The Lutheran Chorale

Welcome to the Lutheran Chorale website!

Thank you to all of our friends, patrons and followers for your patience and understanding these past few seasons, due to Covid-19.

OUR 2022-2023 CONCERT SCHEDULE

After a year and a half of "hunkering down" due to Covid-19, The Lutheran Chorale has carefully come back together and we had a successful concert season in 2021-2022.  Now we look forward to a full concert season starting this fall, through spring of 2023.

Spring Concert
The Passion of the Lord
Through the music of Dana Mengel

Sunday, March 12, 2023 -- 2:00pm

Bethlehem Lutheran Church
2100 Wadsworth Blvd,
Lakewood, CO 80214
303-238-7676

and

Sunday, March 12, 2023 -- 5:30pm
Covenant Living of Colorado
9153 Yarrow Street
Westminster, CO 80021
855-840-7257

There will be a free will offering at the door.  No tickets required.

THE STAR SPANGLED BANNER

Greetings to all of our friends and supporters of The Lutheran Chorale.

We began our fall season with the opportunity to sing the Star Spangled Banner at the Colorado Rockies baseball game on September 22.  This is becoming a regular gig, and we love being out there supporting the Rockies!

Our season is flying by quickly, after a beautiful and successful Great Hymns concert in October, and a Christmas Concert in December with old favorites and new anthems as well.  We hope you were able to attend and enjoy!

Our 2022-2023 concert season can be found by clicking here.  Our next concert will be Sunday, March 12, 2023.

Who is Dana Mengel? 

Dana Mengel, 62, is a freelance composer and violinist. He began his career as a professional violist at the age of 14 and is now among the top freelance classical musicians in the Kansas City metro area. Dana performs with many local orchestras and appears regularly with his brother, Leslie Mengel, a classical cellist. Together, they are the Mengel Brothers Duo.

Dana studied violin at the University of Missouri–Kansas City. He began composing in 1990 and has since published over eight hundred works. His compositions have been performed across the country.

Jonathan Hodel, our conductor, discovered Mengel's Easter compositions, and was hooked. There is not a lot of his music online, but one of the pieces we are singing for this concert is "Behold the Savior", and can be heard, with accompanying artwork that is so moving, on this YouTube link:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RsNoP9Mx0SA&t=540s There is a short discussion with Mengel at the end of the video, on his inspiration to composing the peace, and the other inspirations that encourage his compositions.

Another YouTube link to this piece:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_8uz8utMx0I

And “O Lord, Throughout These Forty Days” - Dana Mengel - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_zGDIeIR-s

A special thank you to the Scientific and Cultural Facilities District of Jefferson County

Are you interested in other chorale group concerts in the Denver area? Do you know of a concert that you would like to share and have posted on our website?

Just email the information (to thelutheranchorale@comcast.net), and the poster if you have one, and we'll put it on our Community Links page

We are always looking for new singers to join us.  There is no audition -- just looking for people who love to sing.

Would you like to sing with us on a regular basis? 

Rehearsals are on Monday evenings (September - May) from 7:00 to 9:00 p.m. We meet at Bethlehem Lutheran Church, 2100 Wadsworth Blvd., Lakewood, CO. 

The first rehearsal for the fall semester is Monday, Sept. 2, 2021, but you can still join us for the Christmas Concert on December 5.  

The first rehearsal for the spring semester is Monday, Jan 3, 2022.
  
Dues are $40 per semester per person (scholarships are available), plus a one-time $35 refundable music deposit. 

NEW!  The Lutheran Chorale is now sharing our MUSIC LIBRARY!

We are inviting any church or public choral organization to borrow music from our library, ​just as you would from a public library. 

See our MUSIC LIBRARY page for details.