Summer Singers Of Kansas City
Registration online for Summer Singers of Kansas City 2012 will open March 1, 2012, featuring Mendelssohn’s ELIJAH. Watch this page for more information.
The Summer Singers of Kansas City was formed in 1999 as an extension of the original Summer Singers created in Atlanta in 1990. The summer-only chorus of 150 voices begins rehearsals in early-June of each year and holds 8-10 rehearsals in a fun workshop setting with an emphasis on experiential learning. The repertoire usually includes a popular major work performed with guest soloists and professional orchestra, along with a wide diversity of sacred and secular choral classics, modern selections, spirituals and gospel songs.
The first thirteen seasons of the Summer Singers of Kansas City have been a great success, with singers attracted from as far away as Topeka, Garden City, Ottawa and St. Joseph. Repertoire has included Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass, Schubert’s Mass in G, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem and Mozart’s Requiem, Solemn Vespers and Missa Brevis in D, K-194, along with classic works by Brahms, Haydn, Beethoven, and Gretchaninoff, modern works by Lloyd Pfautsch, Mark Gresham, Norman Dello Joio, Randall Thompson and Carolyn Jennings, along with the spirituals and gospel songs for which Foundation ensembles are known.
The Fourteenth Season of the Summer Singers of Kansas City in 2012 will feature the epic Biblical oratorio ELIJAH by Felix Mendelssohn performed with distinguished soloists and members of the Kansas City Symphony.
Rehearsals start on Tuesday, June 5th, 2011, and concerts will be Saturday evening on August 18 and Sunday afternoon on August 19 at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Broadway at 13th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
