Current Season

Peace Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, November 3, 2007, 8:00 PM
Ticket prices are based on seat selection: $30, $25, $15
 

Joined by the Greenville Symphony Orchestra, the Chorale opens the season with Franz J. Haydn's powerful Missa in anquistiis (Lord Nelson Mass). With soloists Kathryn Rhyne, soprano, Lucie Svatonova, mezzo, Keith Jameson, tenor, and David Parker, baritone, the Chorale brings to life this classic Haydn concert mass.

After intermission, the Chorale and brave members of the orchestra will be joined by soloist David Parker, baritone singing the title role, Grace Cantrell, mezzo as Madam Peep, Nicole Chevalier, soprano as Billie JoCasta, Keith Jones, tenor as the Narrator, in saluting the infamous P.D.Q Bach. This year marks the 200th Anniversary of the birth/death of this truly remarkable composer (maybe). P.D.Q.'s legendary madrigals, the appropriate "Birthday Ode to Big Daddy Bach" and the incredible oratorio Oedipus Tex will fill the evening with frivolity and chuckles.
 

Friday, December 14, 2007
Peace Center for the Performing Arts
7:30 PM
 

Following up on the excitement of their 2006 collaboration, the Chorale again joins forces with the Hendersonville Symphony Orchestra, Thomas Joiner, conductor, in a holiday concert filled with good cheer, seasonal treasures, and thrilling singing. Conductors Bingham Vick and Thomas Joiner have another WONDERFUL "Carolina Christmas" planned. The concert repeats Saturday, December 15 at 4:00 PM in Hendersonville at Mud Creek Baptist Church. You don't want to miss this Greenville tradition - a Carolina Christmas everyone enjoys!

First Baptist Church, Greenville
Sunday, March 30, 2008, 3:00 PM
Ticket prices: $20 Adults, $10 Students

Music speaks to every part of our life's journey - from baby's lullabies, to love relationships, to worship, to the beauty of nature, and especially to our life's end.

This will be a special concert of music of celebration and remembrance for those who have touched our life and are no longer with us. The beautiful, quiet setting of the Requiem was composed by French composer Maurice Durufle in memory of his father who had recently died. Johannes Brahms, in the lovely Nanie reminds us that "even the beautiful must die." American composers Daniel Gawthrop, Rene Clausen, Moses Hogan, and Brazeal Dennard have made meaningful music in speaking to the joy of life and the impact of the spirit. Join us, and remember and celebrate those who have been meaningful to you in this special musical afternoon concert.

Peace Center for the Performing Arts
Saturday, May 3, 2008 8:00 PM
Sunday, May 4, 2008, 3:00 PM
Ticket prices are based on seat selection: $30, $25, $15

Maestro Edvard Tchivshel will conduct the combined forces of the Greenville Chorale and The Greenville Symphony Orchestra in this monumental work by the great Gustav Mahler. Completed in 1894 when Mahler was 34 years old, the five movements are patterned somewhat after the Beethoven 9th Symphony, with a "choral movement" as the conclusion. Mahler wrote a "program" for each movement, beginning with, "We are standing beside the coffin of a man beloved...", and concluding with the chorus singing, "Thous shalt arise, surely thou shalt arise...and overwhelming love lightens our being. We know and we are."