San Diego Pro Arte Voices’ Musically Rich Evening of Readings and Carols

Although most of the Christmas music performed during the holiday season was originally intended for church services, in these secular times music lovers tend to hear this repertory in concert settings. A felicitous compromise is the Service of Lessons and Carols, an English invention that simply alternates seasonal music and Biblical readings like a very…

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Pro Arte Voices’ Sophisticated Choral Salute to Christmas

Under the direction of Patrick Walders, on Saturday the Pro Arte Voices chorus offered a generous portion of English sacred music by Benjamin Britten, Peter Warlock, Peter Racine Fricker, and Herbert Howells in its annual “Evening of Readings and Carols” at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Pacific Beach . . .

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Lessons and Carols with a Dream Choir

San Diego Pro Arte Voices and Music Director Patrick Walders gave superb performances of British Christmas carols and anthems in ‘An Evening of Readings and Carols’ at St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Pacific Beach . . .

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