The San Diego Symphony and San Diego Master Chorale Join Forces for the ‘Cantata Criolla’ by Venezuelan Composer Antonio Estévez

San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare opened the 2022-23 Jacobs Masterworks Season with one of the greatest choral works, the Verdi Requiem. Now, as this successful season comes to a close, Payare will conduct a lesser known major choral offering, Venezuelan composer Antonio Estévez’s Cantata criolla, ‘Florentino, el que canto con el Diablo.’ Because Estévez was not […]
San Diego Symphony will add dramatic visuals to its season-closing concert

It’s not too often you hear the words rap or hip-hop when describing an operatic orchestral piece. It’s even more rare that a film is created specifically for that piece of music and shown behind an orchestra. And it’s a first here for San Diego Symphony Music Director Rafael Payare to conduct Cantata Criolla, a […]
Reach for the Stars

“A spectacular evening at the San Diego Air & Space Museum in Balboa Park to help SD Master Chorale reach new heights in its 61st Season!” – GB Magazine See photos in GB Magazine from our 2022 Reach for the Stars Gala here.
One-on-One with Jen Rogers

There was as time when Jen Rogers didn’t know she’d love choral music as much as she does today. The new — and first full-time — executive director in the San Diego Master Chorale’s 61-year history, she’s a trained instrumentalist who needed a bit of a nudge toward embracing group harmonies. Read the full story […]