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Mission Statement
The Master Chorale is committed to
advancing the art of choral music by performing great works of the past,
commissioning and performing new literature and sharing the joy and power of
choral music with new and existing audiences and singers.
Vision, Scope and Core
Values About the Chorale
The
Master Chorale of Tampa Bay, under direction of Music and Artistic Director,
Dr. James Bass, is an
auditioned, highly select 110-voice volunteer chorus embracing a broad
representation of singers from the entire Tampa Bay area. Founded in 1979
by Dr. Robert Summer The Master
Chorale was later incorporated in 1988 as a 501(c)(3). Designated in 1989 as
the “Principal Chorus of The
Florida Orchestra”, The Master Chorale is featured annually on the
Florida Orchestra’s Masterworks Season. In 1999 The Master Chorale was appointed as
“Artist in Residence” at the College of
Visual and Performing Arts School of Music at the University of South
Florida.
The
organization serves
Tampa Bay and west central Florida with a
mission to advance the art of choral music by
performing great works of the past, commissioning and performing new
literature and sharing the joy and power of choral music with new and
existing audiences and singers. Since 2004 the Master Chorale has had
American conductor and composer, Dale Warland to Tampa presenting artistic
and administrative workshops as they prepared for concerts and recordings.
During the past decade the organization has regularly commissioned some of
the most important contemporary composers for works for The Master Chorale
including Eric Whitacre (Lux Aurumque), Paul Basler (Missa Kenya), Eleanor
Daley (Listen to the Sunrise), Libby Larsen (Whitman’s America), Stephan Paulus (Sing Unto God), and Alice Parker (The Rock and the River).
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