Previous Concerts
2008/2009 Season
Opening Concert
Sunday, October 12
Cornerstone Arts Center
Colorado College
This concert of choral masterpieces from the Renaissance to the present day will open CVAE's year-long appointment as Visiting Artists in Residence at Colorado College. The program will feature works by Claudio Monteverdi, Johannes Brahms, and Rene Clausen, as well as settings of traditional American songs.
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble and the Colorado College Choir
Anton Bruckner Mass in E minor
Friday, December 5
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
CVAE joins forces with The CC Choir to present Bruckner's Mass in E minor. This glorious masterpiece of the 19th century is set for double choir and an orchestra of wind and brass instruments. With a combined strength of more than 100 voices, this performance promises to raise the roof. The performance will also include works by Gabrieli and Palestrina.
Wintersong
Friday, December 19
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
AND
Sunday, Dec 21
Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church
Monument, CO
Combining music and spoken word, this unforgettable event is the most popular in CVAE’s season. This year’s program will span the centuries, including works by Heinrich Schutz and Benjamin Britten, as well as beautiful and unusual arrangements of traditional favorites. Please join the Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble for this memorable holiday tradition.
A Carlton Gamer Retrospective
A concert of works by Colorado College Professor Emeritus and Composer, Carlton Gamer
Sunday Feb. 22
Packard Hall
Colorado College
This performance will feature the choral works of composer and Colorado College Professor Emeritus Carlton Gamer. The program includes Star in Clay, for choir and brass ensemble, Choros, for choir, string quartet, early instruments, piano, organ and percussion, as well as several works for a cappella choir.
Voice, Verse, and Vision
Friday, April 3 and Saturday, April 4
Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
Palmer Lake, CO
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble and
The Colorado College Chamber Chorus
Friday, May 1
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
2007/2008 Season
strong>16th Season Opening Concert
Friday October 1
First Christian Church
Colorado Springs
Sunday, October 14
Tri-Lakes Center for the Arts
Palmer Lake, CO
Gateways
CVAE joins forces with outstanding ensembles from Coronado High School and Mitchell High School
Saturday, November 3
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
Wintersong
Inspired by the beauty of the season, this CVAE classic has become an indispensable tradition.
Bring the family and celebrate the holidays with glorious a cappella singing.
Friday, December 14
Shove Chapel
Colorado College
AND
Saturday, December 15
Trinity Lutheran Church
2200 Broadway
Boulder, CO
The Song and the Space: A Glorious Sequence of A Cappella Cathedral Music
Friday, April 4
St. Mary’s Cathedral
Colorado Springs
AND
Saturday April 5
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Pueblo, CO
Playground: Songs of Memory and Childhood
This concert united CVAE and the Colorado College student a cappella group “Room 46.”
The program featured original works by CC Bachelor of Arts candidate John Zirkle,
as well as Estonian composer Veljo Tormis’ haunting “Childhood Memories” and
Steven Stucky’s “Three Cradle Songs”
Saturday, May 3
Packard Hall, Colorado College
Voice, Verse, and Vision
Friday, May 9
Gallery Two-Ten, 210 East Cimarron Street
Colorado Springs
Beethoven’s 9th Symphony
Monday, 17 June
CVAE with the Colorado College Summer Conservatory Orchestra under the direction of Maestro Scott Yoo
Official opening of CC’s new Cornerstone Arts Center
2006/2007 (15th Anniversary Season)
Voices on Fire
Sunday, October 29
Broadmoor Community Church
Colorado Springs, CO
AND
Sunday, November 5
Cathedral of the Sacred Heart
Pueblo, CO
Wintersong
Friday, December 15
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
AND
Sunday, December 17
Tri-Lakes United Methodist Church
Monument, CO
Gateways: Music in a Grand Space
CVAE’s 2007 High School Residency program culminated in a joint performance
featuring outstanding high school chamber ensembles.
Saturday, February 10
St. Mary's Cathedral
Colorado Springs, CO
CVAE and Ormao Dance Company present
Modern Dance meets the Choral Art!
Original choreography brings new dimensions to some of CVAE’s best-loved repertoire,
including Eric Whitacre’s fanciful masterpiece Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine and
Sid Robinovitch’s sensuous Olvido (Oblivion).
Friday, March 23 and Sunday, March 25
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
Voice, Verse and Vision
Friday, April 20
Smokebrush Gallery
Colorado Springs, CO
Gian Carlo Menotti:
The Unicorn, The Gorgon and the Manticore
Colorado Vocal Arts Ensemble, Colorado’s Classical Youth Ballet, Chamber Orchestra of the Springs
Thomas Wilson, conductor
Co- presented by the Colorado Springs School and the Colorado College Summer Festival of the Arts
Saturday, June 9 and Sunday, June 10
The Louisa Performing Arts Center - The Colorado Springs School
Colorado Springs, CO
2005/2006 Season
Opening Concert
Sunday, October 23, 2005
First Christian Church
Colorado Springs
Special Engagement
Friday, October 28, 2005
Lamont School of Music, Denver University
Wintersong
Friday, December 16, 2005
Shove Chapel, Colorado College
AND
Sunday, December 18
Good Shepherd United Methodist Church
Security, CO
Special Engagement
Sunday, January 29, 2006
Westcliffe, CO
Out of the Deep
Sunday, March 5, 2006
First Congregational Church
Colorado Springs, CO
Friday, March 24, 2006
St. John’s Episcopal Cathedral
Denver, CO
Voice, Verse and Vision
Friday, April 21, 2006
The Warehouse Restaurant and Gallery
Colorado Springs, CO
**June 2006 Tour of Southern California**
Friday, June 2, 2006
Grace Presbyterian Church
3955 Studebaker Rd, Long Beach , CA
Saturday, June 3, 2006
Trinity Lutheran Church
1340 Eleventh Street, Manhattan Beach CA
Sunday, June 4, 2006
The Nixon Library
18001 Yorba Linda Boulevard, Yorba Linda, CA
Monday, June 5, 2006
Cathedral of Our Lady of the Angels
555 West Temple Street, Los Angeles, CA
Monday, June 5 2006
Church of St. Thomas More
1450 S. Melrose Dr., Oceanside, CA
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