SFGC Presents: Annual Winter Concert with Jiebing Chen
| Ticket Information Regular Price: $38 - $77 Student: $21 (2nd Tier Only) Ticket prices include all fees. Run Time: 2 Hours Reserved Seating Post-Performance Walking Group Civic Center Ambassadors wearing orange jackets will be leading a walking group to the Civic Center BART and MUNI station and Civic Center Garage. They will be outside of the box office on Grove St. holding signs. Walking groups leave 15 minutes after the conclusion of the event. |
Valérie Sainte-Agathe, Artistic Director & Conductor
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
Jiebing Chen
The San Francisco Girls Chorus presents its annual holiday concert, featuring all six ensembles of the Chorus, including the GRAMMY award-winning Premier Ensemble, and SFGC Alums. Enjoy a program that combines traditional holiday favorites, new works, and lesser-known holiday choral songs. This year, the SFGC Winter Concert, a musical journey across cultures featuring renowned erhu artist Jiebing Chen and the world premiere of a new work by Haeon Lee. Repertoire from East, Southeast and South Asia meets American spirituals, European art song and holiday traditions, revealing how the erhu and the human voice can travel through many musical languages while remaining rooted in their own identities.
WITH SPECIAL GUEST
Jiebing Chen
The San Francisco Girls Chorus presents its annual holiday concert, featuring all six ensembles of the Chorus, including the GRAMMY award-winning Premier Ensemble, and SFGC Alums. Enjoy a program that combines traditional holiday favorites, new works, and lesser-known holiday choral songs. This year, the SFGC Winter Concert, a musical journey across cultures featuring renowned erhu artist Jiebing Chen and the world premiere of a new work by Haeon Lee. Repertoire from East, Southeast and South Asia meets American spirituals, European art song and holiday traditions, revealing how the erhu and the human voice can travel through many musical languages while remaining rooted in their own identities.
About San Francisco Girls Chorus:
Under the leadership of Artistic Director Valérie Sainte-Agathe, the San Francisco Girls Chorus has developed an unmistakable sound—uniting the clarity and power of expertly trained treble voices with deep emotional expressiveness and dramatic range. The Chorus performs more than a millennium of vocal music, from early plainchant to contemporary commissions, in programs that are both thoughtfully curated and deeply inspiring.
Each year, hundreds of young singers ages 4 to 18 from across the Bay Area participate in SFGC’s six-level training program, which nurtures the joy of singing at every stage of development and culminates in the renowned professional-level performing, touring, and recording ensemble.
Now in its 49th season, the San Francisco Girls Chorus stands as a leading artistic force locally and nationally—celebrated for its acclaimed concerts, recordings, and tours; its commitment to commissioning and championing new music for treble voices; and its lasting impact in empowering generations of young artists and setting an international standard for excellence.
Each year, hundreds of young singers ages 4 to 18 from across the Bay Area participate in SFGC’s six-level training program, which nurtures the joy of singing at every stage of development and culminates in the renowned professional-level performing, touring, and recording ensemble.
Now in its 49th season, the San Francisco Girls Chorus stands as a leading artistic force locally and nationally—celebrated for its acclaimed concerts, recordings, and tours; its commitment to commissioning and championing new music for treble voices; and its lasting impact in empowering generations of young artists and setting an international standard for excellence.
For more information, visit www.sfgirlschorus.org