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— WINTER CONCERT 2024 —

The CSUCI University Chorus will perform works by Reena Esmail, Eric Whitacre, Haydn, Brahms and more! Donations welcomed at the door.

SANTA PAULA HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER
7 p.m. Saturday, December 7

VENTURA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1338 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura
3 p.m. Sunday, December 8

— VoCI YOUTH CHORUS WINTER CONCERT —

The Voices of Channel Islands Youth Concert will perform under the direction of Music Directors Sabrina Moreno and Dorrie Kelly. Free will donations cheerfully accepted!

DOS CAMINOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 3635 Appian Way, Camarillo
6:30 p.m. Monday, December 16, 2024

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CHORAL SOUND BATH FUNDRAISER, October 6th, 3:00-5:00 PM

An immersive musical experience led by CICA choral artists and Dr. KuanFen Liu. $45 per person. At Studio Channel Islands Art Center, 2222 E. Ventura Blvd., Camarillo. CLICK FOR INFO

HIGH SCHOOL CHORAL WORKSHOP, SEPTEMBER 28th

Choral singers from across Ventura County participated in a festival choir led by Dr. KuanFen Liu, music professor and director of the CSUCI University Chorus. Sessions focussed on the individual singer’s role in the success of the ensemble. Sponsored by CICA in partnership with the CSU Channel Islands Performing Arts Department.

AUDITIONS FOR THE CSUCI UNIVERSITY CHORUS — EXTENDED THROUGH August 26, 2024

Community singers are invited to join the CSU Channel Islands University Chorus. Rehearsals are Monday nights on the CSUCI campus from 6:30-9:15 p.m. The first rehearsal is August 26th. New singers and those returning from an absence of more than three years can schedule an audition by emailing Artistic Director Dr. KuanFen Liu at downbeatplus@gmail.com.

CHORAL SPECTACULAR, MAY 4 & 5, 2024

The CSU Channel Islands University Chorus will sing in collaboration with Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra, Santa Paula High School Cardinal Concert Choir, Rancho Campana High School Concert Choir, Ventura High School Chorale and the Pleasant Valley School District Chorus. The program will include John Rutter’s Mass of the Children and Mozart’s Missa Brevis in C, K. 220. Visit the Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra website for tickets.

RANCHO CAMPANA HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 4235 Mar Vista Drive, Camarillo
7 p.m. Saturday, May 4, 2024
and
3 p.m. Sunday, May 5, 2024

AUDITIONS FOR THE Csuci university chorus, december 15-30, 2023

Community singers are invited to join the CSU Channel Islands University Chorus. Rehearsals are Monday nights on the CSUCI campus from 6:30-9:15 p.m. The first rehearsal is January 22nd. Spring concerts will feature Mozart’s Coronation Mass K. 317 and Beethoven’s Symphony No. 9 with Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra. New singers and those returning from an absence of more than three years can schedule an audition by emailing Artistic Director Dr. KuanFen Liu at downbeatplus@gmail.com.

WINTER CONCERT

The CSUCI University Chorus performed Benjamin Britten’s Ceremony of Carols, excerpts from Mozart’s Coronation Mass, and more! $20 donation welcomed at the door.

SANTA BARBARA OLD MISSION PARISH, 2201 Laguna Street, Santa Barbara
7 p.m. Saturday, December 2, 2023

VENTURA FIRST UNITED METHODIST CHURCH, 1338 East Santa Clara Street, Ventura
3 p.m. Sunday, December 3, 2023

PVSD CHORUS SPRING CONCERT

The Pleasant Valley School District Chorus performed under the direction of Music Directors Sabrina Moreno and Jesus Gonzalez. Free will donations cheerfully accepted!

DOS CAMINOS ELEMENTARY SCHOOL, 3635 Appian Way, Camarillo
6:30 p.m. Tuesday, May 23, 2023

CHORAL SPECTACULAR

The CSU Channel Islands University Chorus will sing in collaboration with Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra, Santa Paula High School Cardinal Concert Choir, Rancho Campana High School Concert Choir, Ventura High School Chorale and the Pleasant Valley School District Chorus.

RANCHO CAMPANA HIGH SCHOOL PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 4235 Mar Vista Drive, Camarillo
7 p.m. Saturday, April 22, 2023
and
3 p.m. Sunday, April 23, 2023

The program will include Dan Forrest’s “Jubilate Deo,” Christopher Tin’s “Baba Yetu” and a world première, Bevan Manson’s “Odesa Overture.”

DE COLORES, A cULTURAL CELEBRATION OF CHORAL MUSIC

PLEASE NOTE SUNDAY VENUE CHANGE!!!

ST. MARY MAGDALEN CHURCH, 25 North Las Posas Road, Camarillo
7 p.m. Friday, December 2, 2022
and
PALAZZIO EVENT CENTER, 814 East Main Street, Santa Paula
3 p.m. Sunday, December 4, 2022

The CSUCI University Chorus and the Santa Paula High School Concert Choir will perform together! Suggested $20 donation at the door. All proceeds go towards choral music education. Face coverings encouraged.

LUX AETERNA

CARNEGIE HALL, New York City
Saturday June 25, 2022

CICA was proud to support Artistic Director KuanFen Liu in the unique opportunity to conduct Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna with the New England Symphonic Ensemble. Presented by MidAmerica Productions, Peter Tiboris, General Music Director.

CHORAL SPECTACULAR

RANCHO CAMPANA PERFORMING ARTS CENTER, 25 N. Las Posas Road, Camarillo
7 p.m. Saturday June 4, 2022
3 p.m. Sunday June 5, 2022

Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra and Channel Islands Choral Association presented their 2022 Spring Choral Spectacular with Conductor KuanFen Liu. Singers from the CSU Channel Islands University Chorus, Santa Paula High School Concert Choir, and Ventura High School Chorale performed Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna. Louise Lofquist, Mezzo-Soprano, performed Edward Elgar’s Sea Pictures with the orchestra.

Vaccination record required for ages 12 and older. Mask required. $20 suggested donation at the door (no pre-sales). Sponsored in part by the CSU Channel Islands Instructionally Related Activities Funds.

PVSD CHORUS SPRING CONCERT

PLEASANT VALLEY SCHOOL OF ENGINEERING AND ARTS, 700 Temple Avenue, Camarillo
6 p.m. Thursday May 19, 2022

The Pleasant Valley School District Chorus performed in the stage area of the PVSEA campus, joined by special guest performers from Santa Paula High School. Audience watched picnic-style on lawn chairs and blankets. Concert about 45 minutes. CLICK FOR THE CONCERT FLYER! Presto Pasta Fundraiser before and after the concert. See following.

Past Events

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ARTS UNDER THE STARS

MARCH 7, 2022

The CSUCI University Chorus performed an excerpt of Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna; sang I Believe by Mark A. Miller; and supplied the chorus to the Rolling Stones You Can’t Always Get What You Want at CSUCI’s eleventh annual interdisciplinary extravaganza of original work, along with the Contemporary Music Ensemble, Azteca Dance and Culture, CI Dance Program, Theatre, Cheer, Dance Club, KakePops, and special guests Hip Hop Mindset and Ukrainian Dance Troupe Chervona Kalyna. Followed by a DJ set by E-motive and Arts Under the Stars Dance Party!

WINTER HOLIDAY SPECTACULAR

DECEMBER 4 & 5, 2021

A live concert collaboration of Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra, Channnel Islands Choral Association, Santa Paula High School Concert Choir, CSU Channel Islands University Chorus and Artistic Director Dr. KuanFen Liu. Featuring excerpts from Handel’s Messiah and Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna; plus Saint-Saëns’ Organ Concerto #3.

Into the Light: Celebrating Black Composers in Choral Music

JUNE 4-20, 2021

A Virtual Choral Experience featuring the CSU Channel Islands University Chorus and the Pleasant Valley School District Chorus streamed on demand. The event included non-idiomatic choral music of some of the most famous and influential Black composers who have too long been neglected in the Western tradition: Bobby McFerrin, Undine Smith Moore, Mark Miller, Victor C. Johnson and Ysaÿe Barnwell.

Into the Light: Celebrating Women Composers in Choral Music

DECEMBER 11-20, 2020

A Virtual Choral Experience by the CSUCI University Chorus and the Pleasant Valley School District Chorus streamed on demand. The program was designed to bring awareness of women composers past and present who have been underrepresented in concert programming: Betty Nicholson, Dale Trumbore, Dr. Andrea Ramsey, Sarah Quartel and Elizabeth Alexander. Interviews with Dale Trumbore and Dr. Ramsey describe the challenges each have faced in the competitive field of choral music.

A Light in the Darkness: Voices of Hope, Peace and Comfort

DECEMBER 1 & 2, 2019

A concert by the CSU Channel Islands University Chorus with music by composers from the Baroque period to the contemporary, and from various cultural traditions and languages, showing human strength and resiliency during difficult times in history.

Great American Songfeast Fundraiser

MAY 5, 2019

Channel Islands Choral Association and artistic director, Dr. KuanFen Liu, hosted The Great American Songfeast fundraiser celebrating the great American songbook with a side of great American comfort food.

PVSD Chorus Spring Concert

MAY 28, 2019

A concert by the Pleasant Valley School District Chorus featuring rhythmic selections and standard favorites. Performed at St. Columba’s Episcopal Church in Camarillo.

Trace History - African American Journeys Through Song

DECEMBER 3 & 9, 2018

Trace History – African American Journeys Through Song traced African American history through traditional and modern spirituals as well as music influenced by them. This program was designed by CSU Channel Islands Performing Arts Professor, Dr. KuanFen Liu, to further understanding of the complexity of human history and expression.

PVSD Chorus Spring Concert

JUNE 12, 2018

The last performance of the season with an eclectic collection of choral music featuring works by Vaughan Williams, Dvorak, Berberian, Solomon, Hurwitz, and more. Music Director, Daniel Newman-Lessler; Assistant Instructor, Jonas Lee; Pianist, Betty Nicholson.

Reconciliation: Choral Spectacular 2018

MAY 5 & 6, 2018

The CSUCI University Chorus and PVSD Chorus performed together with Channel Islands Chamber Orchestra at the First United Methodist Church of Ventura.

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