Robert Pearsall – San Diego Story

SACRA/PROFANA’S Chant Macabre a Choral Treat for Halloween

By Ken Herman | October 31, 2015 |

Invoking themes of the Halloween weekend, director Juan Carlos Acosta filled his SACRA/PROFANA choral program Friday with songs about ghost stories, death, and other elegiac topics . . .

New Music from a Lofty Perspective

By Ken Herman | June 20, 2015 |

From the eighth floor Helen Price Reading Room of the San Diego Central Library, the choral music of Folklore Guild and the instrumental third stream of Swarmius floated above the city in a world of their own . . . .

San Diego’s Next Wave: Collaboration

By Ken Herman | October 20, 2014 |

Sunday (October 19) at La Mesa’s St. Martin of Tours Church, the recently formed choral group Folklore shared a program with Joseph Martin Waters’ avant-garde ensemble Swarmius, evidence of a new collaborative spirit among San Diego music ensembles and organizations. . .