CD Launch Concert
Dolphin Aviation
October 17, 2010; 4-6 p.m.
The launch of Key Chorale’s spectacular new CD, “Invocations” The CD features music performed at our 25th Anniversary Gala concert, including the world premiere recording of Dale Warland’s “Invocations - Prayers for the Earth” featuring clarinetist Bharat Chandra.

"Annelies"
Historic Asolo Theater
November 6 & 7, 2010; 7:30 p.m.
The regional premiere (and only the second U.S. performance) of James Whitbourn’s “Annelies,” a setting for chorus and chamber orchestra of the diaries of Anne Frank, one of the most compelling stories to come out of the cataclysm that was World War II. The performance will feature Kathy Pyeatt, soprano, who was featured in the Chorale’s hugely successful “Bach to Bach” last year, and musicians from the Sarasota Orchestra. The concert will follow by a week the Sarasota Ballet’s performances of James Buckley’s “Anne Frank,” his ballet on the same subject. Plans for a collaboration, including an event featuring the composer and the choreographer are underway.

Unboxed: Under the Big Top
Circus Sarasota
February 25, 2011; 7:30 p.m.
February 26, 2011; 2 p.m.
Key Chorale’s first-ever collaboration with Circus Sarasota! An acrobatic musical adventure under the Big Top, featuring stars of Circus Sarasota,the 100-voice Chorale and Sarasota Young Voices, with orchestra.


"Paradise" Sarasota Orchestra Masterworks
Van Wezel Performing Arts Hall
Neel Performing Arts Hall
March 31 - April 3, 2011
“Paradise,” Sarasota Orchestra’s Masterworks concert of Gustav Mahler’s Third Symphony, his “great hymn to life,” featuring the women of Key Chorale and Sarasota Young Voices.

Unboxed: Brahms
Sarasota Municipal Auditorium
April 30, 2011; 7:30 p.m.
In an area premiere, Key Chorale will present Johannes Brahms’beloved “German Requiem” in the composer’s own arrangement for mixed chorus and piano duet. This “Unboxed Brahms” will be held in one of our community’s architectural treasures, the Municipal Auditorium, and will feature a relaxed atmosphere specially designed for this event.

October 17, 2010
Dolphin Aviation, 4:00 p.m.
Wine and Cheese Reception
This event will launch our 25th Anniversary CD, “Invocations”, and make a contribution to help the victims of the Gulf oil disaster. A $150 Patron ticket includes a CD ($25 value) and a $50 contribution to Mote Marine for the many victims.

Friday, November 5, 2010
Hyatt Regency, 11:30 a.m.
Composer Luncheon
We will celebrate upcoming performances of “Annelies.” Come and meet celebrated composer James Whitbourn who will tell us the story of composing “Annelies”.

Friday February 25, 2011
Circus Sarasota, 6 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Prior to the evening performance, Sponsors and Patrons will enjoy cocktails and heavy hors d’oeuvres and some fun with the circus performers in the entrance tent to the Circus ring.

Sunday, April 30, 2011
Sarasota Municipal Auditorium, 6 p.m.
Cocktail Reception
Sponsors and Patrons will be treated to elegant cocktail fare and a pre-show of the Key Chorale Chamber Chorus singing Brahms “Neue Liebeslieder Waltzer”. A fitting finale for a spectacular year of music and festivities... the Brahms ”German Requiem” in the Sarasota Municipal Auditorium.