Christipher Tin to Conduct Choral Society Concert

Grammy-winner Christopher Tin will conduct his own works and  The Choral Society’s Artistic Director/Conductor JoAnne Wasserman will conduct  Morten Lauridsen’s ethereal “Lux Aeterna” in the Society’s season closer “Light and Flight” The Music of Lauridsen and Tin,” May 31 at 3 pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, Santa Barbara. In the organization’s first choral collaboration, singers from the Santa Clarita Master Chorale and Torrence-based Los Cancioneros Master Chorale will join the Choral Society singers and orchestra. Guest soloists include soprano Christina Bristow, and tenor Jimmer Bolden.

It will be a memorable experience for both singers and audience to have famed composer Christopher Tin at the podium for the second half of the concert when several of his pieces are performed, including “Waloyo Yamoni ” featuring tenor soloist Jimmer Bolden, a returning Choral Society favorite. A two-time Grammy winner, Tin’s music has been performed and premiered in many of the world’s most prestigious venues from the Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center and the Hollywood Bowl, to the United Nations and Carnegie Hall, and performances with renowned orchestras such as the Royal Philharmonic Orchestra.

In 2024, Christopher Tin was invited by director Francesca Zambello to compose a new ending for Puccini’s Turandot for the Washington National Opera.  A hit not only throughout the opera world,  the music was adapted for the silver-medalist skater, Yuma Kagiyama in the 2026 Olympics, where viewers worldwide were introduced to Tin’s soaring score. The concert will include his music for Turandot.

Tickets are in demand and a sell-out is anticipated. Tickets are available for $30, online at sbcs.org.