This season we will kick off the year exploring some of the greatest music written by American composers, ranging from established to emerging masterpieces. Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and Barber’s Agnus Dei are iconic works, and Copland’s Zion’s Walls and Thompson’s Choose Something Like a Star are foundational in the American choral repertoire. But it’s the small masterpieces of the last 30 years that I think might surprise the singers and audience members. Paulus’s The Road Home is a real gem, Lauridsen’s Sure on This Shining Night is utterly sublime, and Whitacre’s Five Hebrew Love Songs are charming and heartfelt and so rewarding to sing! It will be a thrilling start to our season before we launch into the rest of the year focusing on the towering masterworks of Handel, Mozart, and Haydn.