St. Joseph Community Chorus

History of the St. Joseph Community Chorus

1981
Frank D. Thomas assumes position as SJCC Artistic Director
1987
SJCC Chamber Choir created
1997
Missouri Music Teachers Association Convention performance

SJCC tours England and Wales
2002
Missouri Music Educators Association Convention performance

International Choral Festival – Innsbruck, Austria
2003
Opening concert for Region VI Pony Express convention of American Guild of Organists
2005
State Theater Arts Council of Mound City performance

Handel’s Messiah with the St. Joseph Symphony

Cultural exchange with Chorale Divertimento, Lille, France

Pilot of An American Folk Journey: History Alive Through Music, educational outreach program of the SJCC
2006
Commission composer Stephen Paulus in St. Joseph for premiere of two works written for SJCC 25th anniversary

Hiawatha Area Arts and Theatrical Society performance
2007
Lord Nelson Mass, Franz Joseph Haydn

The Nine Muses by David Conte – with the MWSU Chamber Singers and selected students from Benton, Central, Lafayette, LeBlond and Savannah High Schools

SJCC Chamber Choir performance, Citizens for the Arts Day, Missouri State Capitol

Christmas with the Johnson County Community Chorus – Johnson Community College

Sweetheart Concert, State Theater of Mound City

Carmina Burana by Carl Orff with the St. Joseph Symphony

Fools Rush In – A Dessert Concert with guest jazz artists

SJCC Chamber Choir performance - state convention of the Missouri P.E.O. at KCI Expo Center
2008
Missouri Music Educators Association Convention performance
St. Joseph Combined Chamber Choir

Bach Easter Oratorio with the St. Joseph Symphony

Sing for the Cure by Joseph Martin in conjunction with the completion of the new Heartland Health Breast Cancer Clinic

Christmas at the Cathedral with the Fountain City Brass

Many Moods of Christmas with the St. Joseph Symphony
2009
Hiawatha Area Arts and Theatrical Society performance

In Remembrance – Holocaust Cantata

Dr. David Benz becomes new artistic director of the Chorus

Missouri Verses and Voices Festival Concert – SJCC Chamber Choir

The Messiah Project with five local church choirs and orchestra

A Cathedral Christmas featuring the Paul Mesner Puppets of Kansas City
2010
Pops and Pasta – benefit for the MWSU vocal music scholarship fund

Ye Shall Have a Song – the music of Randall Thompson and the St. Joseph premiere of Hall of Waters by Amy Beth Kirsten – collaboration concert with MWSU Concert Chorale and Lafayette and Savannah High School choirs

Official Travel and Tourism Site of St. Joseph, Missouri City of St. Joseph, Missouri MWSU: Missouri Western State University Missouri Arts Council Allied Arts Council
A Gift of Song: 2011-2012 Season

The Beauty of Fall
featuring the spirituals of
Norman Luboff
Sunday, October 23, 2011 • 3:00 p.m.

Christmas at the Cathedral
With special guests,
The Fountain City Brass Band
Highlighting choruses from
Handel’s Messiah
Sunday, December 11, 2011 • 3:00 p.m.
Monday, December 12, 2011 • 7:30 p.m.

Spring Masterworks Concert
Te Deum, Anton Bruckner
In Windsor Forest,
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Five Mystical Songs,
Ralph Vaughan Williams
Saturday, April 28, 2012 • 7:30 p.m.

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