Friends of Chamber Music: Chanticleer
$32-$59 ($20 ages 34 & under, $5 student rush ages 24 & under/Arts for All)
One of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, Chanticleer loves Portland audiences almost as much as we love them! The Grammy-award-winning vocal ensemble has been hailed as the "world's reigning male chorus" by The New Yorker, and is known for its seamless blend of twelve male voices ranging from soprano to bass.
"The singing of Chanticleer is breathtaking in its accuracy of intonation, purity of blend, variety of color and swagger of style." – Boston Globe
Program: "Sing Joyfully"
A jubilant celebration of choral singing from Renaissance masterworks to Romantic partsongs, contemporary commissions, vocal jazz, and everything in between. Repertoire includes motets by William Byrd and Heinrich Isaac, classic arrangements of familiar folk songs like Shenandoah, settings of jazz standards like Blue Skies, as well as contemporary arrangements of Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now" and Queen's "Somebody to Love."
About Chanticleer
The Grammy award-winning vocal ensemble Chanticleer has been hailed as "the world's reigning male chorus" by The New Yorker. One of the most prolific recording and touring ensembles in the world, Chanticleer has sold over one million recordings and performed thousands of live concerts to audiences around the world.
http://www.chanticleer.org/Kaul Auditorium at Reed College
3203 SE Woodstock BlvdPortland, OR 97202
United States
https://www.reed.edu/facilities_services/buildings/kaul.html