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WELCOME TO OUR
75th ANNIVERSARY SEASON
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Holiday Concert Series:
Home for the Holidays
Saturday, December 10, 2022 | 2 PM
St Luke Lutheran Church, Mesa
Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 1 PM (SOLD OUT)
Musical Instrument Museum, North Phoenix
Saturday, December 17, 2022 | 6 PM*
Camelback Bible Church, Paradise Valley
*Alumni welcome to join us!
Sunday, December 18, 2022 | 3 PM
Brophy Chapel, Central Phoenix
Our season will kick off with our Holiday Concert Series: Home for the Holidays. Whether you are traveling from near or far, it wouldn't be the holidays without the Phoenix Boys Choir. Our holiday concert series features collaborations with a chamber orchestra, solo artists, our alumni and audience members. Celebrate the season with an array of holiday music, including Home for the Holidays, Carol of the Bells, Hava Hallelujah, and Sweet Little Jesus Boy, featuring powerful soloists. Do not miss this annual tradition!
When Dreams Take Flight:
Gospel Honor Choir Festival and Celebration Concert
Friday, January 27, 2023 | 5 PM
Gospel Workshop for Educators
Phoenix Boys Choir Building
Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 8:30 AM
4th-6th Grade Gospel Honor Choir Festival
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Phoenix
Saturday, January 28, 2023 | 3 PM
Gospel Celebration Concert
Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church, Phoenix
Join us for an uplifting collaborative performance celebrating a uniquely American art form. Black American gospel music emerged in the late 19th and early 20th centuries alongside ragtime, blues, and jazz, but the roots of the tradition lie in both Black and white music of the 19th century, including, most notably, Black spirituals, songs of enslaved people, and white hymnody. As an exciting precursor to Black History Month, you will enjoy gospel music from its African roots, Negro spirituals, and traditional and contemporary gospel music. The program will include performances by the Phoenix Boys Choir, Pilgrim Rest Baptist Church Choir, ASU Gospel Choir, and the When Dreams Take Flight Festival Gospel Honor Choir, featuring 4th-6th grade students and educators led by guest clinician Maria A. Ellis.
75th Anniversary Gala
Saturday, February 25, 2023
The Heard Museum, Phoenix
Please help us celebrate 75 years of song, education, friendship, community and excellence. Join us in sponsoring the Phoenix Boys Choir 75th Gala at the historic Heard Museum. The evening will feature live performances, visual history, community, silent and live auctions, delicious food, and most of all you, making a difference. The Phoenix Boys Choir will perform, as well as the Orpheus Male Chorus. Former Phoenix suns star Cedric Ceballos will emcee the evening.
Would you like to support the Phoenix Boys Choir Gala with a sponsorship or an in-kind donation of goods, services, or an experience? If so, please click on the links below for more information.
Classics Concert Series:
Harmonious Journey
Saturday, March 25, 2023 | 2 PM
Desert Hills Presbyterian Church, North Scottsdale
Sunday, March 26, 2023 | 3 PM
First United Methodist Church, Central Phoenix
In March, our Classics Concert Series: Harmonious Journey visits the masterworks of choral music and provides an adventurous glimpse into our 75th Anniversary Summer Tour 2023 to the British Isles. The program will include well known standards such as Loch Lomond, Danny Boy, The Skye Boat Song, and Gloria Tibi from Leonard Bernstein's MASS. We will also present the world premiere of Jubilate, be joyful! by Italian composer Giorgio Susana, winner of the third prize in our 2022 New Works Rising Choral Composition Competition.
Pops Concert Series:
PBC Playlist - 75 Years of Song
Friday, May 12, 2023
Mesa Center for the Arts
Saturday, May 13, 2023 | TBD
The season will conclude in May with our Pops concert Series: PBC Playlist - 75 Years of Song. Featuring PBC secular hits over our history, our concerts pay homage to the legacies of former Artistic Directors Dr. Harvey K. Smith and Mr. Georg Stangelberger, as well as reflecting the musical influences of Artistic Director Herbert Washington. Audience members will hear timeless classics with a Broadway flare including Edelweiss, Consider Yourself, My Favorite Things, Hallelujah, and Route 66. A highlight of this series will be the world premiere performances of The Journey, by Michigan's Jeffrey Cobb, and The Spirit of Adventure, by Phoenix-based composer Ryan Gunderson. These pieces were written specifically for PBC and the New Works Rising competition, and were selected as the first and second prize winners from more than 90 entries.