San Francisco Symphony Chorus
- San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Infobox musical artist
Name = San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Background = classical_ensemble
Alias = the SFS Chorus
Origin = flagicon|USA San Francisco, California, USA
Instrument = 226 voices
Genre = Choral, classical, opera
Occupation = Choir
Years_active = 1972-"present"
Label = SFS Media
Associated_acts = San Francisco Symphony
URL = [http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/chorus.asp?nodeid=79 www.sfsymphony.org]
Current_members = Music Director
Michael Tilson Thomas
Chorus Director
Ragnar Bohlin
Past_members = Founder
Seiji OzawaThe San Francisco Symphony Chorus is the resident chorus of the San Francisco Symphony (SFS).
Background
Established in 1972 at the request of Seiji Ozawa, then the San Francisco Symphony's music director, the SFS Chorus today gives a minimum of twenty-six performances each season at Davies Symphony Hall. They have performed with some of the world's greatest conductors such as Michael Tilson Thomas, Kurt Masur, Neville Marriner, Roger Norrington and many others.
Leadership
During its first decade, Louis Magor served as the SFS Chorus director. Magor was succeeded In 1982, by the director of the Chicago Symphony Chorus, Margaret Hillis. In 1983, Hillis was succeeded by Vance George who served as chorus director for twenty-three years until his retirement in 2006. [ cite news
url=http://sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2004/08/19/DDGGA89NFM1.DTL
title = S.F. Symphony Chorus director to leave at end of '05-06 season
publisher = San Francisco Chronicle
date = 2004-08-19
accessdate= 2006-12-26
author = Joshua Kosman ] The current director is Ragnar Bohlin, who comes to the SFS Chorus from Stockholm, Sweden where he served as choirmaster of the Maria Magdalena Motettkoer. [ cite news
url=http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2006/11/15/DDGIHMC4PS1.DTL&hw=Ragnar+Bohlin&sn=001&sc=1000
title = Symphony names chorus director
publisher = San Francisco Chronicle
date = 2006-11-15
accessdate = 2006-12-26
author = Joshua Kosman ]
Awards
Emmy Award, Outstanding Classical Music-Dance Program
* 2001 "Sondheim: Sweeny Todd In Concert", filmed for PBSGrammy Award for Best Classical Album
* 2000 Stravinsky: Perséphone"
* 2004 "Mahler: Symphony No. 3"Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance
* 1992 "Orff: Carmina Burana"
* 1995 "Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem"
References
ee also
* American Guild of Musical Artists
* San Francisco Opera
External links
* [http://www.sfsymphony.org/templates/chorus.asp?nodeid=79 San Francisco Symphony Chorus]
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