Hardly Strictly Bluegrass with Aoife O'Donovan
October 6th
Golden Gate Park

The SFGC Premier Ensemble joins singer and Grammy award-winning songwriter Aoife O’Donovan at the 2024 Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival.

SFGC at the Kronos Festival 2024
June 22nd, 7:30pm
SFJAZZ Miner Auditorium

Program 3 of the 2024 Kronos Festival features works by some of Kronos’ longtime collaborators, including Terry Riley, Mary Kouyoumdjian, and Trey Spruance, as well as performances with Mahsa Vahdat and the San Francisco Girls Chorus conducted by Valérie Sainte-Agathe.

Chorus School Spring Concert
Thursday May 30th at 7pm
Oakland Scottish Rite Center

Join all four levels of the San Francisco Girls Chorus School as they perform the repertoire they have worked on this season! The Chorus School Spring Concert will include the world premiere of a commission by 2023-2024 Composer-in-Residence Sahba Aminikia, written for this year's Chorus School.

Premier Ensemble with Haruka Fujii
May 19, 2024
San Francisco Conservatory of Music

The San Francisco Girls Chorus Premier Ensemble joins forces with renowned percussionist Haruka Fujii to present a concert of new music, including a new commissioned work by Fujii.

San Francisco Girls Chorus 45th Annual Gala and Auction

April 26, 2024 at 6:00 pm
Julia Morgan Ballroom

Raise your glass at the Julia Morgan Ballroom in San Francisco on April 26, 2024 for an evening of music and celebration as we raise funds for the Elizabeth Avakian Need-Based Scholarship Fund to ensure that all young singers can grow, sing, and thrive with SFGC.

Carmina Burana with the SF Symphony chorus

March 23rd, 7:30pm
Davies Symphony Hall

Celebrating its 50th anniversary this season, the San Francisco Symphony Chorus stars in this exhilarating showpiece—arguably the most iconic choral work of the twentieth century.

Premier Ensemble in Carmina Burana with the San Francisco Symphony Chorus
Saturday, March 23rd, at 7:30pm
San Francisco Symphony Hall

SFGC's Premier Ensemble join the San Francisco Symphony Chorus for Carl Orff's choral masterwork Carmina burana.

SFGC Winter Concert: Folk Songs of the World
December 11, 2023
Davies Symphony Hall

The San Francisco Girls Chorus presents their annual holiday concert of holiday favorites, new music, and special guest artist, 2023 Latin Grammy Award nominee Sam Reider. This year, SFGC celebrates the holiday season with a program highlighting folk song traditions from around the world.

SFGC and Amateur Music Network co-present Family Sing: A Holiday Sing-Along
December 1st
Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts

What could be better than singing together for the holidays? AMN is teaming again up with the San Francisco Girls Chorus and their artistic director Valérie Sainte-Agathe for a holiday choral workshop designed for the whole family. Attend in person in San Francisco or online via Zoom and join our warm circle of friends in a festive holiday music event!

Sunday, May 21, 3:00pm
Kanbar Center for the Performing Arts

Join the SFGC Soloist Intensive for an exciting afternoon of solos, ensembles, and scenes from all genres--art song, opera, musical theatre, jazz, and more. Watch these talented singers foil wicked stepsisters and the town drunk, have an operatic battle in the streets of Seville, and indulge in some cafe crooning and a little tango behind bars. This staged concert is FREE and open to the public. Don't miss it!

Chorus School Spring Concert
May 20, 2023
Jerry Garcia Amphitheater, SF

Join all four levels of the San Francisco Girls Chorus School as they perform the repertoire they have worked on this season! The Chorus School Spring Concert will include the world premiere of Spells for Girls by 2022-2023 Composer-in-Residence Lisa Mezzacappa, written for this year's Chorus School.

Noe Music Presents She Who Creates: A Mothers Day Celebration with SFGC
Saturday, May 14th, 4:00pm
Noe Valley Ministry, 1021 Sanchez Street,San Francisco, CA, 94114

On Mother’s Day 2023, celebrate the uniquely feminine power of creation. This truly unique collaborative concert brings leading Bay Area artists Diana Gameros, Jackie Gage, and Cava Menzies and the San Francisco Girls Chorus together with other incredible singers, songwriters, and instrumentalists to be announced, as we honor the Feminine in all its stages of life. The concert will feature new lullabies created in Noe Music’s Lullaby Project alongside the world premiere of a new work for the SF Girls Chorus and instrumentalists by Cava Menzies with lyrics generated from Bay Area community members to commemorate this special gathering.

DATE
Friday, April 28th, 2023

LOCATION
Incarnation Episcopal Church
1750 29th Avenue
San Francisco, CA, 94122

Members of SFGC Premier Ensemble Soloist Intensive

SFGC Chorus School Level III

SFGC’s 44th Annual Gala
April 14, 2023 at 6:00pm
Julia Morgan Ballroom

On Friday, April 14, 2023 the San Francisco Girls Chorus will return to the Julia Morgan Ballroom to celebrate Artistic Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe and her ten incredible years of artistic leadership during our 44th Annual Gala and Auction!

Prospero’s Island with SFGC
Saturday, March 25th, 2023 at 7:30
Herbst Theatre

San Francisco Girls Chorus members will participate as vocalizing penguins in the world premiere at Herbst Theatre of Prospero's Island, a fantastical new chamber opera based on Shakespeare's The Tempest from acclaimed Bay Area opera creators Allen Shearer and Claudia Stevens. The co-production by Ninth Planet ensemble and InTandem features stunning imagery of the Falkland Islands, richly orchestrated music performed by Ninth Planet players, and glorious singing by a stellar cast. Mark your calendars for this unique and exciting production!

Purdue Varsity Glee Club Collaboration with Level IV

Thursday, March 16th, 2023, 7:00pm
St Mark’s Lutheran Church

Level IV will perform in a shared concert with the Purdue University Varsity Glee Club. This collaboration will feature each group’s individual repertoire and one shared piece: the beloved Ave Maria by Franz Biebl.

SFGC presents: SFGC at Davies
Monday, December 12, 2022, 7:00pm
Davies Symphony Hall

After two years away, SFGC returns to Davies Symphony Hall for its annual December concert that showcases all six levels of the Choral school, as well as the award-winning Premiere Ensemble, and SFGC Alums, in a dynamic program of spirituals, cutting-edge vocal works, and a few familiar holiday favorites, including Silent Night.

SFGC and Amateur Music Network Co-present Family Sing: A Holiday Sing Along
Friday, December 2, 2022, 6:30 p.m.
Kanbar Performing Arts Center

Everyone who loves singing will enjoy this special event. We will sing holiday favorites and a few new songs too! Recommended for ages 10 and up. All voices are welcome! All music is SATB (soprano, alto, tenor, bass).

SFGC Presents: Kamala's Hope
October 21, 2022, 7:30pm
Miner Auditorium, SFJAZZ

The GRAMMY award winning Premiere Ensemble presents the choral premiere of Kamala’s Hope by San Francisco-based composer Candace Forest. Soprano Shawnette Sulker, cellist Emil Miland, and organist Jerome Lenk perform alongside for this work based on two Vice-Presidential acceptance speeches given by then Senator Kamala Harris in August 2020. The program also includes the world premiere of I See You, I Hear You, I Believe You by American composer Ursula Kwong-Brown, written in the wake of the #MeToo movement, as well as three SFGC commissions by Angélica Negrón, Amy X Neuburg, and Pamela Z.

Mahler Symphony No. 3 with SF Conservatory of Music
Saturday, September 24, 2022 at 7:30
Caroline H Hume Concert Hall

The San Francisco Conservatory Orchestra, led by SFCM Music Director Edwin Outwater, will perform Gustav Mahler’s Symphony No. 3. The performance will also feature members of the San Francisco Girls Chorus, the San Francisco Boys Chorus and the SFCM Conservatory Chorus.