California Desert Chorale 2024 - 2025 Season
Love, Light & Miracles
32nd Annual Holiday Concert
Sunday, December 8, 2024 | 3 p.m.
Sunday, December 15, 2024 | 3 p.m.
Celebrate the holidays with the sparkling brilliance of Vivaldi’s Magnificat, some toe-tapping Christmas tunes from Broadway shows, beautiful arrangements of familiar carols and Chanukah songs, and the premiere performance of Wartime Christmas, an original piece composed especially for the California Desert Chorale and soloists, based on the poem by Joyce Kilmer.
Hope Palm Desert
45900 Portola Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260
3:00 p.m. - Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.
$30 Tickets available now online and at the door.
Friends In Song
Annual Spring Fundraiser and Recital
February 22, 2025 | 3 p.m.
A vocal celebration featuring special guest artists with solos, duets, and ensembles from Broadway, Opera, Jazz and the Great American Songbook performed by the California Desert Chorale members and Special Guest artists.
Hope Palm Desert
45900 Portola Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260
Easter Sunrise Service
April 20, 2025 | 6 a.m.
Forest Lawn Cemetery
69855 Ramon Road
Cathedral City, CA 92234
From Sea to Shining Sea
32nd Annual Spring Concert
Sunday, March 30, 2025 | 3 p.m.
Sunday, April 6, 2025 | 3 p.m.
Delight in memorable music by great American composers, including George Gershwin, Stephen Foster and Eric Whitacre, along with lush settings of African-American spirituals and folk songs from the American west.
Hope Palm Desert
45900 Portola Avenue
Palm Desert, CA 92260
3:00 p.m. - Seating will be on a first come, first served basis.
Doors will open at 2:30 p.m.
$30 Tickets available now online and at the door.
A delightful selection of songs performed live by the California Desert Chorale
Tim Bruneau, Artistic Director | Bruce Mangum, Principal Accompanist
"Tantum Ergo" by Franz Schubert
"What A Wonderful World," by G. Weiss & B. Thiele,
arr. Mark Hayes
"He Ain’t Heavy, He’s My Brother," by B. Russell &
B. Scott, arr. Mark Hayes
"Piu Non Si Trovano" from Sei Notturni, by W.A. Mozart
"Refuge," music by Elaine Hagenberg,
poem by Sara Teasdale
"We Shall Be Free," by Stephanie Davis & Garth Brooks, arr. K. Christopher