Building our community through song
Once we hit our sixth year of existence, we found it hard to keep track of our past concerts. Here are our past concerts in order from most recent to first, and when we can find them, our programs, our repertoire and recordings. Have fun. (Not all concerts are available at this time.)
Holidays in the Hall is a lighthearted program filled with holiday favorites and a carol sing-along. Resounding Achord is the primary choir singing at this event, but a special guest ensemble, Chromatic Convergence, which offers a unique blend of contemporary a cappella and vocal jazz music, also participated View thisRead more
Pariter is Latin for “equally” or “together.” In August, conductor Albee Mabeza recruited a fine group of tenors and basses from all over the Bay Area, including many singers from the Resounding Achord community, to join this new group. The Gathering seemed to be an appropriate title for Pariter’s firstRead more
Resounding Achord is proud to present a program that celebrates our return to in-person singing with music by minority composers of all kinds, including women, immigrants, people of color, and members of the LGBTQ community. Each piece focuses on the pursuits of life that bring us all together. Selections includeRead more
Resounding Achord Productions is proud to present enRApture, a new ensemble joining our organization! enRApture is comprised of local music professionals and is conducted by Resounding Achord’s Assistant Conductor Andrew Hathaway. enRApture debuts on August 8th with their premiere concert, New Beginnings. This program features reflections on the past year ofRead more
Enjoy Leap Day with Resounding Achord and the West Valley College Concert Choir with this concert that celebrates the whimsy and fun of the extra day of the year. Highlights include Elizabeth Alexander’s incredible “How to Sing Like a Planet,” Kevin Redrico’s spirited arrangement of Stevie Wonder’s “Superstition,” and past-favoriteRead more
Resounding Achord may not be able to sing for you in person, but we are still spreading the joy of the holiday season! Join Resounding Achord to celebrate the holidays from the comfort of your own home. Our singer elves have been busy creating this joyful online performance for you andRead more
We were ecstatic about the results of our two concert-program with Bay Bells, one of the nation’s longest-running community handbell ensembles. Each ensemble performed individually, and then joined together for a number of exciting works, such as “I Saw Three Ships” arranged by Mack Wilberg and the hauntingly beautiful “WinterRead more
Resounding Achord is honored to participate in St. Francis Episcopal Church’s dedication of its new virtual organ. This dedication comes at the end of a 6-month renovation of the sanctuary, and will be the debut performance in the newly-renovated space. The dedication will be a part of an Evensong serviceRead more
Resounding Achord is pleased to present another round of Cheers music after our successful concert two seasons ago. This time, we are “serving” you Broadway favorites from Gershwin to Spamalot. “Consider Yourself” invited — jazz hands optional! Cheers: Broadway’s Best Kristina Nakagawa, conductor, Resounding Achord Molly Shaw, collaborative pianist And AllRead more
Resounding Achord is proud to participate in the 9th Annual Benefit Concert supporting Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence, an incredibly worthy organization serving women in crisis in Santa Clara County. They make it it possible for women to escape abusive situations and can support their full journey fromRead more
In December 2018, Resounding Achord performed many of your Christmas favorites in Deck the Hall at St. Francis Episcopal Church. The concert featured some of our favorite holiday pieces from past concerts, including “Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy,” Kirby Shaw’s jazzy “Carol of the Bells,” and the exquisite “Ave Maria” byRead more
Join Resounding Achord for “Take Me Home,” a choral music program centered around home, shelter, and community. Highlights include two new arrangements written for the choir, the US premiere of Ariel Quintana’s “Furusato,” and heart-stirring folksongs from America, Africa, and Cuba. All donations collected for this concert will benefit two organizationsRead more
This summer, Resounding Achord (with members of Peninsula Cantare) had the pleasure of joining San José State University and West Valley College singers in the Baltics for an amazing tour of the region and to perform Mozart’s Requiem. We had a great time, and are rejuvenated as we start rehearsingRead more
Resounding Achord is proud to participate in the 8th Annual Benefit Concert supporting Next Door Solutions to Domestic Violence (www.nextdoor.org). Resounding Achord will be joining other Silicon Valley area choirs including the Orchard City Community Chorus, Rainbow Women’s Chorus, Westmont High Chamber Chorale, Serendipity Choir, Threshold Choir, and VeteransRead more
Join Resounding Achord and friends for a fun evening of music, dessert, wine, coffee, and tea. This musicale-style performance will feature solos and small group numbers by Resounding Achord singers along with student groups and soloists who are past Honor Choir Scholarship recipients. All proceeds from this event will benefit the 2017-18Read more
Get into the holiday spirit by attending this festive concert of music for choir and pipe organ, featuring organist Michael Burroughs. The program includes Kim André Arnesen’s transcendent “Magnificat” with soprano soloist Danielle Marie, along with inventive arrangements of holiday favorites by Healey Willan, David Willcocks, and John Rutter. JoinRead more
Join Resounding Achord for this dynamic program of music from Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, and America. The concert will include Kristina Vasiliauskaite’s Missa Brevis in Honorem Beata Maria Virginis, Eriks Esenvalds’ “Amazing Grace,” and two rousing spiritual arrangements by Stacey V. Gibbs. Passages Kristina Nakagawa, conductor, Resounding Achord Our Journey CliveRead more
7:30 pm First Congregational Church, 1985 Louis Rd., Palo Alto Resounding Achord joins forces with the San José State University Choraliers and Peninsula Cantare in this performance of one of Mozart’s most famous choral works. The soloists are: The second half of this program will feature folk songs from theRead more