Summer is usually so devoid of music not in some distant ‘bowl,’ meaning especially choral music in our neighborhood, that there is room for singers to fall back on their own devices for musical experience. This summer is like the rest, except for a sprinkling of things to hear and things to do over the next 30 days.
First is one of two Repertory Opera Company events, the fundraising concert “On Their Own” this Sunday at 2 p.m. at the First Christian Church of Pomona. It should be a good show.
The next item is a real choral concert, and the price is right (free), offered by the Mountainside Master Chorale in two weeks, at 3:30 p.m. on 11 August. This is called “Songs of Travel: Quebec Tour Concert,” for they are doing just that a couple of days later.
The next weekend has two events of much different natures happening simultaneously, at 5:00 p.m. on Sunday, 18 August. In Claremont, at St. Ambrose Episcopal Church, Francine Nguyen-Savaria will preside over the Voice and Polyphony workshop, followed by a fundraising meal. A few miles west, “The Manly Men of Opera” concert will celebrate the glories of low voices singing alone or all together, presented by the Repertory Opera Company of Pomona.
The last event to mention is an hour away from our area, but should be worth the trip for serious fans of William Byrd. The group Jouyssance is hosting a sing-along of the Byrd Mass for Four Voices at 3:00 p.m. on Sunday, 25 August, in St. Andrew’s Lutheran Church in West L.A. The church is located at 11555 National Blvd., West L.A.
The suggested donation is $15; if you want a score reserved, you should make contact via Facebook.
With no idea yet of something to tempt you to the ROC events, I have two other links to share. One is the Tallis Scholars singing the Agnus Dei of the Byrd Mass for Four Voices, and the other Stile Antico singing a piece by Thomas Campion that some friends of mine will get to share this weekend in Upland.