Sacramento Choral Society's Songs of Praise

As Dr. Donald Kendrick completes his 33 years of serving as Director of Choral Activities at Sacramento State, his final gift for his three choirs (110 students) will be to provide them with an opportunity to sing with a professional orchestra by partnering with the Sacramento Choral Society and Orchestra in downtown Sacramento at the Sacramento Community Center Theater. The performance also features the Sacramento Children's Chorus and three professional soloists: Rachel Songer, Anne-Marie Endres and Shawn Spiess. There will be projected supertitle translations, a pre-concert talk by Conductor Donald Kendrick and a post-concert lobby reception. You'll hear the West Coast premiere of Dan Forrest's Jubilate Deo, as well as Dvorak's Te Deum. In this jubilant music, the singers praise the wonders of creation in eight languages, including Spanish, Hebrew, Arabic, Zulu and Mandarin. The music depicts the culture of each language.