2009-2010
A Season of Celebration

November 14, 2009
Celebrate Haydn!
Te Deum and Lord Nelson Mass
by Joseph Haydn
Grace Presbyterian Church

March 6, 2010
Celebrate Mendelssohn!
Psalm settings by Felix Mendelssohn,
& Mass Movements by J.S. Bach
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church
Dr. John Yarrington, Guest Conductor

May 15, 2010
Celebrate Brahms!
Requiem by Johannes Brahms
Dunham Theater
Morris Cultural Arts Center
Houston Baptist University


2008-2009
From Darkness to Light

November 15, 2008
Gloria!
Settings of the Gloria text by Antonio Vivaldi, Francis Poulenc, and Randol Bass
St. John the Divine Episcopal Church, Houston

February 20, 2009
Light Eternal
Requiem by Gabriel Faure
Lux Aeterna by Morten Lauridsen
Tallowood Baptist Church, Houston
Paul Salamunovich, Guest Conductor

April 25, 2009
The Voice of Prophecy
Elijah by Felix Mendelssohn
Stude Concert Hall at Rice University, Houston
with Sam Houston State University Symphonic Choir


2007-2008

November 17, 2007
A Thanksgiving of American Song
With special guest The Houston Children’s Chorus
South Main Baptist Church, Houston
Give Me Your Tired, Your Poor, Irving Berlin
My Shepard Will Supply My Need, arranged by Mack Wilberg
The Promise of Living, Aaron Copland
Cindy, arranged by Mack Wilberg
Swing Low, Sweet Chariot, arranged by Alice Parker and Robert Shaw

January 27, 2008
Lift Every Voice and Sing:
American Masterpieces Choral Festival
In collaboration with The Houston Chamber Choir
Houston Baptist University, Houston

May 10, 2008
The Creation by Joseph Haydn
In collaboration with Tallowood Baptist Church
Grace Presbyterian Church, Houston


2006-2007

October 28, 2006
Classical Treasures
W.A. Mozart Exultate, jubilate, K.165
Concerto for Violin and Piano in D Major, K. 315f
Mass in Time of War

December 1, 2006
Jubilee of Dance
Houston Ballet in collaboration with the Houston Masterworks Chorus
Carl Orff's Carmina Burana

February 11, 2007
Treasures from the Renaissance
Sacred treasures from Palastrina, Victoria, Tallis, and more.

April 21, 2007
Resplendent Treasures
W.A. Mozart's Mass in C Minor, K. 247


2005-2006

November 19, 2005
Celebrate Beethoven
Beethoven's Overture to Prometheus and Choral Fantasy
Grace Presbyterian Church

February 11, 2006
Celebrate Romance
Love Songs ranging from Brahms to Cole Porter.
Centrum in Spring, Texas

Celebrate Mozart
Ave Verum Corpus and Requiem Mass
Grace Presbyterian Church


2004-2005

Secrets Cry Aloud

Featuring works by Fissinger, Tavener, Thompson, Henagan and Belmont

With the Houston Boychoir and the Kingwood Chorale

September 11, 2004 at 7:30pm

Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church, Houston

September 12, 2004 at 7:30pm

Christ the King Lutheran Church, Kingwood



Though Still We Speak

Haydn’s Little Organ Mass and Durufle’s Requiem

November 13, 2004 at 7:30pm

South Main Baptist Church, Houston



Houston Masterworks Chamber Ensemble

Featuring Renaissance masters Victoria and Lassus as well as contemporary works

January 30, 2005 at 4:30pm

Christ the King Lutheran Church, Houston



Which Can Say More

Britten’s Rejoice in the Lamb and Hymn to the Virgin, and

Williams’ Five Folk Songs and In Windsor Forest

April 9, 2005 at 7:30pm

First Presbyterian Church, Houston



Collaboration with the Victoria Bach Festival

With the Dallas Children’s Chorus and Conspirare Children’s Choir

June 18, 2005 in Victoria

June 19, 2005 in Austin



2003-2004

November 8 Concert
Vaughan Williams - A Sea Symphony
Delius - Sea Drift

December 6 & 7 Concerts
Holiday music

January 11 Concert
Houston Masterworks Chamber Ensemble

March 6 & 7 Concerts
An American Spiritual Tradition with Joseph Jennings

June 20 Concert
Beethoven Missa Solemnis


 
2002-2003

October Concert
Orff: Carmina Burana
.
March 1st Concert
Mendelssohn: St. Paul
.
March 30th Concert
Beethoven: Symphony No. 9


2001-2002

November Concert
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Lauridsen: Lux Aeterna
Vaughan Williams: Lord, Thou has been our refuge
Special Guest Artist Cynthia Clawson
Copland: The Promise of Living
.
February Concert
Mozart: Overture to Don Giovanni
Kyrie KV 34A (368a)
Levin: Realization of Mozart's Requiem
.
April Benefit Concert
at Villa de Matel
featuring the
HMC Chamber Choir
Gregorian Chant: Te Deum Laudamus
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 2
Gibbons: Drop, Drop
Pius X Hymnal: Spirit Seeking Light and Beauty
Ticheli: There Will Be Rest
Unknown: For the Beauty of the Earth
de Blasio: The Best Beloved (selected portions)
Marshall: Christmas Question
David: You Are The New Day
.
April Concert
Handel: Coronation Anthem No. 2
de Blasio: The Best Beloved
Haydn: Mass in D Minor

Spring 2001

April Concert
Bach: St. Matthew Passion
.
May Concert
Vaughan Williams: Five Mystical Songs
Welcher: J.F.K - The Voice of Peace



1999 - 2000

November Concert
Haydn: Creation
.
February Concert
Handel: Israel in Egypt
.
May Concert
Mozart: Vesperae Solennes
Brahms: Nänie
Geistliches Lied
Mendelssohn:
Hör mein bitten
Schubert: Ständchen
Psalm 23
Die Allmacht.


October 2000
International Debut
in Mexico City
cond. by
Johannes Bruno Ullrich
Handel: Israel in Egypt




1998 - 1999

November Concert
Orff: Carmina Burana
.
December Concert
Christmas Concert
.
March Concert
Mozart: C Minor Mass
.
May Concert
Duruflé: Requiem


1997 - 1998

October Concert
Bach: Nach Dir, Herr, Verlanget Mich
Brahms: Four Songs for Women's Chorus, Two Horns and Harp
Pärt: De Profundis
Pärt: The Beatitudes
Britten: Saint Nicolas
.
January Concert
Gesualdo: Itene ò miei sospiri
Monteverdi: Ecco mormorar l'onde
Debussy: Trois Chansons de Charles d'Orléans
Martin: Songs of Ariel from Shakespeare's Tempest
Brahms: Weltliche, Opus 104
Liebeslieder Waltzes #1, 3, 14, 18
Rossini: Follies of My Old Age
.
April Concert
Handel: Messiah
.
June Concert

Houston Chamber Choir:
Tchaikovsky: The Golden Cloud
Kalinnikov: The Skylark
Taneyev: Two Choruses: Evening and Behold, Shadows Have Fallen
Harris: The Choir Invisible
White: The Blue Estuaries (World Premiere)
Landes: Images for Jazz Trio and Choir

HMC:
Locklair: Brief Mass
Walton: Coronation Te Deum

1996 - 1997

November Concert
Jacobus Gallus: Hoek est dies
Handel: Zadok the Priest
Schubert: Mass in G
Fauré: Cantique de Jean Racine
Britten: Rejoice in the Lamb
Stanford: Three Motets
Walton: Coronation Te Deum
Parry: I Was Glad
.
December Concert
Bach: Uns ist ein Kind Geboren(Cantata 142)
Pachelbel: Magnificat
Rutter: I Wonder as I Wander
Burleigh:
Song of Simeon
Song of Herod
Arr. Dawson
Behold the Star
Hail Mary! Sing-A-Long
.
March Concert
Bernstein: Chichester Psalms
Choruses, The Lark
Make Our Garden Grow
Rodgers & Hammerstein Oklahoma (medley)
Bernstein/Sondheim West Side Story (medley)
arr. Puerling A Nightingale Sang in Berkeley Square
Boublil & Schoenberg Les Miserables (medley)
.
May Concert
Francis Poulenc Gloria
Gabriel Fauré Requiem


1995 - 1996

October Concert
Norman Della Joio: A Jubilant Song
Joseph Haydn: Songs for 3 & 4 Voices
Johannes Brahms: Ziguenerlieder
Mozart : Requiem
.
March Concert
J.S. Bach: Mass in B-Minor
.
May / 10th Anniversary Concert
R. Vaughan Williams: Benedicite
Rob Landes: Images
David Ashley White: Alleluia (Premiere)
Beethoven: Ninth Symphony "Ode to Joy" (Final Movement)
Brahms & Handel: Favorite Choruses


1994 - 1995

October Concert
Mendelssohn: Elijah
December Concert
Schütz: Hodie Christus natus est
Ramirez: Misa Criolla
.
February Concert
Henry Purcell: Come Ye Sons of Art
David Ashley White: Two Canticles
O Light of Light
This Bitterly Beautiful Land
.
May Concert
Vaughan Williams: Mass in G Minor
Orff: Carmina Burana
.

1993 - 1994

November Concert
Handel: Judas Maccabaeus
.
February Concert
Rossini: Follies of my Old Age
Various Favorite opera choruses
.
May Concert
Vaughan Williams: Serenade to Music
Toward the Unknown Region
Five Mystical Songs
Sancta Civitas


1992 - 1993

November Concert
Samuel Jones: Canticles of Time
The Seas of God
Dvorak: Te Deum
Beethoven: Choral Fantasy
.
March Concert
Honegger: King David
Willcocks: Ceremony of Psalms
Sir David Willcocks, CBE MC Guest Director
.
May Concert
Gabrieli: In Ecclesiis
Schütz: Lobe den Herren
Bruckner: Two motets
Rutter: Te Deum
Barber: Agnus Dei
Thompson: Peaceable Kingdom


1991 - 1992

November Concert
Brahms: German Requiem
Mozart: Regina Coeli
Ave Verum Corpus
.
March Concert
Kodaly: Missa Brevis
Mendelssohn: Hear my Prayer
Rutter: Gloria
Vaughan Williams: Three Choral Hymns
.
May Concert
Haydn: Creation


1990 - 1991

November Concert
Mozart: Coronation Mass
Litany in B flat
Haydn: Theresa Mass
.
March Concert
Arvo Pärt: St John Passion
.
April Concert
Handel: Israel in Egypt


1989 - 1990

January Concert
Berlioz: Childhood of Christ
.
May Concert
Rachmaninoff: Vespers
Thompson: Peaceable Kingdom

1988 - 1989

November Concert
Argento: Jonah and the Whale
.
December Concert
Handel: Messiah Singalong
.
February Concert
Vivaldi: Gloria
Lauda Jerusalem
Domine ad adiuvandum
.
May Concert
Vierne: Solemn Mass
Duruflé: Requiem


1987 - 1988

November Concert
Carissimi: Jephte
Puccini: Messa de Gloria
.
December Concert
Handel: Messiah Singalong
.
March Concert
Bach: St Matthew Passion
.
May Concert
A. Lloyd Webber: Requiem
Vaughan Williams: Benedicite

1986 - 1987

November Concert
Brahms: German Requiem
.
December Concert
Handel: Messiah singalong
.
May Concert
Various Favorite Choruses
Houston Ballet Artistic Director Stanton Welch's acclaimed Carmina Burana In collaboration with HMC