Chromatica Chorale, a popular chorus founded in Danville, CA in 2011, is proud to announce that it has commissioned a major new choral and instrumental suite in six movements by Christopher Tin with lyrics by Charles Anthony Silvestri, titled Transfigurations. It will receive its world premiere performance on April 27, 2024, at St. Matthew Lutheran Church in Walnut Creek CA.

Christopher Tin is a multiple Grammy winning composer with several additional Grammy nominations. Charles Anthony Silvestri is a poet, lyricist and composer. He is the author of more than fifty published works.

The Transfigurations commission was funded by former Chromatica singers, Dan Peterson and his late wife Maria, to whom it is dedicated.

"I'm very honored to be able to work with Chromatica” said Christopher Tin. “I was born and raised in the Bay Area, so getting the opportunity to work with a group so close to my hometown will be a treat. Charles Anthony Silvestri has delivered a truly thought-provoking suite of poems that I've diligently set to music, and I'm looking forward to working with the choir to transform them from mere notes on a page to a transcendent concert experience."

Transfigurations includes six movements that focus on the transfiguration of life into light, of life into dust, of gender, of the son of God, and the transfiguration of the soul. Accompanied by piano, bass, cello and oboe, Transfigurations will comprise half of the April 27 world premiere concert.

Christopher Tin: https://christophertin.com/ Charles Anthony Silvestri: https://www.charlesanthonysilvestri.com/

Tickets and more information at www.Chromaticachorale.org.