Press Releases

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November 2, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Heralds the Season with Holiday Wonders: Festival of Carols
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November 2, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Wraps Holiday Programming with Performance of Handel's Messiah
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November 2, 2011 Audience Becomes the Choir at Los Angeles Master Chorale's 31st Annual Messiah Sing-Along
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November 2, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents Rejoice! A Classical christmas Featuring Distler's The Christmas Story, Poulenc’s Four Christmas Motets, Frank Ferko’s A Festival Of Carols And Morten Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium
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September 14, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents Christmas at Walt Disney Concert Hall
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September 2, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents Expanded Choral Version of David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-Winning the little match girl passion and U.S. Premiere of James Newton’s Mass
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August 9, 2011 Dr. Annette Ermshar Joins Los Angeles Master Chorale Board of Directors
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June 29, 2011 Lesley Leighton Promoted to Associate Conductor of Los Angeles Master Chorale, Three Other Chorale Staff Promotions/Appointments Also Announced
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April 6, 2011 Terry Knowles Promoted to President and CEO of Los Angeles Master Chorale
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March 27, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Showcases Next Generation Of Singers At Its Famed 22nd Annual High School Choir Festival Conducted By Music Director Grant Gershon
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February 10, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Announces 2011|12 Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall
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January 26, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale presents World Premiere of Mark Grey’s Mugunghwa: Rose of Sharon featuring violinist Jennifer Koh as part of choir’s acclaimed “LA is the World Initiative” highlighting city’s vibrant multi-cultural influences
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January 5, 2011 Los Angeles Master Chorale Illuminates England’s Rich Choral Tradition with All-British Program, “London Bridges”
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November 30, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Extends Contract of Music Director Grant Gershon Through 2014|15 Season
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November 23, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents Walt Disney Concert Hall Debut of Mozart Arrangement of Handel’s Messiah at Annual “Rejoice!” Concert
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November 21, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Lights Up Season with Holiday Wonders
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November 21, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale's Messiah Sing-Along Turns 30!
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November 20, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale And KUSC Announce Two-Year Broadcast Partnership with Classical 91.5 FM to Air 14 Chorale Concerts Conducted By Music Director Grant Gershon in Two Seven-Week Series, Entitled “The LA Master Chorale in Concert”
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November 7, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents "French Connections" – All-French A Cappella Program Capturing Subtleties of Country's Unique Music Legacy
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September 12, 2010 Los Angeles LA Times highlights our Music Director, Grant Gershon
August 26, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Launches 2010|11 Season and Celebrates Music Director Grant Gershon’s 10th Anniversary at Choir’s Helm with Spectacular Concert and Gala Honoring the Acclaimed Maestro
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July 23, 2010 Decca signs recording partnership with America’s “most exciting” choir – the Los Angeles Master Chorale
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June 22, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Receives 2010 Chorus America/ASCAP Award for Adventurous Programming
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June 21, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale to Record All-Nico Muhly CD for Decca Music Group in Walt Disney Concert Hall in June 2010
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May 23, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Concludes Season with American Program
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April 26, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale Announces 2010|11 Season at Walt Disney Concert Hall
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April 11, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale’s “Choral Soundscape” to Feature West Coast Premiere of Meredith Monk’s WEAVE, Co-Commissioned by Chorale and St. Louis Symphony
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January 31, 2010 Los Angeles Master Chorale’s Almost A Capella Program Features West Coast Premieres of Nico Muhly’s Bright Mass with Canons and First Service
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December 15, 2009 Lesley Leighton Appointed Assistant Conductor of Los Angeles Master Chorale
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November 22, 2009 Los Angeles Master Chorale, Conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon, Spotlights West Coast Composers Morten Lauridsen, Ingram Marshall, David O and Eric Whitacre
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October 18, 2009 Los Angeles Master Chorale Launches 2009-10 Season with Mozart Requiem and Los Angeles Premiere of John Adams’ Choruses from the Death of Klinghoffer
Conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon

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May 31, 2009 Los Angeles Master Chorale Wraps Season with West Coast Premiere of Roberto Sierra’s “Missa Latina” Conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon
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May 3, 2009 Los Angeles Master Chorale Concludes Multi-Year “Homage to Haydn” Project with Rarely Performed Heilig Mass Conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon
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Feb 22, 2009 Chorale announces 2009|10 season
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Feb 22, 2009 Los Angeles Master Chorale Presents World Premiere of Works by Andrea Clearfield and Steve Sametz Plus West Coast Premiere of Nico Muhly Piece at “Chorus + Organ”
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Jan 6, 2009 Los Angeles Master Chorale Holds Auditions For 2009|10 Concert Season
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Dec 14, 2008 Music Of Respighi, Pinkham, Lauridsen And Rutter Resounds At Los Angeles Master Chorale’S Annual Holiday Concert
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Dec 7, 2008 Hallelujah! Los Angeles Master Chorale Offers Two Performances of Messiah Sing-Along Conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon
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Dec 6, 2008 Los Angeles Master Chorale Decks Disney Hall with Seasonal Favorites at “Holiday Wonders” Family Concert
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Nov 9, 2008 Lou Harrison’s La Koro Sutro Paired with World Premiere of Chinary Ung’s SPIRAL XII: Space Between Heaven and Earth at Far East-Influenced Concert Presented by Los Angeles Master Chorale
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Oct 12, 2008 Los Angeles Master Chorale, Conducted by Music Director Grant Gershon, Opens 2008|09 Season with Rachmaninoff’s Rarely Heard A Cappella Masterpiece The Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom and Haydn’s Harmonie Mass
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Mar 9, 2008 Chorale announces 2008|09 season
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Jul 12, 2007 2007|08 Season launches with A German Requiem by Brahms and Calm Sea and Prosperous Voyage by Beethoven — Sun, Oct 14, 2007
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May 22, 2007 Grant Gershon joins LA Opera as Associate Conductor / Chorus Master and extends contract as Music Director of Los Angeles Master Chorale through 2010|11 Season
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Apr 18, 2007 Chorale launches groundbreaking, multi-year initiative LA is the World with world premiere by Eve Beglarian
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Apr 12, 2007 2007|08 season announcement
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Mar 28, 2007 FREE 18th annual High School Choir Festival features choirs from 25 Southland schools — Thu, May 3, 2007
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Feb 08, 2007 World premiere of Christopher Rouse's Requiem — Sun, Mar 25, 2007
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Jan 29, 2007 Second installment of “Homage to Haydn” features Lord Nelson Mass with Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra — Sun, Apr 22, 2007
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