Chorale Bel Canto
Performance History

Date Repertoire Soloists and Supporting Organizations
1st Season
12-04-1982
Handel: Messiah
Jean Gothold, Pat Reed, Pauline Kennedy. Christine Nelson, Russ Litchfield, Chuck Hernandez, Bill Walker, Paul Hanzelka, Joe Price
02-20-1983
Haydn: Harmonie Messe
Jean Gothold, Pat Reed, Christine Nelson, Chuck Hernandez, Joe Sundstrom, Rio Hondo Symphony
03-05-1983
J. S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Ein’ feste Burg, BWV 80
Jean Gothold, Pat Reed, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Joe Sundstrom, Rod Gilfry
06-01-1983
Gilbert and Sullivan
P. D. Q. Bach: The Seasonings, S. 1/2 tsp.
Jean Gothold, Debbie Accosta, Eddie Moore, Diana Sundstrom, Marcia Biang, Anne Herman, Sue Moore, Jeff Brown, Chuck Hernandez, Joe Sundstrom, Paul Hanzelka, Larry McKenna, Ken Orr, Gary Davis
2nd Season
10-30-1983
Ralph Vaughan Williams: In Windsor Forest
12-16-1983
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Handel: Messiah, part 1
Carols of the season
Jean GothoId. Eddie Moore, Pat Reed, Christine Nelson, Chuck Hernandez, Joe Moore, Larry Ferguson
03-03-1984
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Michael Sells, Joe Sundstrom, Bill Walker, Rod Gilfry, Ken Orr
05-19-1984
Arthur Honegger: King David
Darius Milhaud: La création du monde
Jean Gothold, Ada Groen, Chuck Hernandez, Joe Sundstrom, Bill Walker
3rd Season
10-13-1984
Rogers and Hammerstein
Jean Gothold. Ada Groen, Eddie Moore, Bill Walker, Tanya Fries
12-09-1984
Handel: Messiah sing along
Jean Gothold, Pat Reed, Christine Nelson, Ada Groen, Donna Nesheim, Bill Walker, Ken Orr, Bob Voris
12-22-1984
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Vivaldi: Gloria
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Laurie Dillon, Christine Osburn, Donna Nesheim, Marcia Biang, Loren Filbreck
03-09-1985
J. S. Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11; Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Jean Gothold, Sally Hagener, Iris Harris, Patrick Jolly, Rod GiIfry
05-11-1985
Mozart: Requiem
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Bin Walker, Rod Gilfry
4th Season (Stephen Gothold in Europe)
10-26-1985
Duruflé: Requiem
Kathie Freeman, Daniel Schultz
Wes Reed, conductor
12-21-1985
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Carols of the season
Joan Beaumier, Eddie Moore, Pat Reed, Christine Nelson, Marcia Siang, Bill Walker, Jeff Brown
Eric Nelson, conductor
03-08-1986
J. S. Bach: Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227; Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Kimberly Altman, Karen Anacker, Bill Walker, Rod Gilfry
Gordon Paine, conductor
05-17-1986
Folk Songs and Spirituals
Peggy Sears, Christine Nelson, Thomas Randle, Hector Vasquez
Ron Kean, conductor
5th Season
10-19-1986
English Cathedral Music
Sally Hagener, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Jeff Brown, Bob Browning, Eric Nelson
12-06-1986
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Lewis Landau
03-21-1987
J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Thomas Randle, Bill Walker, Kenneth Knight, Rod Gilfry
05-17-1987
Brahms: German Requiem
Jean Gothold, Rod Gilfry
6th Season
10-25-1987
Music of Mozart and Stravinsky
Jean Gothold, Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Lewis Landau
12-05-1987
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
John Rutter: Gloria
Carols of the season
12-13-1987
Handel: Messiah sing along
Jean Gothold, Darcy Eliason, Beverly Crain, Christine Nelson, Dan Lanham, Pat Brown, Lewis Landau
03-05-1988
J. S. Bach: Wir danken dir, Gott, BWV 29; Meine Seel erhebt den Herren, BWV 10
Jean Gothold, Christine Nelson, Dan Lanham, Gordon Ramsey
05-21-1988
Pops Concert
WC Community Arts School Chorus, Christine Osburn, Wes Reed, Mary Hanson, Boyd Mott, Larry McKenna, Mas Nishibayashi, David Price, Stephen Gothold
7th Season
10-23-1988
Great Anthems
Jean Gothold, Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Mariana Sales, Torri Deming, Jeff Brown, Bob Browning, Bill Walker, Gordon Ramsey
12-20-1988
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Vivaldi: Gloria
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman
3-5-1989
Haydn: Creation
Jean Gothold, Thomas Randle, Ed Levy
4-22-1989
J. S. Bach: Gloria in excelsis Deo, BWV 191; Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78
Janice Walker, Eddie Moore, Marcia Biang, Bill Walker, Gordon Ramsey
8th Season
10-22-1989
Festival of American Music
Brian Asawa
12-19-1989
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Handel: Messiah, part 1
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Paul Harms, Lewis Landau
3-24-1990
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Bruce Johnson, Bill Walker, Ed Levy, Norman Goss
6-1-1990
6-2-1990
Verdi: Requiem
Maurita Phillips-Thornbough, Debbie Cree, Paul Harms, Thomas Wilcox, Saddleback Chorale
9th Season
10-27-1990
10-28-1990
Carl Orff, Carmina Burana
Dedication of Whittier College Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts
Jean Gothold, Alan Brightbill, Tom Enders, Rio Hondo Symphony
12-9-1990
Handel: Messiah sing along
Eddie Moore, Jane Moody, Christine Nelson, Pat Brown, Jeff Brown, Gordon Ramsey
12-14-1990
A Cappella Christmas Concert
Lisa Burnett, Jeff Brown, Pat Brown, Marcia Biang, Gordon Ramsey, Ron Cobb, Elaine Dukesherer, Eric Nelson, Jui-lin Praetorius
4-13-1991
4-14-1991
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Maurita Phillips-Thornburgh, Kathie Freeman, Bruce Johnson
6-6-1991
6-7-1991
Rodgers and Hammerstein
10th Season
10-26-1991
10-27-1991
Mozart: Davide penitente; motets
Maurita Phillips-Thornburgh, Jean Gothold, Al Brightbill
12-8-1991
Handel: Messiah sing along
Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Dan Stover, Gordon Ramsey
12-14-1991
12-15-1991
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Ottorino Respighi: Laud to the Nativity
Carols of the season
Kristi Peterson, Diane Wallace, Bill Walker
3-28-1992
3-29-1992
German and Latin Magnificats
Jean Gothold, Diane Wallace, Bruce Johnson, Kevin Bell
6-6-1992
6-7-1992
Brahms: Requiem; Alto Rhapsody
Mary Rawcliffe, Nina Hinson, Michel Warren Bell
11th Season
10-24-1992
10-25-1992
A Concert of English Music
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Bruce Johnson, Michel Warren Bell
12-6-1992
Handel: Messiah sing along
Jean Gothold, Eddie Moore, Beverly Crain, Christine Nelson, Iris Harris, Bill Walker, Gordon Ramsey
12-14-1992
12-15-1992
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Heinrich Schütz: Christmas Oratorio
Carols of the season
Mary Rawcliffe, Bruce Johnson
2-21-1993
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Jean Gothold, Rio Hondo Symphony
3-27-1993
3-28-1993
J. S. Bach: Nun Komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 61??? 62???; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Eddie Moore, Janice Walker, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Gordon Ramsey
5-15-1993
5-16-1993
Folk Songs from America and Around the World
A Gershwin Portrait
Andrew Lloyd Webber: Sing Out!
Chorale members
12th Season
10-30-1993
John Rutter: Requiem
Frank Martin: Ode à la Musique
Paul Hindemith: In Praise of Music
Victoria Strong, Janice Walker, Bill Walker, Eric Nelson
12-5-1993
Handel: Messiah sing along
Pollyanne Baxter, Iris Harris, Mike Tyler, Bob Voris
12-18-1993
12-19-1993
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Anders Öhrwall: The Three Kings
Carols of the season
Chorale members
4-15-1994
4-16-1994
J. S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230; Mass in G, BWV 236; Brandenburg Concerto no. 3, BWV 1048
Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Buddy James
5-21-1994
Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore
Opera a la Carte, Richard Sheldon, director
13th Season
10-8-1994
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
First Annual Daiku, at the Hollywood Bowl, featuring 1000 choristers from Japan and the U.S.
Japan America Symphony and Los Angeles Chamber Orchestras, Heiichiro Ohyama, conductor
12-11-1994
Handel: Messiah sing along
Eddie Moore, Kathy Osterkamp, Christine Nelson, Paul Stover, Gordon Ramsey
12-18-1994
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Vivaldi: Gloria
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Eugenia Hamilton, Daniel Wilson
2-???-1995
1st Cabaret Fundraiser
Chorale members
3-5-1995
John Rutter: Fancies
Rio Hondo Symphony
3-25-1995
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Susan Judy, Kathie Freeman, Al Brightbill, Kenneth Knight
5-20-1995
Festival of American Music
Gordon Myers: God’s Trombones
Randall Thompson: Frostiana
Brinetta Thomas Hudson, James Sanders
14th Season
10-28-1995
10-29-1995
Sacred Music at Crossroads
Chorale members, Cantori Sine Nomine
12-10-1995
Handel: Messiah sing along
Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker, Mark Bistricky, Gordon Ramsey
12-17-1995
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Janice Walker, Lucy Lozano, Elaine Dukesherer, Christine Nelson, Bill Walker
2-24-1996
2nd Cabaret Fundraiser
Chorale members
4-21-1996
Handel: Messiah
Virginia Sublett, Martha Jane Weaver, Mark Goodrich, Lewis Landau
5-18-1996
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Opera a la Carte, Richard Sheldon, director
15th Season
10-26-1996
10-27-1996
Music of the Romantic Era
Christine Nelson
12-14-1996
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Christina Purcell, Eddie Moore, Janice Walker, Christine Nelson
2-9-1997
Howard Hanson: The Lament for Beowulf
Rio Hondo Symphony
2-15-1997
3rd Cabaret Fundraiser
4-5-1997
J. S. Bach: St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jean Gothold, Sarona Sowa, Bruce Johnson, Steven Dunham, Lewis Landau, Andrew Wulff
Southern California Children's Chorus, Lori Loftus, director
5-18-1997
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Mikado
Opera a la Carte, Richard Sheldon, director
5-30-1997
Dedication of SkyRose Chapel
Rose Hills Memorial Park, Whittier, California
16th Season
11-8-1997
Music of the Pacific Rim
Michio Miyagi: Nichiren
Koto String Society, Kazue Kudo, director
Peter Schmidt, baritone
11-23-1997
An Afternoon of Koto Music
Performed in the Japan America Theater, Little Tokyo District, Los Angeles, California
12-???-1997
Christmas at La Mirada Civic Theatre
12-13-1997
Christmas Concert at SkyRose Chapel
12-14-1997
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Charpentier: Midnight Mass
Songs and carols from the Americas
Jean Gothold, Eddie Moore, Christine Nelson, Gerald Craft, Randy Guiaya, Gordon Ramsey, Elaine Dukesherer
2-7-1998
4th Cabaret Fundraiser
Chorale members
3-21-1998
3-22-1998
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
Jean Gothold, Janice Walker, Eddie Moore, Karen Jantzen, Leslie Stapp, Jeff Brown, Robert Mann, Gerald Craft, Gerhard Schaefer, Bob Browning, Seamus Lagan, Gordon Ramsey
5-16-1998
A Concert of Remembrance
Mozart: Requiem
James Hopkins: Songs of Eternity
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Mark Goodrich, Wayne Shepperd
17th Season
10-30-1998
Rachmaninoff: All Night Vigil
Jordan Bennett
12-5-1998
12-6-1998
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Hodie
Carols of the season
12-21-1998
Christmas Concert at Sky Rose Chapel
2-13-1999
5th Cabaret fundraiser
3-20-1999
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Jean Gothold, Sarona Farrell, Jonathan Mack, Andrew Wulff
5-22-1999
All Gershwin Concert
Karen LaCroix, Wayne Sheppard
5-25-1999
The Music of James Hopkins
First United Methodist Church of Pasadena Chancel Choir, Good Shepherd United Methodist Church of Arcadia Chancel Choir
18th Season
10-16-1999
10-17-1999
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Charles-Marie Widor: Mass, Opus 36
Peter Hallock: The Last Judgment
Mark Beesom, Ropert Lopez
12-4-1999
12-5-1999
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
William Matthias: Ave Rex
John Rutter: Gloria
Holst: Christmas Day
1-17-2000
Organ Alive
Choirs of Pasadena First United Methodist Church and Pasadena Presbyterian Church
Frederick Swann, principal organist, Los Angeles First Congregational Church
2-6-2000
Verdi: Opera choruses
Rio Hondo Symphony Orchestra
3-25-2000
J. S. Bach: Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4; Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Jean Gothold, Karen Bourgaize, Leslie Inman Sabreda, Father John Schiarone, Robert Lopez
5-20-2000
5-21-2000
Haydn: The Creation
Jean Gothold, MaryBeth Haag, Cynthia Crass, Randy Guiaya, Robert Lopez
19th Season
10-28-2000
11-5-2000
Carl Orff: Carmina Burana
Jean Gothold, Rio Hondo Symphony
12-2-2000
12-3-2000
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Carols of the season
Jean Gothold, Mary Beth Haag
2-31-2000
Whittier's First Night
Whittier First Friends Church
2-10-2001
6th Cabaret fundraiser
3-24-2001
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Richard Kennedy, Jean Gothold, Martha Jane Weaver, Pablo Cora, Wayne Shepperd
5-21-2001
6-2-2001
A Concert of American Music
Imperial Valley Choral Society, Linda L. Brown, music director
May 21 concert performed in the Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts, Whittier, California
June 2 concert performed in the Southwest Theater for the Performing Arts at Southwest High School, El Centro, California
20th Season
10-27-2001
Mozart: Requiem; Symphony no. 40; motets
Jean Gothold, Kathie Freeman, Jonathan Mack, Richard Lewis
12-1-2001
Concert of Carols
12-9-2001
Handel: Messiah sing along
Elaine Dukesherer, Edna Moore, Christine Nelson, Vickie Brown, Douglas Chronister, Jeff Lutgen, Gordon Ramsey
2-9-2002
7th Cabaret fundraiser
4-13-2002
Handel: Samson
Jonathan Mack, Robert Lopez, Jean Gothold, Wayne Shepperd, Martha Jane Weaver, Corey Carlton
5-16-2002
Igor Stravinsky: Symphony of Psalms
Howard Hanson: Sea Symphony
21st Season
11-2-2002
The Spirit of America
Works of William Billings, William Schuman, James Hopkins, Randall Thompson, and Alice Parker
12-7-2002
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Z. Randall Stroope: Hodie
Carols of the season
3-8-2003
Expressions on Dying and Faith in the Baroque
Monteverdi: Beatus Vir
Heinrich Schütz: Musicalische Exequien
J. S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229
Jean Gothold, Karen Bourgaize, Vickie Brown, Gerald Craft, Paul Shikany, Scott Graff
5-17-2003
Benjamin Britten: War Requiem
Cynthia Clayton, Jonathan Mack, Hector Vásquez, Southern California Children’s Concert Chorus (Lori Loftus, director), Del Gesu String Quartet, First United Methodist Church of Pasadena Chancel Choir
22nd Season
10-25-2003
10-26-2003
Leonard Bernstein: Mass
Leland Vail, celebrant; Children and Youth Singers, David Carter, director. October 25 concert performed at Ruth B. Shannon Center for the Performing Arts. October 26 concert performed at First Congregational Church, Long Beach, California
12-13-2003
Christmas in the Americas
Conrad Susa: Carols and Lullabies (Christmas in the Southwest)
Gwyneth Walker: Appalachian Carols
2-7-2004
Schubert ???
2-14-2004
8th Cabaret Fundraiser
Chorale members
5-8-2004
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Combined choirs of Whittier College choir and Chorale Bel Canto
Jean Gothold, Erin Colwitz, N. Lincoln Hanks, Chung Uk Lee
23rd Season
10-30-2004
Festival of Choral and Orchestral Music
Mozart: Vesperae solennes de confessore
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
12-11-2004
Christmas Around the World
Rick Lopez, David Montoya
2-???-2005
9th Cabaret Fundraiser
Chorale members
3-19-2005
Music of Faith, Hope and Healing: Cantatas of the Leipzig Master
J. S. Bach: Herr, wie du willt, so schicks mit mir, BWV 73; Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme*, BWV 140
Jennifer Goltz, Gerald Craft, Chung Uk Lee
6-3-2005
6-5-2005
Gerald Near: Apostrophe to the Celestial Spheres: The Spacious Firmament on High
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
Combined choirs of St. Matthew’s Parish of Pacific Palisades, First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, and Chorale Bel Canto
June 3 concert conducted by Thomas Neenan
June 5 concert conducted by Stephen Gothold
Rachelle Fox, Diane Plaster, Sara Campbell, Tim De Witt, Ron Anderson
24th Season
10-23-2005
Arthur Honegger: King David
Bill Ratner, narrator
MaryBeth Haag, Elizabeth Lauritsen, Cynthia Crass, Graydon Beeks, Natanyel Bohm-Levine
12-17-2005
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Vivaldi: Gloria
Nicole Kaplan, Sara Campbell
2-??-2006
10th Cabaret Fundraiser
Chorale members
3-25-2006
The Spirit of Music and the Music of the Spirit
Monteverdi: Cantate Domino; Magnificat
Heinrich Schütz: Veni sancte Spiritus; So fahr ich hin zu Jesu Christ; Herr, nun lässet du deinen Diener in Frieden fahren; Selig sind die Toten
J. S. Bach: Der Geist hilft unserer Scwachheit auf, BWV 226
Elizabeth Huttner, Sarah Varga, Elaine Dukesherer, Gerald Craft, Graham Fenton, Pieter Goedhart
5-13-2006
5-14-2006
Mozart: Mass in C Minor
March 13 concert performed at First United Methodist Church of Pasadena
Chancel Choir of First United Methodist Church of Pasadena, Jennifer Goltz, MaryBeth Haag, Graham Fenton, Ronald Anderson
25th Season
10-29-2006
A Feast of American Music
Ernest Bloch: Concerto Grosso no. 1 for string orchestra and piano
James Hopkins: Five Early American Hymn Tunes
Gwyneth Walker: Dances and Dreams
John Corigliano: Fern Hill
Sara Campbell, mezzo-soprano; Cynthia Pearson, pianist; University of La Verne Chorale
12-16-2006
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
John Rutter: Gloria
Carols of the season
Chorale Bel Canto celebrates its 100th concert
3-5-2007
25th Anniversary Gala
The Summit House, Fullerton, California
3-25-2007
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Jennifer Goltz, Carin Gilfry, Greg Gallagher, Scott Johnson
6-3-2007
Of War and Peace
Haydn: Mass in Time of War (Paukenmesse)
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Dona Nobis Pacem
Jennifer Goltz, Cynthia Crass, Leland Vail, Andrew Carter
26th Season
10-26-2007
10-27-2007
Duruflé: Requiem
Benjamin Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Cantori Sine Nomine, Rio Hondo College Chamber Singers, Linda West Brown, organist
12-???-2007
Christmas With Chorale Bel Canto
Francis Poulenc: Gloria
Songs and carols of Christmas
First United Methodist Church Pasadena Chancel Choir, Lisa Wall-Urgero, soprano
3-2-2008
Beethoven: Symphony no. 9
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Rio Hondo Symphony, Wayne Reinecke, conductor
4-19-2008
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion, BWV 245
Paul Shikany, evangelist
5-31-2008
Copland: Choruses from The Tender Land; A Lincoln Portrait
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Bill Ratner, narrator; Nita Whittaker, soprano; Ralph Cato, baritone
27th Season
Fall
Gabrieli: In ecclesiis
Monteverdi: Beatus vir
Hugo Distler: Wo Gott zum Haus nit gibt sein Gunst
Benjamin Britten: Hymn to St. Cecilia
Peter Hallock: The Last Judgment
Cantori Sine Nomine
Corey Carleton, Kristin Toedtman, Gerald Craft, Nathan Gunter
Christmas
???
3-22-2009
J. S. Bach: Brandenburg Concerto no. 1, BWV 1046; Liebster Gott, wenn werd ich sterben?, BWV 8; Komm, Jesu, komm, BWV 229; Jesu, der du meine Seele, BWV 78
Corey Carleton, soprano; Kristen Toedtman, alto; Gerald Craft, tenor; Stephen Anasatasia, bass
5-30-2009
Michael Tippet: A Child of Our Time
Melissa McIntosh-Landis, soprano; Carin Gilfry, mezzo; Andy Carter, tenor; Ralph Cato, bass; First United Methodist Church Pasadena Chancel Choir
28th Season
10-31-2009
11-1-09
Around the World in 80 Minutes: Music from Five Continents
Cantori Sine Nomine
12-12-2009
12-13-2009
Christmas With Chorale Bel Canto
Ottorino Respighi: Laud to the Nativity
Songs and carols of Christmas
Lisa Wall-Urgero, soprano; Melissa McIntosh-Landis, soprano; Andrew Carter, tenor
3-27-2010
J. S. Bach: Orchestral Suite no. 2 in B Minor, BWV 1067; Wachet! Betet!, BWV 70; Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11
Danilo Lozano, flute; Corey Carleton, soprano; Laura Harrison, mezzo; Timothy Gonzales, tenor; Chung Uk Lee, bass
5-22-2010
Mendelssohn: Elijah
Melissa McIntosh-Landis, soprano; Carin Gilfry, mezzo; Alvin Brightbill, tenor; Ralph Cato, bass; Chrissa Hayes, the youth; Rio Hondo College Chamber Choir; First United Methodist Church Pasadena Chancel Choir
29th Season
10-3-2010
An Evening of Rodgers and Hammerstein
Victoria Strong, soprano; Douglas Carpenter, tenor; Michael G. Hawkins, baritone
12-11-2010
12-2010
Christmas With Chorale Bel Canto
Anders Öhrwall: The Music of Mary
Songs and carols of Christmas
Oak Mesa School Chorus, Deborah Waas, conductor
2-7-2011
Mark Garrabrant Celebration
John Rutter: Gloria
Garrabrant: Medley of Christmas Carols
CSUF Brass Ensemble
3-19-2011
Monteverdi: 1610 Vespers
Corey Carleton, Claire Fedoruk, sopranos; Carin Gilfry, alto; Michael Lichtenauer, Gerald Craft, tenors; Jay Tuttle, Scott Graff, basses
5-21-2011
Verdi: Requiem
Erin Wood, soprano; Tracy Cox, mezzo; Timothy Gonzales, tenor; Matthew Anchel, bass; Rio Hondo College Chamber Choir; First United Methodist Church Pasadena Chancel Choir
30th Season
10-30-2011
Gilbert and Sullivan: The Pirates of Penzance
Richard Sheldon and Opera a la Carte
12-15-2011
12-16-2011
Christmas With Chorale Bel Canto
Handel: Messiah, part 1
Songs and carols of Christmas
Corey Carleton, Cynthia Crass, Andrew Carter, Chung Uk Lee
3-19-2012
J. S. Bach: Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
Corey Carleton, Carin Gilfry, Michael Lichtenauer, Chung Uk Lee
5-19-2012
Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
Melissa McIntosh-Landis, Joseph Lim, Rio Hondo Chamber Singers, First United Methodist Church Pasadena Chancel Choir
31st Season
10-20-2012
The Poet's Voice: Part Songs from Three Centuries
Brahms: Four Songs for Womens Voices (Linda Brown, conductor)
James Hopkins: The Rosetti Songs
Whitacre: Water Night
Ellie Choate, harp
12-15-2012
Christmas With Chorale Bel Canto
Benjamin Britten: Ceremony of Carols
Jan Pieterszoon Sweelinck: Hodie Christus natus est
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Carols of the season
Men’s Chorus and Women’s Ensemble, Bonita District Honor Choir, Deborah Waas, conductor
Linda West Brown, Jaclyn Nunez, Jeanne Smith, Michael Fausto
4-6-2013
J. S. Bach: Meine Seele erhebt den Herrn, BWV 10, Magnificat in D, BWV 243
Corey Carleton, Laura Harrison, Daniel Babcock, Chung Uk Lee
6-1-2013
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy, op. 80; Mass in C, op. 86
Junko Ueno Garrett, piano
Tamara Bevard, Adelaide Sinclair, Andrew Carter, Harold Clousing
Summer 2013
Salute to Valor
In Honolulu, Hawaii
32nd Season
10-26-2013
Love Songs Through the Ages
Madrigals, part songs, popular songs, and Beatles medley
Nelson: Three Mountain Ballads (Linda Brown, conductor)
Benjamin Britten: The Ballad of Little Musgrave and Lady Barnard
Eric Whitacre: A Boy and a Girl
12-7-2013
Christmas With Chorale Bel Canto
Vivaldi: Gloria
Edward Zeliff: Come to the Child; Who Are You, My Little One
Eric Whitacre: Lux aurumque
Carols of the season
Corey Carleton, Elizabeth Landinsky
4-6-2014
J. S. Bach: Ascension Oratorio, BWV 11, Ein feste Burg, BWV 80
Tamara Bevard
6-6-2014
6-7-2014
America Sings
Randall Thompson: Testament of Freedom; Frostiana
Copland: Choruses from The Tender Land
Gershwin: Porgy and Bess
Claremont Chorale, Gregory Norton, conductor
33rd Season
10-26-2014
Gilbert and Sullivan: H.M.S. Pinafore
Opera a la Carte
12-6-2014
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
John Rutter: Gloria
Carols of the season
3-28-2015
Music of the Bach Family
J. S. Bach: Lobet den Herrn, BWV 230; Singet dem Herrn, BWV 225??? 190???
Heinrich Bach: Ich danke dir, Gott
Johann Bach: Sei nun wieder zufrieden
Johann Chiristoph Bach: Es erhub sich ein Streit
Cantori Sine Nomine, Elaine Dukesherer, Karen Bourgaize, Marcia Biang, Jeff Brown, David Volckmann
6-16-2015
Gian Carlo Menotti: The Unicorn, the Gorgon, and the Manticore
Great opera choruses
Cantori Sine Nomine, dancers from Artists Plus Productions, soloists from Redlands Opera Theatre
34th Season
10-24-2015
A Fall Holiday Festival
Music commemorating Halloween, Dia de los Muertos, All Saints’ Day, and All Souls’ Day
Elaine Dukesherer, Scott Lehmkuhl, Marco Mejia
12-5-2015
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Handel: Messiah, part 1
Songs and carols of Christmas
Lisa Wall-Urgero, Carin Gilfry, Michael Fausto, Chung Uk Lee
4-2-2016
J. S. Bach: Komm, Jesu, Komm, BWV 229; Bleib bei uns, BWV 6; Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Corey Carlton, Nike St. Clair, Gerald Craft, Chung Uk Lee
5-14-2016
A Mystical Journey
Ralph Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Mozart: Requiem
Anthony Moreno, baritone
35th Season
10-22-2016
It’s the Water!
Works of Monteverdi, Samuel Barber, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Eric Whitacre
Folk songs and spirituals
Kate Leung, Jeff Lutgen
12-10-2016
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Ariel Ramirez: Navidad Nuestra
Traditional carols
Michael Fausto, Elaine Dukesherer
3-17-2017
How the Reformation Changed Music: A 500th Anniversary Perspective
Songs, hymns, and motets inspired by the work of Martin Luther, from the early Reformation to the time of J. S. Bach
Chung Uk Lee, Argenta Walther, Michael Fausto, Stephanie Lynn Aston
5-13-2017
From the American Songbook
Works of Irving Berlin, Cole Porter, Duke Ellington, George Gershwin, Kander and Ebb, Stephen Sondheim, and Billy Joel
Lisa Wall-Urgero, Mario Hidalgo
36th Season
10-21-2017
The American Choral Legacy
Works of Williametta Spencer, Morton Lauridsen, Eric Whitacre, and Shawn Kirchner
12-9-2017
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Camille Saint-Saëns: Christmas Oratorio
Carols of the season
Amber Peters, Angel Yu McKay, Linda West Brown, Michael Fausto, Scott Lehmkuhl
2-17-2017
Afternoon Tea with Chorale Bel Canto
Music of Gilbert and Sullivan
English Parlor Songs
Tamara Bevard, Cynthia Crass, Michael Fausto, Alan Freeman, Scott Lehmkuhl
3-17-2018
Two Bachs: Johann Sebastian and P. D. Q.
J. S. Bach: Liebster Gott, wan werd ich sterben, BWV 8; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7
P. D. Q. Bach: The Seasonings, S. 1/2 tsp.
Tamara Bevard, Nike St. Clair, Jon Lee Keenan, Scott Graff
5-12-2018
French Masterworks
Darius Milhaud: La création du monde
Arthur Honneger: King David
Dennis Houser, narrator
Bren Altenbach, Lisa Wall-Urgero, Cynthia Crass, Michael Fausto
37th Season
10-26-2018
James Whitbourn: Annelies
Lisa Wall-Urgero
12-8-2018
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Handel: Messiah, part 1
Songs and carols of the season
Christina Borgioli, Elizabeth Anderson, Michael Fausto, James Martin Schaefer, La Habra High School Chamber Singers
1-13-2019
Memorial Concert in Honor of Stephen A. Gothold
Ennio Morricone: Gabriel’s Oboe
Duruflé: Ubi Caritas
Williametta Spencer: Death Be Not Proud
Frank Ticheli: There Will Be Rest
J. S. Bach: Sicilano from Flute Sonata in E-flat, BWV 1031
John Rutter: Requiem
Cantori Sine Nomine; Lisa Wall-Urgero, soprano; Holly Patterson, oboe; Mary Oppermann, flute; Russ Litchfield, organ; Greg Adamson, cello; Ellie Choate, harp
3-16-2019
J. S. Bach: Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, BWV 147, Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit, BWV 226, Brandenburg Concerto no. 2 in F, BWV 1047
Chelsea Chavez, Erin Theodorakis, Michael Fausto, Chung Uk Lee; Steve Billington, trumpet; Sam Yoon, violin; Scott Reese, oboe; Mary Oppermann,flute
6-1-2019
Dan Forrest: Jubilate Deo
Lisa Wall-Urgero, Erin Theodorakis
38th Season
10-26-2019
Oktoberfest Fundraiser: Beer, Brats, and Ballads
12-7-2019
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
J. S. Bach: Christmas Oratorio, BWV 248, part 1
Carols of the season
Rebecca Tomlinson, Erin Theodorakis, Todd Strange, James Martin Schaefer
39th Season
12-2020
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Virtual concert: video here
5-2021
Singin' and Swingin'
Virtual concert
40th Season
12-04-2021
A Brass Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
John Rutter: Gloria
Daniel Pinkham: Christmas Cantata
Carols of the season
Jaclyn Koelsch, Edna Moore, Stefanie Brignoni
Whittier Children's Chorus
3-12-2022
Singin' and Swingin'
Swing music of the 1930s and 1940s
Big Band Theory
Performed at Wray Theater, Rio Hondo College
5-14-2022
Psalms for the Soul
Leonard Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Psalm settings
Whittier College Choirs, Chaffey College Chamber Choir, La Habra High School Chamber Singers
Jackson Rochwerg, Maeve Hutchins, Vickie Brown, Michael Fausto, Seamus Lagan
41st Season
12-3-2022
Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Vivaldi: Gloria; "Winter" from The Four Seasons
Songs and carols of the season
3-18-2023
From Here to Eternity
J. S. Bach: Gottes Zeit ist die allerbeste Zeit, BWV 106
Morten Lauridsen: Lux aeterna
Erin Theodorakis, Michael Fausto, James Martin Schaefer
5-20-2023
Dance and Romance
Brahms: Liebeslieder Waltzes, Op. 52
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco: Romancero Gitano
Edward Sywulka and Nicholas Galinaitis, pianists
Sam Hines, gutarist
Jeanne Smith, Michael Fausto, Jill Redding, Edna Moore, Brent Almond, Jeff Lutgen, Seamus Lagan
42nd Season
12-2-2023
An English Christmas with Chorale Bel Canto
Lisa Wall-Urgero, James Martin Schaefer
2-24-2024
Fundraiser: The Sun, the Moon, and the Stars
Chorale members
3-16-2024
Bach to the Future: Cantatas Debuted 300 Years Ago
J. S. Bach: Was Gott tut, das ist wohlgetan, BWV 99; Christ unser Herr zum Jordan kam, BWV 7; Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Stephanie Aston, Argenta Walther, Michael Fausto, Luc Kleiner
5-18-2024
Picnic of the World
Folk songs from around the globe