Candlelight Carols, the Desert Chorale’s annual winter choral concert, has become a beloved holiday tradition in Santa Fe. This year’s program, A Glimpse of Snow and Evergreen, includes glorious music honoring the beauty of our winter mountain landscape alongside some favorite holiday carols. Twe...

Enjoy three beautiful and moving choral concert programs from your Santa Fe Desert Chorale. Experience the drama and grandeur of Renaissance Europe with The Tudors and the Medici (season 1), hear rich and complex stories from our nation's newcomers with The American Immigrant Experience (season 2...

Benjamin Britten’s iconic work, A Ceremony of Carols, is the crowning jewel of this year’s Winter Festival. Harpist Emily Levin of the Dallas Symphony Orchestra joins the Chorale, unifying yuletide Middle English and Latin texts with intricate harp accompaniment. While originally written for treb...

Join your Santa Fe Desert Chorale as they celebrate their journey through forty years of beautiful music making. These three diverse programs highlight the incredible talent and versatility of our professional artists. Discover the diverse treasures of the Mediterranean Basin (season 1), celebrat...

Step into the shoes of your Santa Fe Desert Chorale during the unprecedented Covid-19 pandemic. Artistic Director Joshua Habermann, Executive Director Emma Marzen, and several of the SFDC artists speak about the Chorale, its many programs, and how it has continued to flourish thanks to our genero...

Video recording underwritten in part by Jeffrey C. Fort and Diane Locandro
2021 Winter Festival sponsored by Barry and Margaret Lyerly

A Santa Fe tradition not to be missed! Building on our long-standing commitment to music by Hispanic composers, the program includes new works and beloved carols...

Released amid the COVID-19 pandemic, this special virtual concert features a quartet of Desert Chorale artists based in New York City, artists from across the nation offering duet and solo performances from their homes, majestic organ interludes, and program commentary from Artistic Director Josh...

Santa Fe Desert Chorale's 2021 Summer Festival: Unlikely Partners celebrates and juxtaposes music of contrasting styles and genres, by composers from across the world and throughout the ages. Under the direction of Artistic Director Joshua Habermann, the Desert Chorale, joined by stellar guest ar...

First produced by Santa Fe Desert Chorale in 2016, Santa Fe Sings! draws participants ranging in age from eighth graders to octogenarians from across Northern New Mexico, singing together under the direction of Joshua Habermann. In order to keep our communities and artists safe, yet still engaged...