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The choir "flourishes in the incomparable sound of many voices unified in tone and spirit, blooming in the radiant phrases of Brahms, soaring on warmth of feeling, perfectly tendered... In pitch, blend, range, balance and variety of sonority, this choral instrument is excellent."...Robert Commanday,  San Francisco Chronicle

Love and the Unknown
April 17 - 18, 2010

Please mark your calendar for SFBACC's next performances on April 17 and April 18, 2010!

Under the direction of guest director Steven Brunsvold, we will be presenting "Love and the Unknown" , a program featuring music that explores the breadth of the human condition -- joyful singing and praise to God, the awareness and enjoyment of nature's beauty, romantic love, and the exploration of the age-old fascination and fear of death.

On Saturday, April 17, we will sing at the First Presbyterian Church of Alameda at 7PM as part of the church's wonderful ongoing  "Music at First Pres" concert series.

The following evening, Sunday, April 18, we'll be performing once again at the lovely historic Old Mission San Jose in Fremont  at 7PM. 

See more details on the program, including Dr. Stein's notes on the history and characteristics of music for multiple choirs,  on our concerts page.  There you will also find maps and directions to the concert venues.

Auditions

We are always on the lookout for experienced singers.   Prospective singers should have extensive choral experience, excellent reading and musicianship skills, and should be dedicated to the art of choral singing.  

If you are interested in inquiring about auditions, please contact us  for further information by e-mailing us at auditions@sfbaychoir.org. 

When you write, please let us know what part you sing and provide a brief summary of your singing experience. 

The choir usually rehearses on Sunday evenings from 6-9 at Faith Lutheran Church in Castro Valley, with at least one longer rehearsal scheduled each season for a Sunday afternoon and evening about a month before our scheduled concerts.  We begin rehearsals each September for our annual Fall concerts in November, and we begin rehearsals each January for our annual Spring concerts in April. 

SFBACC Travels 

SFBACC has traveled extensively since its founding in 1978.  We'll be traveling again this summer, with a 2-week concert tour of Turkey.

Our most recent tour, which took us to France in the Summer of 2006, was the choir's 11th overseas tour since the choir visited  Lucerne, Switzerland to participate in the 1979 Europa Cantat festival.   

In addition to our own visits to other countries over the past 32 years, we have also hosted several European choirs here in the Bay Area, including the Nicolai Chamber Choir from Stockholm, Sweden; the Westphalian Chamber Choir from Münster, Germany; the Malmö Chamber Choir from Malmö, Sweden; the Charles University Choir from Prague; and the Camerata Vocale Hannover.

Visit our tours page for more information about our past trips.

Contact Us

If you'd like to contact us or if you'd like to be added to our mailing list, please do drop us a line at sfbacc@sfbaychoir.org.