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Support Us

If you support Cantata’s mission of sharing quality choral performance with the community, please consider making a donation. Consistent funding is essential to the long-term success of the Chorale, and helps us bring more exciting programs to you, our audience

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Read a message from our Board President to hear about the current season and donation campaign.

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You can help us rebuild our music library by donating the amount needed to purchase copies of the scores listed below

Heart & Hands

Friends of Cantata are family and friends of the choir who support the choir by handing out programs, collecting tickets, and generally helping out at our concerts.  Read below to find out how you can become a Friend.

Annual Appeal

Dear Friends and Supporters of Cantata Academy Chorale,

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As we move into our seventh decade of joyfully singing choral music in the greater Metro Detroit community, we invite you to join in sustaining the legacy we have created. Did you know we provide scholarships for local high school students to gain experience singing with our choristers, musicians, and directors? Did you know we frequently hire local musicians to accompany us? Did you know we can be booked for special small group performances?  None of this is possible without your support.

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The enjoyment of singing is universal. Singing has no limits.  It can be done anywhere at any time and is something everyone in the world can appreciate and enjoy.  It is the best tool we have available to promote peace in our world. Music is known to transcend a multitude of human differences. Yet, local choirs rely almost entirely on donors like you.

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This year our choristers will travel to Royal Oak from as far as Ann Arbor, Macomb, Detroit, and Rochester to rehearse weekly. We will perform Holiday concerts in December, and Broadway style concerts in May along with caroling and other special appearances throughout the year.

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A generous donor offered to match donations this year!  When you donate this donor will match you. And, if your employer has a matching gifts program, your donation could be tripled! What an opportunity!

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Please consider becoming a donor at one of the following various levels.

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Applause $0-$99
Encore $100-$249
Bravo $250-$499
Bravissimo $500-$999
Standing Ovation $1000 and above

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YOU can help us fulfill our musical mission by making a meaningful contribution, which is fully tax-deductible.  All donor names will be recognized in our concert programs for the entire 2023-2024 concert season. We have many ways you can help with our endeavors.

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As we look forward to our second sixty years with enthusiasm, we thank you for ensuring CAC continues to make a joyful sound.

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Sincerely,
Maggie Reese
President, Cantata Academy Chorale Board of Directors

Sponsor a Song

Many of our former singers and audience members have asked if they can help rebuild Cantata's music library (which was lost by a flood in 2014, destroying 53 years worth of scores) by sponsoring the purchase of specific pieces of music.  The answer is YES!  Here's how:

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(1) Select a favorite choral work from the list below, and note the replacement cost.  As a start, we've selected over 80 high-priority pieces that we hope to perform soon; the list will be updated periodically with new titles.  If you have in mind a piece not listed here, please contact cantata@cantataacademy.org to see if it fits our programming needs.

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(2) Make a donation in the amount of the replacement cost -- two ways:

ONLINE: Click "Donate Now" below.  Be sure to enter the amount corresponding to the replacement cost of your selected work.  Identify the name and composer of your selected work in the "Special Instructions" box.


BY CHECK: First, call (313.242.7282) or e-mail (cantata@cantataacademy.org) us with the name and composer of your selected work to reserve it.  Then, mail a check to P.O. Box 1958, Royal Oak, MI 48068 for the corresponding replacement cost.  Please write the name and composer of the work in the memo line.

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In recognition of your support, it is our intent that Cantata's music library be a community resource, available for lending to other nonprofit choirs.

Title

Carmina Burana Vocal Parts Treble

Carmina Burana Vocal Parts Mens

Ceremony of Carols, A

Come Away, Sweet Love

Danny Boy

Gaudete

Gloria

Gloria Vocal Score

Gloria Instrumental Parts

Gloria Vocal Score

Gloria Brass/Organ Parts

If Music Be the Food of Love

In My Life

Jesu, joy of man's desiring

Kde Su Kravy Moje

Kyrie from "Missa Brevis"

Lamb, The

Let's Begin Again

Lo, How a Rose E'er Blooming

Magnificat

Magnificat

Magnificat in D major

Missa Brevis in B K275

Opera Choruses

Paradise (Song of Georgian Bay)

Regina Coeli K.276

Requiem (ein deutsches)

Requiem

Requiem

Serenity (O Magnum Mysterium)

Shepherd's Pipe Carol

Sicut Locutus Est

We Need a Little Christmas

We Wish You a Merry Christmas

What Sweeter Music

Composer

Carl Orff

Carl Orff

Benjamin Britten

Greaves/Leavitt

Julie Knowles

arr. Brian Kay

Karl Jenkins

Randol Alan Bass

Randol Alan Bass

John Rutter

John Rutter

Jean Belmont

Lennon/McCarney arr. Zegree

JS Bach / Clough-Leighter

H.A. Schimmerling

Mozart ed. Leininger

John Tavener

John Rutter

arr. John Leavitt

John Rutter

Rene Clausen

JS Bach

WA Mozart

J. Rutter

Eleanor Dailey

WA Mozart

Johannes Brahms

WA Mozart

Verdi

Ola Gjeilo

John Rutter

J. S. Bach/arr. Mack & Banzhaf

Anita Kerr

John Rutter

John Rutter

Cost

$283

$323

$403

$81

$95

$83

$803

$227

$130

$535

$175

$95

$83

$83

$81

$77

$105

$67

$89

$335

$105

$445

$521

$923

$91

$205

$365

$545

$525

$95

$103

$71

$81

$73

$97

Friends of Cantata

The Friends of Cantata is a group of friends, family, and supporters of the Chorale.  You may have noticed the Friends at one of our concerts—or maybe not!  They are at concerts greeting patrons, selling tickets, acting as ushers and cleaning crew, setting up the after-glows, and enjoying the beautiful music.  Because they handle the little jobs behind the scenes, our singers can focus on the music.

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The Friends group is in need of additional volunteers.  You can volunteer to assist in just one concert or at several - that is up to you.  It’s very easy to become a Friend.  To help out, please contact Cantata at (313) 242-7282.

You may use the button above, or mail a check to Cantata Academy Chorale at P.O. Box 1958, Royal Oak, MI 48068. We are a 501(c)(3) tax-exempt charitable organization. Your contributions are tax deductible to the fullest extent of the law, and your donation will be accepted with our thanks and a donation receipt.

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