Summer of 2003, the Chorus toured Germany and Austria, premiering A Suite
from Paradise Lost by Eric Whitacre in Berlin on 3 July. Germany & Austria
Tour
Summer of 2001, the Cabrillo Cantata Chorus toured Spain. Concerts were
presented in cathedrals in Barcelona, Seville, Cordoba, Toledo, Segovia
and Madrid.
In the summer of 1998, the Chorus toured Italy.(The photo on the
page is from the Italy tour.) A highlight was singing a full Mass
at St. Peter's Cathedral in the Vatican.
Its tours to Russia and Eastern Europe were met with rave reviews and
standing ovations. Its annual performing schedule includes the perennial
favorite, "Music for the Feast of Christmas," and a performance
with the Santa Cruz County Symphony each spring. In addition, the summer
season finds the chorus exploring the riches of contemporary musical
literature, either with the famed Cabrillo Music Festival or on its own.
In 1996, The Cabrillo Cantata Chorus performed Voices of Light by
Richard Einhorn, with the Cabrillo Music Festival. The Cabrillo Chorus
was honored with an invitation to perform Lou Harrison's La Koro
Sutro at the American Choral Directors' Conference held in Pasadena
in March 1996. The Chorus performed the 9th Symphony by Beethovern
with the Santa Cruz County Symphony in 1997, and Verdi's Requiem
in spring 1998. It will perform Carl Orff's Carmina Burana in
May 2003.
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