Concert Programs
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Love, Chorus Polaris ~ A Symphony of Love and Light: February 14, 2026
Celebrate the heart of winter with an afternoon of music and mystery. This is an ideal beginning to your Valentine's celebration - intimate, uplifting, and full of heart. The adventure continues with our silent auction fundraiser. Bid on experiences and treasures awaiting discovery — from local artisan gifts to romantic experiences. Who knows? You could spark your own unexpected Valentine's story while supporting Chorus Polaris.
Glad Tidings from Chorus Polaris & Bells of the Lakes: December 6 & 7, 2025
An evening of holiday splendor with Chorus Polaris and Bells of the Lakes, two of the Twin Cities’ most cherished musical ensembles. This year’s concert weaves together the crystalline resonance of handbells and the soaring harmonies of voices to celebrate the season’s joy, reflection, and unity.
Music for Life's Journey: November 3, 2024
Life, with its many twists and turns, ups and downs, starts and stops, is a "long and winding road" to borrow a phrase from Lennon and McCartney. It is wonderful to behold and music captures and reflects it all. This concert, we explore many of the experiences we all go through during our lifetimes. The individual pieces on this program aren't in a specifically thematic or chronological order, but as they might come along in our real lives.
Finding Home: May 19, 2024
Songs by Bernstein, Berlin, Rodgers & Hammerstein, Sondheim, and more are featured in this outing. These musical memories will carry you on a journey during which you'll explore the human need for connection and community, celebrate homecoming, and yearn to plant legacies that grow for generations.
The Gates of Justice: March 17, 2024
Chorus Polaris, the Laura Caviani Trio, tenor Jim Ahrens, and baritone Elwyn Alexander Fraser, Jr. join forces to present Dave Brubeck’s The Gates of Justice, a jazz-tinged cantata that combines wisdom from the Torah with speeches by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. and the writings of Hillel (a Jewish writer born in Babylon in 110 B.C.). Two works by Laura Caviani also appear on the program, one of which was written for this performance.
Merry & Bright: December 9 & 10, 2023
Each piece of music included in this concert was particularly chosen to bring us all to places that are merry and bright, and places of peace and joy. December is always busy, and sometimes stressful, but with the national and international sense of strife all around us, it’s all the more important for us to spend some time with beauty and togetherness.
Light Dawns Again: December 18 & 19, 2023
In this concert, Chorus Polaris premiere's David Evan Thomas' "Song of Nature" as a compliment to John Rutter's "Requiem." Also on the program is Giovanni Gabrieli's "In Ecclesiis."