Sing with Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus!

Are you an experienced vocalist looking for challenging repertoire and a welcoming, diverse

choral community? We’d love for you to join us! Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus has

openings for a high soprano and two tenors for our 2025–26 season, with possible openings in

other sections. Fall rehearsals begin Tuesday, September 9, 2025.

Auditions are scheduled by appointment. Visit www.sacredprofane.org/audition to learn more

about our upcoming season and audition process and to complete a brief form.

About Sacred and Profane Chamber Chorus:

Sacred & Profane is an advanced non-professional chamber chorus composed of 28 to 32 singers

(SATB), each bringing superior musicianship, vocal skill, and dedication to the ensemble.

achieving professional-level performances. Concert repertoire includes sacred and secular works

from the middle ages to the contemporary period, drawing from classical, folk, and popular

traditions, including contemporary and highly demanding works. Our talented singers represent

many facets of our diverse Bay Area communities; from a wide range of backgrounds, ages, and

demographics. S&P embraces our vibrant membership and strives to explore and celebrate this

diversity through our repertoire. We aim to provide an inspiring & educational experience for

audiences & chorus members through innovative programming, intensive preparation & high

quality performances.

Please visit our website to hear recordings and view videos and to read about our Mission,

Vision, Core Values, and Action Plans: www.sacredprofane.org

48th Season: Elements of Music

Fall 2025 | Gather at the River: Songs of Water & Ice

Featuring music about rivers, oceans, snow, and ice. Composers: Brahms, Stanford, Poulenc, Britten, Coleridge-Taylor, Judith Bingham, Stacey Gibbs, and some popular music from the Swedish songwriter Everte Taube and the a cappella group the Real Group.

Winter 2026 | Fire in My Heart: Songs of Love

Music that features fire as a metaphor for love, and songs about fire in general. Including Morley’s Fire Fire, Lauridsen’s Madrigali, and music by Dominick DiOrio, Reena Esmail, Darita Seth, and our conductor Edna Yeh.

Spring 2026 | Terra ad Caelum: Songs of Land & SkyWe’ll celebrate Arvo Pärt’s 90th birthday, and sing the West Coast premiere of a work for double

choir by Shawn Crouch. Also on the program: a work for choir, marimba, and wine glasses by Ešenvalds, an Irish folk song, a Saami joik, and a 4-movement work about Climate change and the beauty of nature composed for us in 2018 by Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist.