Written by Mary Dan Eades on June 22, 2016
Never miss an SBCS concert or event! Buy a Season Subscription Package now!
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PLATINUM SEASON SUBSCRIPTION ($465)
Never miss a thing and be assured of VIP seating and invitation to the Patron reception following performances. Each Platinum Season Subscription supports our season with a $250 tax-deductible donation to our general operating fund. Be a part of bringing top-quality choral music to our community by becoming a Premier Season Subscriber. Includes VIP seating and patron’s reception for Hallelujah Project 4, Brahms’ Requiem, and our Spring Gala Concert and all the Gala fun! (Does not include Beethoven Ode to Joy, which can be purchased separately through the Granada Theater box office.)
GOLD SEASON SUBSCRIPTION ($190)
Enjoy both of our SBCS season concerts from A-level seating and secure one of the limited number of seats available to hear our Spring Gala concert and enjoy all the Gala fun at Rockwood Woman’s Club in May as well. Last year’s event was sold out with a waiting list! Here’s what you’ll get with the Gold Season Subscription:Hallelujah Project 4 (A level seating Sat or Sun – value $45)Brahms’ Req (A level seating – value $45)Rockwood Abbey Gala (value $125)
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SILVER CONCERT PACKAGE ($80)
Hallelujah Project 4 (A level seating Sat or Sun – value $45)Brahms’ Req (A level seating – value $45)
BRONZE CONCERT PACKAGE ($65)
Hallelujah Project 4 (B level seating Sat or Sun – value $35)Brahms’ Req (B level seating – value $35)
American baritone, Ralph Cato has travelled the world extensively, telling stories in song with his warm, clarion baritone voice.
Tenor, Benjamin Brecher has performed over fifty operatic roles with many of the world’s most prestigious opera companies, specializing in the high lying lyric tenor repertoire. He has performed 16 roles with New York City Opera alone. Career highlights include performances with Opera Orchestra of New York, L’Opera de Nice, Rossini Opera Festival in Pesaro, L’Opera de Montreal, Santa Fe Opera, Opera Theatre of St. Louis, among many others. His orchestral solo repertoire includes Mozart, Handel, Orff, Bach, Haydn, as well as many performances of Britten. In 2000 he began performing the great Irish Tenor songs in a concert produced for him entitled A Celtic Celebration, Twenty years later, the show has become a North American hit with performances with 45 Symphonies in North America. Ben continues his discography having added his twelfth recording in 2016 Forgotten Liszt, with pianist Robert Koenig, and will record a new release in 2022 entitled “Three Centuries of Thomas Moore” including the music of Britten, Berlioz, and Sarah Gibson on MSR Classics. He is a Professor of Voice at University of California Santa Barbara, where he has served as the Head of Voice.
Tracy Van Fleet is pleased to return to the Santa Barbara Choral Society. As a soloist, she has performed with the Los Angeles Master Chorale, Lüneburg Symphony in Germany, Orquesta Filarmónica de Boca del Río in Mexico, Pasadena Symphony, Naples Philharmonic, Los Angeles Bach Festival, San Diego Chamber Orchestra, Colorado Philharmonic, USC Symphony and Chorus, and others. She has had many appearances with the Los Angeles Opera, Los Angeles Philharmonic, Pacific Symphony, Hollywood Bowl Orchestra, Opera Pacific, San Diego Opera and Opera Colorado.
Born and raised in Southern California, April Amante is a versatile soprano with expertise and facility in repertoire spanning from early music to contemporary musical theater.