Season 2023-24
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Ars Choralis announces its new season with 3 holiday programs in December, including a free New Year’s Eve Concert, a premiere of Missa per Concordiam, a new work by Eric Delsen in March, and Carmina Burana by Carl Orff in June. More details on locations and ticket sales will be announced in September.
Hot Chocolate
A holiday concert for children
December 3, 2023 @ 3pm
Hot Chocolate, the first of our holiday presentations, is based on the book “Hot Chocolate Weather” by American author Elizabeth Castro. In this free concert, designed for children, the story is told in words and pictures with the help of Ars Choralis singers and the Bennett School Jazz Band.
Welcome Yule
December 9 @ 7pm
December 10 @ 4pm
Ars Choralis’s annual Welcome Yule program features Bach’s Magnificat and more. Details to come.
New Year’s Eve Concert
Concert for Peace
December 31, 2023 @ 6pm
In keeping with an Ars Choralis tradition of offering free programs on December 31st that have themes of peace, respect for one another and inclusiveness, we will craft a concert centered on peace and justice for all.
Missa per Concordiam
March 16, 2024 @ 7pm
March 17, 2024 @ 4pm
Ars Choralis presents the U.S. premiere of Eric Delson’s Missa per Concordiam, written for the Brussels Choral Society in commemoration of Delson’s 20th year as Musical Director. Medieval, Renaissance, Baroque and Romantic gestures can be found throughout, lending the work a historical grounding while bringing ‘concordant’ harmonies to the traditional mass structure and promoting harmony and unity among people.
Carmina Burana
June 22, 2024 @ 7pm
June 23, 2024 @ 4pm
Composed in 1936 by Carl Orff, Carmina Burana is based on 24 poems of the medieval “Carmina Burana”. They cover a wide range of topics, as familiar in the 13th century as they are in the 21st: the fickleness of fortune and wealth, the ephemeral nature of life, the joy of the return of spring and the pleasures and perils of drinking, gluttony, gambling, and lust. Performed in a version with two pianos and tympani.