Christmas with the Santa Cruz Chorale

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Join the Santa Cruz Chorale, under the direction of Conductor and Artistic Director Christian Grube, at one of its three traditional “Christmas with the Chorale” concerts. Joining again with the Chorale will be Santa Cruz¹s legendary brass ensemble The Antiquarian Funks.

Christian Grube, the Chorale’s Conductor and Artistic Director, is emeritus professor of choral conducting at the Berlin University of Arts. His choirs are known for their exquisite sound, impeccable intonation, broad range of dynamic expression and ability to interpret the most diverse styles. (You can find out more about Director Grube at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Grube.)

In keeping with its popular Christmas concerts of the last several years, the Chorale offers a program of music from the fourteenth century to the present. The Chorale and The Funks will perform works from Praetorious and Palestrina to Vaughan Williams and David Willcocks, presenting different settings of beloved tunes (European and American) and of traditional texts and well-known carols.

The Antiquarian Funks is a musical group specializing in authentic musical performances of rarely heard works from the Renaissance and Early Baroque periods. The Funks were founded in 1971 by UC Santa Cruz astronomer emeritus and “Head Funk” William G. Mathews and have been performing ever since in a wide variety of combinations and venues. The Funks perform with reproductions of original antique instruments.

The Santa Cruz Chorale, a non-profit organization founded in 1983, performs a wide-ranging repertory including works from the 16th century through music of our time. The Chorale is a community based volunteer adult chorus.

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Link

http://www.santacruzchorale.org

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831-427-8023