Pacific Chorale Announces 50th Anniversary Finale Concert & Chairman's Dinner

Pacific Chorale, the resident choir of Segerstrom Center for the Arts, will be concluding its 50th anniversary year with a salute to modern-day California composers on May 19, 2018 at 5:30 p.m. at the Renée and Henry Segerstrom Concert Hall. Artistic Director Robert Istad will be conducting, with accompaniment by David Clemensen on piano and Jung-A Lee on the William J. Gillespie Concert Organ.

Enjoy this tribute to the variety and creativity of our state's own resident composers with Morten Lauridsen's settings of poetry by Robert Graves, and composer and DJ Mason Bates' evocative retelling for choir, organ, and electronics of the earliest international radio transmissions between family members on opposite sides of the world in the 1920s.

All works to be performed are:

Bright Morning Stars
American Folk Song, arr. Shawn Kirchner

There Will Be Stars
Frank Ticheli

Mid-Winter Songs
Morten Lauridsen

In the Middle
Dale Trumbore

Tal Vez Tenemos Tiempo
Tarik O'Regan

Mass Transmission
Mason Bates

Ticket prices for the concert range from $20 to $120 per seat. For tickets, visit: www.pacificchorale.org or call 714/662-2345.

ABOUT PACIFIC CHORALE

Pacific Chorale has delighted national and international audiences with concerts of great choral music performed at the highest musical standards since 1968. Under the artistic leadership of Robert Istad, the organization produces a series of concerts each year at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, where it serves as the sole resident choir. The mission of Pacific Chorale is to inspire our community through artistry and innovation in choral music performances and education programs.

Pacific Chorale is recognized for exceptional artistic expression, preserving and performing classical choral music as well as stimulating American-focused programming, developing innovative new concepts in programming, and expanding the traditional concepts of choral repertoire and performance. The organization boasts over 30 world premieres and has released 14 self-produced recordings.

In addition to its long-standing partnership with Pacific Symphony, the Chorale has performed with such renowned American ensembles as the Los Angeles Philharmonic, the Boston Symphony, the National Symphony, San Diego Symphony, Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra, Philharmonia Baroque Orchestra, and Musica Angelica.

Pacific Chorale has toured extensively to over 19 countries - in Europe, South America and Asia - and has collaborated with the London Symphony, the Munich Symphony, L'Orchestre Lamoureux and L'Orchestre de St-Louis-en-l'Île of Paris, the National Orchestra of Belgium, the China National Symphony, the Hong Kong Sinfonietta, the Estonian National Symphony, and the Orquesta Sinfonica Nacional of Argentina.

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