2007/08 Season

Season tickets to all four concerts are available for $95.00.  These tickets will enable purchasers to sit in “up front” reserved sections for all four concerts — a $15.00 savings on the cost of purchasing reserved section tickets individually. A second package that includes “up front” tickets for the final three concerts of the season (minus Brahms’ “A German Requiem”) is available for $45.00 – a $10.00 savings on the cost of purchasing reserved section tickets individually. To purchase season tickets, or for more information, please contact the Choral Society of Pensacola office at (850) 484-1806, or send email to csop1@juno.com.

Brahms’ “A German Requiem”

Saturday, November 3, 2007 (8:00 p.m.)
Joint concert with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra and the University of West Florida Singers
Conducted by Peter Rubardt, Music Director of the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
Guest Soloists: Kelley Nassief, Soprano; Christopheren Nomura, Baritone
Location: First Baptist Church of Pensacola, 500 N. Palafox St.

Handel’s “Messiah”

Saturday, December 1, 2007 (7:30 p.m.) & Sunday, December 2, 2007 (3:00 p.m.)
Joint concert with the Pensacola Symphony Orchestra
Conducted by Xiaolun Chen, Artistic Director of the Choral Society of Pensacola
Guest Soloists: Linda Mabbs, Soprano; Stephanie Novacek, Mezzo-Soprano; Vale Rideout, Tenor; Stephen Bryant, Baritone
Locations:
Saturday - Hillcrest Baptist Church, 800 E. Nine Mile Rd.
Sunday - Saint Sylvester Catholic Church, 6464 Gulf Breeze Pkwy.

Schubert’s “Mass No. 6, in E-flat Major” and Howard Hanson’s “Song of Democracy”

Saturday, March 15, 2008 (7:30 p.m.)
Conducted by Xiaolun Chen, Choral Society Artistic Director, with the Choral Society Orchestra
Guest Soloists: Lori Smithey, Soprano; Anne Duraski, Mezzo-Soprano; J. Raymond Meyers, Tenor; Bret Smithey, Bass-Baritone
Location: East Brent Baptist Church, 4801 N. Davis Hwy.

“Songs for the Heart and Soul: An Evening with Soprano Daisy Jackson”

Saturday, May 10, 2008 (7:30 p.m.)
Conducted by Xiaolun Chen, Choral Society Artistic Director, with piano accompaniment
Guest Soloist: Daisy Jackson, Soprano
Location: East Brent Baptist Church, 4801 N. Davis Hwy.