Voices of olde, new and yule

Voices of olde, new and yule : Quire of Voyces lives up to strong reputation By JOSEF WOODARD NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT December 25, 2013 6:13 AM One of Santa Barbara’s most cherished and anticipated Christmas season traditions requires audience members to...

Songs of Rememberance

from The Santa Barbara Independent (May 6, 2013) JOSEF WOODARD   Although oracles earnestly advise, “Man, know thyself,” we seem, with equal insistence, to ensconce ourselves in ignorance. And nowhere is this truer than in coming to grips with mortality. But here is...

Choral Concert of the Week

from the Santa Barbara Independent (May 18, 2011) CHARLES DONELAN “Choral Concert of the Week” From the Basilica of St. Mark’s in Renaissance Venice to the modern concert halls and churches of Oslo and Stockholm, polychoral music (defined as multiple choirs singing...

The Sound of the Sacred

from the Santa Barbara NewsPress (December 16, 2005)  TOM JACOBS  The Santa Barbara Quire of Voyces has two distinct groups of fans. There are the sophisticated listeners who enjoy the ensemble’s unique mix of Renaissance and contemporary classical music. And then...

Chamber Orchestra’s serious-minded gala

JOSEF WOODARD, NEWS-PRESS CORRESPONDENT October 20, 2005 2:00 AM In launching a new season strongly devoted to Mozart, in his 250th birthday year, the Santa Barbara Chamber Orchestra stepped away from the norm on Tuesday night. Performing Mozart’s masterful...