scores will be provided, or bring your own from home!

Registration is free and all are welcome.

Please submit your registration information below so we may properly plan for a great evening!

Tuesday, August 29, 2023
7:00pm

Reception with food and beverages (cash bar) will be available prior to and after the event.

Lamb of God Church
19691 Cypress View Dr
Fort Myers, FL 33967

Choral Artistry performs with FGCU’s University Choir and Symphony.

Francis Poulenc’s Gloria text is from the mass ordinary. Completed in 1960, the 6 piece movement opens with brass with the choir following. The second movement is to be sung joyfully and with revelry. A soulful soprano solo follows, and the last three movements move between a return to the joyfulness of movement 2, capturing the mysteriousness of All-mighty, and ending with the brass and a triumphant and grand finale.

Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms was composed for the Southern Cathedrals Festival in 1965. Bernstein chose employ the original Hebrew translated into the Roman letters. Movement I is a psalm of praise to God, Movement II Adonai ro-i, lo ehsar features a boy soloist representing the boy David - future King of Isreal. Movement III highlights the blessing of humble trust in God and the unity of brothers who dwell together in the peace of God.

Concert is FREE and Open to the Public.

Concert will include pieces by Bach, Clausen and various Gloria arrangements including Vivaldi, Robert Ray and Dominick Argento. The concert will also feature a solo by Orchestra Concertmaster Reiko Niiya.

Festival Workshop with Clinician, Dr. Rollo Dilworth

Rehearsals begin at 7:00 PM on Friday, and are also on Saturday, 9:30-4:00 PM.

The Festival Choir will sing the entire concert on Saturday night with Choral Artistry, and FGCU’s Bel Canto and Cantabile.

Concert is Free and Open to the Public.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED. Please consider coming the the concert on the 4th!

Festival Workshop with Clinician, Dr. Rollo Dilworth

Rehearsals begin at 7:00 PM on Friday, and are also on Saturday, 9:30-4:00 PM.

The Festival Choir will sing the entire concert on Saturday night with Choral Artistry, and FGCU’s Bel Canto and Cantabile.

In person check-in opens at 6:30 PM on Friday, February 3rd.

Cost: $85/person , special discounts for students and groups.

Closest Airport: RSW

Hotel suggestions: There are many in the area - Holiday Inn, Drury, Marriot, etc. You may want to map the Church location and then see what hotels interest you. Many are located in shopping centers (Gulf Coast Town Center/Bell Tower Shops).

Our Choral Artistry Soiree is back! It has been 3 years since our last Soiree due to the pandemic, and we are extremely excited to host this fundraising event once again at the beautiful Forest Country Club.

The event will include silent auction items, wine grab, 50/50 raffle, and musical entertainment from “Rising Star,” Peruvian pianist Jair Zacarias.

At the age of 13, Jair started formal studies at the National Conservatory of Lima, the most prestigious conservatory in Peru. He completed the Pre-College Program under the tutelage of Katia Palacios and participated in several masterclasses, festivals, and recitals. He was awarded a full scholarship for four consecutive years and placed in the top three outstanding students of his age group from 2015-2018. In 2019 Jair received a full scholarship to attend Florida Gulf Coast University, where he currently studies with Dr. Michael Baron. During his time in the United States, Jair has performed in masterclasses for Jon Nakamatsu, Kevin Kenner, Pavel Nersessian, and Logan Skelton. He is prize winner of several competitions: first prize at the 2020 MTNA Young Artist Piano Competition for the state of Florida; second prize at the I Parnassus of the Music International Competition; first prize at the Gray Perry Piano Competition; third prize at the Big Arts Scholarship Competition; and first prize at the Byrd Competition. He was awarded the Steinway Society Scholarship and the Southwest Florida Symphony Society Scholarship in 2020. In 2021 Jair was a finalist in the Stecher and Horowitz Two-Piano Competition with is duet Partner Arturo Fernandez. Jair has participated in festivals in the United States, Brazil, and Peru.

Ticket costs are $95/person with special discounts for purchase of an entire table (8 or 10 tops).

If you would like to donate an item, please fill out the attached PDF form.

Choral Artistry is proud to join with the Music & Arts Community Center to present “4 the Love of Piano.”

Music will be for 4 hand piano pieces and chorus featuring Brahms "Liebeslieder," Copland "Promise of Living," and Averitt "Afro American Fragments."

Special pricing available for Students.

Help create a Social Singing Movement by singing together in a relaxed atmosphere while supporting our local small business, Palm City Brewing.

Download the Beer Choir songbook to your tablet, and come join us in a family friendly atmosphere. Join to sing, or just for fun!

Taco Truck ($10 (cash) gets you 2 Tacos and a beer)

Make sure you use the keyword "Chorale"  when you order your beer!

(most songs are familiar tunes - just new words)

Choral Artistry members perform with other local singers at this annual event. All singers are invited to come and rehearse with the chorus and then perform for the audience.

Join us for a casual evening of reading Gloria settings, including those of Vivaldi, Ramierez, Robert Ray, Argento, and a short section of Bach from B Minor Mass.

No cost to participate. Music will be provided.

Please register (singers & audience members) so we may plan accordingly.

REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED