Missouri Classical Music News

I don't know of another choir anywhere quite like the St. Louis Chamber Chorus. A combination of unusual old and commissioned, new a cappella repertoire, diverse venues chosen to complement the programming, interesting and wide-ranging notes on the music and exacting standards make the Chamber Chorus stand out.

On Sunday afternoon, the ensemble's 51st season opener, "American Renaissance," was performed at Grace United Methodist Church. Most of the composers whose works artistic director Philip Barnes chose were late 19th-century New Englanders.