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Have you noticed we had to add another page in our concert program to acknowledge all of our individual donors? That is equal parts exciting and humbling. Your generosity at all levels keeps us focused on our core mission of bringing beautiful music to life - inspiring, educating, and enriching the community we live in. Here's a big example of how important this is. Because of your donations and with additional funding from the Carl & Verna Schmidt Foundation and the Roch

The locusts are buzzing and the State Fair maps are in the papers, so it must be back-to-choir time! Music for our first concert was available last week, the singers met in a pre-season potluck last evening, and rehearsals begin next Tuesday, August 30. And we can't wait. The summer is nice, but there's nothing like gathering together and singing again. We are happy to greet former section mates and learn something about the new singers joining us this year, but mostly we lo

Choral Arts Ensemble segment on Regional Spotlight Tune in around 3:15 pm (CDT) on Thursday, August 11th, to hear Choral Arts Ensemble featured on Regional Spotlight. on Classical MPR (KLSE 90.7 FM here in southeast Minnesota). You can also catch it on the MPR website . Two selections from our Our Songs CD will be played. Season ticket packages currently on sale Have you ordered your season tickets yet? Reserved seats in Lourdes Chapel for Saturday night performances of Chr

Here's what's new: Reserved seating for our concerts in Lourdes Chapel! Christmas at Assisi in December, and Messiah, pts 2 & 3, in March 2017, are sure to be as popular as ever, and now you can choose your seat when you buy your tickets. Season tickets go on sale July 15 and individual ticket sales open August 15. Purchase your tickets for the whole season as a package and receive not only 10% discount but the opportunity to choose your seats early. "A" seating ($30) and

It was a bittersweet time at the regular June meeting of the Board of Directors. As happens every year at this time, we necessarily must say goodbye to directors who have served their term. With much gratitude for their contributions of time, energy and enthusiasm, we said so long (for now) to Karen Danielson (Marketing committee chair) Jolene Hansen (CAE President 2013-2014) Diane Joyce (CAE President 2014-2015) Carl Lundstrom Loni Neal Amaria Najem O'Leary (happy to say she

We are thrilled to introduce our 2016 Choral Advocacy Award winners Pat and Amaria O'Leary. If you have attended a CAE concert the past few years, you have seen Amaria and Pat at work coordinating ushers and other concert helpers and making sure your concert experience is as seamless as possible. It's a family affair that often includes their two daughters as well. The O'Learys are not only indefagitable Choral Arts Ensemble volunteers - Amaria also serves on our Board of Di

We had a great time at our Diverse Voices concert and we hope you did too if you were able to attend Saturday. If you missed the concert, you missed dancing students and an erhu-playing principal from the Rochester Chinese School, an intergenerational chorus of Chinese singers teaching the audience "Two Tigers" (a Chinese version of our more familiar "Are You Sleeping?"), some high-spirited call-and-response gospel singing with the Armor of God Gospel choir, a survey of 50 y