Summer Singers Of Kansas City
Register online for Summer Singers on March 1, 2011. (Bring a completed registration form to the first rehearsal.)
Download Summer Singers of Kansas City registration packet beginning on March 1, 2011.
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 twelve 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 Thirteenth Season of the Summer Singers of Kansas City in 2011 will feature the Masters if the Baroque, including Vivaldi’s Gloria and selections from Handel’s Messiah and works by Bach, Buxtehude, Tallimann, Purcell, Rossi, and Pachelbel.
Rehearsals start on Tuesday, June 7th, 2011, and concerts will be Saturday evening on August 20 and Sunday afternoon on August 21 at Grace and Holy Trinity Cathedral, Broadway at 13th Street in downtown Kansas City, Missouri.
