The keystone of our 20th Anniversary season will honor our core mission of performing large-scale classical masterworks with three performances of Giuseppe Verdi’s Requiem . Scored for massive choral forces, full symphony orchestra and operatic soloists of the highest order, Verdi’s Requiem is a deeply moving experience that aurally manifests the extremes of human joy, sadness, fear, hope and peace. Do not miss this concert!
We’re so excited to celebrate Master Chorale’s 20th Anniversary—my 10th season with the chorus—with our most dynamic series of concerts yet. We’ve carefully curated a season of thrilling and emotionally moving performances that represent the best of classical masterworks and set the stage for how our next 20 years will look and sound.
Our Comfort and Joy holiday concerts provide the perfect setting for that time of year when we all get a little nostalgic and yearn to be with family and friends. Nothing makes you feel that quintessential holiday spirit like hearing carols sung by a choir. Comfort & Joy will celebrate holiday traditions with your favorite carols and compelling new arrangements of familiar pieces.
Every year Master Chorale will spotlight an organization making a powerful and positive impact in our community. Our inaugural concert, Light in the Shadows, will be presented in partnership with the Alzheimer’s Association to help raise awareness of and funds for fighting this devastating disease. This is a particularly moving and emotional project for our singers, and we hope it resonates just as deeply with you. This season’s concerts highlight the breadth and depth of the classical masterwork canon, as well as the Master Chorale’s strong belief that music is a pathway to deepening our curiosity, connecting us to our world and to each other. We hope you’ll join us in celebrating 20 years of meaningful music making and strengthening the cultural fabric of South Florida.
Our final program of the season will mark the beginning of a new annual initiative we are calling “Concerts for a Cause.”
DEAR FRIENDS of the MASTER CHORALE,
Codebreaker: The Alan Turing Story could not be a more timely or appropriate work for our community. James McCarthy’s extraordinary cantata is filled with sweeping cinematic choral lines and driving orchestral rhythms that recount the story of this brilliant mathematician and his struggle to come to terms with his identity amid the unforgiving homophobia of his time.
Bach, Brahms and Burleigh features two polyphonic tours de force by Johann Sebastian Bach that serve as the focal point of our program alongside lesser-known but equally masterful works of Johannes Brahms and Harry T. Burleigh. Brahms’ Schicksalslied (Song of Destiny) and Nänie (Elegy) will transport you to another world with their lavish harmonies and lush romantic melodies. I’m also excited to introduce the stirring music of Burleigh, arguably the most influential Black American composer of the 20th century, who made traditionally Black music available to a worldwide classical audience by arranging spirituals in a style that rivaled famed European composers.
Brett ArtisticKarlinDirector & Conductor
We will continue our partnerships with the Lynn (University) Philharmonia, University of Miami Frost School of Music and many local artists and arts organizations, including the Girl Choir of South Florida, Florida Singing Sons, and leading soloists and instrumentalists. We will also continue to commission new works by leading young American composers.
An organization bent on collaboration, we also partner with individual artists and other arts groups to raise recognition of the choral arts, enhance music education and strengthen the cultural fabric of South Florida. Now, we are building an exciting future on this strong base.
The COVID hiatus gave our Board of Directors time to reflect on these accomplishments and prepare for the next 20 years. They established priorities, which include expanding our outreach with new initiatives, while continuing to provide extraordinary performances.
LOOKING AHEAD with EXCITEMENT!
• Nurture a more connected community through enhanced community collaborations. This season will feature new partnerships with the Stonewall National Museum and Archives and the Alzheimer’s Association.
• Mirror the exciting diversity of South Florida by recruiting singers from underrepresented groups, presenting works by nontraditional composers, reaching out to attract a more diverse audience and adding Board members who represent different perspectives.
• Expand professional staff to increase the capacity for community outreach, educational events and performances.
When you think of the Master Chorale of South Florida, keep in mind that we are your friends, colleagues and neighbors. We are “The Voices of South Florida” who sing the language of the heart and soul to heal, excite, inform and uplift you. We believe, as you do, in the universal power of music.
• Educate future generations with free concerts that introduce young people and their families to the joys of classical music.
The Master Chorale of South Florida is turning 20, and we have a lot to crow about! Now recognized as a force on the national choral scene, the Master Chorale continues to earn praise for outstanding performances of classical masterworks and for commissioning new works that add to the choral-orchestral repertoire.
Holly Strawbridge, President Board of Directors
As we look forward to the next 20 years, we hope you share our excitement and support our dreams.
Under the imaginative artistic direction of Brett Karlin, the chorale is making plans to:
SEPTEMBER www.masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org2022THE ALAN TURING STORY SCOTT CONDUCTORAUCOIN, James McCarthy’s acclaimed cantata dramatically recounts key episodes in the life of Alan Turing, the brilliant codebreaker whose decryption work saved countless lives during World War II. With contrasting energy and pathos, the score portrays Turing as both hero and martyr, a gay man of complexity inseparable from his genius who was destroyed by the unforgiving homophobia of his time. This free community performance features members of the Master Chorale along with musicians from our educational partners at the University of Miami Frost School of Music. Sunday, September 18, 2022 | 4:00 pm Sunshine Cathedral 1480 SW 9th Ave. | Fort Lauderdale FREE ADMISSION. REGISTRATION REQUIRED Reserve your free ticket at www.masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org Generously sponsored by Our Fund Foundation and presented in partnership with the Stonewall National Museum & Archives
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BRETT CONDUCTORKARLIN, Born nearly 200 years apart, Johann Sebastian Bach and Johannes Brahms shared a passion that will be celebrated in this dynamic concert. Paired with works by these two titans of European classical music will be pieces composed and arranged by Harry T. Burleigh. One of the most influential Black American composers of the 20th century, Burleigh was instrumental in developing a characteristically American sound by arranging spirituals and other traditional Black music forms with incomparable beauty and virtuosity. Herrn (Praise
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BRETT CONDUCTORKARLIN, Scored for full symphony orchestra, massive choral forces and operatic soloists of the highest order, Verdi’s Requiem has secured itself as one of the greatest pieces of music ever written. By combining his dramatic operatic style with the text of the Catholic mass for the dead, Verdi created a requiem to which all others are compared. Deeply moving as an exaltation of humanity, this piece seeks out the extremes of joy, sadness, fear, hope and peace.
Thursday, March 30, 2023 | 8:00 pm The Parker 707 NE 8th St (in Holiday Park) Fort Lauderdale Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 8:00 pm Wold Performing Arts Center Lynn University 3601 N. Military Trail | Boca Raton Sunday, April 2, 2023 | 4:00 pm Wold Performing Arts Center Lynn University 3601 N. Military Trail | Boca Raton
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Friday, May 19, 2023 | 8:00 pm Coral Ridge Presbyterian Church 5555 N. Federal Highway | Fort Lauderdale Sunday, May 21, 2023 | 4:00 pm FAU University Theater 777 Glades Road | Boca Raton
BRETT CONDUCTORKARLIN, Light in the Shadows is the Master Chorale’s inaugural “Concert for a Cause,” a new initiative that will spotlight organizations making a positive impact in our community.
Ten percent of the ticket revenue from these concerts will be donated to the Alzheimer’s Association.
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The Alzheimer’s Association was chosen because people with Alzheimer’s often recognize and respond to music that has held meaning in their lives. Music knits our memories together. This concert will feature some of the most memorable popular songs, inspirational songs and excerpts from two poignant works written about Alzheimer’s disease and the Alzheimer’s experience.
First Presbyterian Church 401 SE 15th Ave | Fort Lauderdale Opera is drama set to music, but how does it all work? Join the Master Chorale for a child-friendly program that takes a fun look at this extraordinary art form. You’ll be treated to arias and stories from some of the world’s favorite operas and hear from professional opera singers who sing for a living.
FREE ADMISSION. REGISTRATION REQUIRED
Saturday, October 22, 2022 | 11:00 am
The Master Chorale is committed to presenting free concerts for children and their families. Modeled after Leonard Bernstein’s Young People’s Concerts, Master Chorale Family Concerts introduce children to classical choral and orchestral music in one-hour programs tailored to their age, comprehension and attention span.
Bring the whole family to this free concert and hear some of Johann Sebastian Bach’s most famous and recognizable pieces. In this fun one-hour concert you will learn about the composer, his life and how to “listen” to classical music. You’ll leave understanding why Bach is widely regarded as the greatest composer of all time.
Reserve your free ticket at www.masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org
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Saturday, April 1, 2023 | 11:00 am First Presbyterian Church 401 SE 15th Ave | Fort Lauderdale
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cultural fabric of South Florida. We invite you to join “The Voices of South Florida,” as we bring the joy and universal power of music to our community in our 20th Anniversary concert season. • Send a tax-deductible gift to: Master Chorale of South Florida 6278 N. Federal Highway, #351 Fort Lauderdale, FL 33308-1916 • Give through Venmo: Master Chorale SF or @MCSF1 • Give through Zelle: finance@masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org • By credit card at masterchoraleofsouthflorida.charityproud.org/Donate or by clicking on this QR code: Your generosity empowers the Chorale, so dream with us and think big. Consider how you might: • Become an individual or corporate sponsor today, with opportunities ranging from $100-$15,000. For details, please visit masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org/sponsorships • Make a gift of stock to masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org/stock-donation • Include MCSF in your estate plans at masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org/legacy-giving
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Major support for the Master Chorale of South Florida is provided by the Broward County Cultural Division, the Cultural Council, and the Broward County Board of County Commissioners; the State of Florida, Department of State, Division of Arts and Culture, the Florida Council on Arts and Culture, and the National Endowment for the Arts; the City of Fort Lauderdale; the Fort Lauderdale Symphony Orchestra Foundation Fund of the Community Foundation of Broward; Business for the Arts of Broward; Funding Arts Broward (FAB!); Our Fund Foundation and WLRN. Chorale of South Florida programming is made possible through the support of local organizations, institutions and individuals like you. Nationally recognized, the Chorale is focused on elevating recognition of the choral arts, inviting children experience classical and representing the
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Tickets to our performances of Bach, Brahms and Burleigh, Comfort & Joy, the Verdi’s Requiem performances in Boca Raton, and Light in the Shadows are $35.00 when purchased in advance. Remaining tickets will be sold for $40.00 at the door. Students will be admitted free of charge with ID. To purchase tickets, please visit www.masterchoraleofsouthflorida.org/tickets or call Codebreaker954-641-2653.andour
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