
OUR 2022-23 SEASON
2022-2023 marks our 75th Anniversary season which celebrates the Past + Present + Future.

Friday, Mar. 31, 2023
Voctave and the Gala Party
The season’s hottest ticket! Voctave, the world renowned 11-person a cappella group, will wow you their style and impressive vocal talents. Gala Party celebrating our 75th and Jo Anne’s 30th season anniversary immediately follows the concert.

Saturday, May 6, & Sunday, May 7, 2023
Mozart to Modern
The Choral Society will perform Mozart’s Requiem and music by living composers such as Christopher Tin, Rollo Dillworth, and Ola Gjeilo accompanied by full orchestra.
First Presbyterian Church

Wednesday, June 28, 2023
Oak Park 75
Current and former singers, friends and families will celebrate the day The Choral Society was founded in 1948 with a Pot Luck Picnic and Beer Choir.
Oak Park, picnic area
Past Events

Saturday, Feb. 18 & Sunday, Feb. 19, 2023
For the Love of Music
A contemplative and evocative musical valentine featuring inspirational songs from the Rennaisance to American Spirituals in a sacred setting.
Trinity Episcopal Church

Saturday, Dec. 10 & Sunday, Dec 11, 2022
The Hallelujah Project
Launch your holiday season with our perrennial favorite “The Hallelujah Project”at the Lobero Theatre, Dec.10 and 11 with its seasonal classics and traditional holiday music, performed by chorus, orchestra and the angelic voices of children, who are drawn this year from The Music Academy’s SING! program.
Lobero Theatre

Friday, November 11, 2022
Veterans Day Ceremony
Sponsored by Pierre Claeyssens’ Veterans Foundation. Please join us at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on Veterans Day for this moving tribute of music and words honoring the sacrifices of our military personnel. FREE to all, no ticket required.
Santa Barbara Cemetery

Saturday, Oct. 15 & Sunday, Oct. 16, 2022
Carmina Burana
The Choral Society will play a supporting role in the Santa Barbara Symphony’s spectacular production of Carl Orff’s Carmina Burana along with State Street Ballet, Quire of Voyces, and children from the Music Academy SING! Program.
The Granada Theatre

Postponed
Concert of Remembrance and Resilience
A welcoming and reflective concert with selections from both classical and contemporary composers, timeless Black spirituals, and songs from many countries around the world.

Monday, May 30, 2022
Memorial Day Tribute to the Armed Services
Sponsored by Pierre Claeyssens’ Veterans Foundation. Please join us in this moving tribute of music and words honoring the sacrifices of our military personnel. FREE to all, no ticket required.
Santa Barbara Cemetery

Saturday, May 21, 2022
Community Sings
The Choral Society presents a rare opportunity for area singers to spend a day working on their vocal performance skills with celebrated choral conductor Dr. Eugene Rogers.
Lehmann Hall, Music Academy of the West

Saturday, April 23, 2022
Groovy Gala at Rockwood
Flower Power Silent Auction on the terrace with mellow 60’s music. Then inside for a Beatles Love, Love, Love Concert by the FAB Choral Society Singers, with Jo Anne Wasserman conducting. Enjoy a Sock It To Me Live Auction and get down dancing to Pop, Motown, Surf Rock and British Invasion tunes. What a night!!
Rockwood Woman’s Club

Saturday, May 14 & Sunday, May 15, 2022
Pax + Amare
Duruflé’s Requiem and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs
The ethereal, intimate setting of “Pie Jesu” is the essence of the Duruflé Requiem, which shares a 20th century vision vastly unlike other Requiem masses. The serenity of “In Paradisum” conjures visions of angels welcoming weary souls to rest. Come listen and be at peace.
First Presbyterian Church

Saturday, December 18 and Sunday, December 19, 2021
Handel’s Messiah
The Messiah, Part 1 and “Hallelujah” Chorus
Hallelujah! The holiday spirit comes alive with the rousing Hallelujah Chorus from The Messiah. Come listen to this and all of the Part I “Christmas Section” of Handel’s immortal masterwork. ’Tis the season!
Hahn Hall, Music Academy of the West
SOLD OUT

Thursday, November 11, 2021
Veteran's Day Ceremony
Sponsored by Pierre Claeyssens’ Veterans Foundation. Please join us at the Santa Barbara Cemetery on Veterans Day for this moving tribute of music and words honoring the sacrifices of our military personnel. FREE to all, no ticket required.
Santa Barbara Cemetery