Repertoire
Our long-time conductor, Jo Anne Wasserman, creates and shapes our sound, refining it in weekly rehearsals, and decides the repertoire.
Since its inception, the Choral Society has performed everything from works by early ecclesiastic composers such as Palestrina, to brilliant choral pieces by Morten Lauridsen, John Rutter and Ola Gjeilo among many contemporary composers writing music for the choral medium.
Here is a list of works that represents just a fraction of the works that the Choral Society has performed both in California and on its international tours. Click on a circle to see the titles.
BACH
Magnificat
Cantata #4
Cantata #51
B Minor Mass
BEETHOVEN
Symphony No. 9
Missa Solemnis in D Minor, Op.123
Cantata #4, #51
Choral Fantasy
BERNSTEIN
Chichester Psalms
BLOCH
Sacred Service
BRAHMS
Ein Deutsches Requiem
BRITTEN
Ceremony Of Carols
DURUFLÉ
Requiem
FAURÉ
Requiem
GERSHWIN
Porgy and Bess
GJEILO
The Ground
Dark Night Of The Soul
HANDEL
Messiah
HAYDN
Paukenmesse
Theresienmesse
Missa In Angustiis (Nelson Mass)
HOLST
The Planets
LAURIDSEN
Lux Aterna
Sure On This Shining Night
O Magnum Mysterium
MAHLER
Symphony #2
Symphony #3
MARTIN
Sir George – Mission Chorales
MOZART
Requiem
Grand Mass in C Minor
Solemn Vespers
Coronation Mass
ORFF
Carmina Burana
PROKOFIEV
Ivan the Terrible
RUTTER
Gloria
TIN
Sogno Di Volare
Baba Yetu
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS
Dona Nobis Pacem
Sea Symphony
Five Mystical Songs
VERDI
Requiem
Stabat Mater
VIVALDI
Gloria
VILLA-LOBOS
Symphony #10
THE CHORAL SOCIETY
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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.