In Remembrance of 9/11 Friday, March 18, 2011 8:00 PM Valley Community Church 4455 Del Valle Parkway, Pleasanton Saturday, March 19, 2011 8:00 PM Ohlone College, Smith Center 43600 Mission Boulevard, Fremont, CA Sunday, March 20, 2011 4:00 PM Mission Dolores 3321 Sixteenth Street, San Francisco

We will be joined by singers from the Ohlone Chamber Singers and the San Francisco Concert Chorale for this memorial to the tragic events of September 11th, 2001. The concert will feature Arthur Honegger's Le Roi David (King David), which was composed in 1921 as incidental music for Rene Morax's play by the same name. The work established Honegger's reputation as a composer. Two years later he added Morax's libretto to create the symphonic psalm that you will hear in our performance. The work features an orchestra and soloists as well as a narrator, who will help tell the story of King David's life.

The concert will also feature Herbert Howell's Requiem, which was composed in 1936. This work will be unaccompanied.

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If Music be the Food of Love Saturday, May 21, 2011 8:00 PM Trinity Lutheran Church Pleasanton, CA

This concert will feature delicious selections about food and love. One of the pieces, Marge, you make the best Pork Chops, was written by Bay Area composer Paul Crabtree. Listen carefully. This one will be over in mere seconds! We will also perform John Rutter's Banquet Fugue, Bob Chilcott's Fragments From His Dish, Paul Carey's Play with your Food!, two pieces of music based on Shakespeare's poem If Music be the Food of Love, and many other pieces.

There will be a reception after the concert featuring food prepared by our master chefs!

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Sax and Spirituals Saturday, October 22, 2011 8:00 PM Mission Dolores 3321 Sixteenth Street, San Francisco Sunday, October 23, 2011 3:00 PM Mertes Center for the Arts, Las Positas College 3000 Campus Hill Drive, Livermore

This concert features guest artist Anders Paulsson, a Swedish Saxophonist. He is noted for the sensitivity of his interpretations that incorporate a rich jazz flavor. He has performed as a soloist in 20 countries and has made over 13 CDs. One reviewer says that his music is both stimulating and makes you feel good! We think you will agree.

As a composer he is well-known for his arrangements of Deep River, Bright Morning Star, and Amazing Grace. In our concert you will also hear the world premiere of his arrangement of When the Saints Go Marching In.

This concert will be a collaboration with the San Francisco Concert Chorale and the Las Positas College Chamber Choir.

Admission for this event is $20. Click here to learn about ordering tickets.

Listen to Anders Paulsson in concert:

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Carols and Candlelight Saturday, December 03, 2011 8:00 PM Trinity Lutheran Church Pleasanton, CA Sunday, December 04, 2011 3:00 PM First Presbyterian Church 4th & L Streets, Livermore

Our holiday choral concerts are a tradition in the Tri-Valley, and a fine way to kick off the holiday season. We will perform music in the holiday spirit, and you will get an opportunity to sing traditional carols throughout the concert. You will hear selections from Britten's Ceremony of Carols and Rutter's Dancing Day, featuring guest harpist Daniel Levitan and special guests Cantabella Children's Chorus and the Las Positas College Chamber Choir.

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Sing It Yourself Messiah Friday, December 9, 2011 7:30 PM Trinity Lutheran Church Pleasanton, CA

This event has been a holiday tradition since 2006; and you can be a part of this tradition! Sing Part I of Handel's Messiah as well as the popular Hallelujah Chorus. Singers and music lovers of all ages and abilities are welcome to join in experiencing Handel's spectacular choral masterpiece. Sing, or just come to enjoy. Bring a score or borrow one for the evening. We will be accompanied by VCC's concert pianist Daniel Glover, plus four outstanding soloists. Admission is $10. Click here to learn about ordering tickets.

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Coronations and Weddings Saturday, March 10, 2012 7:00 PM First Presbyterian Church 4th & L Streets, Livermore

Festive music fit for a king or queen! We will be featuring selections from the Coronation of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and the recent wedding of Prince William and Kate, including music by Elton John, The Beatles, and Handel's Zadok, the Priest. This is our annual fundraiser concert, and it will feature a special reception for the King, Queen, Prince, and/or Princess, assuming we can get one of them to come! Seating may be limited, so order your tickets early.

Epilog. The fundraiser was a great success, and was sold out a week before the performance! We want to thank everyone who came and donated generously to help the chorus through these difficult times.

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VCC Presents Daniel Glover and Jerome Lenk Friday, March 23, 2012 7:30 PM First Presbyterian Church 4th & L Streets, Livermore

Pianist Daniel Glover and Organist Jerome Lenk will combine forces in a benefit for the chorale that will be a sonic spectacular. The team will feature works originally composed for piano and organ duo including Franck's meditative Prelude, Fugue and Variation, Op. 18, and Marcel Dupre's Variations on Two Themes, Op. 35. In addition they will perform Liszt's hair-raising Totentanz in their own arrangement, in celebration of the composer's 200th Birthday. Mr. Lenk will perform Liszt's Variations on Bach in its original organ version, and Daniel Glover will also perform solo works for the piano. Don't miss this exciting opportunity to hear this combination of keyboards in all their splendor.

Tickets for this event may be purchased for $25 in advance or at the door. Click here to learn more about ordering tickets.

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Springtime Sounds, Bugs and All Saturday, May 12, 7:00 PM Trinity Lutheran Church Pleasanton, CA

Songs of spring and all that comes with the season, including bugs, love, and toasts of cheer. We will be featuring Charles Hoag's unique Cicada Songs accompanied clarinet and marimba, Haydn Wood's The Spider and the Fly and The Owl and the Pussycat, some madrigals, a drinking song by Brahms, and a song about the beautiful nymph Echo, with music composed by Arthur Sullivan (of Gilbert and Sullivan fame).

For variety, you can also hear Schubert’s Der hirt auf dem Falsen (Shepherd on the Rock), with Phyllis Harding on clarinet and David Dieni on marimba.

To top it off, there will be a reception after the concert. Come meet our performers!

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