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MCF is excited to announce the 2025 Summer Festival featuring the music of American Composer Christopher Tin
Christopher Tin is a highly acclaimed two-time Grammy-winning American composer of concert and media music. His album To Shiver the Sky debuted at #1 on the Classical Billboard chart, and was funded by a record-breaking Kickstarter campaign. On commission to the Metropolitan Choral Festival, he has reorchestrated To Shiver the Sky for chamber orchestra and we are very excited to premiere this work in August 2025 at the 13th Annual Summer Festival in Denver.
To Shiver the Sky is a testament to Tin's ambitious and visionary approach. This 2020 album is an oratorio that explores the history of human flight. It draws inspiration from the words of historical figures like Leonardo da Vinci, Jules Verne, and Amelia Earhart. The work is sung in multiple languages, and it beautifully captures the human spirit's yearning to conquer the skies. The work is a wonderful example of how Christopher Tin takes historical concepts, and creates beautiful and moving musical pieces. To Shiver the Sky's opening piece, Sogno di Volare was composed as a main theme for the 2016 video game, Civilization VI.
"I want to sing this summer!" Add your email to our contact list HERE for the 2025 Festival.
Thank you to all our singers, musicians, supporters and audience members for a fabulous Season 12 of the Metropolitan Choral Festival.
Or click on the YouTube video link below to watch the recording of the concert.
Click here for the online program. Donations are welcome and appreciated.
2024 Featured Artists
Ricki Vorrath-Moyer
Conductor
James Baumgardner
Tenor
Pearl Rutherford
Soprano
Cody Laun
Tenor
Lee Ann Scherlong
Alto
Steven Taylor
Bass
NEW IN 2024: We are excited to announce that our festival performance venue is the new state-of-the-art Mapleton Arts Center located at 7480 N Broadway, Denver, CO 80221
The 900 seat auditorium features professional grade acoustics.
What People Are Saying
FANTASTIC
[The concert] was fantastic. The soloists were great. It was all together a wonderful evening. Stay with [MCF] as long as you are able...they're super. You are truly blessed to have such a wonderful group to belong to...BRAVO."
MARY McDONNELL
MOVING
We had TWO standing ovations, and some of my friends said they wept during the Requiem because it was so moving. Thank you for allowing me to be a part of this experience.
JANINE HILL
TRANSPORTED
We were totally wowed by the MCF concert this past Saturday evening. I am so glad we experienced it in person rather than live-streaming as we did last year. I felt transported to heaven. It brought tears to my eyes.
MAUREEN LIEGL
AMAZING
It was a truly amazing evening of beautiful music. So thankful to have been part of this group this summer! Ricki makes it fun in spite of the challenging works presented.
IRIS REYES
EXTRAORDINARY
Surrounded by love and music in an evening that was extraordinarily musical and loving. Thank you Ricki Vorrath-Moyer, you are a goddess of the conductor's podium.