Welcome to the

California Desert Chorale

The California Desert Chorale was established in January of 1994 by founding Artistic Director, Jackie Doyle and co-founder, Nancy Williams.

Tim Bruneau recently became the Chorale's second Artistic Director, as the ensemble enters its fourteenth season of bringing fine choral music to the Coachella Valley.

The Chorale is comprised of both professional and amateur singers, but all members are auditioned and come to the ensemble with extensive experience, having sung under such respected choral conductors as Roger Wagner, Leonard Bernstein, Paul Salamunovich, Olaf Christiansen, Daniel Moe and Margaret Hillis.

Within the past decade, The California Desert Chorale has performed in many Coachella Valley venues, including local churches, schools, the Indian Wells Theater and the McCallum Theater, where it has collaborated with such well-known artists as Andy Williams, Barry Manilow and Johnny Mann.

Past concert repertoire has included classical music by: Bach, Brahms, Bernstein, Bruckner, Faure, Mozart, Purcell, Schubert and Vivaldi, as well as African-American spirituals, American folk songs, and the great standards of Jerome Kern, Cole Porter and George Gershwin.

As the 2007-2008 concert season begins, the Chorale's Board of Directors and its Artistic Director, Tim Bruneau, have established the goal of increasing the ensemble's visibility by broadening the variety of venues in which concerts are offered and performing choral music which spans an even broader array of styles and languages, to reflect the increasingly diverse population of the Coachella Valley.

The Chorale continues to make a committed contribution to offering music education to the Valley's young people, through its scholarship program, which funds higher music education for talented high school singers and the continuation of The California Desert Chorale Children's Chorus, under the interim direction of Alan Barthel.

Performances by The California Desert Chorale offer something to appeal to all. The concerts are, in turn, ethereal, dynamic, enthusiastic, spirited, humorous and poignant. Please, check our calendar page for information on our current season's events. We hope to see you there!