The Santa Cruz Chorale

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.

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 […]

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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 […]

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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

Recent News Articles

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 […]

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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 […]

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