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{{short description|American male classical vocal ensemble}}
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| genre = Vocal
| genre = Vocal
| members = {{Plainlist|
| members = {{Plainlist|
* Andy Berry
* Luke Elmer
⚫
* Logan Shields
* Brian Hinman
* Kory Reid
* Tavian Cox
⚫
* Matthew Mazzola
* Alan Reinhardt
* Cortez Mitchell
* Cortez Mitchell
* Adam Ward
* Adam Ward
* Bradley Sharpe
* Gerrod Pagenkopf
* Vineel Garisa Mahal
⚫
* Matthew Knickman
⚫
* Logan Shields
* Andrew Van Allsburg
* Andrew Van Allsburg
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* Matthew Mazzola
* Zachary Burgess
⚫
* Matthew Knickman
* Jared Graveley
* Andy Berry
}}
}}
| executive director = Christine Bullin
| executive director = Philip Wilder
| music director = William Fred Scott
| music director = Tim Keeler<ref name="Chanticleer" />
| headquarters = San Francisco
| headquarters = San Francisco
| website = {{URL|www.chanticleer.org}}
| website = {{URL|www.chanticleer.org}}
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'''Chanticleer''' ({{IPAc-en|'|ʃ|æ|n|t|ɪ|k|l|i|ɹ}}) is a full-time male classical vocal [[musical ensemble|ensemble]] based in [[San Francisco]], California, founded in 1978. It is known for its interpretations of [[Renaissance music]] and a wide repertoire of [[jazz]], [[Gospel music|gospel]] and [[contemporary music]]. <!--It has been described as an "Orchestra of Voices".--> Its name is derived from the "[[chanticleer and the Fox|clear singing rooster]]" in Chaucer's ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''.<ref name="Root" /> The ensemble has made award-winning recordings.
'''Chanticleer''' ({{IPAc-en|'|ʃ|æ|n|t|ɪ|k|l|i|ɹ}}) is a full-time male classical vocal [[musical ensemble|ensemble]] based in [[San Francisco]], California, founded in 1978. It is known for its interpretations of [[Renaissance music]], for which they were founded, but also a wide repertoire of [[jazz]], [[Gospel music|gospel]] and [[contemporary classical music]]. <!--It has been described as an "Orchestra of Voices".--> Its name is derived from the "[[chanticleer and the Fox|clear singing rooster]]" in Chaucer's ''[[The Canterbury Tales]]''.<ref name="Root" /> The ensemble has made award-winning recordings.


==History==
==History==
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Originally, the group contained ten singers, but its size has varied from eight to twelve. Currently, Chanticleer comprises twelve men, including two [[bass (vocal range)|basses]], one [[baritone]], three [[tenor]]s, and six [[countertenor]]s (three [[alto]]s and three [[sopranist|sopranos]]).<ref name="Root" />
Originally, the group contained ten singers, but its size has varied from eight to twelve. Currently, Chanticleer comprises twelve men, including two [[bass (vocal range)|basses]], one [[baritone]], three [[tenor]]s, and six [[countertenor]]s (three [[alto]]s and three [[sopranist|sopranos]]).<ref name="Root" />


The original members included Jim Armington (tenor), Ted Bakkila (baritone), Rob Bell (countertenor), Louis Botto (who sang alto as well as tenor), Sanford Dole (tenor), Kevin Freeman (bass), Tom Hart (baritone), Jonathan Klein (baritone), Neal Rogers (tenor), Marc Smith (bass), Randall Wong (countertenor), and Doug Wyatt (bass). However, only ten of the singers were available to go on tour.
The original members included Jim Armington (tenor), Ted Bakkila (baritone), Rob Bell (countertenor), Louis Botto (who sang alto as well as tenor), Sanford Dole (tenor), Kevin Freeman (bass), Tom Hart (baritone), Jonathan Klein (baritone), Neal Rogers (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass), Randall Wong (countertenor), and Doug Wyatt (bass). However, only ten of the singers were available to go on tour.


When the ensemble first became full-time in 1991, its members included Eric Alatorre (bass and longest-standing member as of his retirement after the 2018-2019 season), [[Frank Albinder]] (baritone), Kevin Baum (tenor), Mark Daniel (tenor), Kenneth Fitch (countertenor), Jonathan Goodman (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass), Joseph Jennings (countertenor and Music Director), Chad Runyon (baritone), Foster Sommerlad (countertenor), Matthew Thompson (tenor), and Philip Wilder (countertenor).
When the ensemble first became full-time in 1991, its members included Eric Alatorre (bass and longest-standing member as of his retirement after the 2018–2019 season), [[Frank Albinder]] (baritone), Kevin Baum (tenor), Mark Daniel (tenor), Kenneth Fitch (countertenor), Jonathan Goodman (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass and last member of the original ensemble), Joseph Jennings (countertenor and Music Director), Chad Runyon (baritone), Foster Sommerlad (countertenor), Matthew Thompson (tenor), and [[Philip Wilder]] (countertenor).


==Discography==
==Discography==
{{div col}}
* 1987 - ''Byrd: Music for a Hidden Chapel''
* 1988 - ''The Anniversary Album'', 1978-1988
* 1988 – ''The Anniversary Album'', 1978–1988<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/the-anniversary-album-1978-1988-mw0001917052 The Anniversary Album'', 1978–1988] [[AllMusic]]</ref>
* 1990 - ''Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas'' (remastered in 2004)
* 1990 – ''Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas'' (remastered in 2004)<ref>[https://www.allmusic.com/album/our-hearts-joy-a-chanticleer-christmas-mw0000970110 Our Heart's Joy] [[AllMusic]]</ref>
* 1991 - ''Psallite! A Renaissance Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1991 – ''Psallite! A Renaissance Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1992 - Josquin: Missa Mater Patris; Agricola: Magnificat and motets<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1992 – Josquin: Missa Mater Patris; Agricola: Magnificat and motets<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1993 - ''Byrd: Missa In Tempore Paschali''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1993 – ''Byrd: Missa In Tempore Paschali''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1993 - Cristóbal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz and motets<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1993 – Cristóbal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz and motets<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1993 - ''Mysteria: Gregorian Chants''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1993 – ''Mysteria: Gregorian Chants''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1994 - ''Where the Sun Will Never Go Down''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 – ''Where the Sun Will Never Go Down''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
⚫
* 1994 – ''Out of This World''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 - ''I Have Had Singing: A Chanticleer Portrait''
* 1994 - ''Out of This World''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 – Palestrina: Missa pro defunctis; motets<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 - Palestrina: Missa pro defunctis; motets<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 – ''Mexican Baroque''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 - ''Mexican Baroque''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1994 – ''Our Heart's Joy / A Chanticleer Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1994 - ''Our Heart's Joy / A Chanticleer Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 1995 – ''Sing We Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1995 - ''Sing We Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1996 – ''Old-fashioned Christmas''<ref name="DNB" />
* 1996 - ''Old-fashioned Christmas''<ref name="DNB" />
* 1996 – ''Lost in the Stars''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1996 - ''Lost in the Stars''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1998 – ''Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1998 - ''Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1998 – ''Byrd: Music for a Hidden Chapel''<ref name="Wilson" />
* 1997 - ''Reflections''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1997 – ''Reflections''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1998 - Jerusalem: ''Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe'', 1764<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1998 – Jerusalem: ''Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe'', 1764<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1999 - ''The Music of''<ref name="DNB" />
* 1999 – ''The Music of''<ref name="DNB" />
* 1999 - ''[[Colors of Love (Chanticleer album)|Colors of Love]]'', works by [[Augusta Read Thomas]], [[Steven Stucky]], [[John Tavener]] and [[Bernard Rands]].<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 1999 – ''[[Colors of Love (Chanticleer album)|Colors of Love]]'', works by [[Augusta Read Thomas]], [[Steven Stucky]], [[John Tavener]] and [[Bernard Rands]].<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2000 - ''Magnificat'',<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" /> works by [[Josquin Desprez]], [[Giovanni Palestrina]], [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]], [[John Taverner]], [[William Cornysh]], [[Vasily Polikarpovich Titov]] and [[Claudio Monteverdi]]<ref name="Moody" />
* 2000 – ''Magnificat'',<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" /> works by [[Josquin Desprez]], [[Giovanni Palestrina]], [[Tomás Luis de Victoria]], [[John Taverner]], [[William Cornysh]], [[Vasily Polikarpovich Titov]] and [[Claudio Monteverdi]]<ref name="Moody" />
* 2001 - ''Glory to Christmas''<ref name="DNB" />
* 2001 – ''Glory to Christmas''<ref name="DNB" />
* 2001 - ''Christmas with Chanticleer''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2001 – ''Christmas with Chanticleer''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2002 - John Tavener: ''Lamentations and Praises''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2002 – John Tavener: ''Lamentations and Praises''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2002 - ''Our American Journey''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2002 – ''Our American Journey''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2003 - ''Evening Prayer: Purcell Anthems and Sacred Songs''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2003 – ''Evening Prayer: Purcell Anthems and Sacred Songs''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2003 – ''A Portrait''<ref>James Manheim: [https://www.allmusic.com/album/a-portrait-mw0000134539 A Portrait] [[AllMusic]]</ref>
* 2003 - ''A Portrait''
* 2004 - ''How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals and Traditional Gospel Music'',<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" /> arrangements by Joseph Jennings<ref name="Quinn" />
* 2004 – ''How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals and Traditional Gospel Music'',<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" /> arrangements by Joseph Jennings<ref name="Quinn" />
* 2004 - ''Music for a Hidden Chapel''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2004 – ''Music for a Hidden Chapel''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2005 - ''Sound in Spirit'',<ref name="AllMusic" /> works by [[Carlos Rafael Rivera]], Joseph Jennings, Victoria, [[Alfonso X of Castile]], [[Jan Gilbert]], [[Patricia Van Ness]], Nectarie Vlahul, Sarah Hopkins, [[Giacinto Scelsi]] and [[Jackson Hill (composer)|Jackson Hill]]<ref name="Witherden" />
* 2005 – ''Sound in Spirit'',<ref name="AllMusic" /> works by [[Carlos Rafael Rivera]], Joseph Jennings, Victoria, [[Alfonso X of Castile]], [[Jan Gilbert]], [[Patricia Van Ness]], Nectarie Vlahul, Sarah Hopkins, [[Giacinto Scelsi]] and [[Jackson Hill (composer)|Jackson Hill]]<ref name="Witherden" />
* 2007 - ''And on Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2007 – ''And on Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass''<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
* 2007 - ''Let it Snow''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2007 – ''Let it Snow''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2008 - ''Mission Road''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2008 – ''Mission Road''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2009 – ''I Have Had Singing: A Chanticleer Portrait''<ref>[http://www.arkivmusic.com/classical/album.jsp;jsessionid=BD44F08F9B4C65577755FECC4A7CF373?album_id=308647 I Have Had Singing – A Chanticleer Portrait] ArkivMusic</ref>
⚫
* 2010 - ''A Chanticleer Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - ''Our Favorite Carols''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2010 – ''A Chanticleer Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - ''Between Two Wars''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 – ''Our Favorite Carols''<ref name="AllMusic" />
⚫
* 2011 – ''Between Two Wars''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - ''Chanticleer Takes You Out of this World!''
* 2011 – ''Chanticleer Takes You Out of this World!''
⚫
* 2011 - ''For Thy Soul's Salvation''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: ''Annunciation''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 – ''For Thy Soul's Salvation''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - ''Ludus Paschalis: Resurrection Play of Tours''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 – Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: ''Annunciation''<ref name="AllMusic" />
⚫
* 2011 – ''Ludus Paschalis: Resurrection Play of Tours''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - ''My Chanticleer: A Collection for Chanticleer''
* 2011 – ''My Chanticleer: A Collection for Chanticleer''
⚫
* 2011 - ''The Boy Whose Father was God''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 - ''With a Poet's Eye''
* 2011 – ''The Boy Whose Father was God''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2011 – ''With a Poet's Eye''
⚫
* 2012 - ''Love Story''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2012 - ''By Request''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2012 – ''Love Story''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2013 - ''The Siren's Call''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2012 – ''By Request''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2013 - ''Someone New''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2013 – ''The Siren's Call''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2013 – ''Someone New''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2014 - ''She Said/He Said''
* 2015 - ''Over the Moon''
* 2014 – ''She Said/He Said''
* 2017 - ''Heart of a Soldier''
* 2015 – ''Over the Moon''
* 2018 - ''Then and There, Here and Now''<ref name="AllMusic" />
* 2017 – ''Heart of a Soldier''
* 2018 – ''Then and There, Here and Now''<ref name="AllMusic" />
⚫
* 2020 – ''Chanticleer Sings Christmas''<ref name="AllMusic" />
{{div col end}}


In May 2007, Chanticleer released "''And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass''" (Warner Classics) a new mass written by five contemporary [[composer]]s. Israeli-born composer [[Shulamit Ran]] wrote the [[Credo]] to the [[Hebrew]] text "Ani Ma'amin"; US composer [[Douglas Cuomo]] contributed the [[Kyrie]]; Turkish-American composer [[Kamran Ince]] composed the [[Gloria in Excelsis Deo|Gloria]] section to a [[sufism|sufi]] text; English composer [[Ivan Moody (composer)|Ivan Moody]] composed the [[Sanctus]]; and Irish composer [[Michael McGlynn]] (director of [[Anúna]]) composed the [[Agnus Dei]]. The Mass was [[premiere]]d in performance at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]] and was followed by six performances throughout the [[San Francisco Bay area]].<ref name="Root" /><ref>''[[The New York Times]]'' has more on the repertoire [http://www.chanticleer.org/massnytimes.htm here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528074930/http://www.chanticleer.org/massnytimes.htm |date=May 28, 2007 }}.</ref>
In May 2007, Chanticleer released "''And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass''" (Warner Classics) a new mass written by five contemporary [[composer]]s. Israeli-born composer [[Shulamit Ran]] wrote the [[Credo]] to the [[Hebrew]] text "Ani Ma'amin"; US composer [[Douglas Cuomo]] contributed the [[Kyrie]]; Turkish-American composer [[Kamran Ince]] composed the [[Gloria in Excelsis Deo|Gloria]] section to a [[sufism|sufi]] text; English composer [[Ivan Moody (composer)|Ivan Moody]] composed the [[Sanctus]]; and Irish composer [[Michael McGlynn]] (director of [[Anúna]]) composed the [[Agnus Dei]]. The Mass was [[premiere]]d in performance at the [[Metropolitan Museum of Art]] in [[New York City]] and was followed by six performances throughout the [[San Francisco Bay area]].<ref name="Root" /><ref>''[[The New York Times]]'' has more on the repertoire [http://www.chanticleer.org/massnytimes.htm here] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070528074930/http://www.chanticleer.org/massnytimes.htm |date=May 28, 2007 }}.</ref>
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* [[Frank Albinder]] (baritone), designed the concept and chose the repertoire for Chanticleer's Grammy Award-winning album ''Colors of Love''
* [[Frank Albinder]] (baritone), designed the concept and chose the repertoire for Chanticleer's Grammy Award-winning album ''Colors of Love''
* [[Philip Wilder]]
* [[Philip Wilder]]
* [[Matt Alber]]
* [[Terry Barber]]


== Awards and honors ==
== Awards and honors ==
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| date = 2000
| date = 2000
| journal = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]
| journal = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]
| accessdate = June 29, 2020
| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| website = musicweb-international.com
| website = musicweb-international.com
| date = October 2004
| date = October 2004
| accessdate = June 29, 2020
| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| title = Discography
| title = Discography
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| accessdate = June 29, 2020
| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>

<ref name="Wilson">{{cite web
| last = Wilson
| first = Brian
| url = http://www.musicweb-international.com/classrev/2008/Sept08/Byrd_Hidden_HCX3955182.htm
| title = William Byrd (1543–1623) / Music for a Hidden Chapel (from Gradualia, 1607)
| website = musicweb-international.com
| date = September 2008
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| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| date = November 2005
| date = November 2005
| journal = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]
| journal = [[Gramophone (magazine)|Gramophone]]
| accessdate = June 29, 2020
| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| title = Discography
| title = Discography
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| website = [[AllMusic]]
| accessdate = June 29, 2020
| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| website = [[German National Library]]
| website = [[German National Library]]
| language = de
| language = de
| accessdate = June 29, 2020
| access-date = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| title = Chanticleer
| title = Chanticleer
| website = [[Grammy Awards]]
| website = [[Grammy Awards]]
| date =
| access-date = June 29, 2020
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| accessdate = June 29, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
| newspaper = [[The New York Times]]
| date = March 1, 1997
| date = March 1, 1997
| accessdate = May 19, 2009
| access-date = May 19, 2009
}}</ref>


<ref name="Chanticleer">{{cite web
| url = https://www.chanticleer.org/press-releases/2020/4/10/chanticleer-names-sixth-music-director-tim-keeler-assumes-post-in-august
| title = Chanticleer Names Sixth Music Director: Tim Keeler Assumes Post in August
| website = www.chanticleer.org
| date = April 10, 2020
| access-date = August 1, 2020
}}</ref>
}}</ref>


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* [http://www.chanticleer.org/ Official site]
* [http://www.chanticleer.org/ Official site]
* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q17021|label=Chanticleer}}
* {{Allmusic|class=artist|id=q17021|label=Chanticleer}}
* {{YouTube|L7C-VXZVSTw|Chanticleer performs Biebl's 'Ave Maria' at the Cathedral of St. Paul (December 22, 2018)}}


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Chanticleer
Choir
Chanticleer: An Orchestra of Voices
OriginSan Francisco, California
FoundedJune 27, 1978 (1978-06-27)
GenreVocal
Members
  • Luke Elmer
  • Logan Shields
  • Tavian Cox
  • Cortez Mitchell
  • Adam Ward
  • Bradley Sharpe
  • Vineel Garisa Mahal
  • Andrew Van Allsburg
  • Matthew Mazzola
  • Matthew Knickman
  • Jared Graveley
  • Andy Berry
Music directorTim Keeler[1]
HeadquartersSan Francisco
Awards
Websitewww.chanticleer.org

Chanticleer (/ˈʃæntɪklir/) is a full-time male classical vocal ensemble based in San Francisco, California, founded in 1978. It is known for its interpretations of Renaissance music, for which they were founded, but also a wide repertoire of jazz, gospel and contemporary classical music. Its name is derived from the "clear singing rooster" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.[2] The ensemble has made award-winning recordings.

History

[edit]

Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto,[2] who sang with the group until 1989, and served as Artistic Director until his death from AIDS in 1997.[3] As a graduate student of musicology, Botto found that much of the medieval and Renaissance music he was studying was not being performed, and, because of this, he formed the group to perform this music with an all-male ensemble, as it was traditionally sung during the Renaissance.[2]

Originally, the group contained ten singers, but its size has varied from eight to twelve. Currently, Chanticleer comprises twelve men, including two basses, one baritone, three tenors, and six countertenors (three altos and three sopranos).[2]

The original members included Jim Armington (tenor), Ted Bakkila (baritone), Rob Bell (countertenor), Louis Botto (who sang alto as well as tenor), Sanford Dole (tenor), Kevin Freeman (bass), Tom Hart (baritone), Jonathan Klein (baritone), Neal Rogers (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass), Randall Wong (countertenor), and Doug Wyatt (bass). However, only ten of the singers were available to go on tour.

When the ensemble first became full-time in 1991, its members included Eric Alatorre (bass and longest-standing member as of his retirement after the 2018–2019 season), Frank Albinder (baritone), Kevin Baum (tenor), Mark Daniel (tenor), Kenneth Fitch (countertenor), Jonathan Goodman (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass and last member of the original ensemble), Joseph Jennings (countertenor and Music Director), Chad Runyon (baritone), Foster Sommerlad (countertenor), Matthew Thompson (tenor), and Philip Wilder (countertenor).

Discography

[edit]
  • 1988 – The Anniversary Album, 1978–1988[4]
  • 1990 – Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas (remastered in 2004)[5]
  • 1991 – Psallite! A Renaissance Christmas[6]
  • 1992 – Josquin: Missa Mater Patris; Agricola: Magnificat and motets[6]
  • 1993 – Byrd: Missa In Tempore Paschali[6]
  • 1993 – Cristóbal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz and motets[6]
  • 1993 – Mysteria: Gregorian Chants[6]
  • 1994 – Where the Sun Will Never Go Down[6][7]
  • 1994 – Out of This World[6][7]
  • 1994 – Palestrina: Missa pro defunctis; motets[6][7]
  • 1994 – Mexican Baroque[6][7]
  • 1994 – Our Heart's Joy / A Chanticleer Christmas[6]
  • 1995 – Sing We Christmas[6][7]
  • 1996 – Old-fashioned Christmas[7]
  • 1996 – Lost in the Stars[6][7]
  • 1998 – Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection[6][7]
  • 1998 – Byrd: Music for a Hidden Chapel[8]
  • 1997 – Reflections[6][7]
  • 1998 – Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1764[6][7]
  • 1999 – The Music of[7]
  • 1999 – Colors of Love, works by Augusta Read Thomas, Steven Stucky, John Tavener and Bernard Rands.[6][7]
  • 2000 – Magnificat,[6][7] works by Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, John Taverner, William Cornysh, Vasily Polikarpovich Titov and Claudio Monteverdi[9]
  • 2001 – Glory to Christmas[7]
  • 2001 – Christmas with Chanticleer[6][7]
  • 2002 – John Tavener: Lamentations and Praises[6][7]
  • 2002 – Our American Journey[6]
  • 2003 – Evening Prayer: Purcell Anthems and Sacred Songs[6]
  • 2003 – A Portrait[10]
  • 2004 – How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals and Traditional Gospel Music,[6][7] arrangements by Joseph Jennings[11]
  • 2004 – Music for a Hidden Chapel[6]
  • 2005 – Sound in Spirit,[6] works by Carlos Rafael Rivera, Joseph Jennings, Victoria, Alfonso X of Castile, Jan Gilbert, Patricia Van Ness, Nectarie Vlahul, Sarah Hopkins, Giacinto Scelsi and Jackson Hill[12]
  • 2007 – And on Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass[6][7]
  • 2007 – Let it Snow[6]
  • 2008 – Mission Road[6]
  • 2009 – I Have Had Singing: A Chanticleer Portrait[13]
  • 2010 – A Chanticleer Christmas[6]
  • 2011 – Our Favorite Carols[6]
  • 2011 – Between Two Wars[6]
  • 2011 – Chanticleer Takes You Out of this World!
  • 2011 – For Thy Soul's Salvation[6]
  • 2011 – Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Annunciation[6]
  • 2011 – Ludus Paschalis: Resurrection Play of Tours[6]
  • 2011 – My Chanticleer: A Collection for Chanticleer
  • 2011 – The Boy Whose Father was God[6]
  • 2011 – With a Poet's Eye
  • 2012 – Love Story[6]
  • 2012 – By Request[6]
  • 2013 – The Siren's Call[6]
  • 2013 – Someone New[6]
  • 2014 – She Said/He Said
  • 2015 – Over the Moon
  • 2017 – Heart of a Soldier
  • 2018 – Then and There, Here and Now[6]
  • 2020 – Chanticleer Sings Christmas[6]

In May 2007, Chanticleer released "And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass" (Warner Classics) a new mass written by five contemporary composers. Israeli-born composer Shulamit Ran wrote the Credo to the Hebrew text "Ani Ma'amin"; US composer Douglas Cuomo contributed the Kyrie; Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince composed the Gloria section to a sufi text; English composer Ivan Moody composed the Sanctus; and Irish composer Michael McGlynn (director of Anúna) composed the Agnus Dei. The Mass was premiered in performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and was followed by six performances throughout the San Francisco Bay area.[2][14]

On October 16, 2007, Chanticleer released "Let it Snow," the group's 29th recording. A portion of the album is accompanied by orchestra and/or big band; as such, the album brings a new sound to Chanticleer's almost exclusively a cappella repertoire.[6]

Notable past members

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Awards and honors

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Joseph Jennings (as artistic director) and Chanticleer won a Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance for their 1999 recording Colors of Love.[15] Chanticleer was awarded two Grammy Awards, in categories Best Small Ensemble Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition, their 2002 recording of Taverner's Lamentations and Praises. Their 2003 recording Our American Journey was nominated for a Grammy a year later.[15]

In November 2007, in its 30th anniversary season, Chanticleer was named Musical America's 2008 Ensemble of the year.[2] This marks the first time a vocal ensemble has received this award. Additionally, on October 9, 2008, Chanticleer became the first vocal ensemble to be inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in Cincinnati, Ohio.[2]

References

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  1. ^ "Chanticleer Names Sixth Music Director: Tim Keeler Assumes Post in August". www.chanticleer.org. April 10, 2020. Retrieved August 1, 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g Root, Corie Stanton. "Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  3. ^ "Louis Botto, 45, Choir Founder". The New York Times. March 1, 1997. Retrieved May 19, 2009.
  4. ^ The Anniversary Album, 1978–1988 AllMusic
  5. ^ Our Heart's Joy AllMusic
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao "Discography". AllMusic. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  7. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r "publications with Chanticleer". German National Library (in German). Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  8. ^ Wilson, Brian (September 2008). "William Byrd (1543–1623) / Music for a Hidden Chapel (from Gradualia, 1607)". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  9. ^ Moody, Ivan (2000). "Magnificat". Gramophone. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  10. ^ James Manheim: A Portrait AllMusic
  11. ^ Quinn, John (October 2004). "How sweet the sound / Spirituals and Traditional Gospel Music / All arrangements by Joseph Jennings". musicweb-international.com. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  12. ^ Witherden, B. (November 2005). "Magnificat". Gramophone. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
  13. ^ I Have Had Singing – A Chanticleer Portrait ArkivMusic
  14. ^ The New York Times has more on the repertoire here Archived May 28, 2007, at the Wayback Machine.
  15. ^ a b "Chanticleer". Grammy Awards. Retrieved June 29, 2020.
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