Folkfest: 250 Years of American Fun
The Tower Chorale presents: “Folkfest: 250 Years of American Fun”
Sat., May 16, 2026 3:00 PM
Sun., May 17, 2026. 3:00 PM
Our pops concert this season is an all American salute in keeping with our U.S. Semiquincentennial. Featured composers include Leonard Bernstein, Woody Guthrie, Paul Simon, John Denver, and others. We’ve also included a Pete Seeger sing along.
May 2 & 3, 2020 – Postponed (TBA) We’ll be singing Classic Rock hits for this concert, such as some great choral arrangements of music by The Beatles, Elton John, Carole King, Kansas, The Beach Boys, Queen, and more. We’ll also sing a fun medley of songs from Woodstock.
For the Classical concert, we offered two works by two different composers, the well-known Antonin Dvořák and the modern day Estonian composer Arvo Pärt.
Mendelssohn’s Elijah March 7, 2026 and March 8, 2026 The Tower Chorale presents: “Mendelssohn’s Elijah”Sat., March 7, 2026 4:00 PMSun., March 8, 2026. 4:00 PM Mendelssohn’s Elijah is a choral masterpiece that bursts with drama, passion, and soaring melody. A story of biblical proportions…faith, betrayal, and redemption, it brings to life the prophet Elijah’s epic…
This holiday concert series set the mood for the season.
A challenging work was done in champion style.
Not only is Felix Mendelssohn’s esteemed St. Paul oratorio a coming-of-age work, it is also a masterpiece that secured Mendelssohn’s place in the front line of German composers.