Dessoff blew the roof off New York’s Town Hall and the Late Show with David Letterman the last time rock legend Ray Davies was in town; this year, we’re taking it on the road! All tickets on sale now.

2011 Tour:

FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18, at 8:00 pm
The Wellmont Theatre
Montclair, NJ
Tickets: $40, $60, $80

SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19, at 8:00 pm
Temple Performing Arts Center
Philadelphia, PA
Tickets: $55

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 20, at 7:30 pm
The Beacon Theatre
New York, NY
Tickets: $49.59-$114.50

WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, at 8:00 pm
The Wilbur Theatre
Boston, MA
Tickets: $66.15, $89.15

In support of his latest album, See My Friends, The Kinks’ frontman Ray Davies embarks on a four-night East Coast tour, performing live with a full choral ensemble. Best known as the lead singer and songwriter for the classic British rock band, Davies’ 50-year musical career has yielded some of the most iconic rock songs in history. Since the breakup of the Kinks in 1996, he has embarked on a solo career as a singer/songwriter, releasing five albums of his own and receiving numerous awards for his talent.

Featuring Bill Shanley on guitar, Dick Nolan on bass, Damon Wilson on drums, Ian Gibbons and Gunnar Frick on keyboards, and backed by the Dessoff Chamber Choir, Davies recreates classic Kinks originals and performs solo material for one unforgettable night.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 31, 2011, at 7:00 pm
NEW YEAR’S EVE CONCERT FOR PEACE
George Mathew, conductor
The Dessoff Choirs
Ubuntu-Shruti Orchestra
TIPPETT: A Child of Our Time
Ring in the new year with one of New York’s great musical traditions—the annual New Year’s Eve Concert for Peace, a program founded by Leonard Bernstein.
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
1047 Amsterdam Avenue
New York, NY 10025
Tickets: Info available soon!

REFRACTED BACH:
The Dessoff Choirs’ 2012 Midwinter Festival

Dessoff presents its inaugural Midwinter Festival—a series of that offers the unique opportunity to experience choral masterworks in a larger cultural and historical context. This year’s festival explores both how J.S. Bach absorbed myriad musical styles and how later composers have been inspired by his astonishing legacy. The diverse festival events build towards the transcendent Mass in B Minor, performed in collaboration with the early instrument ensemble Arcadia Players.
* A variety of discounted Festival Ticket Packages is available. Click here for more information or to purchase tickets today!

• SATURDAY, JANUARY 21       8:00 pm
  WHY BACH MATTERS
  George Stauffer, lecturer
  Festival Opening Lecture
  The prominent Bach scholar and Dean of the Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University examines why Bach’s legacy remains at the core of Western art music.
  Liederkranz Concert Hall
  East 87^th Street
  New York, NY 10128
  Tickets: $10-20 [ticket order form]

• FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 3             8:00 pm
  STILE ANTICO
  Christopher Shepard, conductor
  The Dessoff Choirs
  Before and beyond Bach: hear choral and instrumental music that influenced Bach, and that Bach inspired—with works by Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Reger, Gorgzycki, Hawley, Marshall, and others.
  Church of St. Paul the Apostle
  405 West 59^th Street (& Columbus Avenue)
  New York, NY 10019
  Tickets: $15-35 [ticket order form]

• TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7         8:00 pm
  GILDED GOLDBERGS
  Steven Ryan & Catherine Venable, piano
  HOLLOWAY     Gilded Goldbergs
  A variation on variations: English composer Robin Holloway recasts Bach’s ingenious Goldberg Variations as a piano duo, using Bach’s canons as a departure point for a virtuosic flight of fancy.
  Weill Recital Hall
  881 7^th Avenue
  New York, NY 10019
  Tickets: $15-35 [ticket order form]

• SATURDAY, FEBRUARY 11     2:00 pm
  SING-IN: Cantatas Reflected in the Mass in B Minor
  Christopher Shepard, conductor
  Sing with Dessoff for a day: raise your voice with ours as we read through the cantata movements Bach recast in his setting of the Mass in B Minor.
  Immanuel Lutheran Church
  122 East 88^th Street
  New York, NY 10128
  Tickets: $5-10 [ticket order form]

• SATURDAY, MARCH 3                        8:00 pm
  MASS IN B MINOR
  Christopher Shepard, conductor
  Sabrina Learman, soprano
  Jane Edwards, soprano
  Sarah Taylor, mezzo-soprano
  Matthew Anderson, tenor
  Thomas Jones, bass
  The Dessoff Choirs
  Arcadia Players
  BACH   Mass in B Minor, BWV 232
  “The greatest musical artwork of all times and peoples”—come and hear again why the Mass in B Minor has been hailed by generations as the zenith of creative expression.
  Church of St. Mary the Virgin
  145 West 46^th Street
  New York, NY 10036
  Tickets: $20-55 [ticket order form]

SATURDAY, MAY 12, 2012     8:00 pm
LUX AETERNA: Music for Choir & Organ
Christopher Shepard, conductor
The Dessoff Choirs
A pairing of great subtlety, richness, and power, this combination of Dessoff voices and the “king of instruments” is sure to surprise and delight.
The Church of the Epiphany
1393 York Avenue at 74^th Street
New York, NY 10021
Tickets: $15-35 [ticket order form]

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