SOUTHLAND SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA CHORUS
The Southland Symphony Orchestra Chorus is part of the SSO family, joining in concerts with the Southland Symphony Orchestra. The chorus is a volunteer organization, open to all singers. (A voice placement audition may be required of new members.) CLICK TO JOIN
2024 - 25 Season
Get Ready for a Great Season!
Season Opener with the Southland Symphony Orchestra
Sunday October 6, 2024 at 4pm*
Season Opening Concert
featuring new works by living composers, as well as an appearance by a young conductor (winner of the 23-24 Season Finale Conducting prize).
Our Program includes Faure's “Cantique de Jean Racine” and “Requiem”, Op. 48, with soloists Coril Prochnow, soprano, and Michal Dawson Connor, baritone. as well as the “Elegie” for Cello and Orchestra, featuring our principal cellist, Jocelyn Francis.
Also on the Program - a World premiere by composer and SSO violinist Noah Cisneros, and “The Heavenly Country” for Cello and Strings, again featuring Jocelyn Francis, by Michal Dawson Connor.
VENUE:
Bethel Congregational Church, UCC
536 N Euclid Ave Ontario CA 91762
Tickets:
- $20 for VIP/Premium (includes preferred seating, treat bags, wine at intermission, and door prize entry.
- $10 - General Admission (includes general seating and door prize entry.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS:
https://givebutter.com/c/SSO-SeasonOpener2024
MESSIAH - Sunday December 8 at 4pm
BETHEL CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH UCC 536 N Euclid Ave Ontario CA 91762
MESSIAH
(G.F. Handel)
The Southland Symphony Orchestra and Chorus,with outstanding vocal soloists, presents our Annual "Messiah" Performance on Sunday, December 8th at 4pm, under the baton of Music Director and Conductor Sylvia Lee Mann. This is our VERY popular annual presentation! Usually a sell-out! Come hear these fabulous singers, soloists, and orchestra as they join us for MESSIAH!
If you want to join the chorus - message us. Chorus rehearsals begin October 29th . (Email Dr. Mann to inquire)
VENUE: Bethel Congregational Church, UCC
536 N Euclid Ave Ontario CA 91762
Tickets:
- $20 for VIP/Premium (includes preferred seating, treat bags, wine at intermission, and door prize entry.
- $10 - General Admission (includes general seating and door prize entry.
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: https://givebutter.com/c/SSO2024MESSIAH
Amahl and the Night Visitors - Sunday January 5, 2025 at 4pm
at Bethel Congregational Church USS 536 N Euclid Ave Ontario CA 91762
AMAHL and the Night Visitors
AMAHL returns to Ontario! "Shepherds, Arise!" (People of Greater Ontario and the Inland Empire – come and see!)
Amahl and the Night Visitors will be performed Sunday, January 5th 2024 at 4 pm at Bethel Congregational Church UCC, 536 N Euclid Ave, Ontario CA 91762
Doors open at 3pm
Opera "newbies" and aficionados alike will rejoice in the chance to experience this joint production of Gian Carlo Menotti's Amahl and the Night Visitors, presented by the Southland Symphony Orchestra and Chorus of Ontario.
Amahl is a family-friendly opera and has been enduringly popular since its premier in 1951. Commissioned by NBC as the first opera written for television, Amahl and the Night Visitors debuted on December 24, 1951 becoming the first network television Christmas special to become an annual tradition. Composer Gian Carlo Menotti drew inspiration for the opera from Hieronymus Bosch's The Adoration of the Magi, which hangs in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and from his childhood in Italy where gifts were brought at Christmas by the Three Kings instead of Santa Claus.
Featuring outstanding principal vocalists in collaboration with the Southland Symphony Orchestra, this live, in-person performance will showcase some of the finest singers in Southern California. Their great vocal skill and dramatic ability and deeply immerse the audience in the action of the story.
Tickets for this special production: VIP/Premium $20 (includes preferred seating, treat bags, doorprize entry) General Admission $10 (includes admission, wine tasting at the after-concert reception, and doorprize entry). Children under 12 are free. We recommend purchasing tickets in advance. (Tickets may be purchased at the door, subject to availability - this production may sell out)
A note about this special performance - this performance will NOT have an intermission, since this is a one-act Opera, with no appropriate time for an intermission. (It would completely disrupt the story!) So - You will receive your door prize tickets with admission, and the doorprizes will be awarded at the end of the performance, AND - there will be a reception following the show!
A note about seating - Seating in this historic church is in pews. The "VIP/Premium" seating is indicated by Red Ribbons on the reserved pews.
Handicap Access - Ramp available at rear of building (adjacent to parking lot on F Street)
If you want to join the chorus - message us. Chorus rehearsals for Amahl are planned to begin in November (Email Dr. Mann to inquire)
VENUE: Bethel Congregational Church, UCC
536 N Euclid Ave Ontario CA 91762
Tickets:
- $20 for VIP/Premium (includes preferred seating, treat bags, wine at post-concert reception, and door prize entry.
- $10 - General Admission (includes general seating and door prize entry.
- Children under 12 are FREE!
CLICK HERE TO PURCHASE TICKETS: https://givebutter.com/SSO-AMAHL2025
Sunday April 6, 2025 at 4pm*
Spring of Hope
featuring the SSO Chorus with full orchestra, performing some of the most exquisite music for Chorus and Orchestra!
Franz Schubert - Mass No. 2 in G major, D 167 ,
Felix Mendelssohn -Verleih uns Frieden
Jose Elizondo -La alborada de la Esperanza (The Dawn of Hope) and Mira el sol (Look at the sun)
VENUE: Bethel Congregational Church, UCC 536 N Euclid Ave Ontario CA 91762
Tickets (will be available soon):
- $20 for VIP/Premium (includes preferred seating, treat bags, wine at post-concert reception, and door prize entry.
- $10 - General Admission (includes general seating and door prize entry.
- Children under 12 are FREE!
To join the SSO chorus,
fill out our Join the Chorus Google Form
https://forms.gle/o7JTnS1WFgHwBJsW6
Get more info by emailing drmann@ssochorus.com
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