The Hearts in Harmony Community Singing Program at The Life Link

Led by Desert Chorale artist Sarah Nickerson and pianist Holly Mead, guests, staff, and volunteers join together at The Life Link to create a sense of community through song.

We are grateful to donors like you for making this innovative, joyful program possible since it was first launched in 2017 at the Interfaith Community Shelter. Hearts in Harmony offers a weekly community singing group in which participants learn, rehearse, and perform choral music with Desert Chorale artists. The group is open to anyone receiving services at The Life Link regardless of musical experience and allows participants to build self-esteem, increase their self-confidence, create personal connections, and express themselves through music.

Become a part of choral music history by joining the Santa Fe Desert Chorale’s Commissioning Club!

Each year members of the Commissioning Club meet under the guidance of Artistic Director Joshua Habermann to choose an emerging composer who will write a work to be premiered by the Desert Chorale during an upcoming Summer Festival. This important work helps to expand the choral canon for choruses around the world and ensures the legacy of the Desert Chorale as one of the country’s leading chamber choirs. The Club builds on the Chorale’s rich history of over 30 commissioned choral works. 

The tax-deductible $1,000 club membership fee goes directly to help bring this new music to life. No musical education required!  Commissioning Club members are invited to attend the dress rehearsal of the new work, enjoy a private dinner with the composer, and receive an archival recording of the commissioned work.

Composers sponsored by the Commissioning Club:

Jocelyn Hagen—2022
Kile Smith—2023
Daniel Knaggs—2024
Ernesto Herrera—2025
Shavon Lloyd—2026

Through the Insights & Sounds program, the Desert Chorale is dedicated to providing meaningful musical experiences for the local community. 

Programs and events include:

• Free mini-concerts for children to introduce them to the beauty and power of great choral music
• Community symposiums that bring experts from around our community for engaging panel discussions and dialogues through the lens of choral music
• Education workshops and masterclasses for local high school students
• And more!

For more information about our upcoming Insights & Sounds Events, click the button below.

Enjoy pop-up caroling performances free to the public!

These seemingly spontaneous presentations take place during our annual Winter Festival throughout Santa Fe. The community is invited to enjoy quartets of professional Desert Chorale artists singing outdoors at various times and locations, free of charge.

Saturday, December 14, 2024
1:30-2:00pm: Center Court inside the DeVargas Center (64 N Guadalupe St, Santa Fe, NM 87501)

Wednesday, December 18, 2024
5:30-6pm: *Joined by the Young Voices of the Santa Fe Opera*
Santa Fe Public Library Southside Branch (6599 Jaguar Dr., Santa Fe, NM 87507)

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