Journeys of compassion, protection, and hope

Summer Festival Sponsor

Sallie Bingham

Program Sponsors

Catherine and Guy Gronquist

Conductor

Joshua Habermann

Artistic Director
Sponsored by Carmen Paradis and Brian McGrath

Connect to our deep relationships with nature and each other through the universal language of music. A chamber orchestra joins the twenty-four Desert Chorale vocal artists for two captivating works by brilliant American women composers. Known as “a hymn for the voiceless and the discounted,” Sarah Snider’s Mass for the Endangered is an evocative meditation on the fragility of the natural world and a plea to defend it. After including a single movement of Caroline Shaw’s To the Hands in our acclaimed 2023 program The American Immigrant Experience, we are now thrilled to perform this work in its entirety, exploring themes of welcome and belonging. Join us for an evening of musical storytelling that reminds us of our shared struggles and triumphs as members of the human family.

Guest Artist Sponsors

Sheryl Kelsey and George Duncan

David Felberg, Violin

Barbara and Gregory Kok

Jeffrey Brooks, Clarinet

Diane and Bill Graves

Nathan Salazar, Piano

Barbara and Rod Slaton

Amy Huzjak, Cello

Elaine Wang Meyerhoffer

Jeff Cornelius, Percussion

Singer Sponsors

Donald Shina and Kevin Waidmann

James Bass, bass

Richard and Chris Frenk

George Case, tenor

Jim Murphy and Roxanne Howe-Murphy

Enrico Lagasca, bass

Laurie Meyer in Memory of Dick Meyer

Kate Maroney, alto

Tom and Anne Conner

Kathlene Ritch, soprano

Pat Stanley

TBD