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Mozart for the Holidays
Mozart’s Great Mass in C Minor
plus a selection of wonderful holiday music!
Accompanied by the Boca Symphonia
November 22, 2013 – First Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach
November 23, 2013 – Wold Performing Arts Center, Lynn University, Boca Raton
November 24, 2013 – Miami venue to be confirmed
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War and Peace
Haydn’s Mass in Time of War
Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem
Accompanied by the Boca Symphonia
April 25, 2014 – First Presbyterian Church, Pompano Beach
April 26, 2014 – Wold Performing Arts Center, Lynn University, Boca Raton
April 27, 2014 – Miami venue to be confirmed
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Andrea Bocelli in Concert
February 15, 2014
BB&T Center
For the 5th time, the Master Chorale will again sing in concert with the famous tenor,
Andrea Bocelli, in his annual Valentine’s Day concert |
Mahler’s Symphony No. 2
With the Lynn University Orchestra
March 24 and 25, 2014
Wold Performing Arts Center,
Lynn University, Boca Raton |
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On April 19-21, all former Master Chorale conductors returned to help celebrate our 10th Anniversary. Jo-Michael Scheibe came from Los Angeles to conduct selections from Mozart’s Requiem, the first piece ever performed by the Master Chorale. Josh Habermann flew in from Dallas to conduct Rutter’s Mass of the Children with the Girl Choir of South Florida and soloists joining the Master Chorale. Karen Kennedy, now at University of Miami, conducted two pieces by Vaughan Williams. And Alec Schumacker, the group’s interim conductor, directed his own composition, a piece called Sanctus: My Cathedral. The Master Chorale was accompanied by the Symphony of the Americas.
All concerts were performed to rave reviews from concert-goers who gave comments including “beautifully moving”, “best concert ever”, “The Master Chorale just gets better and better”, “I wish I could attend tomorrow and hear all the music again”.
Here is what the critics had to say: "Master Chorale marks a decade with four conductors leading a mixed program" (South Florida Classical Review),
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This Spring, donors to the Master Chorale raised more than $13,900 through power2give.org/broward, a resource established by Business for the Arts of Broward. This enterprise connects businesses and business leaders with the arts community. Donations were matched by the Knight Foundation.
Our first project funded our soloists for our 10th Anniversary concert. The second project paid for the 18 brass, woodwind and percussion instruments needed for the concert.
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Our sincere thanks to Board member Maxine Makas for doing the lion’s share of the work to make this a huge success.
To see what other local projects could use your financial help, please visit www.power2give.org/broward.
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Carmina Burana
On November 2 and 4, the Master Chorale, along with the Frost Chorale, Frost Symphony Orchestra, and Florida’s Singing Sons Boychoir performed Orff's Carmina Burana for raving fans in Pompano Beach and in Miami at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center as the closing performance of Festival Miami.
Under the baton of Karen Kennedy, the massive ensemble performed the most popular choral work of the 20th Century to rave reviews of fans and critics alike. Its propulsive rhythms and shimmering beauty have been heard in hundreds of movies (The Doors, Excalibur, Natural Born Killers) as well as TV commercials, but it had to be experienced live to fully appreciate its sonic boom of savage sounds and lusty lyrics.
As one fan so aptly stated after attending the November 4th concert: "The combined choruses performed flawlessly as one. Their diction was so precise that even the Latin was intelligible. I especially enjoyed how the chorus director/conductor had rehearsed the singers to accentuate the sibilants at the ends of words in the "Fortuna" opening and closing portions. Very effective! The soloists couldn't have been better.
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When the orchestra played grandly, it was if the sound emerged from the navel of the orchestra, and when individual instruments or sections were featured, they rose above the accompaniment and stood out. Marvelous.
I can tell you tyghhggghat none who attended went away other than in raptures. The applause at the end went on and on. Past the first bows, past the presentation
of flowers, and past the second bows.
Best concert of my life. No doubt”
Mahler’s Symphony No. 3
On November 16 and 17, the women of the Master Chorale, the Frost Chorale and the Miami Children’s Chorus performed Mahler’s Symphony No.3 with the Cleveland Orchestra at the Adrienne Arsht Performing Arts Center in Miami – again to rave reviews by orchestra members, concert goers, and the critics.
› Click here to read the critics' reviews
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| Master Chorale of South Florida Names New Artistic Director and Conductor |
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Ft. Lauderdale, FL, May 17, 2013: The Master Chorale of South Florida is pleased to announce the appointment of Brett Karlin as Artistic Director and Conductor effective June 1. Karlin is currently serving as Director of Choral Studies at Hillsborough Community College and Assistant Conductor of The Master Chorale of Tampa Bay. A Palm Beach County native, he will return to South Florida this summer.
“I am humbled to be selected as the new Artistic Director. Words fail to describe how excited I am to work with the Master Chorale of South Florida. This is an extraordinary opportunity, and I look forward to working diligently to create the most meaningful and artistically fulfilling experiences for our audiences and singers,” says Karlin.
Karlin has a unique background and diverse experience conducting choirs at the professional, academic, and community levels.
At the Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, Karlin conducted the chorus in 10 Florida Orchestra subscription series concerts, prepared the chorus for renowned conductors and soloists, and conducted all outreach events. He also prepared the chorus for Delius’ Sea Drift & Appalachia, which was recorded on the Naxos label.
While in Tampa, Karlin’s academic positions involved teaching opera workshops and conducting opera productions at the University of South Florida, in addition to teaching private voice and choral ensembles at Hillsborough Community College.
In 2009-2010, Karlin held the position of Assistant Conductor of Seraphic Fire and the Firebird Chamber Orchestra. During this time, he acted as antiphonal conductor in eight performances of Seraphic Fire’s critically acclaimed version of Monteverdi’s Vespers of 1610. He also assisted with the artistic production of Seraphic Fire’s 2012 Grammy Award-nominated CD, A Seraphic Fire Christmas, and the Firebird Chamber Orchestra’s The Brandenburg Project CD. As Assistant Chorusmaster of the Professional Choral Institute since 2010, he participated in the ensemble’s 2012 Grammy Award nominated CD of Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem.
“Brett is exceedingly talented. He also has impeccable taste. He knows what good repertoire is and what sounds right. He can take something and make it amazing,” says Patrick Dupré Quigley, Founder and Artistic Director of Seraphic Fire.
One of Karlin’s most recent conducting engagements took place in San Francisco, where he led the American Bach Soloists Choir in preparatory rehearsals for a performance of Henry Purcell's Dido and Aeneas and a program of music by Kuhnau and Graupner.
He holds a Master of Music degree in choral conducting from the University of South Florida and a Bachelor of Arts in voice from Florida State University.
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