News, Features & Reviews
PHOTOS: Stained Glass Music of the Spheres Oct. 28, 2023 Concert Photos
Courtesy of Sandra Harris
PHOTOS: Carmina Burana, May 13, 2023 – SAFE Credit Union PAC
Courtesy of Sandra Harris
Photos: Home for the Holidays Dec. 10, 2022 – Memorial Auditorium
Courtesy of Sandra Harris
Verdi Requiem Concert Review
Dick Frantzreb – Editor, Capital Region Performance Gallery
May 14, 2022 Verdi Concert Video Debriefing
Conductor Donald Kendrick
SCSO 2020-2021 Performance Report
Sacramento Magazine Feature – December 2021
The Sound of Silence – Catherine Warmerdam
Sacramento Magazine Feature – January 2021
SCSO Conductor & Musical Director, Donald Kendrick, was recognized as one of the Sacramento region’s 100 most notable business leaders in the January issue of Sacramento Magazine: https://rb.gy/svbgeg
The SCSO’s Virtual 2020-2021 Season
Enjoy the SCSO’s December 2020 Virtual Online Performance
The SCSO’s 2004 First European Tour Remembered (Sound file)
Cap Radio’s Insight host interview Classical Host Jennifer Reason
September 24, 2020 – 90.9 FM
Season 2019-20:
ABC 10 Feature – Verdi Requiem & Biba Caggiano Dedication 2020
Good Day Sacramento Feature – Home For the Holidays 2019
Good Day Sacramento Feature – Stained Glass 2019
Sacramento Bee Feature – Home for the Holidays 2019
Sacramento Bee Feature – Stained Glass 2019
Season 2018-2019
Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays 2018 Review (7:30 PM concert)
Courtesy of Dick Frantzreb – Capital Region Performance Gallery
SCSO Review Archive (17 Reviews)
Courtesy of Dick Frantzreb – Capital Region Performance Gallery
Stained Glass – Songs of the Spirit – SFCV Concert Review
October 23, 2018 – Jonathan Minnick, San Francisco Classical Voice
Stained Glass – Songs of the Spirit – Concert Review
October 22, 2018 – Dick Frantzreb, Sacramento Choral Calendar
Season 2017-18
European Masterworks Concert Review
April 7, 2018 – Ed Telfeyan – Sacramento Gazette
Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays Concert Review
December 9, 2017 (2 PM matinée)
Dick Frantzreb, Sacramento Choral Calendar
Stained Glass October 21, 2017 Concert Review
Dick Frantzreb, Sacramento Choral Calendar
Season 2016-17
European Masterworks (May 6) Concert Review
Dr. Jeff Nelson, Sacramento Choral Calendar
View the SCSO’s Green Screen Photos
Highclere Castle Photos – The Music of Downton Abbey
Photos by Hansens Photography
(Highclere Castle Photo Courtesy of Mark Draper)
Downton Doggie Delights at Concert – Review
Susan Maxwell Skinner – Carmichael Times
The Music of Downton Abbey Concert Review
Dick Frantzreb, Sacramento Choral Calendar
Downton Abbey Video Preview
Phil Cowan interviews Donald Kendrick
Stained Glass Concert & 2016-2017 Season – Video Preview
Phil Cowan Interviews Conductor Donald Kendrick
Season 2015-16
European Masterworks Concert Review – May 14, 2016
Dick Frantzreb, Sacramento Choral Calendar
SCSO Tenor Steve Ohlin Sings National Anthem at Sac Republic FC vs Liverpool Game – 5.21.2016
Carmina Burana Concert Review – March 5, 2016
Diane Boul, Sacramento Choral Calendar
ViewFinder: Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra – KVIE
Video preview from Conductor Donald Kendrick
to Dec. 12 Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays celebration
Memorial Auditorium, Sacramento
Sacramento Bee Feature – Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays 2015
Nov. 20, 2015 – Debbie Arrington
Stained Glass Rutter Requiem Concert Review
Oct. 24, 2015 – Fremont Presbyterian Church
Dick Frantzreb, Sacramento Choral Calendar
Personal Stained Glass Rutter Requiem Invitation
from Conductor Donald Kendrick
Songs of Eternity May 9, 2015 Concert Review
Nancy Bramlett, Sacramento Choral Calendar
Thomas P. Raley Foundation Invests $100K in SCSO
The SCSO – A Successful Arts Business Model
KFBK AM 1530 Kelly Brothers – Live Interview with SCSO Board President James McCormick
Honoring Donald Kendrick – Founder of the Hamilton Children’s Chorus (Ontario, Canada) – 1975 – History
40th Anniversary Celebration Video
March 2015 Videoclip – Mozart Great Mass Gloria
European Masterworks Concert Review – March 14 2015 – Sacramento Community Center Theater
Dick Frantzreb – Sacramento Choral CalendarSacramento Bee European Masterworks Concert Feature – Debbie Arrington
March 12, 2015Wells Fargo Home for the Holidays Concert Sound Invitation
from Conductor Donald Kendrick
Season 2014-15
Stained Glass Concert Review October 2014
Photo of Susan Boyle with Donald Kendrick
Donald Kendrick and Sacred Heart Schola Cantorum Members were thrilled to collaborate with Scottish Singing Sensation Susan Boyle (Britain’s Got Talent) on October 12, 2014 in the Sacramento Community Center Theater. SCSO and University Chorus Members complemented this spontaneous chorus.
2014-2015 Season Unveiled E. Haig, Sacramento Gazette, Oct. 2014
Carmina Burana May 17th Performance – Concert Photo Review
Nancy Bramlett, Sacramento Choral CalendarSeason 2013-14
European Masterworks, March 8, 2014
Sacramento Choral Calendar Photo Review – Eric Callagher
Sacramento Gazette – E. Haig
Concert Photos by Ronnie Johnson
The SCSO is proud to be putting Sacramento on the map nationally through the arts! Since April 29, 2012, the SCSO’s KVIE documentary has aired nationally 63 times in a wide variety of Public Television markets throughout the United States.
KVIE – HD (Channel 6)
KVIE SCSO Documentary National Tracking Report
April, 29, 2012 – November 8, 2012Alaska (Juneau, Anchorage, Fairbanks, Kodiak, Bethel)
California (Los Angeles & San Francisco)
Colorado (Denver)
Illinois (Moline)
Iowa (Davenport)
Michigan (Lansing, Marquette)
Minnesota (Minneapolis)
Montana (Billings, Butte-Bozeman, Missoula, Great Falls)
New York (Buffalo)
Ohio (Toledo)
Oregon (Portland, Salem, Eugene, La Grande, Bend, Corvallis)
South Dakota (Sioux Falls)
Tennessee (Nashville)
Texas ( Corpus Christi)
Utah (Salt Lake City)
Virginia (Harrisonburg, Front Royal, Staunton)
Wisconsin – (Milwaukee)Season 2012-13
Choral Society Soars -Concert Review
Sacramento Press, Mary Nares, Kati Garner – October 30, 2012
Welcome to Summer Sing 2012 – Fauré Requiem – Welcome “Home”, Stephen Janzen!
Season 2011-12
SCSO’s Musical Feast Feeds the Soul– PHOTO REVIEW by Mary Nares, Kati Garner – Sacramento Press – April 16, 2012
Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra Presents “English Grandeur” – REVIEW by E. Haig, Sacramento Gazette – April 20, 2012
Home for the Holidays at the Mondavi – REVIEW – Gold Country Times – Ken Kiunke
SCSO’s Home for the Holidays at Mondavi – REVIEW Sacramento Gazette – E. Haig, Dec. 23, 2011
Home for the Holidays 2011 – REVIEW – Sacramento Press – Mary Nares & Kati Garner
A Home for the Holidays 2011 Sound Invitation from Conductor Donald Kendrick
SCSO’s Home for the Holidays Comes Home to Mondavi – December 2011 – Davis Enterprise, Jeff Hudson
A Stained Glass (Oct. 29, 30, 2011) Sound Invitation from Conductor Donald Kendrick
Season 2010-11
KVIE SCSO Stained Glass 2010 Cathedral Vespers Concert short documentary
October 2010 – Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament, Sacramento
Watch the full episode. See more ViewFinder.
New SCSO Documentary Unleashed – January 2011 – KVIE PBS Viewfinder Series
KVIE PBS Documentary now on YouTube
SCSO June 4, 2011 Party Video
Sacramento Temporary Contemporary Gallery – Rebecca GarrisonDiscover the SCSO – The Sacramento Choral Society & Orchestra
New Members Podcast – Welcome to the SCSO
