July 12 - July 20
Come Sing with Quintessence at our 13th Annual
Summer Choral Festival
Featuring a performance of Karl Jenkins' The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace with full orchestra
Join us as we present a performance of Karl Jenkins' powerful work The Armed Man: A Mass For Peace. Add your voice to our festival chorus as we perform this extraordinary work with professional orchestra, conducted by Quintessence Artistic Director Matthew Greer. This will be an unforgettable experience! Early Bird registration opens April 4.
EARLY BIRD REGISTRATION: $210 through May 15!
($225 after May 15.)
10% discount for return singers.
Special discounts available for music educators.
Registration includes score, t-shirt, performance recording, access to all festival workshops and activities, and one private voice lesson from festival faculty.
FULL-TIME STUDENT REGISTRATION: $100
CHORAL SCHOLAR APPLICATIONS: $25 application fee. If accepted, festival registration fee is waived. Experienced high school and college age singers are strongly encouraged to apply to be a choral scholar. The application deadline has been extended to April 15, 2025.
2025 Rehearsal Schedule
Saturday, July 12, 2pm-3pm
Sunday, July 13, 2pm-5pm
Monday, July 14, 6:30-9:30pm
Wednesday, July 16, 6:30-9:30pm
Friday, July 18, 6:30-9:30pm
Saturday, July 19, 2pm-5pm (MANDATORY)
Concert Sunday, July 20, 3pm (1pm call time)
Quintessence Summer Choral Festival
Since 2013, Quintessence has produced a weeklong Summer Choral Festival for adult and school-aged singers who want to experience the thrill of performing a major choral-orchestral work together. Our 2025 Summer Choral Festival will be held July 12 - July 20, 2025.
CHORAL SCHOLARS PROGRAM
Our annual Summer Choral Festival provides an opportunity for serious singers of all ages to spend a joyful and intense week preparing a major choral work for performance with professional orchestra.
Registrants also can take advantage of private lessons, workshops and other performances.
Past Summer Festival Performances
2024 - Christopher Tin: The Lost Birds: An Extinction Elegy
2023 - Johannes Brahms: Ein deutsches Requiem
2022 - Jocelyn Hagen: The Notebooks of Leonardo da Vinci
2021 - Taylor Davis: Magnificat; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria; Robert Ray: Gospel Mass
2019 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Choral Fantasy; Johannes Brahms: Schicksalslied
2018 - Robert Cohen: Alzheimer's Stories
2017 - Ludwig van Beethoven: Mass in C
2016 - J.S. Bach: Magnificat; Antonio Vivaldi: Gloria
2015 - Alice Parker: Melodious Accord; Randall Thompson: Frostiana
2014 - Franz Josef Haydn: Lord Nelson Mass
2013 - Gabriel Fauré: Requiem