Concerts & Events

FALL 2024

Synergy: When the Outstanding Outperform

This December, Two of the Bay Area’s leading choirs will come together to create a sensational tour de force of seasonal choral music. Voci Women’s Vocal Ensemble and WomenSing, directed by Ofer dal Lal, will present Synergy, a varied program that will include works for double-choir, choir with solo, and other choral combinations. Allow the music to envelop you as you hear these stellar singers create a unity of sound that will be more expressive and affecting than any single part.

The concerts will be held on Saturday, December 7 and Sunday, December 8 – locations are listed below.

LOCATIONS FOR OUR CONCERTS

Saturday, Dec 7, 2024 – 4 PM
St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church
66 St. Stephen’s Drive, Orinda

Sunday, Dec 8, 2024 – 4 PM
St. Mary Magdalen Church
2005 Berryman St., Berkeley

Audience Mask Policy

Masks are recommended but not required. Proof of vaccination is no longer required for entry.

Thank you for your support in helping to keep our community safe!

PAST CONCERT INFORMATION

Come, Lovers, Follow Me: Madrigals of Love and Life – May 5, 2024

Voci presented a concert of madrigals and related musical forms from the Renaissance, early Baroque, and 20th century. Small ensembles, soloists, and the full choir will perform a rich variety of settings of beautiful and thought-provoking poetry in English, French, Italian and even Macedonian.

Peace Be Within Thy Walls: An Urgent Wish for Our Times – March 17 and March 24, 2024

Both timely and timeless, the theme of peace is often seen on choral stages. In this concert, through sounds that are not only soothing, but at times provoking, Voci will present a REAL peace – one that may require effort and even sacrifice.

Transitions: Embracing Change and Transformation – December 2 and December 3, 2023

Music that explores and embraces change, from seasonal transitions to milestones such as birth, marriage, leaving and returning home. Featuring the premiere of Edna Yeh’s setting of Sara Teasdale’s “Twilight.”

In the Time of Brahms: Music for Women’s Voices from the Master and his Friends: March 26 and April 1, 2023

In the spring of 2023, Voci performed a special concert featuring favorites from Johannes Brahms and his dear friends, Robert and Clara Schumann. Voci was joined by 2 horn players, a harpist and second pianist.

We Rise! Songs of Overcoming: Dec 3 and 4, 2022

On the weekend of December 3rd and 4th, Voci Women’s Vocal Ensemble presented “We Rise! Songs of Overcoming”, music focused on encouragement, acceptance, self-confidence, hope, healing, and kindness—just what we all need in these challenging times. The program included music by 9 women composers, all composed in recent years and spanning an eclectic range of musical styles.

With a Song in My Heart: May 15, 2022

On Sunday, May 15 as we celebrated the music of the American Songbook at our annual fundraising event. PAST CONCERT INFORMATION

Sacred Baroque: April 3, 2022 and April 9, 2022

On April 3 and 9, Voci presented two concerts of stunning Sacred Baroque music featuring Pergolesi’s Masterwork Stabat Mater and other choral treasures. Voci was accompanied by the Jubilate Baroque Orchestra playing on period instruments.

In December, 2021, Voci returned to in person singing with the Message of Peace: Beloved Seasonal Gems concert. Led by composer and conductor, Mitchell Covington, the program featured the profoundly moving Tree of Peace, the jubilant Regina Coeli, the richly atmospheric Peace of Wild Things, along with other inspiring choral masterworks by Palestrina, Britten, and Debussy.

Highlights from 2020-21:

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