2017-2018 Concert Season

Bavaria and Beer
Join us for songs of conviviality and making merry, featuring Edward Elgar’s Scenes from the Bavarian Highlands, “In Taberna” from Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana, and a selection of music from around the globe for raising glasses in toasts and voices in song!
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2017 at the Santa Clara Mission
Gloria!
Celebrate the holiday season with Antonio Vivaldi’s beloved Gloria, the centerpiece of our holiday concert. Two modern and compelling works, Ola Gjeilo’s Luminous Night of the Soul and Eric Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs, enhance the holiday repertoire. Traditional carols encourage the audience to join in the holiday spirit. A perfect way for the whole family to kindle the spirit of the season.
Both concerts will feature the San José Chamber Orchestra Quartet.
DECEMBER 8, 2017 and DECEMBER 10, 2017 at the Santa Clara Mission
We, The People
Explore the diversity of America through a rich variety of music, embracing everything from African-American spirituals, jazz, gospel, and folk, to music born of many world traditions.
​The March 2 performance will include the Jane Lathrop Stanford Middle School Choir.
FRIDAY, MARCH 2, 2018 at Grace Lutheran Church in Palo Alto
SATURDAY, MARCH 10, 2018 at the Santa Clara Mission
Bach: St. John Passion
One of the masterpieces of the baroque repertoire, Johann Sebastian Bach’s St. John Passion features Grammy-Winner Dann Coakwell as the Evangelist, soprano Jennifer Paulino, counter-tenor Dan Cromeenes, bass Patrick Walders, and the combined forces of the Santa Clara Chorale, the Santa Clara University Choirs, and the San José Chamber Orchestra. The Mission Santa Clara provides an ideal setting to experience this intimate and sublime retelling of the Passion of Christ.
SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2018 at the Santa Clara Mission
Encore Performance
In an informal matinée that is fast becoming a tradition, the Chorale will revisit some musical highlights from the season. Don’t miss this chance to relive a sublime moment or experience a new masterwork you had to miss the first time around.
SUNDAY, JUNE 3, 2018 at St. Mark’s Episcopal Church, Santa Clara