A close second is when Cantus and Chanticleer sing it in a bar. Please let me drink in that bar.
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Fanatic Friday: So Cantus and Chanticleer walk into a bar Edition
Here's what happens when two of America's premiere male ensembles, Cantus & Chanticleer walk into a bar... #Biebl #Canticleer #Chantus
Posted by Chanticleer on Thursday, February 4, 2016
Phenomenal!
HT BeN
Hark
I was going to post more of The Kings Singers but figured I'd be diverse. A La Crosse guy is in this video although he's no longer in the group.
La Crosse Chanticleer concert: Out of this world
Chanticleer is simply phenomenal.more at La Crosse Tribune
The 12-member San Francisco-based male a cappella vocal ensemble gave a Grammy-Award winning performance Tuesday night at Viterbo University. It will go down in Bright Star Season history as one of the most memorable concerts
It was probably the best choral concert I've ever seen. Well, one of the best. That's because I also loved the two previous Chanticleer concerts in La Crosse.
A near sellout crowd in Viterbo Fine Arts Center Main Theatre gave the world-class group several standing ovations, but it was the crowd's enthusiastic applause after several gorgeous pieces that stood out.
This crowd really appreciated the polish, the professionalism and the musicianship of Chanticleer.
This special concert had a beautiful climax when Chanticleer sang its famous "Ave Maria" as an encore. It was a perfect ending to a perfect concert.
The crowd didn't know that Chanticleer just doesn't perform "Ave Maria" outside the Christmas concert season. But Matt Curtis, a La Crosse native who sings with Chanticleer, asked his fellow members to sing the piece for him on his hometown stage as an encore.
Despite the great ovation, I was worried the crowd would not applaud long enough to get that encore. But it happened -- and it was one of the finest endings to any concert. Curtis was featured in the trio in "Ave Maria."
Curtis explained to the crowd that "Ave Maria" was his favorite Chanticleer number. He took the time before the encore to thank everyone, from his family to his professors, for making this homecoming special.
A La Crosse Aquinas and Viterbo graduate, Curtis said he first performed on the Viterbo stage where he sang with the La Crosse Boychoir at the age of 7.
"Being a member of Chanticleer is something I strived for," Curtis said in an interview. "It was something I knew I had the skills for and and ability to do. It's a very special dream come true.
"To come home, to sing in front of a hometown crowd is really cool," he said.
Curtis, a 25-year-old tenor, is a leading voice in Chanticleer and his clean, clear, concise voice fits wonderfully with this group.
I wish I could have attended. Were any other readers there?
Chanticleer to perform at Viterbo in La Crosse Feb 1
LA CROSSE, WIS. – The renowned Grammy Award-winning men’s ensemble Chanticleer will perform at 7:30 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 1 in the Viterbo University Fine Arts Center Main Theatre.Viterbo University
Based in San Francisco, Chanticleer has been described as “an orchestra of voices.” They have made five annual appearances on NBC’s Today Show during the Christmas season and the group’s A Chanticleer Christmas concert was broadcast on 225 national public radio stations. Chanticleer performed more than 100 concerts in 21 states and 12 foreign countries last year.
As a Washington Post reviewer wrote, Chanticleer is “the reigning god of the men’s chorus world.” Chanticleer is known around the globe for their seamless blend of its 12 male voices and its original interpretations of vocal literature.
This Viterbo Bright Star Season performance is sponsored by Holiday Inn Hotel and Suites, Wisconsin Public Radio, and by the Performing Arts Fund, a program of Arts Midwest funded by the National Endowment for the Arts, with additional contributions from the Wisconsin Arts Board, with funds from the State of Wisconsin, General Mills Foundation, and Land O’ Lakes Foundation.
Tickets are $34 for lower balcony and $29 for upper balcony seating. For more information, contact the Viterbo box office at 608-796-3100 or visit www.viterbo.edu/fac. Contact Jen Roberdeau at 608-796-3738 or jaroberdeau@viterbo.edu
La Crosse native and Viterbo grad Matt Curtis is a member of Chanticleer. When he was in La Crosse he was also a regular cantor at the Cathedral in La Crosse.
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