(Formerly Pacific Mozart Ensemble)
Grammy nominated Choral Ensemble serving San Francisco, East Bay and beyond.
The Bay Areas most innovative choral ensemble.
Founded in 1980 by Artistic Director Richard Grant, the Pacific Mozart Ensemble (PME) delivers passionate, expert and engaging choral performances of music from Brahms to Brubeck to the Beach Boys. During its time, PME has grown to fill an important role in the cultural life of the San Francisco Bay Area, presenting courageous and innovative programs of many works that have never been performed in concert settings. In 2005, the group's 25th anniversary season, PME named Dr. Lynne Morrow, one of the Bay Area's leading musical figures, as the group's Music Director.
PME annually presents a season of three concert programs in various locations around the Bay Area; these concerts often include collaborations with other music institutions. The 2011-12 season includes a second recording with Dave Brubeck entitled American Poets, available in Spring 2012; a collaboration with Persian-American composer Omid Zoufonoun featuring instrumentalists from the Shams Ensemble; and its highly popular A Cappella Jazz & Pop concert, which showcases members of the choir in small and large groups performing sophisticated, original arrangements of a wide variety of musical styles
