Composer Tomas Luis de Victoria is regarded as the most significant composer of the counter-reformation in Spain and one of the best composers of sacred music in the late Renaissance.
The Camerata Singers say the annual concert brings family and friends together for a holiday musical tradition they can return to year after year, generation after generation.
The composition is a fusion oratorio that draws upon a startling variety of musical styles from classical choral and symphonic music to a cowboy song, spoken text, hymns, jazz and pop.
Explore the Aurora Borealis effect through vocals and music at ChoralFest on March 13.
“Peace Project 5: Reconciliation” set to debut Nov. 14 at the Jordan HIgh School Auditorium will tell a story of the Black American experience through works of its composers, arrangers, poets and authors.
James K. Bass, artistic director of Long Beach Camerata Singers, was sitting outside, near the back of a West Hollywood restaurant, noonish, when the six-time Grammy nominee found out he’d just become a first-time winner.
The nominations, announced as part of the lead up to the Grammy’s 63rd annual awards show, mark six Grammy nominations the creative director has received during his career.
An ensemble of four Camerata singers will perform a 45-minute selection of classical, contemporary and pop numbers.
On Oct. 7, the singers will perform during “The Hope of Loving,” a choral event exploring the nuances of how we show love as a society.
The Long Beach Camerata Singers turns 50 this year and will present a host of new singers, the premiere of a new work commissioned for the milestone and an artistic partnership with the Long Beach Symphony, to celebrate just a few of its recent accomplishments over the past half-decade.
