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San Francisco Choral Society Established in 1989, San Francisco Choral Society (SF Choral) is a nonprofit organization comprising auditioned, volunteer singers dedicated to the performance of choral masterpieces and commissioned works, accompanied by professional orchestras and soloists. SF Choral performs in the prestigious Davies Symphony Hall, historic Mission Dolores, St. Ignatius on the USF campus, and beautiful neighborhood churches such as St. Anne's, St. Paul's, and Calvary Presbyterian. SF Choral has appeared as guest artist for St. Mary's Cathedral, the San Francisco Ballet, and on local television. SFChoral has been retained to perform for corporations such as Miki, Haagen Dazs, and Tonehammer. Over the years, more than 100,000 people have attended SFChoral performances.

Mission

Inspired by the joy of singing and hearing choral music, the San Francisco Choral Society strives to be a premier symphonic chorus through the outstanding performance of choral masterpieces and new commissioned works. Infused with a commitment to excellence and education, SF Choral's professional artistic and administrative staff, soloists, and orchestras work collaboratively with all-volunteer auditioned singers to foster a vibrant, diverse, and interactive choral community, educate its singers and audiences, and extend its reach to youth.

Vision

To be a premier symphonic chorus, inspiring and enriching people's lives through the joy and power of choral music.

Membership

SFChoral comprises 150-200+ singing members for any given quarter. More than 3,000 singers have sung as members since the chorus’ inception. Current membership includes ten original members.

In 1992, SFChoral began auditions for singers who wish to join. To encourage ongoing skills development, SFChoral offers annual low-cost classes, taught by professionals or musicians to interested singers, including those who are not members.

Community Outreach

SFChoral reaches out to a broad audience, including future musicians and community leaders.

Students

To encourage the next generation of musicians, SFChoral offers high school music students the opportunity to participate in music education classes, rehearsals, and performances at no cost to them.

The corporately funded “Tickets for Kids” program offers free tickets to performances for middle school and high school students.

Audience

SFChoral also offers complimentary tickets to several Bay Area nonprofit organizations for distribution to staff and those they serve, such as Shanti, Project Open Hand, Breast Cancer Action, Hospice by the Bay, Edgewood Children's Center, and Citizens Learning In Retirement.

To enrich audience experience, concert programs include detailed program notes. When performing commissioned works, SFChoral presents on-stage interviews with the composers. Post-performance receptions often enable the audience to meet the composer and learn more about his or her music.

SFChoral's annual holiday concert is designed to appeal to people of all ages, including families with children.

Board Fellows

Since 2004 the chorus has participated in the Stanford Board Fellows program. Each year two board fellows serve on the board as non-voting members in order to learn about and participate in non-profit operation and management as part of their Masters degree program at the Stanford Graduate School of Business. In exchange for this opportunity, the board fellows undertake projects using their business skills and education to benefit the chorus and further the chorus mission. The board fellows have provided outstanding assistance in the projects they have undertaken to help the chorus with branding, logo development, website development, and e-marketing initiatives.

Artistic Directors

  • Andy Horn (1989-1992)
  • Magen Solomen (1992-1993, interim conductor)
  • Robert Geary, ASCAP award winner (December 1994-present)

Commissioned Works

In 2000, SFChoral instituted a program to expand the choral repertoire for large symphonic choruses by commissioning new works. Since then, they have commissioned the following new works for chorus and orchestra:

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