Past Performances
My Spirit Sang All Day

The Cantabile Singers present My Spirit Sang All Day.
Sunday, May 3rd, 4:00 pm
Mountain View Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder CO
Saturday, May 9th, 7:30 pm
First Congregational United Church of Christ
1500 9th Avenue, Longmont CO
Tickets:
Adult: $15, Senior/Student: $12
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Estes Park Music Festival

Please join Cantabile as we present Songs of Nature at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park, Sunday, November 9, 2009 at 2:00 pm.
Haydn Missa in Angustiis

The Cantabile Singers present Joseph Haydn’s Missa In Angustiis (Lord Nelson Mass), featuring soloists Emily Murdock (soprano), Laura Williams (mezzo-soprano), Yang Bo (tenor) and Wu Wei (bass).
Friday, February 20th, 2009, 7:30 pm
Sunday, February 22nd, 2009, 4:00 pm
Mountain View Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder, Colorado
Tickets:
Adult: $15, Senior: $12, Student: $10
Tickets sold at the door.
About the Mass
A country at war. Fear of terrorism. Economic disaster. Resentment of leaders. Social discontentment. Austrians exactly 210 years ago would have lamented their days in these terms over mugs of coffee with their neighbors. They would have cursed the war with Napoleon, feared his army’s guerrilla tactics, felt the pinch of restricted international trade, resented the despotic rule of France, and wished ardently for change. Not so very unlike our own troubled times.
Austrian Joseph Haydn captured the uncertain summer of 1798 in his Missa in Angustiis—Mass for Troubled Times (also known as the Lord Nelson Mass). Boulder’s Cantabile Singers performs the mass in the tenuous spring of 2009. The mass is chilling and yet uplifting, powerful yet delicate, on the verge of despair and yet infused with hope. Its ups and downs provide the soundtrack of our era.
The first movement opens with a booming, crimson-colored plea for mercy—Kyrie Eleison. We have gone to war in the Middle East. The banks foreclose on the first homes. The second movement proclaims Gloria and reminds us that there is still beauty in the world. Michael Phelps wins eight Olympic gold medals for America, setting a world record. The third movement, the Credo, cautions us to be humble. What has been given to us can be taken away—jobs, health, wealth, even our lives. But Haydn again gives us hope in the possibility for rebirth and renewal. Gas prices fall and America defies historical expectations by electing an African American president—Hosanna in Excelsis. In the final movement, the Agnus Dei, Haydn recognizes that troubles are far from over. America’s three major car manufacturers have asked for a governmental bailout and foreclosures and layoffs will return with the end of the holiday season. But we can all close our eyes as the mass ends and wish with all our hearts for peace—Dona Nobis Pacem.
Kristen Jorden, The Cantabile Singers
Songs of Nature

Choral music to celebrate the wonders of animals and raise awareness to protect and preserve their world.
The Cantabile Singers are pleased to be joined by the following organizations:
The Boulder County Audubon Society
City of Boulder Open Space & Mountain Parks
The Wild Animal Sanctuary
Wild Earth Guardians
Come 1/2 hour before the concert and learn about what these organizations are doing to preserve wildlife habitats and help animals!
Saturday, May 17th, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 18th, 4:00 pm
O Magnum Mysterium
December 14 & 15, 2007, 7:30 pm
St Andrew Presbyterian Church
3700 Baseline Road
Boulder CO 80303
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Autumn 2007 - Cantabile at the Stanley Hotel
Cantabile’s sixth appearance at the Stanley Hotel as part of the Estes Park Music Festival Winter Concert Series.
Sunday, November 11, 2:00 pm
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview Avenue
Estes Park CO 80517
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Spring 2007 - From Our Backyard
A joint concert with the Boulder Chamber Orchestra, featuring local musicians and composers.
Sunday’s concert featured Silver Rain, the Summit Middle School advanced choir.
Friday, May 18, 2007, 7:30 pm
First Baptist Church
1237 Pine Street
Boulder CO 80302
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Sunday, May 20, 2007, 1:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue
Boulder, CO 80304
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Spring 2007 - A Celtic Celebration

A joint concert with the Rocky Mountain Revels (and the RMR Teen Morris Team!), featuring an evening of music and dancing.
Friday, March 16, 2007, 7:30 pm
St Andrew Presbyterian Church
3700 Baseline Rd
Boulder, CO 80303
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Winter 2006 - ‘Twas the Season
Featuring Conrad Susa’s Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest for chorus, marimba, guitar and harp.
Friday, 1 December 2006
Broomfield Auditorium
Broomfield
Saturday, 2 December 2006
Mountain View Methodist Church
Boulder
Autumn 2006 - Poetry in the Mountains
Sunday, November 12, 2006, 2:00 pm
Hyde Chapel, YMCA of the Rockies
Spring 2006 - I Know Those Words

This program includes choral music using familiar texts from great literature. The concert also features a piano solo by Stella Pradeau.
Sunday, April 23, 2006, 4:00 pm
Boulder Library Auditorium
1000 Canyon Boulevard
Boulder, CO 80302
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Sunday, April 30, 2006, 7:00 pm
Broomfield Library Auditorium
3 Community Park Road
Broomfield, CO 80020
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Winter 2005 - Cantabile: A Holiday Tradition

A program including music by Philips, Handl, Bruckner and Pärt as well as arrangements of favorite carols and John Rutter’s “Dancing Day” for women’s voices with harpist Lynn Abbey Lee. The evening also featured conductor Sarah Harrison and The Altona Singers (formerly the Silver Creek Singers) from Altona Middle School in Longmont, an auditioned chorus of 7th and 8th graders.
Saturday, December 17, 2005, 7:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue
Boulder CO 80304
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Autumn 2005 - Our Favorite Place
The Cantabile Singers return for a fifth appearance on the Estes Park Music Series in the historic Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.
Sunday, November 6, 2005, 2:00 pm
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview, Estes Park, CO Map & Directions
Spring 2005 - Cantabile in Love
Saturday, February 12, 2005
Autumn 2004 - Cantabile at the Stanley Hotel: Classic Cantabile
Sunday, November 7, 2004
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview, Estes Park, CO
Spring 2004 - Songs and Psalms
Friday, May 7, 2004
Westview Presbyterian Church, Longmont CO
Saturday, May 8, 2004
Seventh Day Adventist Church, Boulder CO
Winter 2003 - A Winter’s Night
With the Flagstaff Brass Quintet. Featured works include When Icicles Hang, by John Rutter; O Heiland, reiss die Himmel auf, by Johannes Brahms; and more music of the season.
Friday, December 12, 2003, 7:30 pm
Westview Presbyterian Church
1500 Hover Road, Longmont CO
Saturday, December 13, 2003, 7:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder CO
Autumn 2003 - Cantabile at the Stanley Hotel
A concert featuring Randall Thompson’s Frostiana and a preview of Christmas, at the Stanley Hotel in beautiful Estes Park.
Sunday, November 9, 2003, 2:00 pm
The Stanley Hotel
333 Wonderview, Estes Park, CO
Spring 2003 - An American Tradition
Music of Thompson, Dello Joio and others.
Friday, May 9, 2003, 8:00 pm
Westview Presbyterian Church
1500 Hover Road, Longmont
Saturday, May 10, 2003, 8:00 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder
Spring 2003 - A Benefit Concert for the Virgil Grillo Health Information Center

The Virgil Grillo Health Information Center provides free access to the latest health care information at the Boulder Public Library. Cantabile was pleased to provide an evening of music to benefit this valuable Boulder County resource.
Friday, March 7, 2003, 8:00 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder
Winter 2002 - Sing Noel
Featuring the beautiful Bach motet, “Komm Jesu, Komm” and and Kirke Mechem’s Seven Joys of Christmas, a sequence of carols for choir and harp.
Friday, December 7, 2002, 7:30 pm,
Longs Peak United Methodist Church,
1421 Elmhurst Street, Longmont
Saturday, December 14, 2002, 7:30 pm
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304-3981
Autumn 2002 - Cantabile at the Stanley Hotel
Sunday, November 3, 2002, in the beautiful Music Hall at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park.
Autumn 2002 - The Rolling Requiem
Wednesday, September 11, 2002, 8:46 am
Cantabile was privileged to participate with other area choirs in the Boulder Rolling Requiem, hosted by David Harris and Jubilate. For more information about this event, which honored those lost and those who helped others on September 11, 2001, please see the Rolling Requiem website.
Spring 2002 - Music of Peace
Requiem, Opus 9, Maurice Duruflé, with the Cantabile Kids
Friday, May 10, 2002
Westview Presbyterian Church
1500 Hover Road, Longmont, CO 80501-2422
Saturday, May 11, 2002
Seventh Day Adventist Church
345 Mapleton Avenue, Boulder, CO 80304-3981
Winter 2001 - A Christmas Celebration
Featuring Poulenc’s “Quatre Motets pour Noel” (Four Christmas Motets), as well as Conrad Susa’s “Carols and Lullabies: Christmas in the Southwest”, with the choir, harp, guitar and marimba
Friday, December 7, 2001, 7:30 pm,
First United Methodist Church
350 11th Avenue, Longmont
Saturday, December 8, 2001, 7:30 pm
Mountain View United Methodist Church
355 Ponca Place, Boulder
Autumn 2001 - Cantabile at the Stanley Hotel
Sunday, November 4, 2001, 2:00 pm at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park
Spring 2001 - Songs of Spring
Featuring the music of Debussy, Mendelssohn, Britten, Berger, Gershwin and others
May 11, 2001
United Church of Christ, Longmont CO
May 12, 2001
Mountain View Methodist Church, Boulder CO
Winter 2000 - A Cantabile Christmas
This year’s seasonal concert featured the Christmas Cantata by Geoffrey Bush, with guest oboist Jim Brody. The program also included settings of Ave Maria by Victoria and Rachmaninoff, a Christmas piece by Palestrina, and several pieces performed by 3 Story Limit.
Friday, December 8, 2000, 7:30 pm at Longs Peak United Methodist Church, Longmont
Saturday, December 9, 2000, 7:30 pm at Mountain View Methodist Church, Boulder
Autumn 2000 - Cantabile at the Stanley Hotel
The 1st Annual Cantabile Singers Concert at the Stanley Hotel in Estes Park was very well received.
Sunday, November 12, 2000
Spring 2000 - Cantabile In Love
Love songs by William Walton, Orlando di Lasso, George Gershwin and others
June 2, 2000
Westview Middle School
Longmont CO
June 4, 2000
Boulder Public Library
Boulder CO
Spring 2000 - The Millenium Benefit
The Creation, Franz Joseph Haydn
Zonta Foothills of Boulder County joined forces with The Cantabile Singers for a concert to benefit two of Zonta’s children’s charities, Blue Sky Bridge and Voices for Children. Held on March 4, 2000, this celebration of the millennium was a project that culminated these two groups’ efforts in raising proceeds of $8800 from ticket sales and corporate sponsorships. On June 1, 2000 Robert Farr, Music Director of The Cantabile Singers, and Bev Sears, President of Zonta Foothills, awarded checks of $4400 each to Meg Collins, Blue Sky Bridge Board Member, and Jim Sides, Voices for Children Board Member to benefit the groups’ activities for the year June 2000-June 2001.
Accompanying the March concert was an exclusive Boulder-area exhibit of “Child Abuse Quilts: Reviewing and Healing the Pain of Child Abuse.” This was a breath-taking exhibit with original creations of artists around the country to focus attention on child abuse and society’s need to assist in the healing process. For many of the 28 quilt makers featured in this exhibit, the process of planning and making their quilt touched deep and painful wounds. For some the process was healing and cathartic. As a group, these quilts will travel the country.
Zonta and The Cantabile Singers are proud to have sponsored this concert and exhibit.
Winter 1999 - Cantabile: A Retrospective
A variety of pieces including works by William Billings, Randall Thompson, Johannes Brahms, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart.
November 12, 1999
First Lutheran Church
Longmont CO
November 21, 1999
Boulder Public Library
Boulder CO
Spring 1999 - Music to Dance To
Including dances by Johannes Brahms, Rogers & Hart, and George & Ira Gershwin, with members of the Boulder Ballet and 3 Story Limit
Winter 1998 - Christmas Then and Now
Christmas and holiday music from the middle ages to the modern age. We are joined by 3 Story Limit.
December 11, 1998
United Church of Christ
Longmont CO
December 12, 1998
Mountain View Methodist Church
Boulder CO
Spring 1998 - Mozart’s Requiem
Requiem, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart with full orchestra drawn, in part, from the Suzuki Strings of Longmont
May 8, 1998
United Church of Christ
Longmont CO
May 9, 1998
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Boulder CO
Winter 1997
Holiday works including pieces by Hans Leo Hassler, J.S. Bach, and John Rutter. We are joined by 3 Story Limit.
December 5, 1997
Centaurus High School
Lafayette CO
Dec 13, 1997
First Baptist Church
Boulder CO
Autumn 1997 - The Best of The Cantabile Singers
October 19, 1997
Boulder Public Library Series
Boulder CO
Spring 1997 - Americana Revue
American works from colonial times (William Billings, traditional works) through the 19th century (Stephen Foster) and into the 20th century (Charles Ives)
May 9, 1997
Lutheran Church of Hope
Broomfield CO
May 10, 1997
Boulder Library
Boulder CO
Winter 1996
Holiday works by Tomas Luis de Victoria, Johannes Brahms, Giacomo Puccini, John Rutter, Edward Elgar and more
Spring 1996 - A Choral Confabulation
Works by Orlando di Lasso, Heinrich Schütz, Ludwig van Beethoven and more, with Rocky Mountain Choral
May 5, 1996
First Plymouth Congregational Church
Denver, CO
May 11, 1996
Sacred Heart of Jesus
Boulder, CO
Winter 1995
Works by Leo Hassler, Giovanni Gabrieli, Daniel Pinkham, Ralph Vaughan Williams and more
December 8,9, 1995
Nederland High School
Nederland, CO
First Congregational Church
Boulder, CO
Winter 1994 - Christmas in Boulder
December 3, 1994
First Congregational Church
Boulder CO



