Angel City Chorale: Los Angeles Choir

Celebrating our 31st year, Angel City Chorale is proud to represent the spirit and diversity of Los Angeles in its membership, its music, and its outreach activities, thereby fulfilling its mission of “Building Community One Song at a Time.” This premier Southern California choral group is best known for its performances on NBC’s America's Got Talent, making it all the way to the semi-finals. Hailed by Simon Cowell as “one of the best choirs we’ve ever had,” the Chorale earned the coveted Golden Buzzer, touching nearly 20 million viewers with their rich sound and compelling message of unity and diversity.

Angel City Chorale is throwing the biggest holiday party of the season, and you’re invited! Re-experience the excitement of attending a live performance. Deck yourself out in your favorite holiday attire — from your beloved ugly sweater to your classy holiday best — and come join in the festivities at this year’s concert, Bling on the Holidays! The America’s Got Talent semi-finalists and Los Angeles’ premier community choir returns to the stage at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus for this festive event on Saturday, December 7 at 7pm and Sunday, December 8 at 3pm.

Accompanied by the ACC Orchestra, Artistic Director Sue Fink is back to lead the 180- voice chorale in a program of magnificent and joyful songs dressed up in sparkling arrangements. No matter which holidays you celebrate you have a home with ACC, so jumpstart the season by attending this “more than just a concert,” with a red-carpet arrival, photo ops, carol sing-alongs, and lots of surprises. And of course, you’ll also hear from the city’s next generation of singers, the Angel City Youth Chorale.

Live performance is back in full, and there’s nothing more thrilling than seeing ACC in the flesh. But if you can’t make it in person, the Sunday concert will be livestreamed. Visit angelcitychorale.org for tickets and info. Remember, “It’s not the holidays ‘til the Angels sing!”

Angel City Chorale is throwing the biggest holiday party of the season, and you’re invited! Re-experience the excitement of attending a live performance. Deck yourself out in your favorite holiday attire — from your beloved ugly sweater to your classy holiday best — and come join in the festivities at this year’s concert, Bling on the Holidays! The America’s Got Talent semi-finalists and Los Angeles’ premier community choir returns to the stage at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus for this festive event on Saturday, December 7 at 7pm and Sunday, December 8 at 3pm.

Last Minute Discount Tickets available for Saturday, 12/2. A 25% discount is automatically applied for Tier 1 seats. Buy while supplies last!

Join Angel City Chorale (ACC) as we celebrate the culmination of our 30th anniversary year with Holiday Homecoming!

As live music returns to Los Angeles in full force, ACC is thrilled to once again be performing on the famed Royce Hall stage. This is your home for the holidays: whether you celebrate Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa or simply the joyful spirit of the yuletide, come join us as we invoke the warmth of the season and gather with our singing family to rejoice at this special time of year.

A cornerstone of Holiday Homecoming, Kenny Loggins in Celebrate Me Home sums it all up: “Play me one more song that I’ll always remember that I can recall whenever I find myself too all alone. I can sing me home.” Arbolito de Navidad (Little Christmas Tree) is a heartwarming holiday story wrapped in an energetic mariachi arrangement. The concert will also feature the inspirational The Light of Hope, an original song from ACC Artistic Director Sue Fink and longtime choir soloist standout Dr. Reverend Donald Paredes that will pump up the goosebump
factor and maybe bring a tear or two to even the most cynical listener.

More than just Hanukkah celebrants will delight in the rousing Judah and His Maccabees and the moving Hine Ma Tov. Fresh, new orchestrated arrangements of familiar titles — God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen, Hark the Herald Angels Sing, I’ll Be Home for Christmas — defy expectations and evoke a sense of wonder. The lively gospel of Children, Go Where I Send Thee will have you on your feet. We will also be joined by the ACC Orchestra and Angel City Youth Chorale for this wonderful concert.

Whether your idea of the holidays is Ho! Ho! Ho! or Bah Humbug, the stirring 180-voice Angel City Chorale, with Artistic Director Sue Fink and the ACC Orchestra, will raise your spirits and have you singing. The merry and rapturous festivities take place at Royce Hall, UCLA, Los Angeles on Saturday, December 2 at 7:00pm and Sunday, December 3 at 3:00pm PST. For those unable to attend the live performance, ACC will be livestreaming the Sunday concert.

For ticketing help, email buytix@angelcitychorale.org

MISSED THE CONCERT?

We are so proud of our Holiday Homecoming concert. What a wonderful way to close out our 30^th anniversary year! In case you missed it and to ensure that all of our fans have the opportunity to see the show, we are offering a Livestream Recording/Concert Video available to view for free through January 15^th 2024 at 11:59pm PT.

Watch and listen as we invoke the warmth of the season with our singing family of 180 voices and the ACC Orchestra led by Artistic Director, Sue Fink, to rejoice at this special time of year. Holiday Homecoming is a diverse, inclusive and uplifting musical experience for all audiences featuring a selection of traditional and new seasonal songs across different genres, including mariachi, gospel and pop as well as a special performance by the Angel City Youth Chorale.

This year, we established partnerships to livestream and share our concerts with various organizations including Ronald McDonald House (Southern California Chapter), UCLA Medical Center, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Miller Children's Hospital, Downtown Women's Center and Prison Fellowship Ministries and to reach people in and outside Los Angeles who could use the lift of holiday music but could not come see us live.

Angel City Chorale’s most recent concert event, Rhythms of the Americas, was a thrilling ride through the breadth and depth of the Americas’ rich choral music traditions.

The America’s Got Talent semi-finalists and Los Angeles’s premier community choir returned to the stage at Royce Hall on the UCLA campus for one performance only on Sunday, June 9 at 3:00pm.

Did you miss the one-of-a-kind concert? It’s not too late to enjoy it via the recorded livestream! Expect songs in a wide variety of styles and five different languages, including English, Spanish, and Portuguese, plus Native American and Afro-Brazilian languages. There is also dancing, clapping, drumming, and sounds, harmonies, and emotions to make your spine tingle and your spirit soar.

We were thrilled to welcome guest conductor Dr. Cristian Grases, the Vice Dean of Classical Studies and Composition at USC’s Thornton School of Music, to lead the 160- voice chorale in this ambitious and exciting program.

Now in its 30th year, Angel City Chorale is proud to represent the spirit and diversity of Los Angeles in its membership, its music, and its outreach activities, thereby fulfilling its mission of “Building Community One Song at a Time.” This premier Southern California choral group is best known for its performances on NBC’s America's Got Talent, making it all the way to the semi-finals. Hailed by Simon Cowell as “one of the best choirs we’ve ever had,” the Chorale earned the coveted Golden Buzzer, touching nearly 20 million viewers with their rich sound and compelling message of unity and diversity.

Beverly Padway Memorial Scholarship Vocal Competition

The Angel City Chorale is proud and excited to offer the Angel City Chorale/Beverly Padway Memorial Scholarship Vocal Competition for high school seniors and first and second year college students. Two winners will be chosen for each Angel City Chorale concert. We perform at Royce Hall in December and June of each year. To apply, students should send a short video of themselves singing, along with a short essay. We request that applications be received by April 20, 2023.

Cabaret Tickets Available Now

You're invited to the Angel City Chorale's Cabaret and Silent Auction fundraiser on May 11th. Join us for a memorable night under the stars, featuring performances by your favorite Angel City Chorale members.

Cabaret will take place in a private home in Brentwood Park. Full address will be released after registration.

Tickets are $100 for General Admission and $150 for Preferred Seating.

Price of admission includes live performances, one drink ticket, hors d’oeuvres, and desserts. Cash bar available for additional drinks.

Doors open at 7:30pm with the performance starting at 8pm.

Purchase Tickets: http://weblink.donorperfect.com/angelcabaret

Angel City Chorale is proud to release a life-affirming music video to remind the people of Los Angeles and beyond – “We will fly again!”

In the face of the COVID-19 epidemic, we feel compelled to offer our conviction that, while it may seem we are all facing this crisis alone, we can still create extraordinary beauty together.

The 4-minute video features the chorale members pursuing their daily safer-at-home routines – ranging from home schooling and cooking to providing medical care – and pulls these disparate yearnings together for a moving expression of determination and resilience. The soundtrack is our live concert recording of Christopher Tin’s “Sogno di Volare” (The Dream of Flight), a soaring expression of the indomitable human spirit. Tin’s lyrics originate in the writings of Leonardo da Vinci about his own imaginings of flight.

Many thanks to Jill D'Agnenica for her artistic contributions to our SOGNO DI VOLARE video!