Pacific Chorale’s Summer 2021 digital production, the original concert film The Wayfaring Project, takes us on a journey that acknowledges and honors the profound dislocation and uncertainty most of us have faced during the past year, while looking ahead to the future with hope and assurance that we are at last “going home.”
Created in collaboration with Arts Laureate and award-winning cinematographer Jeff Dolen Productions, The Wayfaring Project features Pacific Chorale, members of Pacific Symphony, and soloists performing the music of J.S. Bach, Samuel Barber, Thomas A. Dorsey, Tarik O’Regan, Dolly Parton, and Moira Smiley. The complete concert received its world premiere screening on the Julianne and George Argyros Plaza at Segerstrom Center for the Arts August 21, 2021.
Artists
Pacific Chorale
Robert Istad, Artistic Director & Conductor
Featuring the singing of
Chelsea Chaves • Denean Dyson • Diana Farrell
Betty Feinblatt • Rebecca Hasquet • Eleen Hsu-Wentlandt
Katie Martini • Moira Smiley • Sammy Salvador
Joseph Loi, flute
David Clemensen, piano
Members of Pacific Symphony
Film Production by Arts Laureate and Jeff Dolen Productions
J.S. Bach
Samuel Barber
Thomas A. Dorsey
Randall Thompson
Tarik O’Regan
Dolly Parton
Moira Smiley
The path we have made in The Wayfaring Project itself mirrors Rob’s beautiful programming and our journey through the pandemic. There is one all-virtual work created entirely remotely (and from seven states!), three “hybrid” at-home/in-person music videos staged at the Segerstrom Center and Fullerton Arboretum, and four pieces performed in our magnificent acoustic home onstage. The film involves 125 artists and many dozens of production engineers, editors, and crew. Together, these interwoven elements create a one-hour experiment with a new form of production and presentation for Orange County’s professional choir. The Wayfaring Project is a powerful statement of our commitment to mission, and, like the light of a clear blue morning, offers a renewal of hope in our community.
Alex Nelson
- Director of Artistic ProductionSpecial Thanks Pacific Chorale gratefully acknowledges its generous sponsors:
Pacific Chorale is grateful to the following funders
for their ongoing and elevated support during the
COVID-19 pandemic:
Ann and Gordon Getty Foundation
California Arts Council
California Small Business Administration
Capital Group Companies
Colburn Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts
Orange County Second District
OC Arts & Culture Resilience Fund
Pacific Life Foundation
Small Business Administration: Paycheck Protection Program
Shuttered Venue Operations Grant
WATCH NOW ON PBS SOCAL AND KCET
It will also be available for on-demand streaming nationwide through the PBS app (free), KCET and the PBS SoCal website.
Pacific Chorale is committed to providing the highest quality performances and recordings of choral masterworks of the past, creating masterworks of the future, and educating audiences of all ages.
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WATCH OUR MINI-DOCUMENTARY ON THE WAYFARING PROJECT
Learn more from the artists who created the film, behind the scenes and in front of the camera!