International Orange Chorale of San Francisco

We’re thrilled to share that Chris Filice, who previously served as our assistant conductor and has been a singing member of IOCSF since 2016, will be IOCSF’s interim artistic director for the entirety of our 2024–2025 season!

Mark your calendars! Our fall 2024 concert, “Voices Unbound: The Sound of Instinct” takes place Saturday, November 16 in Berkeley and Sunday, November 17 in San Francisco. This season will celebrate the flexibility of our choral sound, and include a variety of both a capella and accompanied works. Learn more and get your tickets early at iocsf.org/events.

We’re looking for our next Artistic Director! If you or someone you know is interested in applying, the deadline has been extended to Sunday, September 1, with an anticipated start date in fall 2025. Learn more about how to apply at iocsf.org/ad-search

Are you a tenor or bass looking for your next choral home? Come sing with IOCSF! We're a group of about 30-40 singers dedicated to performing challenging and rewarding a ca****la choral music, with particular attention to modern composers and to premiering new compositions.

We have openings in these sections for our upcoming season. Learn more about how to join us at iocsf.org/audition

Audition — International Orange Chorale of San Francisco Interested in joining us?The International Orange Chorale of San Francisco holds auditions in the spring and fall, though we may hold auditions at other times if there is an opening in one of our sections. If you would like to audition for IOCSF, please contact us as described below. We are an audit...

We’re working with composer Tarik O'Regan on a new commission titled "Requiem for the Estranged,” which will explore mourning complicated relationships and estrangement from the past.

Our aim with this new choral work is to share stories of estrangement from the Bay Area community to reflect back the often unspoken impact of the difficult but necessary choices we make while leaving an aspect of our past behind to find new opportunities. We are not alone in our experiences, and this piece will offer an opportunity for connection and solace when confronting a past that is no longer our current reality. We’re inviting community members to share their stories to help shape this new work through July 31. Learn more at iocsf.org/nea .

Tune in tonight at 5:30 p.m. PT to catch the livestream of our 20th anniversary concert, Bridge to the Future!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=esBfSga8jhc

Featuring the world premiere of Rex Isenberg’s “Anthropo-scenes,” Caroline Shaw’s moving work “To the Hands” and a performance from IOCSF alumni led by founding Artistic Director Jeremy Faust, Bridge to the Future celebrates IOCSF’s history since our founding in 2003, and offers a look towards our next chapter as we continue to honor our mission to champion new choral works and make new music accessible.

IOCSF Presents its 20th Anniversary Concert: Bridge to the Future Featuring the World Premiere commission of Rex Isenberg's "Anthropo-Scenes." Premiered June 8, 2024, St. Mark's Episcopal Church in San FranciscoZane Fiala, ...

Bridge to the future, our 20th Anniversary Celebration concert, is one of Classical KDFC's event picks for this weekend - join us tonight at 8 p.m. at St. Mark's Lutheran Church in San Francisco!

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It’s official - IOCSF is the recipient of a $25,000 grant from the National Endowment for the Arts! We’re thrilled to share that this grant will support our commission of a new work by world-renowned composer Tarik O'Regan, “Requiem for the Estranged,” which will explore mourning complicated relationships and estrangement from the past. Learn more at https://bit.ly/IOCSF_NEA.

This Sunday, we’re thrilled to return to the San Francisco Conservatory of Music's Biennial Choral Composition Competition to perform new works from composition students. With our mission to champion contemporary choral works, it’s a wonderful opportunity to perform the works of the next generation of composers. The concert is free and open to the public, learn more at sfcm.edu/experience/performances/biennial-choral-composition-competition/20240505

Spring 2024 SFCM Concert Series Exciting guest artists, innovative collaborations, side-by-side performances, opera and musical theatre showcases, and three full orchestra performances. SFC...

Show your IOCSF pride!

One week left to order a 20th Anniversary IOCSF t-shirt, and pick it up at the 20th anniversary concert! (You can also have it shipped directly to you.)

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Happy Earth Day! Our upcoming concert, Bridge to the Future, features several works that offer reflections on our relationship to our planet and all its inhabitants. The program is in part inspired by the work of the The EcoVoice Project, which uses music and interdisciplinary collaboration to inform, connect, and inspire people to act for environmentally just causes. Learn more through IOCSF’s Artistic and Executive Director’s conversation with its founder, Dr. Kirsten Hedegaard on the In Unison Podcast at inunisonpodcast.com/episodes/s07e04.

Today, we announced that our June 8 concert, Bridge to the Future, will be Zane Fiala’s last as IOCSF’s Artistic Director. We are immensely grateful for his leadership during his tenure, and thrilled to share that our current Assistant Artistic Director, Chris Filice, will serve as interim until our search concludes in late 2024.

Learn more at bit.ly/IOCSF-AD-Search

As Women’s History Month comes to a close, we’re excited to share that we’ll be featuring Caroline Shaw’s “To the Hands,” a treatise on refugee crises around the world, at Bridge to the Future on June 8. If you haven’t heard this work before, listen to this moving reflection on the suffering of those around the world seeking refuge at carolineshaw.com/tothehands.

At Bridge to the Future, we’re thrilled to present the world premiere of “Anthropo-Scenes.” Our new commission from Rex Isenberg journeys through this climate era — present, past, and future — reflecting on where we are now, where we've been, and where we might be going. Written for choir and piano quintet, the four-movement work weaves together poignant testimony submitted by IOCSF singers, as well as academic, philosophic, and religious texts.

Learn more at iocsf.org/events/bridge-to-the-future.

IOCSF is turning 20! Save the date for our 20th anniversary concert, Bridge to the Future on June 8, a celebration of our history since our founding in 2003, and a look towards our next chapter as we continue to honor our mission to champion new choral works and make new music accessible. Learn more at iocsf.org/events/bridge-to-the-future.

We're auditioning for altos and basses for our upcoming season! Please contact us as soon as possible about auditions for these voice parts. Sopranos and tenors are also welcome to contact us to be notified about any section openings.

Learn more at iocsf.org/audition

We're ringing in the new year and concluding 11 Days of Twistmas with the release of Alden Terry's "Bells!"

Enjoy the final piece from Holidays With a Twist, along with a playlist of all individual pieces from the program on our YouTube channel.

Happy New Year to all!

World premiere of "Bells!" by Alden Terry, performed live at IOCSF's "Holidays with a Twist" 12/2/23 World premiere performance of "Bells!" (2023) by Frederick Alden Terry (b.1966)Performed live by IOCSF at "Holidays with a Twist" at St. Matthew's Lutheran C...

We're counting down to the end of 2023 and the second to last day of 11 Days of Twistmas with the release of Gianpaolo Eleria's "Noel, Ave," — the audience favorite of "Holidays With a Twist!"

World premiere of "Noel, Ave" by GP Eleria performed live at IOCSF's "Holidays with a Twist" 12/2/23 World premiere performance of "Noel, Ave" (2023) by GP Eleria (b.1979)Performed live by IOCSF at "Holidays with a Twist" at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, Sa...

Thanks to the generous support of our community, we received well over our 20th Anniversary Giving Campaign goal! We are so grateful for these contributions that will help us continue performing uplifting new choral works and making new music accessible to audiences everywhere.

As 2023 winds to a close, consider making a tax-deductible donation to help us continue this wonderful momentum at givebutter.com/iocsf.

Thank you to everyone who joined us for the livestream of Holidays With a Twist!

To keep the holiday spirit going, subscribe to our YouTube Channel as we celebrate 11 days of Twistmas, during which we’ll be releasing individual videos of each piece on the program, starting with Cole Reyes’ “Alleluia (The Rose).”

Alleluia (The Rose) arr. Cole Reyes, performed live by IOCSF at "Holidays with a Twist" 12/2/23 Alleluia (The Rose) (2020); arr. by Cole Reyes (b. 1998). Performed live by IOCSF at "Holidays with a Twist" at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church, San Francisco...

Starting at 6 p.m. - join us tonight for the livestream of Holidays With a Twist!

IOCSF presents: "Holidays with a Twist" A first for IOCSF: a holiday program of all-new works (including eight world premieres!), from heartfelt rearrangements of holiday favorites like “Feliz Nav...

Join us for the livestream of Holidays With a Twist! this Thursday at 6 p.m. on our YouTube channel!

In IOCSF’s 20-year history, this marked the first holiday program we’ve ever performed. Whether you want to relive your favorite moments, or catch this concert for the first time virtually, we’re thrilled to continue sharing this program of all-new works with audiences.

Tune in at youtube.com/watch?v=lTV6sUP1kfw.

You have one more chance to catch "Holidays With a Twist!," live! Join us at The 222 in Healdsburg this Sunday, December 10 at 7 p.m. Tickets: https://the222.org/international-orange-chorale-sf/