Kansas City Chorale

The Kansas City Chorale (www.kcchorale.org) is a professional 27-voice chorus conducted by Charles Bruffy. They perform a four concert series in Kansas City, tour nationwide, and perform with their sister choir, the Phoenix Chorale, also conducted by Mr. Bruffy. During his tenure as conductor, the chorus has achieved international acclaim. Mr. Bruffy, renowned for his fresh interpretations of both traditional and new music, was noted by the New York Times as a disciple of the late Robert Shaw.

The Chorale has premiered works by Maija Einfelde, Jean Belmont, Libby Larsen,Zhou Long, Stephen Paulus, Steven Stucky, Eric Whitacre, and Chen Yi, among other composers.

The Kansas City Chorale was founded in 1982 by conductor Jonathan Griffith as part of his DMA graduate work at the University of Missouri-Kansas City’s Conservatory of Music. When Mr. Griffith completed his work and moved on, the singers formed a board, hired a new conductor, and continued the choir. Mr. Bruffy began conducting the Chorale in 1988. The choir evolved from its “classy sassy” repertoire and bake sale fundraisers to one of the premiere performing arts organizations in North America.

Nimbus Records, based in the United Kingdom, selected the Chorale as its first North American choir. The first album, Nativitas, came out for the holiday season in 1994. Nimbus released four more Chorale recordings over the next four years. The choir performed the world premiere of Leonardo Dreams of his Flying Machine, a setting of Charles Anthony Silvestri’s poetry by composer Eric Whitacre at the 2001 American Choral Directors Association National Convention. In 2004 the Chorale traveled to Washington, DC to present a concert at the Library of Congress.

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