Monthly Note | March 2024

Craig discusses the role of praise and wonder in choral music.

Craig considers the role of praise and wonder in choral music today. Listen to the "Sanctus/Benedictus" section of "Mass for the Endangered" and compare with the "Sanctus" hymn of other choral masses. And, to celebrate spring, hear Britten's "Flower Songs."

Thank You for Lifting Voices and Refreshing Souls

Annual Report Celebrates 30th Year

We are grateful for every artist, composer, designer, crew member, ambassador, artist host, board member, staff member, listener, and supporter who has co-created 30 years of transformative music. Through our song, we tell the stories that remind us of our Divine spark, the sacredness of this precious earth, and our belonging to each other.

Last year thousands of listeners, learners, aficionados, and dreamers experienced transformation, healing, and connection through Conspirare's music.

37 choirs around the world performed Considering Matthew Shepard, a fusion oratorio embracing acceptance.
76 professional artists worked doing what they do best.
83 volunteers and 707 donors were a vital part of co-creating transformative music experiences.
300 choir students learned in free class sessions with a Conspirare singer and went to Conspirare Christmas!
4,000 people gathered in person for concerts and free community singing.
596,705 Spotify listeners and 7,139 dedicated YouTube followers listened, taught, learned, and sang with us.

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The World is Listening

Conspirare's music is sowing seeds of belonging across the world.

Alex Berko's "Sacred Place," commissioned by Conspirare, is now available in print. Watch Conspirare's premiere performance.
Last month the Butler University Choirs in Indianapolis performed Margaret Bonds's "Credo" using the visual projections Conspirare commissioned from designer Camilla Tassi for its 2021 concert of Bonds' work. Watch Conspirare's concert of Margaret Bonds's music featuring pianist Anton Nel.
Craig Hella Johnson will conduct the Cincinnati Vocal Ensemble in Bach's Mass in B Minor this month.
In June Craig will conduct the Oregon Bach Festival's production of "Mass for the Endangered." Learn more.
In the summer of 2025, Craig leads a "Notes of Harmony" (KI Concerts) tour to the Berlin Choral Festival including the opportunity to sing with him.

Greet Spring with a Brave and Wakeful Song!

In April we present Sing the World Awake featuring the "Mass for the Endangered," by composer Sarah Kirkland Snider, sung by the Conspirare Artist Citizen Choral Collective, a choir of choral educators and lifelong singers. A modern take on the traditional Catholic Mass, the work is a celebration of and elegy for the natural world—animals, plants, insects, and the planet itself.

My Heart Be Brave features the 90-voice power of Conspirare's Symphonic Choir in May. This evening of music to inspire courage for living in these times includes "Eternal Light: A Requiem" by composer Howard Goodall and poetry.

Priority Sales* begin Tues., March 12 at 12 pm Central.

Public Sales begin Tues., March 19 at 12 pm Central.

*Priority ticket sales are a benefit for Hella Circle members and donors who make an annual gift of $500 or more. Eligible donors will receive ticket ordering information by USPS and e-mail.

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Choral Music to Celebrate Women

From the first attributable Western compositions to today, women have set the course for choral music. Join us as we honor the historically unsung heroines of choir!

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