Adult Masterworks Chorale

FRANK C. JACOBS, ARTISTIC DIRECTOR

ROBERT MOLLARD, ASSOCIATE DIRECTOR/ACCOMPANIST

The Masterworks Chorale is proud to present to Akron a nineteenth season of choral masterworks concerts. The Chorale has grown from 65 adventurous volunteer singers on its first concert (October 1990), to its present - carefully screened – membership of nearly 80 voices. These men and women representing many diverse backgrounds, cultures, races and beliefs are brought together by their love of the choral art and by their years of dedication to musical interpretation, sight reading, foreign language study, precision of vocal articulation and diction – and the sheer joy and pleasure found in bringing to sound masterworks from across the centuries and from all over the world.

In the past eighteen years, the Chorale has performed numerous masterworks at such varied local venues as the Akron Civic Theatre, Arlington Church of God, E.J. Thomas Performing Arts Hall, Goodyear Theater, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, St. Bernard Catholic Church and St. John Cathedral in Cleveland. They have also appeared at Carnegie Hall in New York City and, in June 2005 joined with the Beijing Central Conservatory of Music Chorale and Tianjin Orchestra in a historic performance of Bach’s B Minor Mass to a capacity crowd in Beijing’s infamous Forbidden City Concert Hall conducted by artistic director, Dr. Frank C. Jacobs. This multi-generational chorale is composed of singers from throughout the greater Akron area and many surrounding communities (encompassing five counties). They would welcome inquiries about auditions for membership at any time.

Interested singers should call the Choral Society Office at 330.434.SING [7464] with questions or to schedule an audition.