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This a cappella choir is a non-profit making concern
who has been performing in the St. Louis area since 1956, the year it was
founded by the Englishman, Ronald Arnatt. It is made up of around 40 singers who are heard in at
least six concerts ever year and cover over 50 original language works in
their entirety, and led by Philip Barnes who joined them over 18 years ago. Their repertoire covers all forms
of music from the Renaissance until modern day and they can be heard on
several recordings that include A Spanish Christmas, Rejoicing in His
Birth, Songs of the Soul, Singing St. Louis and Rome's Golden Poets.
Members
Sopranos
Mary Ongjoco
Chapman
Debbie Banashek Cole
Kate Glass
Suzanne Ramsey-Haubein
Emily Heslop
Celeste Hobbs
Erin Kickasola
Caroline Kraft
Ann Logan
Kathleen Mead
Luanne Murphy
Kate Talbert
Mary Tetlow
Megan Thomas
Jill Vandegriff
Karey Wieberg
Altos
Nancy Bristol
Susan Greene
Roberta Hmiel
Amanda Meinen
Phyllis Pasley
Stephanie (Scherrer) Ruggles
Laura (Hogan) Swearingen
Tenors
John Baggs
Mike Brown
Dave Carpenter
Derek Dahlke
Jon Garrett
David Goldmann
Matt Kickasola
Lorenz Wahlers
Bass
Jonathan
Brader
Matthew Chapman
Charles Grames
John Hubert
Orin Johnson
Mark Poe
Nathan Ruggles
Mark Schober
Jason Taff
Recordings
The Angel Gabriel (Traditional
Basque/Sabine-Baring Gould)
SLCC 04 (CD: St Louis Chamber Orchestra: A
Spanish Christmas)
Arranger: Edgar Pettman
Conductor - Philip Barnes
Soprano - Mary
Tetlow
Tenor - Mike
Brown
Sources:
1.
http://www.chamberchorus.org/
2.
https://www.guildmusic.com/artists/stlouic.htm
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