Past Programs
2009-2010 Season
American Sampler
a concert of music by American Composers
from the 18th century to present day
Including music by: William Billings, Stephen Foster, Amy Beach, Richard Rodgers, George Gershwin, Aaron Copland, Stephen Paulus, and more.
November 22nd at 4pm
Purcell: Dido & Aeneas
January 30 and 31
First United Methodist Church
120 South State Street, Ann Arbor
J. S. Bach: St. John Passion
with orchestra and soloists
sung in German, with projected English translation
Friday, April 2 at 8pm
Christ Church Cranbrook
470 Church Road, Bloomfield Hills
Saturday, April 3 at 8pm
First Congregational Church
Read St. John's Passion Program Notes by Lawrence Lohr for a brief history. (Adobe Acrobat is required.)
Read St. John's Passion Soloist Biographies to learn more about our amazing soloists. (Adobe Acrobat is required.)
Zingerman's Roadhouse Dinner
A special fundraising dinner
For the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers
Enjoy the wonderful culinary creations of the Zingerman's Roadhouse while the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers present a banquet of musical treats.
Tuesday, May 4th at 6:30pm
2008-2009 Season
Bach: Magnificat
Haydn: Te Deum
Mozart: Regina Coeli
Sunday, November 23, 7pm
 Bethlehem United Church of Christ
423 S. 4th Ave., Ann Arbor
Guest Artists
Program Notes
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Renaissance to Baroque
Music from the end of the Renaissance period and the beginning of the Baroque period, featuring works by Palestrina, Monteverdi and others.
Sunday, March 15, 7pm
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
420 West Liberty, Ann Arbor
The Poetry of Music
with the Adrian College Chamber Choir
Friday, April 3rd, 8pm
Herrick Chapel, Adrian College
Adrian, MI
The Poetry of Music at St. Joseph's Church
Sunday, April 5, 3pm
1828 Jay Street (just off Gratiot Avenue), Detroit, MI
Feast of Serenades
Singing Dinner at Zingerman's Roadhouse
A special fundraising dinner
For the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers
Enjoy the wonderful culinary creations of the Zingerman's Roadhouse while the Ann Arbor Cantata Singers present a banquet of musical treats.
Tuesday, April 14, 6:30pm
Zingerman's Roadhouse
June 18-21, 2009
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre
Ann Arbor, MI
Visit www.arboropera.com for more information.
2007-2008 Season
The Two English Renaissances
Music from the Renaissance period in England
(Byrd, Gibbons, Wilbye) as well as the rebirth of English composition in the 19th century (Elgar, Stanford)
Sunday, November 11, 4pm
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
306 N. Division, Ann Arbor, MI
Victor Herbert's: The Fortune Teller
Concert and Recording
in collaboration with the Comic Opera Guild
February 8-9, 8pm
Village Theatre, Canton, MI
Food and Music of Spring
Zingerman's Roadhouse brings to the table the best that Spring has to offer, and the Cantata Singers present the music of the season.
$79 per person, includes $40 tax-deductible donation
Tuesday, March 25, 6:30pm
Zingerman's Roadhouse
2501 Jackson Ave, Ann Arbor
A Genealogy of Composers
A concert tracing the line of composers teaching students who themselves become composers, in an unbroken line beginning with Italian baroque composer Giacomo Carissimi and ending with Aaron Copland. Along the way, music by such composers as Cherubini, Saint-Saëns and Fauré will be included.
Sunday, May 4, 4pm
First Presbyterian Church
1432 Washtenaw Ave., Ann Arbor, MI
June 12-15, 2008
Lydia Mendelssohn Theatre, Ann Arbor MI
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