We're the Master Chorale of Saddleback Valley, and we love making music!
We hope you'll join us as we celebrate in concert the beauty, life and passion of choral music.
We hope you'll join us as we celebrate in concert the beauty, life and passion of choral music.
== 2024 Spring Season
The Master Chorale of Saddleback Valley’s spring concert, Love In All the Right Places, has been set for 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, April 14, 2024 at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church (31641 La Novia) in San Juan Capistrano. Rehearsals will be held at St. Margaret’s from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. on Wednesdays beginning on January 10th. Artistic Director, Charles Stephenson, has planned an inspiring concert featuring vocal classics with texts centered on love themes.
MCSV will be joined in this concert by St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Choir as well as the St. Margaret's High School Highlander Chorale. The combined voices will be accompanied by an orchestra of professional musicians. We are expecting this concert to be very exciting, just as our collaboration with St. Margaret's Episcopal Church was in March of 2023. There will be no tickets sold and no reserved seating. Come early for a good seat! Though there will be no tickets sold, we still have our usual expenses, and will gladly accept donations.
The Concert Program:
Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major and Beatus Vir in C Major, both 18th century Latin compositions, contain sections for mixed choir and female solos. The Gloria is a separate setting of the Mass text and is considered one of sacred music’s most uplifting works. The Beatus Vir uses the text of Psalm 111 (modern numbering Psalm 112) which begins, “Blessed is the man…” With themes of God’s love for humanity and the promised reward for those who love Him, both works convey in music a sense of angelic majesty.
Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 24 written in 1916 for mixed choir. The French text, La terre appartient a l’Eternel (The earth is the Lord’s), is based on a psalm of David which gives praise to God and describes the blessings in store for those who love and trust Him.
Z. Randall Stroop’s 2001 Amor de Mi Alma (Love of my Soul) is a setting of a Spanish sonnet written by Garcilaso de la Vega (1503-1536). The text describes a deep and selfless love which is expressed through rich harmonic language and melodic lines for all voice parts.
Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus is one of the composer's most famous choral short works. Written in 1791 in Vienna, the music is set to a Latin text that describes the body of Christ sacrificed for the love of mankind.
Michael John Trotta's Ecce Ancilla (I am the servant) was written for a cappella mixed voices in 2019. It is the setting of a Latin text taken from Magnificat. The simple words of love and humility in Mary's response to the Angel Gabriel are captured masterfully by this young composer from New Jersey.
We hope you will calendar April 14th so that you won’t miss this special concert. Also, please consider singing with us this season. This is a wonderful opportunity to sing some great choral works. If you have never sung with us, please send an email to us at info@masterchoralesv.org to let us know your voice part and experience. That way we can be ready for you when you arrive. Simply plan to come and listen at our rehearsal and then decide if you’d like to join us.
Information about tickets for this concert will be available on this website in February.
Love In All the Right Places
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
31641 La Novia, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sunday, April 14th at 3:00 p.m.
MCSV will be joined in this concert by St. Margaret's Episcopal Church Choir as well as the St. Margaret's High School Highlander Chorale. The combined voices will be accompanied by an orchestra of professional musicians. We are expecting this concert to be very exciting, just as our collaboration with St. Margaret's Episcopal Church was in March of 2023. There will be no tickets sold and no reserved seating. Come early for a good seat! Though there will be no tickets sold, we still have our usual expenses, and will gladly accept donations.
The Concert Program:
Vivaldi’s Gloria in D Major and Beatus Vir in C Major, both 18th century Latin compositions, contain sections for mixed choir and female solos. The Gloria is a separate setting of the Mass text and is considered one of sacred music’s most uplifting works. The Beatus Vir uses the text of Psalm 111 (modern numbering Psalm 112) which begins, “Blessed is the man…” With themes of God’s love for humanity and the promised reward for those who love Him, both works convey in music a sense of angelic majesty.
Lili Boulanger’s Psalm 24 written in 1916 for mixed choir. The French text, La terre appartient a l’Eternel (The earth is the Lord’s), is based on a psalm of David which gives praise to God and describes the blessings in store for those who love and trust Him.
Z. Randall Stroop’s 2001 Amor de Mi Alma (Love of my Soul) is a setting of a Spanish sonnet written by Garcilaso de la Vega (1503-1536). The text describes a deep and selfless love which is expressed through rich harmonic language and melodic lines for all voice parts.
Mozart's Ave Verum Corpus is one of the composer's most famous choral short works. Written in 1791 in Vienna, the music is set to a Latin text that describes the body of Christ sacrificed for the love of mankind.
Michael John Trotta's Ecce Ancilla (I am the servant) was written for a cappella mixed voices in 2019. It is the setting of a Latin text taken from Magnificat. The simple words of love and humility in Mary's response to the Angel Gabriel are captured masterfully by this young composer from New Jersey.
We hope you will calendar April 14th so that you won’t miss this special concert. Also, please consider singing with us this season. This is a wonderful opportunity to sing some great choral works. If you have never sung with us, please send an email to us at info@masterchoralesv.org to let us know your voice part and experience. That way we can be ready for you when you arrive. Simply plan to come and listen at our rehearsal and then decide if you’d like to join us.
Information about tickets for this concert will be available on this website in February.
Love In All the Right Places
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church
31641 La Novia, San Juan Capistrano, CA
Sunday, April 14th at 3:00 p.m.
Here is a look to the future. We will keep you posted as more information becomes available.
June Concert Date and Venue TBA - Music for this concert will come from our favorite musicals. There will be choir selections as well as many ensembles and solos.
June Concert Date and Venue TBA - Music for this concert will come from our favorite musicals. There will be choir selections as well as many ensembles and solos.
SING WITH US...
Would you like to sing with us? If you have experience in choral singing in any genre, and you'd be interested in singing with a high energy, high quality group, we'd love to hear from you. (We have lots of fun too!) Come and check us out at a concert or a rehearsal.
If you like what you hear, consider becoming a member. Wednesday evening rehearsals at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church (31641 La Novia Ave., San Juan Capistrano) are from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. If you'd like to know more about us, you can take a look at our "Sing with Us" page, or contact us directly at info@masterchoralesv.org. We'll be in touch .
If you like what you hear, consider becoming a member. Wednesday evening rehearsals at St. Margaret's Episcopal Church (31641 La Novia Ave., San Juan Capistrano) are from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. If you'd like to know more about us, you can take a look at our "Sing with Us" page, or contact us directly at info@masterchoralesv.org. We'll be in touch .