SCSO's "Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays" REVIEW & PHOTOS - The Magic of Music and Community

The SCSO celebrated their return to Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium
with a sold-out performance of their magical
Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays Christmas community celebration.

PHOTO/REVIEW by Mary Nares & Kati Garner
Sacramento Press - December 10, 2012

Photographer Ronnie Johnson captured the magical mood
of this important Sacramento tradition.
Check out Ronnie's amazing performance photos!

Concert Reception Photos
(Check back here soon for Concert Reviews)

Conductor Donald Kendrick leads the SCSO Orchestra and Chorus with the Sacramento Children's Chorus

The SCSO's "Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays" Celebrates Christmas & Community at Memorial Auditorium

A Sound Invitation from Conductor Donald Kendrick - KTKZ Radio

Come join Conductor Donald Kendrick and the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra at the "Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays" celebration - a Sacramento tradition that ushers in the holiday spirit - back home in Sacramento's Memorial Auditorium.

Donald Kendrick and the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra - The Beauty and Joy of Christmas

Saturday, December 8 at 8 PM
Memorial Auditorium - 15th & J Street  - Sacramento

• Special Guests: The Sacramento Children's Chorus (SCC) (Lynn Stevens, Director)
• New Commission celebrating the SCC's 20th Anniversary
• Candlelit procession
• Audience singalong
• New SCSO Home for the Holidays Christmas CD unleashed - Sponsored by Safe Credit Union

Get your tickets early for this popular family Christmas performance!

SCSO "Portals of Heaven" Concert REVIEW & PHOTOS Tell Story of a Transcendent Concert

Hearty congratulations to the SCSO for launching their 17th season with a SOLD OUT Portals of Heaven opening concert at the Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday, October 28th at 3 PM

CONCERT REVIEW - Choral Society Soars 
Sacramento Press, Mary Nares, Kati Garner - October 30, 2012

Photographer Ronnie Johnson's PHOTOS captured the beauty and inspiration provided by both the music and the lighting in the Cathedral.

Faure & Vivaldi Masterworks Featured in "Portals of Heaven" Matinee at the Cathedral

Portals of Heaven - SCSO Stained Glass Concert
October 22, 2012 Cathedral Rehearsal Photos - Courtesy of Ronnie Johnson

All Reserved and General Seats are now SOLD OUT
Limited tickets available at the door for this afternoon's concert.

Some General Seating in Front Left, Center, and Right Chapel areas with limited view of the Chorus still available - with great sound and lighting. (Reduced price of $20.00 - Students: $10.00)

Conductor Donald Kendrick and the SCSO will launch their 17th season with a performance of Fauré's soulful Requiem contrasted by Vivaldi's exuberant Gloria in a 3 PM matinee performance at the magnificently restored Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament on Sunday, October 28th.

Donald Kendrick conducts the Sacramento Choral Society in their Stained Glass concert at the Cathedral

Summer Sing 2012 Photos Celebrate Great Music and Community

It was such a pleasure to reconnect and sing the FAURE REQUIEM at
SUMMER SING 2012 on August 9th at St. John's Lutheran Church in Sacramento.

These photos by SCSO Photographer Ronnie Johnson tell a great story
of the joy that singing great music brings to all of us.

Congratulations and thanks to everyone . . . especially to the SCSO Chorus Operations Team and
St. John's Lutheran Church for reaching out so well and so regularly to our Community.

Music, Joy, Community - Conductor Donald Kendrick

Sacramento Choral Society SUMMER SING 2012 features FAURE REQUIEM

Attention Area Choristers!

The SCSO and Conductor Donald Kendrick invite you to celebrate Summer 2012
at an informal reading of a great choral work and an "instant concert" featuring the

FAURE REQUIEM
SUMMER SING 2012 Information 

Thursday, August 9, 2012 at 7 PM - St. John's Lutheran Church - 17th & L - Sacramento

Special Guest - Stephen Janzen - Baritone

Maureen Mette - Soprano

Ryan Enright, Organist

Summer Sing 2012 is co-sponsored by St. John's Lutheran Music Ministry
(Steven Johnson, Director) and the Sacramento Choral Society

Learn about Wells Fargo's amazing 2012-2013 support of the SCSO! 

Wells Fargo Invests in the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra

News Release

Wells Fargo invests $70,000 in the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra

(Click HERE for high res photo) L - R:

James McCormick, SCSO President

David Galasso, Wells Fargo Regional President

Donald Kendrick, SCSO Music Director

Sacramento, Calif., July 3, 2012 – Wells Fargo & Company (NYSE: WFC) announced today two $35,000 grants to the Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra (SCSO) to support  two large scale choral orchestral concerts for their 2012 – 2013 season. 

The funds will help underwrite the productions costs of the SCSO’s traditional annual standing-room-only Home for the Holidays concert - renamed the Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays concert - on Saturday, December 8 in Sacramento’s Memorial Auditorium. Wells Fargo also plans to underwrite the SCSO’s year-end performance, Lest We Forget - An Armed Forces Salute on Saturday May 18, 2013 (Armed Forces Day) in the Sacramento Community Center Theatre. Wells Fargo’s total underwriting for the SCSO’s 2012-2013 season will be $70,000.00.

Wells Fargo’s support will help the SCSO maintain reasonable ticket prices for families in the region. Tickets to the Wells Fargo sponsored concerts will be made available to low income families, identified through their participation in Title 1 schools, as well as to a host of Veterans in the region.

According to philanthropy experts, corporate giving is at its lowest level since the 1970s. Thanks to Wells Fargo’s outstanding concert sponsorships, the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra and Conductor Donald Kendrick appear to be bucking the trend as they head into their 2012-2013 season. A fiscally accountable arts organization since 1996, the SCSO is thrilled to partner with Wells Fargo on this level to build community through the arts.

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SCSO - NEW SPONSOR News & PHOTOS of June 16th Art Gallery Party/Fundraiser

Wow!
NEW SPONSOR FOR SACRAMENTO CHORAL SOCIETY
Sacramento Press June 16th Party Coverage - Idell O'Leary

PARTY PHOTOS - Courtesy of Ronnie Johnson

SCSO website will be updated with new 2012-2013 season information soon.

Celebrating Music, Friendship and Community - SCSO style

Thanks for joining us at our June 16th party.
We had a blast!
Raising a Voice for the Arts Party/Fundraiser

Hosted by SCSO Conductor Donald Kendrick
 

Saturday, June 16th - 7:00 - 9:30 PM

REVIEWS & PHOTOS: June 2nd SCSO "European Traditions" Concert at Fremont Presbyterian Church

Concert Review: Stained Glass Concert Two: European Traditions - June 2, 2012
Dick Frantzreb - Sacramento Choral Calendar


A Dazzling Tradition with the Sacramento Choral Society"
European Traditions June 2nd Concert Photo Review
Sacramento Press, Idell O'Leary & Kati Garner, June 3, 2012

SCSO Photographer Ronnie Johnson magically captured our "European Traditions" debut performance at Fremont Presbyterian Church on Saturday, June 2, 2012! Hearty thanks and congratulations to all.

Check out Ronnie's photos!

TONIGHT'S "European Traditions" Concert at Fremont Presbyterian Caps SCSO's 16th Season

Some tickets available at the door.

Plan to arrive by 7:30 PM, if possible.

Davis Soprano Featured with the Sacramento Choral Society

Jeff Hudson - Davis Enterprise, May 29, 2012

Donald Kendrick and the SCSO will celebrate the end of their 16th season with their debut in the recently renovated Sanctuary of Fremont Presbyterian Church in a program entitled European Traditions

Saturday, June 2, 2012 at 8 PM

Donald Kendrick will conductor the Chorus in the

European Traditions performance that caps the SCSO's 16th season

Fremont's new $1000.000+ Reuter Pipe Organ graces
Fremont's recently renovated Sanctuary

Dr. Ryan Enright, SCSO Accompanist and Organist at St. John's Lutheran,

will perform works by J.S. & C.P.E. Bach, Marcel  Dupre

Soprano Katherine Jolly will perform works by Vivaldi and Mozart

SCSO Chorus Members come from six different counties and are

committed to enhancing the cultural life of our Community.

English Traditions - June 2, 2012

"English Grandeur"/Belshazzar's Feast - THREE Reviews & Photos - Victory Proclaimed

SCSO's Musical Feast Feeds the Soul 
PHOTO REVIEW - SACRAMENTO PRESS
Mary Nares & Kati Garner

Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra Presents "English Grandeur"

REVIEW - SACRAMENTO GAZETTE
E. Haig

English Grandeur: A Tribute to the English Romantic Tradition
REVIEW - GOLD COUNTRY TIMES
Jennifer Benton

English Grandeur April 14th CONCERT PHOTOS
Courtesy of Ronnie Johnson.

An elated Donald Kendrick celebrates the Fall of Babylon and some amazing music-making.

The area premiere of Vaughan Williams stunning Five Mystical Songs provided an amazing contrast to the electric, vibrant, tumultuous and rarely-performed Belshazzar's Feast on the second half of the performance.

More reviews will be posted here soon.

"English Grandeur" performance celebrates SCSO's return to Sacramento Community Center Theater

Conductor Donald Kendrick and a cast of almost 300 SCSO performers will celebrate their return to the Sacramento Community Center Theater with English Grandeur, a dramatic concert celebrating music of the great English Romantic composers.

Saturday, April 14, 2012

7 PM - Pre-concert talk

8 PM - Performance

Sir William Walton 

Belshazzar's Feast 
An epic work of unparalleled passion and drama,vividly recounting the fall of Babylon and Jewish repatriation. 

Ralph Vaughan Williams

Song of Thanksgiving
Five Mystical Songs 

William Mathias
Let the People Praise Thee, O God (Music for Lady Diana's Wedding) 

Soloists:
Clayton Brainerd, Metropolitan Opera Star - Bass Baritone

Carrie Hennessey, Soprano

Special Guests:

The Sacramento Children's Chorus (Lynn Stevens Director)

The Sacramento State University Chorus

Concert Information     Tickets 

This Thursday - February 9th - SINGATHON 2012 brings Broadway Music to Sunrise Mall

THIS THURSDAY - FEBRUARY 9 - SINGATHON 2012
Annual Fundraiser features Broadway music at Sunrise Mall

Join Conductor Donald Kendrick and Members of the Sacramento Choral Society at their annual fundraiser - Singathon 2012!

     

Thursday, February 9, 2012  -  6:30 PM - 8:30 PM

 
Sunrise Mall - Citrus Heights

In front of Macy's Women's store in the Mall

Come revel in 2 hours of great Broadway tunes as the SCSO Members work off their pledges at Singathon 2012.

Help us reach our $30,000 goal to offset production, education and outreach expenses.

Come celebrate Valentine's day with Broadway love songs.
For more information: scso2005@gmail.com

(916) 536-9065

Make a Singathon 2012 donation online.

SCSO "Gift Cards for Kids" Christmas 2011 Program Soars

L-R: James McCormick, SCSO Board President, Caroline Schaefer, SCSO Board Member,
Patti Dobbins, SCSO "Gift Card for Kids" Coordinator; Nikki Williams, Children's Receiving Home;
David Ballard, CEO, Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento

SCSO "GIFT CARDS FOR KIDS" Christmas 2011 Program Soars
SCSO Members donated 133 $10.00 "Gift Cards" to the Children's Receiving Home of Sacramento to help bring a little cheer and hope all year long to the CRH's Young Charges. Warmest thanks and congratulations to everyone.