Philip Barnes gets birthday wishes
St. Louis Chamber Chorus artistic director Philip Barnes is on sabbatical this year, from both his day job teaching classics at John Burroughs School and his work with the SLCC. He and his family -…
St. Louis Chamber Chorus artistic director Philip Barnes is on sabbatical this year, from both his day job teaching classics at John Burroughs School and his work with the SLCC. He and his family -…
A note from Bryan: This never got linked to the (preliminary) story I wrote for STLToday.com on Tuesday when the news first broke, and it didn’t get a prominent online spot on Wednesday because it wasn’t new news at that…
A critic almost always goes into a concert by the St. Louis Chamber Chorus without having heard some works on the program: part of the mission of the ensemble and its artistic director, Philip Barnes, is to introduce new works…
If you’re on the mailing list for the St. Louis Chamber Chorus, St. Louis Cathedral Concerts or the Bach Society of St. Louis, you’re going to find a little something extra tucked into your ticket envelope and other start-of-season mailings:…
To judge by the comments on yesterday’s blog post about sweet-voiced tenor Jon Garrett of the St. Louis Chamber Chorus and Union Avenue Opera, he’s got a big fan base.…
Tenor Jon Garrett is a stalwart member of the renowned St. Louis Chamber Chorus, and his performance in the small role of Hadjii was one of the highlights of Union Avenue Opera’s recent production of Delibes’s Lakme. He’ll perform…
School may have started, but the rosters for two of the region’s best choruses are not completely set. Both the St. Louis Symphony Chorus and the St. Louis Chamber Chorus still need singers.
The Chamber Chorus, directed by Philip Barnes, seeks…
The St. Louis Chamber Chorus, our region’s finest choral ensemble, was recently featured on HEC-TV, the St. Louis Higher Education Channel. Jim Althoff, a weekend announcer on KFUO (99.1; http://www.classic99.com narrates. It gives some good insights into how artistic director Philip…
The St. Louis Chamber Chorus presents Concert VI: “MacLean and Monteverdi.” Christ the King Roman Catholic Church, 7316 Balson, University City. 3 p.m. Sunday, May 31. $24 ($10 for students with ID); 636-458-4343.
If you like your entertainment leavened with a…
The St. Louis Chamber Chorus has announced its 2009-2010 season, along with some other important news: Artistic director Philip Barnes will be on sabbatical next year.
Barnes, who recently became a U.S. citizen, is taking a sabbatical from his day job…