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Season Tckets - Elemental Forces

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Tickets will be held at will-call for either performance. Contact choral administrator with any questions at sacredprofane@gmail.com.

2018-19 SEASON: ELEMENTAL FORCES

Heavenly Spheres: Sacred Songs of the Night Sky

Gaze into the stars with Sacred and Profane as we sing sacred works about the night sky. This ethereal program will feature works by Hildegard, Victoria, Lange-Müller, Grieg, Olsson, Kverno, and Poulenc. We will also sing exciting pieces by living composers, including Shawn Crouchs The Light of the Common Day, Nico Muhlys Bright Star Carol, and Jonathan Doves Seek Him That Maketh the Seven Stars. We are thrilled to be joined by the renowned organist Jonathan Dimmock for this moving holiday concert.

Friday, December 14th, 8 PM
St. Marks Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
https://heavenly-spheres-berkeley.brownpapertickets.com

Sunday, December 16th, 4 PM
St. Marks Lutheran Church
1111 OFarrell Street, San Francisco
https://heavenly-spheres-sf.brownpapertickets.com

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The American Landscape: Traditional Music and Art of the United States

Travel the highways and byways of this vast country as we delve into the diversity of our unique musical and artistic landscapes. Several local visual artists will add their perspectives to our music as we bring you selections from Folksong Mass by Japanese American composer Paul Chihara, arrangements of Amish folksongs by Mark Templeton, African American spirituals arranged by Moses Hogan and Stacey Gibbs, and traditional Quaker and American Harp songs arranged by Jocelyn Hagen, Alice Parker, and Shawn Kirchner. Our Alameda performance will be and interdisciplinary experience free to the public, featuring an exhibit on the theme of the American landscape with works by glass artist Kim Webster, textile artist George-Ann Bowers, painter MiChelle Fredrick, mixed-media artists Åke and Leslie Grundits, and others, supported by a generous grant from the City of Alameda.

Friday, March 8th, 8 PM
St. Francis Lutheran Church
152 Church Street, San Francisco
https://american-landscapes-sf.brownpapertickets.com

Saturday, March 9th, 8 PM
St. Marks Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
https://american-landscapes-brk.brownpapertickets.com

Sunday, March 10th, 7 PM
First Presbyterian Church of Alameda
2001 Santa Clara Ave, Alameda
RSVP: https://american-landscapes-alameda.brownpapertickets.com

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A Star of the First Magnitude: Contemporary Women Composers

Women are writing exciting, expressive, and important music, and yet remain sorely underrepresented in traditional concert programming. Sacred and Profane is thrilled to bring you a concert of music written by women all living and working composers except for the original feminist composer: 11th century abbess Hildegard von Bingen. Our concert will feature Quilt Songs, a collection of pieces inspired by quilts and composed by Alice Parker, Libby Larsen, Gabriela Lena Frank, Ysäye Barnwell, and Carol Barnett. We will also bring you works by the Swedish composer Tina Andersson; the Russian-English composer Alissa Firsova; the American composer Caroline Mallonée; and a setting of Edith Södergrans feminist poem Triumf att finnas till by our much-championed Swedish composer, Karin Rehnqvist.

Saturday, May 18th, 8 PM
St. Marks Lutheran Church
1111 OFarrell, San Francisco
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3659297

Sunday, May 19th, 4 PM
St. Marks Episcopal Church
2300 Bancroft Way, Berkeley
https://www.brownpapertickets.com/event/3659356

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About Sacred and Profane, A Chamber Chorus: Founded in 1977, Sacred and Profane is a chamber chorus committed to the accomplished presentation of the rich and varied art of a cappella choral music. Our repertoire encompasses a diverse blend of styles and periods, including medieval through contemporary, sacred and secular, traditional, ethnic, and folk styles. We aim to provide an inspiring and educational experience for audiences and chorus members through innovative programming, intensive preparation and high quality performances presented in San Francisco and the East Bay.

www.sacredprofane.org