The Skies Sing

Join us for our 40th season of music that will feature 9 unforgettable concerts and several community outreach events across the Rogue Valley! The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, under the inspired direction of Dr. Paul French will feature timeless masterpieces, contemporary music and bold new works that will stir your heart and lift your soul – all in celebration of the beauty of the human voice.

This year’s transformative journey features revered masterworks, rising young composers, and premieres of new works that will move, delight and surprise you. “The Skies Sing” celebrates love and the transformative power of music to refresh and inspire. Featured pieces include: Sainte Chapelle by Eric Whitacre Come to me in the silence of the night by Ivo Antongini Gloria from Cantata 191 by JS Bach Sure on the shining night by Morten Lauridsen Balancing these choral classics are newly composed works of Lucy Walker and Marques Garrett; Shakespeare settings by Craig Kingsbury (with actors); Haitian folk music; and fun commissioned arrangements of “April in Paris” and “It Don’t Mean a Thing” (if it ain’t got that swing)” by Jodi French.