Founded
in 1956 by a recent emigrant from England, Ronald Arnatt, the choir soon rose to
prominence in the Midwest, giving first American performances of numerous works
by Britten, Delius and Stravinsky. It has always held a prestige position in
local music-making, and under Philip Barnes's direction this reputation has only
been enhanced, particularly since specialising in the repertoire for
unaccompanied choir. Each season the choir performs over fifty complete works,
always in their original language, and in appropriate settings throughout the
greater St. Louis area. In recent years the choir has cultivated close ties with
several leading choral composers, who have written for the Chamber Chorus,
including Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, Clare Maclean, David Matthews,
and Sasha Johnson Manning. This is the choir's seventh disc; details of its
earlier releases, together with more information about concerts and repertoire,
may be found on its website,
www.chamberchorus.org.
Chorus
Singers:
The St. Louis
Chamber Chorus
Sopranos Betsy Brown, Mary Ongjoco
Chapman, Katherine Glass, Jennifer Harkey, Suzanne Ramsey Haubein, Emily
Heslop, Celeste Hobbs, Ann Logan, Kathleen Mead, Phyllis Pasley, Mindy
Robinson, Alice Sherwood, Jill Vandegriff, Karey Wieberg, Angela Winkelmeier
Contraltos Jennifer Asbury, Nichole
Black, Nancy Bristol, Susan Greene, Roberta Hmiel, Elise Ibendahl, Amanda
Meinen, Rebecca Pantano, Jill Ritter, Stephanie Scherrer, Amanda Verbeck
Tenors Mike Brown, David
Carpenter, Derek Dahlke, Jon Garrett, Mark Ravenscraft, Bruce Ryder, Deane
Thompson, Todd Wilson
Basses Jonathan Brader, Chris
Foot, Charles Grames, John Hubert, Orin Johnson, Mark Poe, Brian Reeves,
Nathan Ruggles, Mark Schober, Jason Taff
Founded
in 1956 by a recent emigrant from England, Ronald Arnatt, the choir soon rose to
prominence in the Midwest, giving first American performances of numerous works
by Britten, Delius and Stravinsky. It has always held a prestige position in
local music-making, and under Philip Barnes's direction this reputation has only
been enhanced, particularly since specialising in the repertoire for
unaccompanied choir. Each season the choir performs over fifty complete works,
always in their original language, and in appropriate settings throughout the
greater St. Louis area. In recent years the choir has cultivated close ties with
several leading choral composers, who have written for the Chamber Chorus,
including Richard Rodney Bennett, Judith Bingham, Clare Maclean, David Matthews,
and Sasha Johnson Manning. This is the choir's seventh disc; details of its
earlier releases, together with more information about concerts and repertoire,
may be found on its website,