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Arizona's Address for Arts and CultureThursday May 24, 2012A Service of Alliance for Audience

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    Phoenix Chorale


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    The Grammy Award-winning Phoenix Chorale, in residence at Trinity Episcopal Cathedral in downtown Phoenix, is regarded as one of the finest professional choral ensembles in America. The 27-voice chorus, under the direction of Artistic Director Charles Bruffy, is equally dedicated to the creation and performance of new music, which is intermingled with more traditional concert literature.

    Audiences around the world have been treated to the sounds of the Chorale through live performances across the United States and in Canada, and in live broadcasts and recordings on radio stations across the globe.

    In March 2009, the Phoenix Chorale made their New York debut with their sister organization, the Kansas City Chorale, at Lincoln Center's Alice Tully Hall. The New York Times referred to the Chorales' "...refined sound and elegant phrasing..." with "vivid intensity..." and the performance had a "...buoyant pulse and energetic finesse".

    In 2004, the Phoenix Chorale released Shakespeare in Song and became the first North American choir to release an album on U.K.-based Chandos Records, one of the world's largest independent classical record labels. Since that release, the Phoenix Chorale has received a total of eight Grammy Award nominations, receiving nominations in the following categories two years in a row: "Best Classical Album," "Best Choral Performance", and "Best Surround Sound". Their latest solo recording, Spotless Rose, received a Grammy Award for "Best Small Ensemble Performance" in 2009. In 2008, Grechaninov: Passion Week, a joint-recording with the Kansas City Chorale, also won a Grammy Award for "Best Engineered Album, Classical". Two other joint-recordings with the Kansas City Chorale have been released on Chandos; Eternal Rest and Rheinberger: Sacred Choral Works.

    Originally called the Bach & Madrigal Society of Phoenix, the Phoenix Chorale was founded in 1958 as a small study group in the living room of Drs. Hal & Timona Pittman. At that time, the group focused on the music of the Renaissance and Baroque periods. Most recently, the Phoenix Chorale was known as the Phoenix Bach Choir, a name the group performed under for nearly twenty years.

    In its fifty-three year history, the Phoenix Chorale's conductors have included Millicent Wesley, Wallace Hornibrook, Dan Durand, Vance George, Anders Ohrwall, Jon Washburn, and Charles Bruffy.

     


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