Tucson Masterworks Chorale Gallery
April 21, 2024 75th Anniversary Concert – Carmina Burana
From the 1950’s
From the 1970 – 1990’s
February 23, 2024 The Gaslight Theater
November 19, 2023 Songs of Peace Concert
August 14, 2023 Rehearsal and Farewell to Russell Ronnebaum
Adiemus Colores Spring Concert 2023
Our guests, The Tucson Boys Choir
Rehearsing for Adiemus Colores 2023
Music, She Wrote 2022
Past concerts and group photos
Concert flyers
Our Concert History (as far back as we have records)
If you have any additional information to help us complete this history, please email us at
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Date | Program | Director | Venue | Additional performers |
4/23/2023 | ADIEMUS COLORES – Karl Jenkins | Luke Diamond | St. Andrew’s Presbyterian Church | Tucson Boys Chorus |
11/15/2022 | MUSIC, SHE WROTE E. Smyth, Mass in D; F. Hensel, O Herbst (H 448); C. Schumann, Abendfeier in Venedig; A. Beach, 3 Choral Responses (Op. 8) | Luke Diamond | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
4/24/2022 | W.A. Mozart, Requiem in D minor (K.626); J.S. Bach, St Matthew Passion (BWV 244) Mov. 9 & 10; L.V. Beethoven, Eligischer Gesang (Op. 118); G.P. Palestrina, Sicut Cervus/Sitivit Anima; Brahms, O Schoene Nacht (Op 92 #1) R. Ronnebaum, Lux Aeterna; S. Kirchner (arr.), Unclouded Day; M. McGlynn, Duleman; C. Tin, Sogno Di Volare. | Luke Diamond | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | Walden Grove High School Choir (Madrigal Selection) |
11/21/2021 | TOGETHER IN SONG Schubert, Miriams Siegegesang (D.942); Copland (arr. Koponen), Zions Walls; Quartel, As You Sing; Schroder, Leave Her Johnny; Dickau, Laughing Song, If Music be the Food of Love; Diamond, When We Two Parted; Tin, Baba Yetu | Luke Diamond | Christ Presbyterian Church | R. Ronnebaum – composed and performed Coventry Carol (Tango) |
11/3/2019 | SING DARKNESS TO LIGHT Gjeilo, Luminous Night of the Soul; Haugen, It Is the Silence (from Anne Frank); Redei, Only in Darkness (regional premiere); Pederson, Can We Sing Darkness to Light?; Stroope, Dies Irae; Mozart, Confutatis (from Requiem); Schütz, Die mit Tränen säen; Parton, Light of a Clear Blue Morning; Kirchner, Bright Morning Stars; Paulus, The Road Home; Ticheli, Earth Song; Narverud, Hope for the World | Angelica Dunsavage | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
5/5/2019 | A SEA SYMPHONY – R. Vaughan Williams | Gavin Ely | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/11/2018 | BORODIN TO BERNSTEIN: CLASSICS FROM THE STAGE | Gavin Ely | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (11/11/18); Green Valley (1/13/19) | |
4/15/2018 | GREAT MASS IN C MINOR – Mozart | Yoojin Muhn | Saints Peter & Paul Catholic Church | |
11/12/2017 | SONGS OF POETRY & LOVE Brahms, Neue Liebeslieder – Walzer Op. 65; Whitacre, Five Hebrew Love Songs; Thompson, Frostiana; Darke, In the Bleak Midwinter; Rutter, What Sweeter Music | Yoojin Muhn | SaddleBrook Two (Nov 12); Catalina United Methodist Church Church (Nov 19) | |
4/22/2017 | GERMAN ROMANTICS Mendelssohn, Psalm 42, Op. 42; Brahms, Schicksalslied; Beethoven, “Hallelujah” (Christus am Ölberge, Op 85) | Jonathan Kim | St Mark’s Catholic Church (Apr 22); Catalina United Methodist Church (Apr 23) | |
11/29/2016 | AUSTRIAN MASTERS Haydn, Lord Nelson Mass; Mozart, Vesperae solennes de confessore | Jonathan Kim | Catalina High School (Nov 19); St Mark’s Catholic Church (Nov 20) | |
4/16/2016 | REQUIEM – Mozart | Jonathan Kim | St Mark’s Catholic Church (Apr 16); Catalina United Methodist Church (Apr 17) | |
11/13/2015 | TOGETHER IN SONG Beach, Service in A Major Op 63; Strimple, Franciscan Canticles; Copland; Shenandoah; Lauridsen, Sure on this Shining Night; Walker, Together in Song | Jonathan Kim | Catalina United Methodist Church (Nov 13); Grace St Paul’s Episcopal Church (Nov 15) | |
4/18/2015 | DONA NOBIS PACEM Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem; Haydn, Missa in Tempore Belli; Beethoven, Egmont Overture; Barber, Adagio for Strings; Battle Hymn of the Republic | Luke Lusted | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/16/2014 | HIMMLISCHE MUSIK Mendelssohn, Hear My Prayer; Rheinberger, Stabat Mater; Bruckner, Tantum Ergo; Schubert, Mass # 2 in G Major D. 167 | Luke Lusted | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | Tucson Arizona Boys Chorus |
4/25/2014 | ENGLISH CATHEDRAL MUSIC: VAUGHAN WILLIAMS AND FRIENDS Holst, O God Beyond All Praising; Stanford, Magnificat in G, When in our Music God is Glorified; Parry, I was glad when they said unto me; Vaughan Williams, Five Mystical Songs, Toward the Unknown Region | Scott Glysson | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/17/2013 | MUSIQUE SACRÉ DE LA FRANCE Saint-Saëns, Ave Verum in D Major; Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine; Franck, Panis Angelicus; Saint-Saëns, Tantum Ergo; Duruflé, Requiem | Scott Glysson | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
4/20/2013 | A NIGHT IN VIENNA Mozart, Alma Dei Creatoris; Beethoven, Symphony No 5 Mvt 1, Symphony No 6 Mvt 1, Fantasia in C Minor Op 80; Schubert, Stabat Mater; Haydn, Te Deum No 2 in C; Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus | Scott Glysson | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/18/2012 | LOOKING EAST: MUSIC OF EASTERN EUROPE Bartok, Four Slovak Songs; Tchaikovsky, Oui Dieu le veut, Adieu, forêts; Larionov, Kalinka; Dvorák, Gypsy Songs, Song to the Moon, Niska Banja, Mass in D Major | Scott Glysson | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
5/6/2012 | BEGINNINGS Stroope, The Pasture; Fauré, In Paradisum (from Requiem in D Minor, Op. 48); Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna; Rutter, Requiem | Marcela Molina | Grace St Paul’s | |
11/20/2011 | SACRED SERVICE Bloch, Avodath Hakodesh | Marcela Molina | Temple Emanuel | Tucson Girls Chorus |
3/12/2011 | Barber, Adagio for Strings; Handel, Lascia ch’io pianga; Fauré, Pie Jesu (Requiem); CPE Bach, Fecit Potentiam (Magnificat); Mendelssohn, If With All Your Hearts (Elijah); Vivaldi, Gloria; Brahms, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place (German Requiem, Op.45); Haydn, The Heavens are Telling (The Creation); Mozart, Coronation Mass, K. 317 | Linus Lerner | St. Augustine Cathedral (Mar 12); Catalina Foothills High School (Mar 13) | Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra, Catalinas Community Chorus |
11/20/2010 | TRIBUTE TO FATHER KINO | Marcela Molina | St. Augustine Cathedral | |
4/24/2010 | ANNIVERSARIES Saint-Saens, Mass (Op. 4); Britten, Jubilate Deo; Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine; Barber, Sure on this Shining Night; Schumann, Zigeunerleben; McDermid, What does the Lord Require? | Marcela Molina | St Philip’s in the Hills Episcopal Church | |
11/20/2009 | CARMINA BURANA – Orff | Marcela Molina, Linus Lerner | Catalina Foothills (Nov 20) St Andrew’s Presbyterian Church (Nov 23) | Tucson Girls Chorus, Catalina Foothills High School Chorus, Catalinas Community Chorus; Southern Arizona Symphony Orchestra |
5/9/2009 | AWAKE YOUR SOUL Haydn, Missa Brevis St Joannis de Deo; Rutter, Mass of the Children | Marcela Molina | Catalina United Methodist Church | Tucson Girls Chorus |
11/22/2008 | OF GRIEF AND HOPE Jacobsen, Tsen Brider; Brahms, Lass dich nur nichts nicht dauren; Finzi, God is gone up; Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem | Marcela Molina | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
5/3/2008 | Cherubini, Requiem in C Minor; opera choruses | Tony Thornton | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/17/2007 | AN AMERICAN TAPESTRY Copland arrangements of folk songs; Mulholland, Seasons of Life; Barber, Sure on this Shining Night; Thompson, Frostiana, Testament of Freedom | Tony Thornton | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
5/5/2007 | Purcell, Sound the Trumpet (Come, Ye Sons of Art, Away), Dido and Aeneas (Z. 626); Handel, Hallelujah, Amen (Judas Maccabaeus) | Tony Thornton | Christ Church United Methodist | |
4/29/2006 | ST. JOHN PASSION – Bach | J. Aaron McDermid | Catalina Foothills High School | |
11/27/2005 | Durufle, Requiem; Mozart, Ave Verum; Scarlatti, Exultate Deo; Mendelssohn, Verleih’ uns Frieden; Vaughan Williams, Festival Te Deum | J. Aaron McDermid | Christ Church United Methodist Church | |
4/3/2005 | Lauridsen, Lux Aeterna; Handel, Dettingen Te Deum; McDermid, Come sing to me of heaven | J. Aaron McDermid | Trinity Presbyterian Church | |
2004: Fall | Brahms, Alto Rhapsody, Nänie | J. Aaron McDermid | ||
3/21/2004 | Fauré, Cantique de Jean Racine; Haydn, Missa Brevis St. Joannis de Deo; Rutter, Requiem | J. Aaron McDermid | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/16/2003 | Bach Magnificat With Shaw, Brahms, Copland, Dickau | J. Aaron McDermid | Trinity Presbyterian Church | |
4/6/2003 | Berkey, Crucifixus, Cantate 2000; Vaughan Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem | David Gardner, Almeda Berkey | Trinity Presbyterian Church | |
12/1/2002 | Vivaldi, Gloria; Rutter, What Sweeter Music, Nativity Carol, Donkey Carol, Shepherd’s Pipe Carol; Head, The Little Road to Bethlehem, Star Candles, Robin’s Carol; Rowley, Three Jolly Shepherds | David Gardner | Trinity Presbyterian Church | |
11/11/2002 | THE ROLLING REQUIEM Mozart, Requiem | David Gardner | Centennial Hall, University of Arizona | On the first anniversary of the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, we joined with more than 200 choirs in 28 countries singing Mozart’s Requiem, mourning those killed. |
4/29/2001 | Schubert, Mass in G; Copland, Stomp your Foot; Bruckner, Locus Iste; Mozart, Ave Verum Corpus; Stanford, The Bluebird; Strauss, Three Lieder | David Gardner | Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church | Tucson Mastersingers |
5/14/2000 | De Sumaya, Celebren, publiquen, entonen y canten; Motet, Ave Regina Caelorum, Miserere mei Deus (Ps. 51); de Jerusalem, Polychoral Mass in D | James H. Gall | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
2/20/2000 | THE YOUNG MOZART Litanie Lauretanae (K. 109), Inter natos mulierum (K. 74f), Exultate, Jubilate (K. 165), Missa Solemnis in C (Waisenhaus-Messe) K.139 | James H. Gall | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
2/13/2000 | I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES Vaughan Williams, In the Fen Country; Beethoven, Hallelujah (Christus am Oelberg); Mendelssohn, Symphony #5; Rutter, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes | Peter R. Sorenson, James H. Gall | Casas Adobes Congregational Church | Sinfonia da Chiesa |
11/14/1999 | 50th Anniversary Concert Handel, Laudate, Pueri, Dominum; Dixit Dominus | James H. Gall | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
5/23/1999 | ALTERNATIVE MASS Ramirez, Missa Criola; Haazen, Kyrie – Missa Luba (arr. from the Latin Mass); Vierne, Gloria (from Solemn Mass); Gretchaninoff, Credo (from the Russian Liturgy); Leavitt, Festival Sanctus; da Palestrina, Agnus Dei (from Missa Brevis) | James H. Gall | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
3/7/1999 | Fauré, Requiem; Beach, Grand Mass in E flat | James H. Gall | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/22/1998 | HOLIDAY MUSIC Including: Mendelssohn, There Shall a Star Come Out of Jacob; Rutter, Gloria; Berlioz, Shepherd’s Chorus; Pergolesi, Gloria; Menotti, Shepherd’s Scene | James H. Gall | First Congregational United Church of Christ | Heavy Metal Brass Quintet |
5/17/1998 | I WILL LIFT UP MINE EYES Vaughan Williams, In the Fen Country; Beethoven, Hallelujah (Christus am Oelberg); Mendelssohn Symphony #5; Rutter, I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes | Timothy E. Woods | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
3/8/1998 | Mozart, Mass in C. Minor, K. 427 | Timothy E. Woods | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/30/1997 | HOLIDAY VOICES IN BRASS Medley of Choral Works incl. Brahms, Lo How a Rose E’er Blooming; Rutter, Gloria | Timothy E. Woods | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | Heavy Metal Brass Quintet |
3/28/1997 | ST. MATTHEW PASSION – J. S. Bach (Matthaüs-Passion BWV 244) | Timothy E. Woods | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | |
11/10/1996 | Duruflé, Requiem; [Tucson Mastersingers: Manuel, Alleluia; Berger, Alleluia (Psalmo Brasileiro); Thompson, Alleluia; Three Madrigals (de Pearsall, di | Timothy E. Woods | Christ Church United Methodist Church | Tucson Mastersingers |
Lasso, Weelkes, | Barry Isbell | |||
5/9/1996 | Verdi, Libiamo (La Traviata); Bizet, Habanera, Toreador Song (Carmen); Wagner, Pilgrims’ Chorus (Tannhaüser) | Timothy E. Woods | Grace St. Paul’s Episcopal Church | Programs by Arizona Repertory Singers and Tucson Mastersingers |
6/12/1984 | Spring Concert featuring Lovesong Waltzes by Brahms and 5 English Folksongs by Ralph Vaughn Williams | Alan Schultz, Director and David Ashcraft, Assistant Director | Christ Church United Methodist | 20 voices |
12/29/1983 | Annual Christmas Concert featuring Magnificat by Bach | Melanie Jacobson | St. Michael’s and All Angels | refers to a small group |
3/9/1975 | Lenten Concert featuring Requiem by Durufle | David Kelly | Trinity Presbyterian Church | |
5/13/1974 | Mass in C Major by Beethoven and Compositions by Richard Faith | David Kelly | St. Augustine Cathedral | |
12/3/1972 | Christmas Oratio by Bach | Carl L. Anderson | Little Theater, Tucson Community Center | |
2/25/1972 | Avodas Hakodesh by Ernest Bloch | Carl L. Anderson | Temple Emanu-El Sanctuary | Sabbath Eve Service |
1/12/1970 | Walden by Tucsonian Branson Smith | A. Lemonie Derr | Tucson Jewish Community Center | |
25-Mar-70 | St. Cecelia Mass by Charles Gounods | A. Lemonie Derr | Tucson Jewish Community Center | |
December 6 and 7, 1955 | A Christmas Concert and Amahl and the Night Visitors by Giancarlo Menotti | Harold B. Porter | Tucson High School | 2 soloists from the Tucson Boys Chorus directed by Mr. Eduardo Caso |
July 24 – 27, 1952 | Three One Act Operas – I. Trial by Jury by Gilbert and Sullivan II. Old Maid and the Thief by Giancarlo Minnotti III. Sneak Preview by John Leonard and Ace Bushnell | Harold B. Porter | The Lodge on the Desert | |
11/19/1951 | Thanksgiving Concert | Temple of Music and Art | ||
1951 | HMS Pinafore | Stanley N. Schultz | Tucson Little Theater | Tucson Symphony Orchestra |