Key Chorale announces 2018-2019 season performances and events

The 34th season of Sarasota’s symphonic chorus will include eight concerts, one luncheon and the 2019 Sarasota Choral Festival.

By Niki Kottmann
| 4:23 p.m. July 3, 2018

Arts + Culture

Key Chorale will focus on two of its central values throughout its 2018-2019 season: collaboration and community outreach.

Several professional collaborative performances in addition to collaborations previously in place will make this season unique, the chorus says in a release. These performances include “Misatango” with Sarasota Ballet’s Studio Company (choreographed by guest artist Elizabeth Bergmann) and “Honoring Heroes,” a choral festival that will honor resident first responders by incorporating documentaries created by Ringling College of Art and Design interns.

Key Chorale will continue its previous collaboration with Circus Arts Conservatory to present its annual “Cirque des Voix” concert accompanied by live circus acts, as well as its partnership with Sarasota County Schools to again present “Tomorrow’s Voices Today” with several local high school choirs. In addition, the group will perform Mendelssohn’s “Elijah,” a partnership with Jewish Family & Children’s Service.

The Key Chorale Chamber Singers will present “American Roots: Digging Deeper,” an exploration of the American choral tradition the builds upon last year’s “American Roots” concert with a five-piece bluegrass band, and “Fauré’s Requiem,” presented alongside some of composer Benjamin Britten’s most cherished works.

The group will also continue to offer existing outreach programs such as Off-Key Chorale, a collaboration with the Neuro Challenge Foundation using singing as a way to help better the lives of people living with Parkinson’s disease.