Posts Tagged ‘Patrick Walders’
Juan Carlos Acosta Added to SACRA/PROFANA Leadership
Juan Carlos Acosta, newly-appointed Associate Artistic Director of the choral ensemble SACRA/PROFANA, will take over the choir during the 3-year leave of founder Krishan Oberoi . . .
Read MoreStephen Paulus Holocaust Oratorio Given San Diego Debut under Patrick Walders
Saturday (April 25) San Diego State University Director of Choral Studies Patrick Walders conducted Stephen Paulus’ profound Holocaust oratorio “To Be Certain of the Dawn” with a 140-voice massed choir and full orchestra at College Avenue Baptist Church . . .
Read MorePro Arte Voices in Pacific Beach: Bold and Saucy
As San Diego’s annual December choral marathon entered its final days, Patrick Walders’ San Diego
Pro Arte Voices presented its seasonal offering in an evening of readings and carols on Saturday (December 20) at St. Andrews-by-the-Sea Church in Pacific Beach . . .
Bach Collegium San Diego: J.S. Bach Finds His Roots
I can recall a time when J.S. Bach’s Brandenburg Concertos and a few oratorios by G. F. Handel were all a classical music aficionado needed to know about “early music,” but Ruben Valenzuela’s Bach Collegium San Diego brings international standards of today’s period music performance to San Diego. Their most recent outing was a celebration of German Baroque choral music of J.S. Bach and his Leipzig predecessors . . .
Read MoreImpressive New Choral Ensemble: San Diego Pro Arte Voices
Mid-spring is always a high season for choral performance, so I was programmed to venture out to St. Andrew’s Episcopal Church in Pacific Beach Saturday (April 12) to hear San Diego Pro Arte Voices, the new kid on the block in San Diego’s bustling choral scene . . .
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