This magical new work presented by Opera Parallèle and featuring SFGC explores themes of otherness, belonging, connection, and home.
Celebrate Bach’s Birthday with Cantata Collective, Nicholas McGegan, and a roster of Early Music superstars as soloists.
SFCM’s Faculty Artist Series is presented as an annual concert series featuring SFCM faculty in performance. In David Conte’s FAS Concert, SFGC’s Premier Ensemble conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe performs Conte’s Two Settings of Donald Jeffrey Hayes.
Join us in celebrating 46 years of SFGC!
Join SFGC for a final concert demonstrating what our choristers have accomplished this year!
Orff's profane and profound pseudo-medieval cantata Carmina burana; Víkingur Ólafsson premieres a new piano concerto by John Adams.
The San Francisco Girls Chorus returns to the Davies stage for this favorite Winter tradition.
Members of the SFGC Premier Ensemble perform new works and holiday favorites at the breathtaking Kohl Mansion.
Quickly becoming an annual tradition at SFJAZZ for Bay Area jazz fans of all ages, pianist Adam Shulman, joined by members of SFGC, reprises his tribute to Bay Area jazz legend Vince Guaraldi and his beloved soundtrack to Charles Schulz’s 1965 holiday classic, A Charlie Brown Christmas.
What could be better than singing together for the holidays? AMN is teaming again up with the San Francisco Girls Chorus for a holiday choral workshop designed for the whole family. Attend in person in San Francisco or online via Zoom and join our warm circle of friends in a festive holiday music event!
Members of SFGC’s Concert Group joins the cast of SF Opera’s Carmen as part of the children’s choir. Jealousy and obsession lead to fatal consequences in Francesca Zambello’s production in which matadors bump shoulders with factory workers in the heat of Seville.
Bizet’s evocative score features some of the most recognizable music in opera, brought to life by conductor Benjamin Manis.
The SFGC Premier Ensemble joins singer and Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan at the 2024 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.
Premier Ensemble will be on tour to several cities in South Africa.
Program 3 of the 2024 Kronos Festival features works by some of Kronos’ longtime collaborators, including Terry Riley, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Trey Spruance, as well as performances with Mahsa Vahdat and the San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe.
Level IV joins La Maitrise de Caen in Caen, France, to premiere O Future, the new opera by Thierry Pecou with stage direction and libretto by Alice Kudlak.
Sahba Aminikia’s residency at 836M Gallery culminates with two one-hour performances, featuring the Premier Ensemble as performers alongside the Living Earth Show; multidisciplinary artist, musician, composer, director, and educator David Coulter; media artist John Sanborn; and singer Marjan Vahdat.
Join all four levels of the San Francisco Girls Chorus School as they perform the repertoire they have worked on this season! The Chorus School Spring Concert will include the world premiere of a commission by 2023-2024 Composer-in-Residence Sahba Aminikia, written for this year's Chorus School.
The San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble joins forces with renowned percussionist Haruka Fujii to present a concert of new music, including a new commissioned work by Fujii.
April 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Julia Morgan Ballroom
Raise your glass at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco on April 26, 2024 for an evening of music and celebration as we raise funds for the Elizabeth Avakian Need-Based Scholarship Fund to ensure that all young singers can grow, sing, and thrive with SFGC.
Celebrating its 50th anniversary this season, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus stars in this exhilarating showpiece—arguably the most iconic choral work of the twentieth century.
SFGC presents its Premier Ensemble in Vivaldi’s Juditha Triumphans at Z Space, with music direction by Valérie Sainte-Agathe and stage direction by Celine Ricci.
SFGC's Premier Ensemble join the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for Carl Orff's choral masterwork Carmina burana.
The San Francisco Girls Chorus presents their annual holiday concert of holiday favorites, new music, and special guest artist, 2023 Latin Grammy Award nominee Sam Reider. This year, SFGC celebrates the holiday season with a program highlighting folk song traditions from around the world.
What could be better than singing together for the holidays? AMN is teaming again up with the San Francisco Girls Chorus and their artistic director Valérie Sainte-Agathe for a holiday choral workshop designed for the whole family. Attend in person in San Francisco or online via Zoom and join our warm circle of friends in a festive holiday music event!
The San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble and Left Coast Chamber Ensemble team up to present a program which centers the voices of Californian women composers at the California Festival.
Join the SFGC Premier Ensemble at the Carmel Bach Festival for two unforgettable programs curated by violinist Edwin Huizinga.
SFGC concludes its season with the world premiere of Tomorrow’s Memories: A Little Manila Diary, a new SFGC-commissioned choral-opera from American composer Matthew Welch.
Join the SFGC Soloist Intensive for an exciting afternoon of solos, ensembles, and scenes from all genres--art song, opera, musical theatre, jazz, and more. Watch these talented singers foil wicked stepsisters and the town drunk, have an operatic battle in the streets of Seville, and indulge in some cafe crooning and a little tango behind bars. This staged concert is FREE and open to the public. Don't miss it!
Join all four levels of the San Francisco Girls Chorus School as they perform the repertoire they have worked on this season! The Chorus School Spring Concert will include the world premiere of Spells for Girls by 2022-2023 Composer-in-Residence Lisa Mezzacappa, written for this year's Chorus School.
On Mother’s Day 2023, celebrate the uniquely feminine power of creation. This truly unique collaborative concert brings leading Bay Area artists Diana Gameros, Jackie Gage, and Cava Menzies and the San Francisco Girls Chorus together with other incredible singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists to be announced, as we honor the Feminine in all its stages of life. The concert will feature new lullabies created in Noe Music’s Lullaby Project alongside the world premiere of a new work for the SF Girls Chorus and instrumentalists by Cava Menzies with lyrics generated from Bay Area community members to commemorate this special gathering.
DATE
Friday, April 28th, 2023
LOCATION
Incarnation Episcopal Church
1750 29th Avenue
San Francisco, CA, 94122
Members of SFGC Premier Ensemble Soloist Intensive
SFGC Chorus School Level III
On Friday, April 14, 2023 the San Francisco Girls Chorus will return to the Julia Morgan Ballroom to celebrate Artistic Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe and her ten incredible years of artistic leadership during our 44th Annual Gala and Auction!
San Francisco Girls Chorus members will participate as vocalizing penguins in the world premiere at Herbst Theatre of Prospero's Island, a fantastical new chamber opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest from acclaimed Bay Area opera creators Allen Shearer and Claudia Stevens. The co-production by Ninth Planet ensemble and InTandem features stunning imagery of the Falkland Islands, richly orchestrated music performed by Ninth Planet players, and glorious singing by a stellar cast. Mark your calendars for this unique and exciting production!
The San Francisco Girls Chorus partners with Chanticleer to present a concert full of new works and new sounds. Experience both groups as you’ve never heard them before on repertoire neither ensemble would be able to perform alone. This concert will be the premiere of a new, extended commission by Chanticleer’s ‘22-’23 composer in residence, Ayanna Woods.
Thursday, March 16th, 2023, 7:00pm
St Mark’s Lutheran Church
Level IV will perform in a shared concert with the Purdue University Varsity Glee Club. This collaboration will feature each group’s individual repertoire and one shared piece: the beloved Ave Maria by Franz Biebl.
