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Please join us for our Twentieth Season!
2011 - 2012


"The performances are crisp, harmonic, seductive—in a traditional no frills manner."
— Wayne Harada, Honolulu Advertiser

Please join us for our

Annual Black History Month Concert
with special guests, the Ebony Heritage Singers from the University of Dayton, Ohio

Sunday, February 26, 4pm
Mystical Rose Oratory
free admission


Hawaii Vocal Masterworks Festival
June 10-17, 2012
Brahms Ein deutsches Requiem and Alto Rhapsody
featuring Jennifer Lane, mezzo soprano
Leslie 'Buz' Tennent, baritone
Festival Orchestra and Chorus

Festival Concert Sunday, June 17, 2012, 4pm, Mystical Rose Oratory,
Chaminade University


Enchanted Isle Vocal Workshop
June 18-23, 2012
Chaminade University of Honolulu

featuring Master Teacher Jennifer Lane, with Timothy Carney, Buz
Tennent, Douglas Hall, professional coaches and accompanists and lots
of face time with all faculty and participants.


Past Concerts and Events

Annual Christmas Concerts

Friday, December 16 at 7:30pm and Sunday, December 18 at 4:00pm. Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University Join us for our beloved concert of traditional and contemporary music for the season, sung by the warm and expressive voices of Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble. A Honolulu tradition since 1992!

 

Hawai‘i Vocal Arts Ensemble presents
2011 Christmas Concerts

Friday,* December 16, 7:30 PM
Sunday, December 18, 4 PM
Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University

Traditional and contemporary music for the season, sung by the warm and expressive voices of Hawai‘i Vocal Arts Ensemble.

A Honolulu tradition since 1992. 

 

 

 


French Masterworks

Gabriel Fauré Requiem
Claude Debussy Trois chansons
and other French masterpieces for chorus and instruments

Sunday, October 30, 2011at 4:00pm
Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University

Tickets $20 general admission; $15 seniors (65+) and military; $5 children/students (K-college) and $35 Preferred seating.

Ttickets will be available at the door


The Hawai`i Vocal Masterworks Festival

masterworks Festival

Eighth Annual Hawai‘i Vocal Masterworks Festival

Haydn Mass in B flat (“Theresienmesse”) First Hawaii Performance!
Mozart “Parto, parto”
Dvorak Te Deum

Chiho Villasenor, soprano
Laurie Rubin, mezzo-soprano    
Douglas Hall, tenor
Leslie “Buz” Tennent, baritone

Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Timothy Carney, conducting

Sunday, June 19 at 4:00 PM
Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University

Haydn’s Mass in B flat Mass of 1799 was called the ‘Theresienmesse’ after the Empress Maria Theresa (pictured), an accomplished singer who is thought to have sung the soprano part in a private performance of the Mass in Vienna.

Dvorak's sparkling Te Deum was composed in 1892 for a concert celebrating the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus landing in America.


American Songbook

Timothy Carney, Music DirectorJennifer Lane

An American Songbook 2011

American music from its roots to the Golden Age of Broadway and Hollywood

Acclaimed mezzo-soprano Jennifer Lane  will join HVAE in music from 19th- and 20th-century America, featuring folk hymns and Stephen Foster to the beloved standards of George Gershwin, Cole Porter, and others.

Saturday, May 21, 7:30 pm
Sunday, May 22, 4:00 pm

Mystical Rose Oratory
Chaminade University of Honolulu
3140 Waialae Avenue


Cresendo!
Annual Fundraising Dinner and Silent Auction:
April 2, 2011 at the Waikiki Marriot.


Black History Month Concert:

MLK
Sunday, February 13, 2011 at 4:00 pm, in
Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University.

 

Annual Christmas Concerts

Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble Christmas Concerts DEcember 18 @ 7:30 PM & 19 @ 4:00 PM

Saturday, December 18 at 7:30 p.m. and Sunday, December 19 at 4:00 p.m. Mystical Rose Oratory, Chaminade University

A joyous selection of carols old and new, with audience sing-along.

general admission $20; senior and military $15; students $5; preferred
seating $35 tickets available from HonoluluBoxOffice.com 550-8457 after November 15.


Seventh Annual Hawaii Vocal Masterworks Festival

Romantic Choral Rarities: Schubert, Brahms, Berlioz, Fauré and the Requiem in C minor by Luigi Cherubini

Hawaii Vocal Arts Ensemble
Festival Chorus and Orchestra
Timothy Carney, conductor

Festival Concert: Sunday, June 20, 2010, at 4pm in Mystical Rose Oratory (The Chapel) Chaminade University.
Tickets: $20 general admission; $15 senior and military; and $5 student (elementary through college)

Luigi Cherubini


Candlelight Christmas Concerts

A masterful blend of new and familiar music for the Christmas Season, from Bach to John Tavener, beautifully sung in a candlelit chapel.  The perfect musical experience for the Holiday.

Saturday, December 19, 2009
at 7:30pm
Sunday, December 20, 2009
at 4:00pm
Mystical Rose Oratory,
Chaminade University

 

Tickets to our concerts are available at the door,
or online at honoluluboxoffice.com
or 550-8457.

Festival 2009  Black History 2009
American Voices 2009  Candlelight 2008

Festival 2008

Fourth Annual Hawaii Vocal Masterworks Festival
15th Anniv Black Histroy Month Concert
Sacred Sounds Martin Luther King
American Songbook Candlelight Christmas