The chorale performs choral works of diverse periods, genres and traditions, both unaccompanied and using professional soloists, instrumental ensemble and orchestra. The Santa Cruz Chorale makes such music accessible to the broadest possible audiences while enabling member singers to experience the delight and artistic growth inherent to sophisticated music-making.
The Santa Cruz Chorale
Our Concert Season 2022-2023
Christmas with the Chorale
December 17, 2022 8:00 pm
December 18, 2022 4:00 pm
Holy Cross Church
126 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Join us for Christmas with the Chorale! Our musical celebration spans the centuries, from the glorious 16th-century polyphony of Clemens Non Papas’ Magi Veniunt, Vicente Lusitano’s Regina Caeli, to Buxtehude’s Magnificat, and contemporary composer Eric Whitacre’s meditation on winter, Glow. Traditional and sacred music and festive carols from around the world will bring joy to […]
Hope and Joy
April 22, 2023 8:00 pm
April 23, 2023 4:00 pm
Holy Cross Church
126 High St.
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Out of the depths comes Hope and Joy! For millennia, hope and joy have been expressed through music. In our upcoming concert, the Santa Cruz Chorale brings you Psalm settings of power and beauty that sing of these timeless human emotions; texts of the same Psalms will besung in settings by different composers, and in […]
Listen to the Santa Cruz Chorale
"Aus der Tiefe", Bach Cantata BWV 131
Selection from Santa Cruz Chorale performance of Bach Cantata BWV 131, Spring 2022
"Hoffe auf den Herrn", Bach Cantata BWV 131
Selection from Santa Cruz Chorale performance of Bach Cantata BWV 131, Spring 2022
Magi veniunt ab oriente --Full Piece
Magi veniunt ab oriente by Jacobus Clemens non Papa, from December 2022 concert performance
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Meet Our Soloists
The Santa Cruz Chorale’s final concert of the season, entitled “Hope and Joy” will feature two accomplished soloists, baritone Sepp Hammer, and tenor Jonathan Smucker. We are pleased to introduce them to you: Sepp Hammer, baritone How many operatic baritones have a bachelor’s degree in physics from Berkeley? Sepp Hammer is that unicorn. He went […]
Out of the depths comes Hope and Joy!
For millennia, hope and joy have been expressed through music. In our upcoming concert, the Santa Cruz Chorale brings you Psalm settings of power and beauty that sing of these timeless human emotions; texts of the same Psalms will be sung in settings by different composers, and in German, English and Latin. We begin by […]