Dear Consort Family, Save these dates! Consort’s board has decided on a condensed schedule of rehearsals for 2024 and wanted to get the dates out to you all ASAP. New …
Allan Petker Chorale tour of Spain 2025
Consort Chorale joins with Allan’s two other choruses from SoCAL on a performance tour of Spain, June 18-30, 2025. You can learn about the tour and how to register on …
Help Get the Word Out
One of our newest board members, Judith Ward, has been busy updating Consort’s social media accounts. She has prepared them for getting the word out about our concert, just over …
August 16: Dickau – If Music Be the Food of Love, 2003
Today would be the day of Consort’s annual concert. That means it’s the last day of this season. And that means this is the last “Season of the Day” email! …
August 15: Mozart – Vesperae Solennes, 2015
We begin Saturday morning with our one and only rehearsal with the orchestra. DRESS REHEARSAL WITH ORCHESTRA Today’s first video, representing a rehearsal with the orchestra, is “Magnificat,” the last …
August 14: Britten – Deus in adjutorium meum, 2014
Last chance to rehearse a cappella pieces! FRIDAY NIGHT REHEARSAL With only two more rehearsals to go, and tomorrow’s being our only one with the orchestra, Friday night focuses on …
August 13: Pergolesi – Suscepit Israel, 2000
Thursday evening the women get a break while Allan works to finesse the men’s parts. MEN’S SECTIONAL It was a bit tricky finding a recording that would fit well into …
August 12: Copland – The Little Horses, 2003
Wednesday night the men have a break, and Allan works with the sopranos and altos. WOMEN’S SECTIONAL Today we share a video of the only piece Consort has done with …
August 11: Mealor – Now Sleeps the Crimson Petal, 2014
Last night we virtually conquered our first Consort Week rehearsal, so now things start to get serious, especially for those songs for which not everyone actually has “all notes firmly …
August 10: Morris – Open the Window Mister Noahy, 1997
Our virtual Consort week begins! MONDAY NIGHT REHEARSAL On this night we attempt to get through at least half of the repertoire. We sometimes do not make it. But there …
August 9: Whitbourn – Requiem Canticorum, 2015
It’s Sunday, the beginning of Consort Week! THE CALM BEFORE THE STORM This is the day that people from far away begin to gather. Allan and Kimmie pack up their …
August 8: Soloists – Vaughn Williams, Serenade to Music, 2019
No single work shows off more Consort Soloists than Ralph Vaughan Williams’ “Serenade to Music.” The text is from Act V, Scene 1 of “The Merchant of Venice” by William …
August 7: Soloists – Mozart, Vesperae Solennes de Confessore, 2015
Today’s video features Patricia Littman singing “Laudate Dominum,” from Mozart’s “Vesperae Solennes de Confessore.” Patricia joined Consort in 2010, and ties Marty Friesen and Michael Petersen for the greatest number of individual …
August 6: Soloists – Galuppi, Magnificat, 2014
Today’s video from the opening of the 2014, Opus 21 concert features Baldassare Galuppi’s “Magnificat.” The soloists are: Beth Carter: Beth joined Consort in 2011. Her participation in the 2016 working …
August 5: Soloists – Haydn, Theresienmesse, 2003
One of Consort’s most notable attributes is that from the very beginning, we have drawn from our own members for solo parts. Because we have so many talented soloists we …
August 4: Composers – Bradley, Be Music Night, 2019
The first year we sang “Be Music, Night” by Bradley Ellingboe was in 2007. Although our recording of that year’s concert failed, we do have this recording made under Bradley’s …
August 3: Composers – Bradley, Saint Cecilia, 2019
We conclude our miniseries on composers with our most recently performed composer, Bradley Ellingboe, who was also our first guest conductor this past year, Opus 26, 2019. Bradley has led …