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We are excited to kick off Black History Month with music from the African American tradition. This collaborative concert will feature choirs from Miles College, Jackson Olin High School, and Carver High School. The Chorale will present a set of high-powered and emotional spirituals with guest soloist and Samford University professor, Dr. Allison Sanders. We hope you will make room in your busy schedule to help us celebrate black history.

Saturday, February 1 at 3:00pm

Metropolitan AME Zion Church

1503 4th Ave. N

Birmingham, AL 35203

Conducted by: Dr. Quint Harris & Dr. Valerie Harris

Presented by: Cahaba Chamber Chorale Board of Directors in Collaboration with Metropolitan AME Zion Church, Miles College, Carver High School, & Jackson Olin High School.

Program: Our Winter concert will be sure to put a song in your heart as we celebrate Black History Month through the medium of the African American Spiritual. Well-known spirituals such as Deep River, Wade In the Water, Hold On, and Great Day will be sung. Featured composers will be Moses Hogan, Chester Awles, Jester Hairston, Robert Boatner, and more. The venue for this concert is the historic Metropolitan AME Zion Church. Metro AME Zion is among the oldest African American churches in Birmingham and was one of the “Movement” churches that hosted the ACMHR mass meetings in 1962. The Chorale will be joined by singers from two Birmingham City Schools, Jackson Olin High and Carver High. Two high school choral programs that have seen much success teaching young singers over many years. Dr. Valerie Harris will also feature and conduct The Miles College Choir. You won’t want to miss the final pieces of this program as all singers will join voices together to sing Great Day and Hold On.

The Cahaba Chamber Chorale is an organization that endeavors to connect, celebrate, and unify our community as we sing together and highlight the experiences that all people share. Formed to fulfill a mission, it is our goal to elevate Alabama's rich tradition of choral music and choral art for a higher purpose, showcasing the diverse breadth of talent in our region. Fostering the human spirit through education, advocacy, and performance of choral music, the Cahaba Chamber Chorale is excited to begin connecting with you through the power of choral art.

Admission Free

This concert event is part of the Cahaba Chamber Chorale’s third performance season Voice & Verses and is supported by the Alabama Council on the Arts and the Music Performance Trust Fund

The Cahaba Chamber Chorale is a partner with WBHM

VOICES & VERSES

Fall Concert: STAIR Birmingham

Don’t miss this fun and lighthearted concert experience. The chorale presents a concert event in partnership with STAIR Birmingham featuring music based on children's poetry, lyrics, and nursery rhymes such as the poetry of Edward Lear, Lewis Carol, and Ogden Nash. The poet laureate for the state of Alabama, Ashley M. Jones will be our guest speaker during the concert.

Saturday, October 5 at 2:00pm

Vestavia Hills High School Auditorium

2235 Lime Rock Rd, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

Fall Concert: STAIR Birmingham

Conducted by: Dr. Quint Harris & Joey Wilkinson

Presented by: Cahaba Chamber Chorale Board of Directors & in Partnership with STAIR Birmingham

Program: The Fall Concert will be a beautiful expression of celebrating children and reading in response to the mission and vision of STAIR Birmingham. Lyrics and nursery rhymes set by John Rutter in his Five Childhood Lyrics include Monday’s Child, Sing a Song of Sixpence, and Windy Nights. The epic Lewis Carol in the classic setting by Sam Pottle, Jabberwocky, will be performed along with Eric Whitacre’s Animal Crackers with text by Ogden Nash. Other music includes I Am His Child by Moses Hogan, The Sleeping Child by Bob Chilcott, and What a Wonderful World arranged by former University of Mississippi professor, Ray Liebau. One of the highlights of the concert will the alumni of the STAIR program reading poems in between choral music selections. Finally, the poet laureate for the state of Alabama, Ashley M. Jones will be the keynote speaker and will highlight the power of reading in her own life.

The Cahaba Chamber Chorale is an organization that endeavors to connect, celebrate, and unify our community as we sing together and highlight the experiences that all people share. Formed to fulfill a mission, it is our goal to elevate Alabama's rich tradition of choral music and the choral art for a higher purpose, showcasing the diverse breadth of talent in our region. Fostering the human spirit through education, advocacy, and performance of choral music, the Cahaba Chamber Chorale is excited to begin connecting with you through the power of the choral art.

STAIR Birmingham is dedicated to elevating young readers and helping them achieve academic excellence through reading. The program utilizes volunteers to partner with young students. The volunteers take an active role in helping with reading progress.

Ticket Information:

VIP - $25

General Admission - $15

Students (12yrs +) - $5 w/ student ID

STAIR Families and Children 12 yrs under - free admission

Ticket Link: https://www.zeffy.com/ticketing/1d12b7c2-266f-4be2-8eab-0c4dd5232fba

This project has been made possible in part by a grant from the Alabama State Council on the Arts.

The Board of Directors for the Cahaba Chamber Chorale is excited to present our final concert in our second season. This performance will be an exceptional musical experience that centers around the word "Shalom". The meaning of this word encompasses peace, harmony, and wholeness, and has been a salutation in the Jewish community for thousands of years. We believe this concert will bring a sense of unity and joy to all who attend.

The highlight of the performance will be the masterwork, Chichester Psalms, by Leonard Bernstein. The chorale will be accompanied by an orchestra for this historic piece. The music promises to be a unique blend of choral music from the Renaissance to the modern era, with texts mainly from the Hebrew scriptures, particularly from the Psalms and the Prophet Jeremiah.

We hope you can attend this concert and experience the harmony and peace that the Cahaba Chamber Chorale seeks to bring through its music.

Ticket Information:

VIP - $35

General Admission - $20

Student - $5

Ticket Link:

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Supported in part by the Steiner Interfaith Fund of the Grafman Endowment Fund for Temple Emanu-El

Cahaba Chamber Chorale performs their Winter Concert, Solstice, that will take each listener on a journey from the dark night of the soul to light eternal (lux aeterna). Audience members will be surrounded by ethereal choral singing that will soothe and uplift even the most restless soul. Music will range from the renaissance to contemporary choral literature and familiar holiday carols.

Program: People experience the holidays in different ways. The joy of the season spent with family and friends as well as the loneliness and dwindling memories of those no longer in our presence. Many go through the darkest night and struggle to observe the light that is all around them. The Solstice concert performed by the Cahaba Chamber Chorale will take each listener on a journey from the dark night of the soul to lux aeterna (light eternal). Music will begin with composer Ola Gjeilo’s Dark Night of the Soul with string quartet, explore the imagery of moonlight through Desmond Earley’s The Body of the Moon with text by Galileo Galelei, and move toward light with two settings of the Latin text Lux aeterna by Edward Fissinger and Edward Elgar. In between there will be the familiar strains of The First Nowell and Kate Busby’s version of Underneath the Stars.

Ticket Information:

VIP Reserved Seating - $20

General Admission - $10

Student - $5

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The Cahaba Chamber Chorale will host two high school choirs as part of our education initiative and advocacy for the choral arts. Vestavia Hills High School Honor Choir conducted by Taylor Stricklin and Indian Springs High School Concert Choir conducted by Dr. Lee Wright will join in a collaborative concert with the Cahaba Chamber Chorale. The featured music will be winter and holiday themed and will highlight the exceptional talents of these three groups during the most wonderful time of the year.

Sunday, December 10 at 3:00pm

Vestavia Hills Methodist Church

2061 Kentucky Ave.

Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

Winter Choral Collective

Conductors: Dr. Quint Harris (Artistic Director), Taylor Stricklin, Dr. Lee Wright

Presented by: Cahaba Chamber Chorale Board of Directors

In collaboration with Vestavia Hills High School and Indian Springs School

Program: This collaborative concert will feature music of the season with styles ranging from traditional carols to holiday pop and early period music. Each choir will present several individual pieces of varying style to welcome in the most wonderful time of the year.

Non-ticketed event

Donations accepted online at www.cahabachamberchorale.org or at the door

Seasons

The Cahaba Chamber Chorale presents a concert titled Seasons, the opening concert of our second season. All humans experience different seasons of life. From the moment life begins we begin the slow steady march through life with all its twists and turns, beautiful moments, and the sadness that is all a part of being mortal. The Chamber Chorale along with featured guest artists and ensembles will share music that provides context for each season in the life of a person. No matter where you are in life, there will be music that will personally resonate with you.

Sunday, October 22 at 3:00pm

Vestavia Hills Civic Center

1090 Montgomery Hwy.

Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

Seasons

Conducted by: Dr. Quint Harris (Artistic Director)

Presented by: Cahaba Chamber Chorale Board of Directors

In collaboration with the Vestavia Hills Arts Council as part of the Artstober Celebration of the Arts

Program: Music for the Seasons program will use texts that share about being a young child or a young couple in love. They will sing of marriage and the challenges that come with building and maintaining relationships. Raising children and the spaces in between. The center piece of the concert will be music by Dale Trumbore and her setting of Barbara Crooker’s poem, In The Middle. The concert will also feature The Birmingham Girls Choir conducted by Margaret Herron, local teenage sensation, Emily Watson, and her own composition, The Placid Mind, as well as a newly formed ensemble of local collegiate students, The University Chamber Singers, conducted by Tyra Shelley. The concert will end with the Heavenly Home trilogy composed by Shawn Kirchner.

Non-ticketed event

Donations accepted online at www.cahabachamberchorale.org/become-a-donor or at the door.

MADRIGALS, CHANSONS, & AMORE

Cahaba Chamber Chorale presents its Spring concert 2023, Madrigals, Chansons, & Other Love Songs, the final concert in our opening season. This concert will thematically represent the opening of spring metaphorically as the fire of new love through music in the styles of Renaissance and modern madrigal and chansons. Texts will be drawn from English playwright William Shakespeare, German poet Rainer Maria Rilke, Italian poet Giovanni Guidiccioni, and John Lennon, among others.

Saturday, May 6 at 6:00 PM

Church of the Ascension

1912 Canyon Rd, Vestavia Hills, AL 35216

Madrigals, Chansons, & Other Love Songs

Conducted by: Dr. Quint Harris (Artistic Director)

Presented by: Cahaba Chamber Chorale Board of Directors

Program: Spring is a most joyous time of the year when all things are made new. The image of spring has been used as a metaphor for new love and the budding of relationships. Poets and playwrights have long celebrated this season with texts that enliven the senses and speak to the heart. The Cahaba Chamber Chorale, in their Spring Concert, MADRIGALS, CHANSONS & OTHER LOVE SONGS, will present music that engages the imagination as to the delights of spring and love. This concert will feature the music of lauded American composer Morten Johannes Lauridsen. The chorale will perform several of his best-known works including Les Chansons des Roses and Six “Fire Songs” on Italian Renaissance Poems.

The Cahaba Chamber Chorale is an organization that endeavors to connect, celebrate, and unify our community as we sing together and highlight the experiences that all people share. Formed to fulfill a mission, it is our goal to elevate Alabama's rich tradition of choral music and the choral art for a higher purpose, showcasing the diverse breadth of talent in our region. Fostering the human spirit through education, advocacy, and performance of choral music, the Cahaba Chamber Chorale is excited to begin connecting with you through the power of the choral art.

Ticket Information:

VIP - $50

General Admission - $20

Student - $5

MADE IN THE USA

A Concert Uniting Our Community In Celebration of Presidents Day

Cahaba Chamber Chorale presents in partnership with the Ramsay IB High School Choral Department a unique musical tribute to be held during American Village’s annual celebration that honors the Father of Our Country, George Washington.

Cahaba Chamber Chorale is pleased to present their next concert in collaboration with the Ramsay IB High School Choral Department and the American Village.

This community event is designed to unite all, provide hope, and elevate the ideals of what it means to be an American, engaging the spirit of our Founders and their aspirations for our Nation – Life, Liberty, and Pursuit of Happiness. A common thread that we all share as Americans.

The combined choirs, featuring professional vocalists from across the southeast and young high school students, will present Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, based on the writings of Thomas Jefferson. Other selections will include Somewhere from West Side Story, Zion’s Walls, and Lift Every Voice and Sing. The concert, entitled Made in the USA, includes classical, jazz, and spiritual choral selections all by American composers from across the generations.

Featuring: Cahaba Chamber Chorale and Ramsay IB High School Concert Choir

Date: Monday, February 20 at 2:00 PM

Location: American Village — Liberty Hall in the American Village Tavern and Visitors Center

3727 Highway 119, Montevallo, AL 35115

Additional time info:

Visitors to the American Village on President’s Day will enjoy family-friendly activities with their staff of costumed historical interpreters from 10 am to 4 pm, and can share birthday cake with George Washington at noon.

Admission:

Admission to the American Village on President’s Day will be $11 for adults, $10 for students and youth, $9 for seniors, and free to veterans, active military and children ages 4 and under.

The MADE IN THE USA Concert is presented as a special musical tribute during the day’s activities of American Village. Therefore no additional ticket is required — the concert is complimentary to American Village visitors.

Photo Credit: Cahaba River by Kelly Verdeck (wanderland.xyz)

Cahaba Chamber Chorale presents their inaugural concert, WATER — a concert in partnership with the Cahaba River Society. This premiere concert will take audiences on an aural and visual journey that explores the ways humans interact with the most precious compound on earth. The performance will feature choral music from the Renaissance to the Modern era, including traditional African American spirituals originating in the Appalachian region, accompanied by Cahaba River video imagery by award-winning filmmaker Hunter Nichols.

Featuring: Cahaba Chamber Chorale with the Cahaba River Strings & Cathedral Brass of Birmingham, Cahaba River videography by filmmaker Hunter Nichols, and commentary from Ron Carson, founder of the Appalachian African American Cultural Center

Sunday, November 13 at 3:00 PM

Indian Springs School — Town Hall — Concert Hall

190 Woodward Drive, Indian Springs, AL 35214

Water — Cahaba Chamber Chorale Premier Concert

Conducted by: Dr. Quint Harris (Artistic Director) & Dr. Lee Wright (Assistant Conductor)

Presented by: Cahaba Chamber Chorale Board of Directors

In Partnership With: Cahaba River Society and Indian Springs School

Program: Water has a profound effect on everyone and everything on earth. As humans, we interact with water in myriad ways, necessity and celebration of life, human relationship, lament and spiritual journey — all have been or can be shaped by water. The Cahaba Chamber Chorale, in their season opening concert, will use choral music from the Renaissance to the Modern era to highlight our connection to one of earth’s most essential and precious elements, WATER. Throughout the performance, Cahaba River imagery created by Hunter Nichols will flow in accompaniment to the exemplary choral music presented by the chorale.

The Cahaba River is a lifeblood for the central Alabama region. The Cahaba is the longest substantially free-flowing river in Alabama and runs 194 miles from its headwater north of Birmingham to where is flows into the Alabama river near the ghost town of Cahaba, the first state capitol. It is among the most scenic and biologically diverse rivers in the United States. Inspiration for this concert has been drawn from the influence the river has on central Alabama through the connection of our community to the diversity that we share. The river creates a common bond. The concert concept has taken up this theme of Water as a common element that all humans and in fact all living things share. The Cahaba Chamber Chorale will partner with the Cahaba River Society to present an aural and visual experience for audience members. Images of the Cahaba River will flow in, and around high-quality choral music presented by the chorale. The center piece for the concert will be Water Night composed by Eric Whitacre. As a prelude to this piece extended narrated video footage of scenic places on the river will be projected. Other themes such as the spiritual journey experienced through water, water as a metaphor for love gained and lost, and water as the spark for lament or epiphany will be highlighted.

Ticket Information:

$50 VIP Reserved Seat

$20 General Admission

$5 Student

VIP ticket holders are invited to a Pre-concert Conductor’s Forum at 2:00 PM and following the concert a Cahaba Chamber Chorale Premier Celebration Reception.

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