San Diego Master Chorale will return to Coronado after nearly 30 years to showcase their repertoire
The San Diego Master Chorale will be returning to Coronado on May 31 to showcase the breadth and range of their repertoire, in what they’re calling a “mixtape” performance.
The “playlist” for this performance started with more than 5,000 selections of music, according to San Diego Master Chorale music director John Russell. It was a big task to narrow down.
“I did my best to keep the final voting list [to] music that I thought the audience and singers would recognize … so it didn’t become too much of a chore for them to figure out,” Russell said.
Once they shaved off holiday music and obscure titles few would recognize, San Diego Master Chorale leadership asked people who attended previous performances and chorale performers to vote on pieces they would want to hear live.
“I found the voting very hard because there were too many wonderful things to vote on,” chorale singer Sally Greenleaf said.