Reviews - 2016
A great concert deserves to live on, if not in an audio recording, at least in a depiction in words. Local media rarely publish reviews of choral concerts, and our purpose here is to fill that void with original reviews, contributed by our own cadre of reviewers. Maybe you would like to join them. If you are serious about choral music and can write well, you are invited to contribute to this effort. Click here for our review guidelines.
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Main Review Page (2017-2018) All Reviews by Organization
 Organization |
Date of concert | Title of concert | Source of review |
| High Voltage | 9/30/16 | Back to Broadway | Original (a) |
| High Voltage | 6/22/16 | The Best of Broadway | Original (a) |
| The Vocal Art Ensemble | 6/10/16 | Rooted: How Culture Shapes the Choral Art | Original (a) |
| Sacramento Women's Chorus | 6/4/16 | Journey On | Original (a) |
| UC Davis Early Music Ensemble | 6/1/16 | Ear for EAR | Original (a) |
| Sacramento Master Singers | 5/22/16 | Sing a New Song | Original (a) |
| Voices of California | 5/21/16 | A (K)night to Remember | Original (a) |
| Valley Choral Society | 5/21/16 | Fauré's Requiem & Rutter's Gloria | Original (g) |
| Sacramento Gay Men's Chorus | 5/20/16 | Seize the Day! | Original (a) |
| Sierra Master Chorale | 5/17/16 | The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace | Original (g) |
| Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra | 5/14/16 | European Masterworks | Original (a) |
| Reconciliation Singers Voices of Peace (RSVP) | 5/13/16 | Hope | Original (a) |
| Cantare Chorale of the Sierra Foothills | 5/7/16 | Luminous Journey | Original (a) |
| Placer Pops Chorale | 5/6/16 | On Broadway | Original (a) |
| Sacramento Children's Chorus | 5/1/16 | The Singing Revolution | Original (a) |
| Chanteuses | 4/30/16 | By Request | Original (a) |
| River City Chorale | 4/29/16 | Let Us Entertain You! | Original (a) |
| Colla Voce Chamber Singers | 4/28/16 | Mystery, Magic & Mirth | Original (a) |
| American Bach Soloists | 4/25/16 | Easter & Ascension Oratorios | Original (j) |
| Sacramento Valley Choral Coalition | 4/23-24/16 | SacSings! – The Sacramento Choral Festival | Original (a) |
| Samantics | 4/15/16 | In Paradisum | Original (a) |
| High Voltage | 4/9/16 | Unplugged | Original (a) |
| Vox Musica | 4/3/16 | DECEM: A Hildegard Vespers | Original (p) |
| Camerata California | 3/20/16 | Messiah for Easter | Original (n) |
| Stand Out Talent Concert Choir | 3/20/16 | Spring Concert | Original (a) |
| Folsom Lake College Concert Choir & College Chorus | 3/15/16 | All-American Music | Original (a) |
| UC Davis University & Alumni Choruses & Davis Chorale | 3/13/16 | Ode to Joy | Original (g) |
| Sacramento Master Singers | 3/12/16 | And I Can Sing | Original (a) |
| Davis Chamber Choir | 3/6/16 | Evensong | Original (a) |
| Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra | 3/5/16 | Carmina Burana | Original (n) |
| Vox Musica | 2/20/16 | MAACAM: American River | Original (n) |
| Lincoln Theatre Company Choristers | 2/16/16 | Lincoln Sings Broadway | Original (a) |
| Sacramento Children's Chorus | 1/31/16 | Après le Noёl: Gloria! | Original (g) |
| American Bach Soloists | 1/25/16 | Bach Favorites | Original (a) |
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Sacramento
Philharmonic & Opera Sacramento Opera Chorus |
1/23/16 | Mozart Requiem | Original (a) |
| Cantare Chorale | 1/3/16 | With Joyful Ring | Original (a) |
| Reviewers: | |
| (a) Dick Frantzreb | |
| (g) Nancy Bramlett | |
| (j) Griffin Toffler | |
| (n) Diane Boul |