Key Chorale

Key Chorales 38th Season included ten performance events. September began with Equinox: A Celtic Celebration followed in November by Mystics and Kings, an annual collaboration with the Sarasota Ballet. In December, Key Chorale appeared in A Holiday Season Spectacular with the Venice Symphony. In January, Key Chorales Chamber Singers performed Miniature Masterpieces. In February we presented A Sea Symphony and the Student Scholar soire, Tomorrows Voices Tonight. In March was Cirque des Voix, a collaboration with the Circus Arts Conservatory. April included the Chamber Singers in American Roots: CSN, with The Lubben Brothers. May included Tomorrows Voices Today, a high school choral festival, and a collaboration with Westcoast Black Theatre Troup to present Grace The Spirit of Aretha. Three of the in-person concerts were also recorded and presented as online streaming events.

Community Outreach Key Chorale continued to offer its three outreach choirs throughout the 2022-2023 season. The Off-Key Chorale, in partnership with the Neuro Challenge Foundation, is a choral group composed of people living with Parkinsons disease. The Where Are My Keys? Chorale is a similar program for those suffering from Alzheimers. There were two Where are my keys? outreach choirs during the 2022-2023 season.

Student Scholars As an outgrowth of the Tomorrows Voices Today collaboration with Sarasota County Public Schools, Key Chorale continued this program for exceptionally gifted juniors and seniors pursuing music after high school. Students must apply, audition and then be accepted to sing a full performance season with Key Chorale. The Student Scholars receive private voice lessons and mentoring on every aspect of professional musicianship, from auditions to resume-building. The Scholars also prepare solos and perform in Tomorrows Voices Tonight, a recital and fundraiser attended by Key Chorale patrons. Fourteen Student Scholars completed the program in 2022/2023.