Santa Barbara Choral Society

05/30/2026

Montecito Journal's preview of our season finale "Light & Flight".

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05/30/2026

Santa Barbara Newspress preview of our Light & Flight concert this Sunday.

Christopher Tin will be joined by SB Choral Society Artistic Director JoAnne Wasserman to conduct a program of modern choral masterpieces

05/30/2026

We appreciate VOICE Magazine's feature on this Sunday's concert! Read all about it!

Tickets for the 7pm performance available online and at the door (until they sell out).

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05/28/2026

A behind-the-scenes look at final rehearsals for Light & Flight this Sunday at Trinity Lutheran Church. Tickets $30 at https://bit.ly/light-flight-fb

05/25/2026

Before Christopher Tin, video game music was rarely performed in concert halls alongside classical masterworks. Then came Baba Yetu — the iconic theme from Civilization IV — which became the first piece of video game music ever to win a Grammy Award.

Tin helped redefine what game music could be: emotionally powerful, globally inspired, and worthy of the world’s great stages. Today, his music is performed everywhere from Carnegie Hall to the Sydney Opera House — and most recently, his reimagined ending for Puccini’s Turandot was heard worldwide during Olympic silver medalist Yuma Kagiyama’s skating performance.

We are thrilled to welcome Christopher Tin to the podium for Light & Flight, where he will conduct selections of his Grammy-winning music, including excerpts from Turandot.

May 31, 7pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, 909 N La Cumbre Road
Santa Barbara, CA 93110

🎟 Tickets are $30 and selling quickly for this unforgettable collaboration. https://bit.ly/tininsb

05/25/2026

Honored to sing “America the Beautiful” at today’s Memorial Day Ceremony in Santa Barbara, presented by the Pierre Claeyssens Foundation. 🇺🇸
The Choral Society, under the direction of Artistic Director JoAnne Wasserman, was proud to join the community in remembering and honoring those who gave their lives in service to our country. ❤️🤍💙

05/22/2026

This is for the gamers in your family. Christopher Tin changed gaming music forever with his music for Sid Meier's Civilization game. Please share.

05/22/2026

Happy Birthday 🥳, Christopher Tin! It's a round one, we believe!
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05/22/2026

One of the featured works on our season finale program is “Sogno di Volare” (“The Dream of Flight”) by two-time Grammy Award-winning composer Christopher Tin, who will join as guest conductor for this special concert.

After the worldwide success of “Baba Yetu”, Christopher Tin returned to the Civilization franchise to compose the main theme for Civilization VI — with less than a month to write, record, and mix the music. The result was "Sogno di Volare", an inspiring and soaring celebration of humanity’s enduring dream of flight and discovery.

LIGHT & FLIGHT, Sunday, May 31, 3pm (sold out) and 7pm, Trinity Lutheran Church, Santa Barbara. Tickets $30 at https://bit.ly/sbchoralmay2026

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WQYN2P3E06s

161K likes, 10K comments. "Christopher Tin - Sogno di Volare ("The Dream of Flight") (Civilization VI Main Theme)"

05/20/2026

The Santa Barbara Choral Society's season finale – Light & Flight – will be ONE AMAZING CONCERT with two performances (3pm is sold out, 7pm still available), two conductors: JoAnne Wasserman & Christopher Tin, singers from three choruses: The Choral Santa Barbara Choral Society, Santa Clarita Master Chorale, and LC Master Chorale, and four soloists Jimmer Bolden, Felipe Prado, Becca Clarke, and Christina Bristow.

Part One will feature JoAnne Wasserman conducting Morten Lauridsen's "Lux Aeterna".

Part Two will see Christopher Tin guest conducting selections of his own music, including "Waloyo Yamoni", "Baba Yetu", and his new ending for Puccini's "Turandot".

We still have tickets for the 7pm concert, which is likely sell out as well, with many guests coming from as far as LA and San Luis Obispo.

When: Sunday, May 31, 3pm and 7pm
Where: Trinity Evangelical Lutheran Church.
Tickets: $30 https://bit.ly/light-flight-fb