2012-2013 Season
Renaissance City Choirs: Shine from the Heart!
We are passionate about our music-making and about bringing fabulous concert experiences to our community. We share our heart’s usic for your heart’s warming.
Holiday Concert: Warm by the Fire
Sunday, December 9, 7 pm
Carnegie Music Hall
4400 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA, 15213
Banish the chill with the warm sounds of our music-making: holiday music from the Renaissance City Choirs. Many of the spiritual/religious/secular traditions in December involve light in some way. This concert will warm your heart and draw us all together across our various cultural divides as we share familiar songs (including the annual sing-along of “The Twelve Days of Christmas”) and some new sassy music as well. Featured on this concert will be a premiere of a Holiday piece commissioned by the RCC, written by composer Jake Heggie (composer of the opera Dead Man Walking) and lyricist Mark Campbell (lyricist for the opera Silent Night, winner of 2012 Pulizer Prize in Music)!
We are joined this year by the wonderful Edgewood Symphony Orchestra (http://www.edgewoodsymphony.org) and the powerfully moving GLBTA youth performance group Dreams of Hope (http://www.dreamsofhope.org/).
Make this concert your winter holiday tradition.
Cabaret: Divas & Divos
March 1 and 2, 7:30 pm
East Liberty Presbyterian Church
116 South Highland Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15206
Music made famous by some of our favorites shining stars: Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Cher, Christina Aguilera, Mariah Carey, Madonna, Michael Jackson, Adam Lambert, Ricky Martin, Jennifer Holliday, Lady Gaga, Whitney Houston, Katy Perry, Darren Criss, Elton John, Dolly Parton, Aretha Franklin, and Kelly Clarkson. Our Divas and Divos are bigger than life. The music that they performed or are performing is likewise big, with open arms that embrace us and give voice to our own experiences. This cabaret honors the contribution of some of our musical heroines and heroes and the music that they bring to the world.
Auditions for the Cabaret: Tuesday, December 11, 7-9 pm
Pride Concert: Love and Our Families
June 7 and 8, 7:30 pm
Pittsburgh Opera
2425 Liberty Ave. Pittsburgh, PA 15222
The smell of spring hits the air and all of nature comes alive, including our own desires to connect with one another. Coming out of the winter doldrums, and almost summer time, this is the time to celebrate living and loving, our way. Our pride concert’s music is about love and family, as seen in the lives and through the eyes of the LGBT community. Come hear our stories of family, commitment, and relationships, and gorgeous, fun, outrageous, silly, and moving music by Eric Lane Barnes, James Mulholland, David P. Goldstein, Anita Ruth, Jonathan Larson, and more!
