The Burbank Chorale 90th Anniversary Documentary!

This is the 90th year of the Chorale, which began singing in 1920. According to our information, the Chorale is the longest-running (we prefer that to "oldest") community choral group in California. It has an interesting and distinguished history, and tenor Mike O'Donoghue has captured that history in a terrific documentary presentation entitled "Crescendo! 90 Years of Choral Music in Burbank, CA" .

The presentation features a marvelous collection of photographs and interesting narration and is well worth a look. The Chorale is grateful to Mike for putting in a lot of hard work to create this valuable historical document (and to others who pitched in and helped him.)

Here is the link to the presentation:

http://vimeo.com/9723226

Spring Concerts in the Works!

The Chorale is busily preparing for two Spring events. On Sunday, April 11, at 2:00 PM we join our friends at the New Valley Symphony for a performance of Beethoven's Choral Fantasy. That's part of the NVS's Spring performance. It will take place at the Hall of Liberty in Burbank and admission is free. Our own Spring Concert will take place on Saturday, May 1, at 7:30 PM. Our featured work is John Rutter's Mass of the Children, and our usual singing partner, the Colburn Children's Choir, will, of course, play the part of the children! The concert will take place at the First United Methodist Church, 700 North Glenoaks Boulevard, Burbank. Come join us!

Holiday Concert A Sell Out!

Our December 19 holiday concert was a sell out, and we're grateful to all our fans, friends, families, concert staff and other supporters for making it possible. We're also grateful to the Coburn Children's Choir for joining us, as usual, as concert partners. And thanks, of course, to Misha for his musical leadership and inspiration.

We followed the holiday concert by joining the New Valley Symphony for a reprise of the Vivaldi Gloria (R. 589), and then we sang at the Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in the annual LA County Holiday Festival, broadcast on KCET and streamed everywhere live on the web. So it was the usual busy year-end season!

We start singing again on January 12, looking ahead to our spring concert on May 1 featuring Rutter's Mass of the Children. Some of us will be going to NY in May to join other choristers at Carnegie Hall where Rutter will conduct that very piece!

Happy New Year and here's to another year of good music!