Past CAAM Concerts
2023-2024 Season
Pairings: A Third Helping
Prometheus: An American Vocal Consort
Tour September 14-17, 2023
Columbia and Rocheport, Missouri
CAAM’s Artists-in-Residence Prometheus under Artistic Director R. Paul Crabb take audiences on one last journey throughout the world in a “delicious” concert experience. Prometheus’ fourteen professional singers present sublime a cappella choral music in intimate settings, where audiences will enjoy wine and food specifically chosen to pair with each musical piece. This imaginative feast for the senses is not to be missed!
2023 Tour Schedule
Saturday, September 16
Workshop and Informal Concert with Community Members
10:00-1:00 p.m.
Dorsey Gym, Columbia College
1001 Rodgers St. | Columbia, MO
Prometheus works with members of the community in an interactive and engaging educational workshop. Later that evening, the combined groups will present a short, informal concert open to the public.
-include the cost of lunch and t-shirt in the workshop cost ($25/person)
Just a Taste
5:00 p.m.
Dorsey Gym, Columbia College
1001 Rodgers St. | Columbia, MO
Enjoy selections of wines and/or non-alcoholic beverages inspired by exquisite a cappella music from representative regions around the world. Light appetizers served. [Hosted by Columbia College.] Free-will donation gratefully accepted.
Sunday, September 17, 2023
The Full Feast
4:30-6:30 p.m.
Les Bourgeois Vineyards Blufftop Bistro
14020 West Hwy BB | Rocheport, MO
Tickets no longer available.
Enjoy a four-course dinner paired with award-winning wines, inspired by exquisite a cappella music from representative regions around the world. Limited seating available. Please reserve your tickets by September 6. Tickets available online on the CAAM website or in person at the Yellow Dog Bookshop.
Tickets:
$100/Person
The Perseverance of Hope 
Poulenc’s Gloria and Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms
Columbia Chorale
With guest conductor R. Paul Crabb of Prometheus
7 p.m. November 4, 2023
Launer Auditorium, Columbia College (901 Rogers St.)
Columbia Chorale begins its 45th anniversary season celebrating its past while looking toward the future with two beloved masterworks of Francis Poulenc and Leonard Bernstein. Guest conducted by Prometheus Artistic Director, Dr. R. Paul Crabb, The Perseverance of Hope uses ancient religious texts and songs to explore the human emotional experience in new and surprising ways. In his Gloria, Poulenc expresses the joy, wonder, and solemnity of the traditional Latin text with eclectic and unconventional style. Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms depicts the composer’s hope for brotherhood and peace with his hybrid of ancient and contemporary culture, Jewish and Christian faiths, and modern yet accessible melodies.
The Journey
Columbia Youth Choirs with the CPS 5th Grade Honors Choir
5 p.m., November 19, 2023
Missouri Theatre (203 S. 9th St.)
Join CYC in its 11th season, along with special guests from the CPS 5th Grade Honors Choir, as it voyages far and wide to explore songs of travel, adventure, and the lessons learned along the way. Take a trip through the highs and lows, bumps and blocks, twists and turns, as we discover that life is a journey — not a destination.
Amahl and the Night Visitors by Gian Carlo Menotti
Hosted by Columbia Civic Orchestra
Show-Me Opera, Columbia Chamber Choir, and Columbia Civic Orchestra
7:30 p.m. December 9, 2023
First Baptist Church (1112 E Broadway)
FREE and open to the public.
Members of Columbia Chorale join forces with Columbia Civic Orchestra and Mizzou’s Show-Me Opera to present Menotti’s beloved seasonal opera Amahl and the Night Visitors.
Songs of Children: A Holocaust Remembrance
Columbia Chamber Choir
7 p.m., January 27, 2024
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (105 Waugh St.)
In commemoration of International Holocaust Remembrance Day, Columbia Chamber Choir presents Songs of Children, a cantata composed by Robert Convery to honor the youngest victims of the Holocaust. Using poetry written by children interned at the Terezín Concentration Camp in the Czech Republic, Convery beautifully and achingly depicts the “spiritual transformation of a child,” from “the naïve state of entry into the concentration camp” to “the quick, brutal confrontation with the reality of the camp,” ending with the transcendent reality that “the soul cannot be harmed, though the body be humiliated, degraded and destroyed.”
Unity: A Benefit Concert
Columbia Community Gospel Choir, Columbia Youth Choirs, Columbia College’s Unified Voices Gospel Choir, & MU’s Legion of Black Collegians Gospel Choir
7 p.m., February 10, 2024
Launer Auditorium, Columbia College
Free-Will Donation
Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri and Columbia College partner to promote Unity in the Community in the 9th-annual concert to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through a benefit concert performance of gospel-inspired works. Hailed as one of CAAM’s most powerful and uplifting concerts, Unity brings together individuals of all faiths and backgrounds to celebrate diversity and raise money for Minority Men’s Network. Past concerts have raised over $16,500 for Youth Empowerment Zone, Granny’s House, United Community Builders, BOLD Leadership Academy, City of Refuge, and Voluntary Action Center’s Opportunity Campus. This year, we join together, heeding Dr. King’s persistent call to work for the good of others: “Whenever you are engaged in work that serves humanity and is for the building of humanity, it has dignity, and it has worth.”
Missouri Composers Project
Premiere Vocal Artists (CAAM’s Newest Initiative) with Columbia Civic Orchestra and Mizzou New Music
7:30 p.m., March 10, 2024
Broadway Christian Church
FREE and open to the public
Now in its twelfth year, MOCOP is a collaborative effort involving the Mizzou New Music Initiative, the Columbia Civic Orchestra, Premiere Vocal Artists (CAAM’s newest initiative) and the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation. Composers from all over Missouri are invited each year to submit orchestral and choral works for potential performance, with winners selected by blind judging in two age categories: “open” and “high school.” In addition to the performance and a live recording of their work, all five winners of the competition receive a $500 honorarium from the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
“Bach” in Action
Prometheus: An American Vocal Consort
Tour April 3-6, 2024
Columbia, Missouri
Prometheus returns for a second short tour to perform in the highly acclaimed Odyssey Chamber Music Series.
2024 Tour Performance Schedule
Odyssey Concert Series Baroque Concerto Concert
Friday, April 5 | 7:00 p.m. | First Baptist Church
Music & Spirits with Prometheus
Saturday, April 6 | 4:00-5:00 p.m.
Orr Streed Studios | 106 Orr St.
Free | Donations Graciously Accepted
Join Prometheus as they share beautiful music in a fun and social atmosphere. This concert is free and open to the public.
Carmina Burana
Columbia Chorale with Mareck Dance
7 p.m., April 26 & 27, 2024
Jesse Auditorium | MU Campus
Fortune strikes again! After an incredibly successful two-night run in 2019, five years later, Mareck Dance (formerly Missouri Contemporary Ballet) and Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri team up again to produce Carl Orff’s timeless work in the way he envisioned: “total theatre,” combining music, words, and movement to produce a thrilling effect.
Let’s Go to the Movies
Columbia Youth Choirs
5 p.m. May 5, 2024
New Hall Event Center | Robert W. Plaster School of Business, 700 College Dr. | Columbia College Campus
CYC concludes another dynamic season with a show-stopping performance of visual and musical art that will keep audience members on the edge of their seats. Come in your best red carpet ensemble, grab your popcorn, and experience both familiar and new films and music, in an amazing blend of sight and sound.
2022-2023 Season
Pairings: A Second Course
Prometheus: An American Vocal Consort
Tour September 22-25, 2022
Kansas City, Lawrence, Columbia, and Rocheport
Click HERE to view the details of each performance and to purchase tickets.
After its roaring success last season, CAAM’s Artists-in-Residence under Artistic Director R. Paul Crabb once again take audiences on a journey throughout the world in a “delicious” concert experience. Prometheus’ fourteen professional singers present sublime a cappella choral music in intimate settings, where audiences will enjoy wine and food specifically chosen to pair with each musical piece. This imaginative feast for the senses is not to be missed! In addition, Prometheus seeks to foster a greater understanding and appreciation for the choral arts by presenting a workshop and concert for Kansas City area youth.
Luminary Remembrance
Hosted by Caring Hearts and Hands
Columbia Youth Choirs
Oct. 15, 2022
Stephens Lake Park
The members of CYC will provide a special program for the luminary remembrance and fundraiser at Stephens Lake Park for Caring Hearts and Hands, a home for end-of-life care.
For Here is Rest 
featuring Rutter’s Requiem, Runestad’s Come to the Woods, and other nature-inspired works
Columbia Chorale
6 p.m, November 5, 2022
Unitarian Universalist Church of Columbia
Tickets Available HERE With Suggested Donation
Concert Program HERE
As the beauty of our ever-changing world succumbs to the quiet devastation of climate change, what will we lose, and what can be saved? Columbia Chorale calls us to ponder these questions in For Here is Rest. This concert warns of humanity’s impact on Earth, while also evoking the awe-inspiring transcendence, hope, and peace that nature brings.
Change Sings
Columbia Youth Choirs with the CPS Fifth Grade Honors Choir
5 p.m., November 20, 2022
First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway)
Tickets Available HERE
“I can hear change humming
In its loudest, proudest song.
I don’t fear change coming,
And so I sing along.”
Anything is possible when our voices join together in a concert inspired by the lyrical picture book Change Sings: A Children’s Anthem, written by the New York Times bestselling author and presidential inaugural poet Amanda Gorman and New York Times bestselling illustrator Loren Long. Join the members of CYC and special guests CPS 5th Grade Honors Choir on a musical journey that explores the power of using your abilities to inspire change whether little or large – in yourself, your family, your school, your community, and even the world.
Messiah Sing-Along
Hosted by Columbia Civic Orchestra
Columbia Chorale, Columbia Civic Orchestra
5 p.m., December 10, 2022
First Baptist Church (1112 E Broadway)
Dust off your old choral score and warm up your singing voice – Columbia Civic Orchestra, Columbia United Church of Christ, and CAAM are bringing back Handel’s Messiah in a special sing-along concert! All are warmly welcome to join the Columbia Chorale and the Columbia Civic Orchestra as they lead an audience sing-along of many beloved Messiah choruses.
Sounds of Brazil
Columbia Chamber Choir
4 p.m., January 29, 2023
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (105 Waugh St.)
Concert Program HERE
The nation of Brazil has gathered considerable influence from various peoples, from its indigenous tribes to the arrival of the Portuguese in 1500 to the Spanish, Dutch, and African populations that soon followed. As a role of cultural expression – whether religious, artistic, or social – Brazilian music has produced diverse rhythms, melodies, and songs in both instrumental and choral formations. Discover the history of Brazil and the beauty and brilliance of its music in Sounds of Brazil, a concert inspired by the gamut of rhythms and sounds that comprise its multicultural and multiethnic identity. Sounds of Brazil features CAAM’s Chamber Choir presented in partnership with the MU Choral Department and under the baton of guest conductor Karen Zeferino, a MU graduate student from Brazil.
Unity: A Benefit Concert
Columbia Community Gospel Choir & Columbia Kids Gospel Choir
with special guests
Unified Voices Gospel Choir from Columbia College & Sankofa Chorale from University of Missouri
7 p.m., February 11, 2023
Launer Auditorium, Columbia College Campus (901 Rogers St.)
CAAM promotes Unity in the Community in its eighth-annual concert to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through a benefit concert performance of gospel-inspired works. Hailed as one of CAAM’s most powerful and uplifting concerts, Unity brings together individuals of all faiths and backgrounds to celebrate diversity and raise money for a local nonprofit. Past concerts have raised over $15,000 for Youth Empowerment Zone, Granny’s House, United Community Builders, BOLD Leadership Academy, and City of Refuge. This year, we join together on behalf of the Voluntary Action Center’s Opportunity Campus, a new initiative to help our unhoused neighbors, while highlighting Dr. King’s powerful call to serve others: “No individual or nation can be great if it does not have a concern for ‘the least of these.’”
Missouri Composers Orchestra Project
Hosted by Columbia Civic Orchestra
Premiere Choral Artists
7:30 p.m., April 16, 2023
CAAM’s newest initiative under the baton of Nathan Lange will premiere new choral works commissioned for the ensemble at the Columbia Civic Orchestra’s annual new music concert, which features the winners of the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project from 2020 and 2022. This concert is supported by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
A Little Night Music: An Evening of Sondheim
Columbia Chorale with the MU Department of Theatre
7 p.m., April 29, 2023
Christian Fellowship Church (5045 Chapel Hill Rd.)
Tickets Available HERE
Join the Columbia Chorale and the University of Missouri Department of Theatre for a night of show stopping music to honor the musical legacy of prolific American composer and lyricist Stephen Sondheim. Known for crafting some of Broadway’s most innovative, ambitious, and iconic songs, Sondheim made a profound impact on contemporary musical theater, as well as the lives of many. In the spirit of Sondheim’s legacy, A Little Night Music will also pay tribute to Dr. Marcia Ann Berry, a scholar, dramaturge, actor, and member of the MU Theater community who lost her battle to cancer in 2019. Funds raised during the concert will go towards establishing the Marcia Ann Berry Memorial Scholarship, to benefit a Black, woman graduate or undergraduate student in the Department of Theatre in the College of Arts and Science.
You Can’t Stop the Beat
Columbia Youth Choirs with special guests
4:30 p.m., May 7, 2023
Battle High School (7575 E St. Charles Rd.)
The act of making music extends beyond the choir, as percussion and voice unite in this dynamic final concert of the CYC season. Featuring all CYC choirs and a special guest drumline, we invite you to clap your hands, stomp your feet, and join the rhythmic fun that can’t be beat!
2021-2022 Season
Pairings 
Prometheus: An American Vocal Consort
Tour September 23-26, 2021
Les Bourgeois Bistro in Rocheport and eastern Missouri
CAAM’s Artists-in-Residence under Artistic Director R. Paul Crabb take audiences on a journey through Western Europe in this unique concert experience. Prometheus’ twelve professional singers present sublime a cappella choral music in an intimate setting, where audiences will enjoy wine and food specifically chosen to pair with each musical piece. This imaginative feast for the senses is not to be missed! In addition, Prometheus seeks to bring high-quality arts experiences to underserved communities by performing in intimate, rural venues throughout mid-Missouri.
First Fridays – Open House Concert
Columbia Youth Choirs
6-8 p.m., Friday, November 5, 2021
Serendipity Salon and Gallery, Downtown in the North Village Arts District
See what’s in store for the season as CYC presents concert highlights during Columbia’s festive “First Fridays.” This free-will donation concert raises money to help offset CYC music purchases for the year.
Johannes Brahms: Ein Deutches Requiem (1871 “London” Chamber Version)
Columbia Chorale
7 p.m., Saturday, November 13, 2021
Broadway Christian Church (2601 W. Broadway)
Columbia Chorale returns to the stage for their 43rd season presenting the beloved choral masterwork, Ein deutsches Requiem (A German Requiem) by Johannes Brahms (1833-1897). While many are familiar with the splendor and grandiosity of his large-scale masterpiece, fewer may know of Brahms’s more intimate 1877 “London” chamber version scored for four-hands, originally presented in English and without the Fifth Movement. Rather than a reduction of the full-score work, Brahms’s chamber version represents a creative reshaping of Ein deutches Requiem, while timely celebrating the perseverance of life and humanity after the events of 2020-2021.
Heroes
CYC with special guests
4 p.m. Sun., November 21, 2021
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (105 Waugh St.)
Heroes come in all shapes and sizes: from public figures to the heroes among us, even to the heroes within ourselves. In Heroes, the members of CYC will honor their favorite examples of courage and bravery through song in their first concert of the season.
Living Windows
featuring CAAM Choirs
7-8:30 p.m., Friday, December 3, 2021
Serendipity Salon and Gallery, Downtown in the North Village Arts District
On the first Friday in December, downtown Columbia turns into a festive winter wonderland. This year CAAM will join in the fun showcasing a variety of carols presented by several of the organization’s ensembles.
Missouri Celebrated:
Commemorating 200 Years of Missouri Music, Culture, and Art
Presented in partnership with the Missouri 2021 Bicentennial Commission
featuring Columbia Chamber Choir
Tuesday, December 14, 2021
Click Here to View the Full Chamber Choir Program
4-6 p.m. Pre-concert reception featuring the Missouri Bicentennial Quilt display and a curator-led tour of Cultural Crossroads: Missouri in the Era of Statehood exhibition in the SHSMO Art Gallery
6 p.m. Multimedia Concert with Columbia Chamber Choir
State Historical Society of Missouri
Center for Missouri Studies
605 Elm St., Columbia
This event is free and open to the public
Columbia Chamber Choir honors the artistic legacy of Missouri native composers, poets, and artists of the State in a unique choral program that features collaborations with local Columbia musicians, a multimedia presentation of music set to stunning photography from the My Missouri 2021 Photo Exhibition, and the world premiere of the 2021 Bicentennial commissioned musical composition by award-winning Missouri composer Hans Bridger Heruth.
View the Extended Program HERE
Unity: A Benefit Concert
Columbia Community Gospel Choir, Columbia Kids Gospel Choir, and Columbia Chorale with special guests Jane Froman Singers, Columbia College
7 p.m. Sat., February 26, 2022 (NEW DATE)
Missouri United Methodist Church (204 S. 9th St.)
Unable to attend the concert in person, click HERE to watch the livestream.
CAAM promotes Unity in the Community in its sixth-annual concert to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through a benefit concert performance of gospel-inspired works. Hailed as one of CAAM’s most powerful and uplifting concerts, Unity brings together individuals of all faiths and backgrounds to celebrate diversity and raise money for United Community Builders School House child development program that focuses on kindergarten readiness and before and after school programming. Past concerts have raised over $13,000 for Youth Empowerment Zone, Granny’s House, United Community Builders, BOLD Leadership Academy, and City of Refuge. This year, we join together to highlight Dr. King’s powerful call to serve others with excellence:
“Be a bush if you can’t be a tree. If you can’t be a highway, just be a trail. If you can’t be a sun, be a star. For it isn’t by size that you win or fail. Be the best of whatever you are.”
Missouri Composers Orchestra Project Concert
Columbia Chamber Choir
7:30 p.m. Sun., March 20, 2022
First Baptist Church, 1112 E. Broadway
Columbia Chamber Choir will premiere new choral works commissioned for the ensemble at the Columbia Civic Orchestra’s annual new music concert, which features the winners of the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project from 2020 and 2022. This concert is supported by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
In the Dark and Light : A Benefit Concert for Walk to End Alzheimer’s – Columbia, MO
featuring Columbia Chorale with guest conductor Dr. Brandon A. Boyd and Artistic Director Emily Edgington Andrews, the University of Missouri Concert Chorale, and Leme Orchestral Ensemble
6 p.m. VIP Reception
7 p.m. Concert
Saturday, April 23, 2022
Christian Fellowship Church, 5045 Chapel Hill Rd., Columbia
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Watch the livestream.
Moments of hope and affirmation in the depths of despair – or disease – are exceedingly rare, but can be found. Experience this transcendence when the Columbia Chorale, under the baton of guest conductor Dr. Brandon A. Boyd and CAAM Artistic Director Emily Edgington Andrews, present the powerful modern oratorio Alzheimer’s Stories by Robert S. Cohen and Herschel Garfein coupled with the uplifting cantata “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes” by Adolphus Hailstork. Alzheimer’s Stories movingly gives a voice to the millions of Americans with Alzheimer’s and their caregivers by mimicking the progression of the disease through poignant real-life experiences. In “I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes,” Hailstork sets three well-known Psalms – 121, 13, and 23 – in a powerful conversation with each other. Both works call us to bring love, faith, music, and light even in the darkest of places.
The Greatest Show on Earth
Columbia Youth Choirs with special guests
4:30 p.m. May 1, 2022
Join CYC as they close their 8th season in a concert like no other! Passion and imagination merge as the singers take the audience on a fantastical journey under the big top. Singers will showcase not only their musical abilities but their many other talents and tricks. You won’t want to miss this experience!
Click here to view the long program
2020-2021 Season
Northern Lights: Works by Ola Gjeilo A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
Columbia Chorale with guest artists
Recording released: November 2020
Columbia Chorale kicks off its 44th season by presenting virtual recordings of the ethereal music by the acclaimed Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo. A first-ever for Columbia Chorale, the virtual choir features Chorale members – current and former – from around the globe. Among other works, this virtual program will include Gjeilo’s Northern Lights, which is set to the Latin Pulchra Es text from Song of Solomon and inspired by the aurora borealis phenomenon.
Click here to experience the virtual choir.
Sounds of Freedom A VIRTUAL EXPERIENCE
CYC with special guests
Recording released: December 2020
Singing has long been a natural means to endure hardship, resist adversity, protest injustice, and unite communities. The CYC choirs will continue their exploration of the moving power of music through a virtual collection of freedom songs representing a variety of cultures and historical periods. The virtual recordings will not only feature their powerful voices but will showcase their other artistic talents from artwork, poetry, and dance.
Click here to experience the virtual choir.
Unity Highlights Video and “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing” Community-wide Virtual Choir
Columbia Community Gospel Choir, Columbia Kids Gospel Choir, and Community Members
February 2021
This year’s Gospel Choir and Unity Concert will look a little different. Instead of our typical concert, we will create a CCGC (Columbia Community Gospel Choir) and CKGC (Columbia Kids’ Gospel Choir) highlights video, premiering the first-ever community-wide virtual choir featuring the call to action anthem “Lift Ev’ry Voice and Sing.” The highlights video will feature picture and musical highlights from past Unity concerts, recent interviews of singers and musicians, and, of course, the community-wide virtual choir presentation of “Lift Ev’ry Voice.”
We want your voice to be heard! Participation is simple and can be done as a soloist or small group. All ages welcome, and open to anyone interested in mid-Missouri or beyond. Instructions to submit are simple and can be found HERE. Our hope with this project is to unite our community through song, spreading awareness of the long, painful struggle Black individuals have faced and affirming their rightful place in society because CAAM knows Black Lives Matter, too.
The recording will be released in February 2021 to pay tribute to Black History Month.
The Cry of Jeremiah
Columbia Chorale with special guest Rosephanye Powell
7 p.m. Sat., April 24, 2021 (Recording Link Here)
Experience Rosephanye Powell, one of America’s most prominent women composer of contemporary concert choral music, and the Missouri premiere of her four-movement choral work, The Cry of Jeremiah, in this livestream event. As performed by the Columbia Chorale under the baton of guest conductor Dr. Brandon A. Boyd, this concert is not to be missed, featuring Rosephanye Powell as the guest narrator! Characterized by beautiful melodies, contrapuntal textures, rich harmonies, rhythmic vitality, and passionate music that paint this historical text’s drama, Powell’s The Cry of Jeremiah tells the story of Jeremiah, a prophet of Israel who was imprisoned, beaten, and publicly ridiculed because of his prophecies of doom for Israel. In the four movements, based on Chapter 20 in the Book of Jeremiah, the prophet cries out to God while experiencing myriad emotions, including anguish, betrayal, and disillusionment.In “Hallelujah!,” the final song inspired by Jeremiah 20:11-13, Jeremiah’s complaint transforms into praise as he reconciles that God is faithful to his promise to deliver the righteous.
Much To Do About Nothing: Songs of Satire, Pun, and other Silliness
CYC
4 p.m. Sun., May 2, 2021
Now in its 8th season, Columbia Youth Choirs has established itself as the premier youth choir program in the region, providing a musical home for the hundreds of passionate singers who have joined the choral family over the years. CYC members show their wit and creativity in a broad showcase of music with nonsensical texts, clever wordplay, and unconventional sounds and instruments. Much To Do About Nothing features each of the CYC ensembles with special guest artists. Watch from the comforts of home as this concert will be presented as a livestream event.
Come Away to the Skies: An Evening of Bluegrass
Columbia Chamber Choir
7 p.m. Sat. May 8, 2021
Broadway Christian Church, outdoor worship area (2601 W. Broadway, Columbia, MO)
Columbia Chamber Choir with special guest artists combines the sacred and secular in a performance of bluegrass and folk music. Featuring Come Away to the Skies: A High Lonesome Mass by Tim Sharp and Wes Ramsay, which incorporates traditional Southern hymns into the Catholic Mass, this concert highlights the spirited and spiritual hallmarks of the American bluegrass and folk genres, and will be presented as an outdoor event with a bluegrass band. Please bring a lawn chair or blanket to sit on as chairs are limited at the venue. Food and drink are encouraged!
Come Away to the Skies program
2019-2020 Season
An American Tapestry
Columbia Chamber Choir with Vox Nova
7:30 p.m. Sat., February 8, 2020
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (105 Waugh St)
Experience American history through the lens of choral music! Columbia Chamber Choir is thrilled to be sharing this concert with Vox Nova, Columbia’s own award-winning chamber ensemble, to present An American Tapestry, a collaborative celebration of choral music of the United States. This country’s relatively young but rich choral tradition covers a wide variety of genres, from shape-note singing to African-American spirituals, folk music, and more.
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Here We Come A-Wassailing
CYC
Fri., Dec. 6 and Sat., Dec. 7, 2019, OR Sun., Dec. 8 (no rehearsal Dec. 1)
CYC choirs kick off the holiday season by spreading cheer throughout the community. See them performing downtown as part of First Fridays in the North Village Arts District, caroling at local nursing homes, and singing in the Columbia Mall.
Symphony of Toys
Columbia Chorale
3 p.m. Sun., Dec. 15, 2019
Missouri Theatre
Columbia Chorale returns to the Missouri Theatre stage with the Missouri Symphony Orchestra to usher in the holiday season during the Symphony’s annual holiday concert Sunday afternoon. Enjoy holiday favorites as well as newer works in a concert that puts everyone in the mood for the season.
Unity: A Benefit Concert
Columbia Community Gospel Choir, Columbia Kids Gospel Choir, and Columbia Chorale
7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 25, 2020
Missouri United Methodist Church
204 South 9th Street
CAAM promotes Unity in the Community in its fifth-annual concert to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through a benefit concert performance of gospel-inspired works. Hailed as one of CAAM’s most powerful and uplifting concerts, Unity brings together individuals of all faiths and backgrounds to celebrate diversity and raise money for a deserving area non-profit. Past concerts have raised nearly $10,000 for Youth Empowerment Zone, Granny’s House, United Community Builders, and BOLD Leadership Academy. This year, we join together to support City of Refuge, a non-profit organization created to help refugees and immigrants in Mid-Missouri, and highlight Dr. King’s powerful call to serve with love: “Everybody can be great . . . because anybody can serve. You don’t have to have a college degree to serve. You don’t have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love.”
True Colors
CYC
4 p.m. Sun., Nov. 24, 2019
First Baptist Church
1112 E Broadway, Columbia MO
Now in its 7th season, Columbia Youth Choirs has established itself as the premier youth choir program in the region, providing a musical home for the hundreds of passionate singers who have joined the choral family over the years. CYC members show their “true colors” in a concert that celebrates each person’s individuality and uniqueness, and highlights the beauty of our colorful world. True Colors features each of the CYC ensembles with special guest artists.
All Men A-Loud!
men of Columbia Chorale and CYC, and the men of MU Choirs
10 a.m.-5 p.m. workshop
5 p.m. concert
Sat., Sept. 28, 2019
Missouri United Methodist Church / Missouri Theatre
CAAM and MU partner to host the fifth-annual men’s choral workshop for area singers ages 10 and up! Dynamic and knowledgeable conductors will help singers dissect common vocal issues in a positive and supportive environment, culminating in a performance featuring workshop participants. Singers will sing in a mass choir, as well as a selected special interest track focusing on a specific music style (musical theatre, gospel, vocal jazz, or standard classical choral literature). Lunch and music are included with the low registration fee. Join us in celebrating the beauty and power of the male voice. No preparation is needed.
Just a Taste
CYC
5 p.m. Sun., Oct. 27, 2019 (free-will donation)
Columbia Independent School (1801 N. Stadium Blvd.)
See what’s in store for the season as CYC presents its annual “Just a Taste Concert” for family and friends! This free-will donation concert raises money to help offset CYC music purchases for the year.
The Universal Composer: Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams
Columbia Chorale and Columbia Civic Orchestra
7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 2, 2019
Missouri United Methodist Church, MUMC Concert Series
Columbia Chorale and Columbia Civic Orchestra unite for this thrilling concert of the music of English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. Known for breaking down the barrier between fine art and folk music, Vaughan Williams was truly a universal composer. The Civic Orchestra opens the concert with two of his orchestral pieces, and then partners with the Chorale to perform his powerful cantata Dona Nobis Pacem (1936). Setting words from poetry by Walt Whitman alongside religious passages, Vaughan Williams combines sacred and secular text to haunting yet beautiful effect, ending with the final plea for “on earth peace, goodwill to men.”
2018-2019 Season
Mothers
Presented by Artemisia and Columbia Youth Choirs’ Canta Bella
7 p.m. Sat., Sept. 15, 2018
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (105 Waugh St.)
2-3:30 p.m. Multi-cultural Singing Workshop, open to general public at McKee Gymnasium, MU Campus
After a successful May 2018 tour to Chicago performing with the professional women’s trio Artemisia, the combined forces will present their concert one more time…in Columbia! Steeped in joy, fear, humor, anger, determination, and transcendent love, the stories and voices of mothers too often go unheard. CYC’s top performing group Canta Bella will open for the trio, whose fully staged and immersive show paints a portrait of the timeless and universal world of motherhood through the songs of women from all over the world. A performance not to be missed.
Ticket prices:
Concert general admission:
General public price: $15 in advance, $20 at door
Workshop only: $30
Concert and Workshop: $40
Student price:
Concert: $10 at door, $5 in advance
Workshop only: $15
Concert and workshop: $20
All Men A-Loud!
CAAM Men’s Choir, men of Columbia Chorale and CYC, and the men of MU Choirs
10 a.m.-5 p.m. workshop
5 p.m. concert
Sat., Oct. 6, 2018
Location TBA
CAAM and MU partner to host the fourth-annual men’s choral workshop for area singers ages 10 and up, this time in the fall! Dynamic and knowledgeable conductors will help singers dissect common vocal issues in a positive and supportive environment, culminating in a performance featuring workshop participants. Singers will sing in a mass choir, as well as a selected special interest track focusing on a specific music style (a cappella/pop, vocal jazz, barbershop, or standard classical choral literature). Lunch and music are included with the low registration fee. Join us in celebrating the beauty and power of the male voice. No preparation is needed.
Just a Taste
CYC
5 p.m. Sun., Nov. 4, 2018 (free-will donation)
Columbia Independent School (1801 N. Stadium Blvd.)
6 p.m. Tues., Nov. 13, 2018
Lenoir Woods Independent Living (3701 S. Lenoir St.)
See what’s in store for the season as CYC presents its annual “Just a Taste Concert” for family, friends, and local seniors! This free-will donation concert raises money to help offset CYC music purchases for the year.
Sounds of Japan
Columbia Chorale with special guests Osuwa Taiko Drumming from St. Louis
Presented in partnership with MU Asian Affairs Center
7 p.m. Sat., Nov. 10, 2018
Missouri Theatre (203 S. Ninth St.)
Columbia Chorale officially opens its 40th season with Sounds of Japan, a Japanese-themed concert featuring special guests the Osuwa Taiko Drumming Ensemble. The taiko’s deep, thunderous sound was traditionally used to communicate among neighboring villages and to intimidate enemies in warfare, but is now a celebrated art form worldwide. This concert uniquely blends Eastern and Western music and rhythm to depict a universal musical language that transcends borders and cultures.
Join us for this unforgettable event. Your concert ticket provides access to:
11:30 a.m.-12:30 p.m.
Taiko Drumming Workshop on stage, open to all ages and experience levels
6-7 p.m.
Pre-concert celebration in the lobby with many activities for all ages
7 p.m.
Concert featuring Columbia Chorale and Osuwa Taiko Drumming from St. Louis with world premier performance by Japanese composer Tomoe Seno
Joy to the World! A Holiday Concert and Handel’s Messiah Sing-Along
Columbia Chamber Choir
1 p.m. Sat., Dec. 1, 2018
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Dust off your old choral score and warm up your singing voice – CAAM is bringing back Handel’s Messiah in a special sing-along concert! Join Columbia Chamber Choir as they perform seasonal favorites and lesser holiday known works, followed by an audience sing-along of many beloved Messiah choruses.
Hold Fast to Dreams
Columbia Youth Choirs
5:00pm on Sunday, December 2, 2018
First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway)
Join all members of Columbia Youth Choirs as they begin their 6th season focusing on the hopes and dreams of our young people whose voices, insights, and visions are too often overlooked or disregarded. With music, art, and poetry, they share their sometimes serious, sometimes silly but always sincere outlook on life as only a child can do. Hold Fast to Dreams features each of the CYC ensembles with special guest artists.
Unity: A Benefit Concert
Columbia Community Gospel Choir, Columbia Kids Gospel Choir, and Columbia Chorale
7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 26, 2019
Missouri United Methodist Church, 204 S. 9th St.
The current political and cultural climate demonstrates the need to sustain organizations that promote inclusion, outreach, and dialogue now more than ever. CAAM hosts its fourth-annual concert to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy through a benefit concert performance of gospel-inspired works. Past concerts have raised over $6,600 for Youth Empowerment Zone, Granny’s House, and United Community Builders. This year, all proceeds benefit the BOLD Academy, an organization that seeks to “empower and uplift Black and Brown Girls through enrichment opportunities, leadership training, education, and positive identity development.”
In Remembrance: Honoring Nathan Ward
featuring
Prometheus: An American Vocal Consort
Paul Crabb, Prometheus Artistic Director and Conductor
Emily Edgington Andrews, Assistant Conductor
with Phi Mu Alpha Sinfonia – Zeta Chapter
7 p.m. Friday, March 8, 2019
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
105 Waugh St., Columbia, MO 65201
7 p.m. Saturday, March 9, 2019
Our Lady of the Presentation Catholic Church
130 NW Murray Rd, Lee’s Summit, MO 64081
Join CAAM’s professional Artists-in-Residence Prometheus as they honor the life of fellow artist Nathan Ward, who passed in late 2018.
Friends of Nathan are warmly invited to join a “Remembrance Choir” to perform on this program in Columbia and/or Lee’s Summit. Register for the choir HERE.
- Columbia rehearsal (Friday, March 8): 5:30-6:30 p.m. at Sacred Heart
- Lee’s Summit rehearsal (Saturday, March 9): 2-3 p.m. at Our Lady of the Presentation
We hope you’ll join us in celebrating Nathan’s musical gifts, community impact, and life.
Tickets:
$20 advance / $25 door / $7 students with ID
Click Here to Purchase Tickets or to Make a Donation
A portion of concert proceeds will go to the Nathan Ward Memorial Scholarship and the planting and dedication of a tree on the MU Campus in his honor.
Missouri Composers Orchestra Project Concert
Columbia Chamber Choir
7:30 p.m. Sun., Mar. 10, 2019
First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway)
Columbia Chamber Choir will premiere new choral works commissioned for the ensemble at the Columbia Civic Orchestra’s annual new music concert, which features the winners of the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project and other new works supported by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
Carmina Burana
presented with Missouri Contemporary Ballet
Columbia Chorale and CYC’s Canta Bella
5 p.m Sun., Mar 17, 2019 (choir only)
First Presbyterian Church (400 Lakeview Rd., Mexico, MO)
7 p.m. Fri. and Sat., Apr. 5-6, 2019
Missouri Theatre (203 S. 9th St.)
Fortune strikes again! After an incredibly successful two-night run in 2015, Missouri Contemporary Ballet and Choral Arts Alliance of Missouri team up again to produce Carl Orff’s timeless work in the way he envisioned: “total theatre,” combining music, words, and movement to produce a thrilling effect. Get your Columbia tickets now through the Missouri Theatre box office or the University Concert Series before they’re sold out!
2017-2018 Season
Combined CAAM Choirs 
CAAM in Concert: A Total Solar Experience
featuring Columbia Chorale, Columbia Chamber Choir, and Columbia Youth Choirs
3 p.m. / 6:30 p.m. Saturday, Aug. 19, 2017
Free Admission
Monsanto Auditorium, Christopher S. Bond Life Sciences Center,
University of Missouri (1201 Rollins St.)
On August 21, a total solar eclipse will appear directly over Columbia for the first time in over 140 years. With an estimated 400,000 visitors traveling to this ideal viewing area, CAAM eagerly joins in the festivities by presenting a multimedia concert of space-inspired music that creatively juxtaposes science with the arts. Join members of the Columbia Chorale, Columbia Chamber Choir, and Columbia Youth Choirs for a total solar experience with works by John Williams, Ola Gjeilo, Ēriks Ešenvalds, and many more. This concert is generously sponsored by Mizzou Advantage.
Ticket Cost: FREE!
Columbia Chorale and Prometheus
Music of the Soul: Duruflé’s Requiem
7:30 p.m. Friday, Oct. 27, 2017
First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway)
Maurice Duruflé’s beloved Requiem, op. 9 (1947) masterfully combines Gregorian chant settings of the Latin Mass for the Dead with more modern harmonies of his French contemporaries. Joining Columbia Chorale is Prometheus: An American Vocal Consort, CAAM’s permanent professional artists-in-residence. Columbia Chorale and Prometheus will present a rich program of lush music and inspiring texts to celebrate the ability of choral music to delve into the depths of human emotion, consolation, and healing.
Prometheus in Concert
7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 28, 2017
Mary Queen of Peace
(676 W. Lockwood Ave., St. Louis)
Prometheus in Concert celebrates the exceptional beauty and verve of a cappella music from Palestrina, Lassus, and Victoria, to sublime arrangements of stunning and rarely-heard American, Swedish, and Finnish folk music. Prometheus’ ten singers hail from across the United States. Each of them leading professional lives as soloists and chamber musicians, their experience bringing a special breadth and depth to the ensemble, lending Prometheus a unique versatility and intimacy. According to St. Louis critics, Prometheus, under the direction of Artistic Director and Conductor Dr. R. Paul Crabb, “represents some of the finest choral chamber singing you’ll hear anywhere in the Midwest.” In addition to performing live in concert Prometheus will lead several educational workshops and master classes during their regional tour in October.
This Concert is a Free-Will Donation
CYC’s Just a Taste
5 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 5, 2017
Columbia Independent School (1801 N. Stadium Blvd.)
6 p.m. Tuesday, Nov. 14, 2017
Lenoir Woods Independent Living (3710 S. Lenoir St.)
See what’s in store for the season as CYC presents its annual “Just a Taste Concert” for family, friends and local seniors! This free-will donation concert raises money to help offset CYC music purchases for the year.
Columbia Chamber Choir
Therefore, Be Free: A Tribute to our Veterans
7 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 11, 2017
Sacred Heart Catholic Church (105 Waugh St.)
3 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 12, 2017
Thespian Hall, Boonville (522 Main St., Boonville, MO)
Join the Columbia Chamber Choir as we honor our country’s brave military service members. Thanks to their sacrifices, we are grateful and privileged to enjoy lifelong freedoms. Though the effects of war can be lasting and devastating, we hope to provide the audience, especially members of the U.S. Armed Forces (active and retired), a sense of true peace with poignant reflections on war, patriotism, life, and freedom.
Columbia Youth Choirs
Once Upon a Time
4 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 3, 2017
Battle High School (7575 E. St. Charles Road)
Take a trip to a fantastical land filled with talking beasts and true love, valiant quests and villains, heroes and happily ever afters! CYC concludes its first half of the season with Once Upon a Time, a dynamic concert that evokes wonder, imagination and enchantment through songs inspired by familiar and lesser-known fairy tales. Featuring artwork from the multi-award-winning Centralia High School Art Department through CAAM’s Partnership in Education and narration by a professional actor, this potent combination of music, art, and storytelling will keep audience members on the edge of their seats!
Columbia Chorale with Missouri Symphony
Shelter Insurance’s Symphony of Toys
presented by Missouri Symphony Society
3 p.m. Sunday, Dec. 17, 2017
Missouri Theatre (203 S. Ninth St.)
Members of Columbia Chorale team up with the Missouri Symphony Society to perform selections during the Missouri Symphony Orchestra’s annual holiday concert.
Columbia Community Gospel Choir
Unity Concert:
A Benefit for United Community Builders
featuring Columbia Community Gospel Choir, Columbia Youth Choirs,
and Columbia Chorale
7 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 20, 2018
First Presbyterian Church (16 Hitt St.)
The political and cultural events of 2016 demonstrated the need to sustain organizations that promote inclusion, outreach and dialogue now more than ever. CAAM hosts its third-annual benefit concert to honor Martin Luther King, Jr.’s legacy with all proceeds benefitting United Community Builders, a group that mentors local youths, provides meals and resources to families in need and trains community members in employment readiness. The Columbia Community Gospel Choir, the Chorale and select members of CYC perform gospel-inspired works and highlight Dr. King’s powerful call to serve one another regardless of one’s ability or resources: “If I cannot do great things, I can do small things in a great way.”
All Men A-Loud: Men’s Choral Workshop
All Men A-Loud!
featuring the new CAAM Men’s Choir,
men of Columbia Chorale and CYC,
and the men of University of Missouri choirs
Saturday, Feb. 24, 2018
10 a.m.-5 p.m. workshop
5 p.m. concert
First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway)
CAAM and MU partner to host the third-annual men’s choral workshop for area singers ages 10 and up. Dynamic and knowledgeable conductors will help singers dissect common vocal issues in a positive and supportive environment, culminating in a performance featuring workshop participants. Singers will sing in a mass choir, as well as a selected special interest track focusing on a specific music style (a cappella/pop, vocal jazz, gospel, barbershop, and standard classical choral literature). Lunch and music are included with the low registration fee. Join us in celebrating the beauty and power of the male voice. No preparation is needed.
Columbia Chamber Choir
Missouri Composers Orchestra Project Concert
7:30 p.m. Sunday, March 11, 2018
First Baptist Church (1112 E. Broadway)
Columbia Chamber Choir will premiere new choral works commissioned for the ensemble at the Columbia Civic Orchestra’s annual new music concert, which features the winners of the Missouri Composers Orchestra Project and other new works supported by the Sinquefield Charitable Foundation.
Combined CAAM Choirs
It Takes a Village: Community through Song
featuring members of Columbia Chorale, CYC,
CAAM Men’s Choir, and Columbia Community Gospel Choir
with special guest dancers
Don’t miss our pre-concert celebration with live music, dancing, and artwork from local artists from 6-7 p.m. in the Missouri Theatre Lobby, and concert at 7 p.m.
7 p.m. Saturday, April 14, 2018 (6 pm pre-concert celebration in lobby with Live music, dancing, and artwork from local artists)
Missouri Theatre (203 S. Ninth St.)
The seven CYC choirs, CAAM Men’s Choir, Columbia Chorale and members of the Columbia Community Gospel Choir will join forces to present a concert of epic proportions at the historic Missouri Theatre. This concert will feature English composer Alexander L’Estrange’s flagship work Zimbe!, a fusion of African song and jazz for mixed choir, semi-chorus, children’s chorus, jazz quintet, and percussion. African dance and visual artwork by local artists complement the powerful concert celebrating the value of a supportive community. This is a concert not to be missed!
Tickets only: $15 general admission in advance$5 students with ID$20 general admission at the door Help us make this concert a true community experience open to all!
We are working with old and new partner organizations (e.g., Granny’s House, Youth Empowerment Zone, and churches that support recent refugees) to provide free tickets to local residents who may not be able to afford to attend. Please consider sponsoring an advance general admission ticket at $15 or tickets for a family of four at $40. Thank you for your support!
Columbia Chorale with Missouri Symphony
Masterworks Concert: Verdi Requiem
featuring Columbia Chorale and Missouri Symphony Orchestra
7:30 p.m. Saturday, June 16, 2018
Missouri Theatre (203 S. Ninth St.)
For its final concert of the season, Columbia Chorale pairs with Missouri Symphony Orchestra to present a masterwork from the canon of great choral-orchestral works.