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Join us as we celebrate the release of our new CD - Turn the Page. The four concerts in the 31st season subscription package include world premieres, West Coast premieres, and favorites from the CD. Please contact us at 415-771-3352 or info@voltisf.org with any questions.




Volti celebrates 30 years

April 18, 2010
Festival of New Music for Treble Voices
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Combining the voices of Volti, Peninsula Womens Chorus, Ancora and Ensemble from Piedmont East Bay Childrens Choir, plus other treble choirs TBA, under the artistic direction of Martin Benvenuto.




Volti celebrates 30 years

May 14 & 15, 2010
Nocturnes
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Volti concludes its 31st season with the Bay Area premiere of the full version (including the epilogue written just last year) of Morten Lauridsen's choral cycle, Nocturnes.

Special guest artist: Morten Lauridsen, composer, will play the piano accompaniment to his work.

In 2006, Morten Lauridsen was named an "American Choral Master" by the National Endowment for the Arts, and in 2007 he received the National Medal of Arts "for his composition of radiant choral works combining musical beauty, power and spiritual depth that have thrilled audiences worldwide."

Also featured are premieres of Volti commissions by Robin Estrada and this year's Choral Arts Laboratory competition winner, Ted Hearne.

**Friday only**: Volti is joined by special guest choirs from Acalanes High School, Head Royce School, and the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir; participants in Volti's Choral Institute program.



Past Concerts




Volti performs at City Hall

October 18, 2009
30th Anniversary Concert and CD Release Party

This very special event will be held in the beautiful Green Room in the Veterans Building in the San Francisco Civic Center on Sunday, October 18, 2009. A concert, a celebration, wine, food, and a few surprises!




Volti celebrates 30 years

November 13, 14, & 15, 2009
Poetry, Proverbs, and Music

Volti opens its 31st season of singing without a net with a concert featuring two premieres of Volti commissions, by composers Mark Winges and Joshua Fishbein, along with repeat performances of two earlier commissions from composers Stacy Garrop and Eric Moe. Rounding out the program will be works by William Hawley, Mark Zuckerman, and Wayne Peterson. All contemporary, all a cappella, all-American music!






Volti celebrates 30 years

February 26, 27, & 28, 2010
Asian and Latin Influences
Premieres of two Volti commissions by Jean Ahn and Yu-Hui Chang and a premiere for joint adult and children's choir by Kui Dong with special guest artists Ensemble, from the Piedmont East Bay Children's Choir. Completing the program is a West coast premiere of an Orlando Garcia work and a piece by Felipe Perez-Santiago.

 

 

 

 

Photos: Eliot Khuner