SOTD – July

One of the challenges of preparing for the Allan Petker Chorale tours is that, coming from different choruses spread across California we have very little time to prepare and rehearse.  …

“There’s one more!”  We remember Allan’s famous introductions to our encores and his invitations to the reception, which has been a tradition from our very first concert in 1994. Our …

If you haven’t listened to any of the videos lately, Haydn’s “Insanae et vanae curae” would be a good one to hear.  I’m sure some of us could identify with …

We continue our miniseries of our 25th anniversary concert with “Virgo virginum praeclara” from Stabat Mater
 by Paul Mealor. Welsh composer Paul Mealor started his compositional studies as a boy with …

Jake Runestad is an award-winning and frequently-performed composer of “highly imaginative” (Baltimore Sun) and “stirring and uplifting” (Miami Herald) musical works. He has been commissioned by some of the leading …

In this first video from our 25th season we have an example of one of the amazing orchestras we’ve been supported by, playing G. F. Handel, “Let Thy Hand Be …

We begin a miniseries on Consort’s 25th anniversary season.  On June 17th, 2018 we held our first fundraising event ever, calling it, “A Meal with the Maestro.”  It was well …

Our surprise guests at the Consort zoom party last Saturday were several members of Consort’s orchestra.  During the party Allan mentioned that one of his favorite pieces with the orchestra …

Did anyone notice that our tours miniseries on Argentina was missing the fourth city, Buenos Aires?  That’s because we have a miniseries overlap.  Today we feature that final performance from …

Born in Argentina, Ariel Quintana graduated from the Universidad Adventista del Plata, later earning a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the National Conservatory of Music in Buenos Aires. He has been …

Today we share another version of “Ubi Caritas,” this time by Richard Burchard.  He is Associate Professor of Music and Department Chair at Bellarmine University in Louisville, Kentucky. His dense …

Thanks to David Hanchette, we have found recordings of Consort’s first concerts!  While searching for recordings, we forgot that our earliest recordings would be on cassette tapes, rather than CDs.  …

From Rosario we drove to the Buenos Aires airport and then flew to Posadas.  We performed at the Posadas iglesia catedral San José Obrero before continuing further north to Puerto Iguazú on …

Have you ever wanted to sing in a crypt?  Actually, it was more like a church basement, brightly decorated, but there were some vaults along the sides of the large …

For our concert while in Córdoba we traveled 40 miles southwest to perform at the Iglesia Jesuítica de Alta Gracia.  When Córdoba was first settled the Jesuits established several satellite …

The Allan Petker Chorale’s 2017 tour was to Argentina.  It was winter there, though temperatures were as high as the mid-80s some days.  It was a tour with many firsts: Quiz …

On July 10th we looked at Kevin Memley’s “Magnificat,” which was performed at Carnegie Hall in May of 2015. Today we will hear Allan Petker’s “Te Deum to Music” which …

You may have guessed it correctly – Kevin’s favorite Consort performance of his work was for Opus 19 in 2012.  We sang his “Gloria In Excelsis Deo”, with Kevin at …

Today we hear Kevin’s second from the top favorite, “Autumn” with words by Thomas Hood.  Michele Baroody is the soloist. He also shares with us this description of his composing …

Number three on Kevin’s list is “Moonlight and Rain.”  Words and music are by Kevin and it is dedicated to and written “for my wife on our 11th Wedding Anniversary.” …