2026-2027 Season

Journeys of the Spirit

Our season explores the music of remembrance, identity, faith, and courage — a tapestry of human experience told through voices both timeless and new. Across this season, we honor the stories that make us whole and the light that leads us onward.

  • DETERMINATION

    Music of resilience, grace, and renewal

    September 26, 2026, 7:30 pm

    Joan Tower | Fanfare for the Uncommon Woman

    Jessie Montgomery | Hymn for Everyone

    Jake Heggie | The Work at Hand

    ‍ ‍ TBA, mezzo-soprano

    ‍ ‍ TBA, violoncello

    Aaron Copland | Symphony No. 3

  • TRANS REQUIEM

    Music of memory and transformation

    November 14 or 21, 2026, 7:30 pm

    Arvo Pärt | Fratres for Orchestra

    ‍ ‍ Nathan Amaral, violin

    Tchaikovsky | Serenade for Strings in C

    Andrew Yee | Trans Requiem (2025)

    ‍ ‍ Andrew Yee, cello

    Breanna Sinclairé, soprano

    Katherine Goforth, voice

    ‍ ‍ Vox Humana SF

  • SACRED & SENSUOUS

    Music of devotion

    March 6, 2027, 7:30 pm

    Cristóbal de Morales | Missa pro Defunctis

    ‍ ‍ Vox Humana SF

    Joaquín Rodrigo | Concierto de Aranjuez

    ‍ ‍Thibaut Garcia, guitar

  • KINDERTOTENLIEDER

    Music of sorrow, serenity, and radiant joy

    May 8, 2027, 7:30 pm

    Anna Clyne | Within Her Arms

    Gustav Mahler | Kindertotenlieder

    ‍ ‍ Benjamin Appl, baritone

    Beethoven | Symphony No. 2 in D Major

Through water, silence, and light, this season charts a journey through the most elemental forces that shape our humanity. From the shimmer of the sea to the stillness of sacred spaces, from the intimacy of grief to the radiance of renewal, each concert invites listeners to move through darkness toward illumination.

This is a season about resilience—the courage to face sorrow and emerge transformed. The sea becomes a mirror for the soul in the music of Grace Williams, Edward Elgar, and Ralph Vaughan Williams. Grażyna Bacewicz, Anna Clyne, and Andrew Yee guide us inward, where silence itself becomes sacred, and where remembrance takes shape in sound. The timeless beauty of Morales, the spiritual clarity of Mahler, and the life-affirming energy of Beethoven remind us that creation often springs from struggle, and that every lament holds the seed of hope.

Spanning six centuries of music, Light Beyond the Horizon unites voices ancient and new in a shared act of healing. These works do not deny suffering—they transform it into compassion, grace, and radiant joy. Together, they remind us that beyond every storm, every silence, and every ending, the horizon still glows with light.