Become Part of the Journey
Letter from the Artistic Director
Dear Friends:
It's hard to believe that we are entering into my third season as artistic director of Los Robles Master Chorale - it has already been an amazing journey and the future is promising to be brighter and more exciting than ever!
Over the past two years, LRMC has expanded its season to include eight concerts; increased its operating budget by sixty-six percent; purchased a choral library; established a successful chamber ensemble, the Consort Singers; instituted an annual High School Choral Festival; increased membership from 35 to 95 members; expanded its staff and board of directors; hosted a successful fundraising gala; and established itself as a strong presence in Ventura County. This season we will host our first High School Choral Leadership Workshop, which will give talented high school singers a chance to participate together in sight-singing instruction, choral leadership principles, rehearsals and a free-to-the-public performance; we will also launch an educational opportunity to encourage young choral composers with our choral composition competition; we will continue our bi-annual performances for the seniors at University Village; and we will again perform with Los Robles Children's Choir and my dear friend Donna Young.
As Los Robles Master Chorale has evolved and changed, so has my vision for it. Artistically the chorale is not only committed to performing the great masterworks, but most especially to new choral compositions; to beautiful yet flexible choral sound and to a performance style that remains mindful of the many practices over the millennium. In our immediate future we will premiere several brand new choral works, participate in a very large and special tribute to Mahler, apply to perform in the 2012 Western Regional ACDA convention, begin planning a tour to the UK, and we will continue developing our 10-year fiscal and expansion plan.
Each season, the chorale grows artistically, fiscally and most importantly in its passion for nurturing the choral tradition of southern California. We are committed to choral education, developing young singers - especially through our partnership with Los Robles Children's Choir, and above all we are devoted to providing quality choral music in our community of Ventura and western Los Angeles counties. I invite all of you to become more involved in a journey that is just beginning - volunteer to work with us in some capacity, whether it is in development as a board member, as a singer in the chorale or as one of our many important friends who help out at concert venues and receptions.
Los Robles Master Chorale is growing into a large family of singing, hard work and fun - don't miss this exciting season of choral music and choral discovery for the young, the old and everyone in between!
Sincerely,
Lesley Leighton
Artistic Director
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