2025 Summer Choral Festival
Featuring a performance of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace with full orchestra
Quintessence presented our 13th Annual Summer Choral Festival in July 2025. This is a week-long event that includes workshops and social events that are open to the public. The festival grand finale included a concert on July 20, 2025 featuring the Quintessence Summer Choral Festival Chorus & Orchestra performing Karl Jenkins’ The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace, conducted by Matthew Greer.
The concert included a performance from our 2025 Scholars Chorus, featuring music of Hanna Havrylets, Margrit Kits, Jake Runestad, Reginal Wright, Ysaÿe Barnwell, Jocelyn Hagen, Dessa, Karen Marrolli, Eliza Gilkyson, and Melanie DeMore.
CONCERT DETAILS
DATE: Sunday, July 20, 2025
TIME: 3:00pm (Pre-concert Talk at 2:00pm with Conductor Matthew Greer and Classical 95.5 KHFM’s Alexis Corbin)
LOCATION: V. Sue Cleveland High School Performance Space, 4800 Cleveland Heights Rd, Rio Rancho
Thank you to our 2025 Summer Choral Festival sponsors and partners for all your support!
SUNDAY, JULY 13
7:00 pm - Festival MusiQale at Kelly Jo Designs by Wine. Click here for more information.
MONDAY, JULY 14
5:15pm - Workshop: Vocal Health & Longevity with Olga Perez Flora
TUESDAY, JULY 15
5:15pm - Workshop: Drum Fun with Sean Umstead and Judy Castro-Umstead
7:00pm - Beer Choir at Canteen Brewhouse. Click here for more information.
WEDNESDAY, JULY 16
5:15pm - Workshop: Weaving the Social Fabric: A guided small group discussion with Barbara Regan
5:15pm - Workshop: Breath, Strength, and Flow with Shelly Ley (bring your yoga mat!)
THURSDAY, JULY 17
11:00am - Field Trip: Visit the New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum
FRIDAY, JULY 18
12:00pm - Kids’ Choir Concert at St. John’s United Methodist Church
5:15pm - Presentation from the New Mexico Holocaust and Intolerance Museum
SUNDAY, JULY 20
2:00pm - Pre-concert Talk with Conductor Matthew Greer and Classical 95.5 KHFM’s Alexis Corbin
3:00pm - 2025 Summer Choral Festival Concert
