Timeline
Explore some important events and highlights in The Choral Project’s history.
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1996
The Choral Project is founded by Daniel Hughes.
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1997
The Cycle of Life: A Dramatic and Musical Chronicle was The Choral Project’s first album.
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1999
Of Christmastide is TCP’s first recording exclusively featuring holiday music.
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2000
American Choral Directors Association National Conference
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A Cappella Summit
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2001
First international tour with stops in Mexico and Costa Rica, with a live performance on Mexican National Radio and a joint concert with Café Chorale (Costa Rica).
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2002
Americana is a collection of folk songs and spirituals from America.
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Representing California, by invitation, at the National Cathedral (Washington, DC) on October 20, 2002.
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2003
Featuring the music of Eric Whitacre, Water & Light includes “Cloudburst,” and “Five Hebrew Love Songs” performed with string quartet.
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2004
Wins 2nd Place in the Mixed Choir Competition of the 58th Annual Llangollen International Musical Eisteddfod Music Festival (Llangollen, Wales) with a performance of Juris Karlsons’s “Neslegatais Grredzens.”
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2005
Winter is The Choral Project’s second collection of holiday music.
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2006
One is the All features The Choral Project’s official recording of the Stephen Schwartz commissioned piece, “Kéramos.”
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2007
Places in all three categories at the inaugural California International Choral Festival & Competition (San Luis Obispo, CA), taking home 1st Place in the Choir’s Choice category, 2nd Place in the Required Pieces category, and 3rd Place in the Folk Music category.
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2008
Tell the World: A Live Concert of Spirituals and Traditional Gospel Music was recorded live June 6-8, 2008.
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Performance at Montalvo Arts Center (Saratoga, CA) premiering “Divide Light.”
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2009
Presents Affair of the Art fundraiser featuring jazz musician and Bay Area-native Taylor Eigsti.
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2011
Northern Spain Tour as part of the International Choral Competition (Tolosa, Spain), with performances in Salamanca, Burgos, Polanco, and many other surrounding towns in the Basque Region.
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Records “Choose Life,” by Mona Lyn Reese, at Skywalker Sound (Nicasio, CA).
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Yuletide is The Choral Project’s third album of holiday music.
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2012
For the one-night-only concert, Enchantingly Wicked, The Choral Project partnered with Stephen Schwartz, the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, and acclaimed operatic soprano Melody Moore.
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Released by the San Francisco Gay Men’s Chorus, Enchantingly Wicked features music performed by The Choral Project at the one-night-only concert of the same name.
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2013
The Choral Project’s recording of “Famine Song” is featured in PBS’s The African Americans: Many Rivers to Cross.
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2014
Performs with Canadian Brass at Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph (San Jose, CA).
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2016
Performs with The King’s Singers at Cathedral Basilica of St. Joseph (San Jose, CA).
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2017
Live recording of Street Requiem, by Kathleen McGuire, Andy Payne, and Jonathan Welch.
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20: An Anniversary Compilation
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2018
Another one-night-only concert with The King’s Singers.
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2019
Presents Lisa Vroman at Shining Night, a one-night-only performance.
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2020
Launches the No Baton Needed Podcast.