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Template:Short description Template:Use mdy dates Template:Infobox choir Chanticleer (Template:IPAc-en) is an American male classical vocal ensemble based in San Francisco, California, founded in 1978. It is known for its interpretations of Renaissance music, for which they were founded, but also a wide repertoire of jazz, gospel and contemporary classical music. Its name is derived from the "clear singing rooster" in Chaucer's The Canterbury Tales.<ref name="Root" /> The ensemble has made award-winning recordings.

HistoryEdit

Chanticleer was founded in 1978 by tenor Louis Botto,<ref name="Root" /> who sang with the group until 1989, and served as Artistic Director until his death from AIDS in 1997.<ref name="NYT" /> As a graduate student of musicology, Botto found that much of the medieval and Renaissance music he was studying was not being performed, and, because of this, he formed the group to perform this music with an all-male ensemble, as it was traditionally sung during the Renaissance.<ref name="Root" />

Originally, the group contained ten singers, but its size has varied from eight to twelve. Currently, Chanticleer comprises twelve men, including two basses, one baritone, three tenors, and six countertenors (three altos and three sopranos).<ref name="Root" />

The original members included Jim Armington (tenor), Ted Bakkila (baritone), Rob Bell (countertenor), Louis Botto (who sang alto as well as tenor), Sanford Dole (tenor), Kevin Freeman (bass), Tom Hart (baritone), Jonathan Klein (baritone), Neal Rogers (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass), Randall Wong (countertenor), and Doug Wyatt (bass). However, only ten of the singers were available to go on tour.

When the ensemble first became full-time in 1991, its members included Eric Alatorre (bass and longest-standing member as of his retirement after the 2018–2019 season), Frank Albinder (baritone), Kevin Baum (tenor), Mark Daniel (tenor), Kenneth Fitch (countertenor), Jonathan Goodman (tenor), Tim Gibler (bass and last member of the original ensemble), Joseph Jennings (countertenor and Music Director), Chad Runyon (baritone), Foster Sommerlad (countertenor), Matthew Thompson (tenor), and Philip Wilder (countertenor).

DiscographyEdit

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  • 1988 – The Anniversary Album, 1978–1988<ref>The Anniversary Album, 1978–1988 AllMusic</ref>
  • 1990 – Our Heart's Joy: A Chanticleer Christmas (remastered in 2004)<ref>Our Heart's Joy AllMusic</ref>
  • 1991 – Psallite! A Renaissance Christmas<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 1992 – Josquin: Missa Mater Patris; Agricola: Magnificat and motets<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 1993 – Byrd: Missa In Tempore Paschali<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 1993 – Cristóbal de Morales: Missa Mille Regretz and motets<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 1993 – Mysteria: Gregorian Chants<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 1994 – Where the Sun Will Never Go Down<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1994 – Out of This World<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1994 – Palestrina: Missa pro defunctis; motets<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1994 – Mexican Baroque<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1994 – Our Heart's Joy / A Chanticleer Christmas<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 1995 – Sing We Christmas<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1996 – Old-fashioned Christmas<ref name="DNB" />
  • 1996 – Lost in the Stars<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1998 – Wondrous Love: A World Folk Song Collection<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1998 – Byrd: Music for a Hidden Chapel<ref name="Wilson" />
  • 1997 – Reflections<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1998 – Jerusalem: Matins for the Virgin of Guadalupe, 1764<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 1999 – The Music of<ref name="DNB" />
  • 1999 – Colors of Love, works by Augusta Read Thomas, Steven Stucky, John Tavener and Bernard Rands.<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 2000 – Magnificat,<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" /> works by Josquin Desprez, Giovanni Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, John Taverner, William Cornysh, Vasily Polikarpovich Titov and Claudio Monteverdi<ref name="Moody" />
  • 2001 – Glory to Christmas<ref name="DNB" />
  • 2001 – Christmas with Chanticleer<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 2002 – John Tavener: Lamentations and Praises<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 2002 – Our American Journey<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2003 – Evening Prayer: Purcell Anthems and Sacred Songs<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2003 – A Portrait<ref>James Manheim: A Portrait AllMusic</ref>
  • 2004 – How Sweet the Sound: Spirituals and Traditional Gospel Music,<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" /> arrangements by Joseph Jennings<ref name="Quinn" />
  • 2004 – Music for a Hidden Chapel<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2005 – Sound in Spirit,<ref name="AllMusic" /> works by Carlos Rafael Rivera, Joseph Jennings, Victoria, Alfonso X of Castile, Jan Gilbert, Patricia Van Ness, Nectarie Vlahul, Sarah Hopkins, Giacinto Scelsi and Jackson Hill<ref name="Witherden" />
  • 2007 – And on Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass<ref name="AllMusic" /><ref name="DNB" />
  • 2007 – Let it Snow<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2008 – Mission Road<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2009 – I Have Had Singing: A Chanticleer Portrait<ref>I Have Had Singing – A Chanticleer Portrait ArkivMusic</ref>
  • 2010 – A Chanticleer Christmas<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – Our Favorite Carols<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – Between Two Wars<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – Chanticleer Takes You Out of this World!
  • 2011 – For Thy Soul's Salvation<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – Jean-Yves Daniel-Lesur: Annunciation<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – Ludus Paschalis: Resurrection Play of Tours<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – My Chanticleer: A Collection for Chanticleer
  • 2011 – The Boy Whose Father was God<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2011 – With a Poet's Eye
  • 2012 – Love Story<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2012 – By Request<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2013 – The Siren's Call<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2013 – Someone New<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2014 – She Said/He Said
  • 2015 – Over the Moon
  • 2017 – Heart of a Soldier
  • 2018 – Then and There, Here and Now<ref name="AllMusic" />
  • 2020 – Chanticleer Sings Christmas<ref name="AllMusic" />

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In May 2007, Chanticleer released "And On Earth, Peace: A Chanticleer Mass" (Warner Classics) a new mass written by five contemporary composers. Israeli-born composer Shulamit Ran wrote the Credo to the Hebrew text "Ani Ma'amin"; US composer Douglas Cuomo contributed the Kyrie; Turkish-American composer Kamran Ince composed the Gloria section to a sufi text; English composer Ivan Moody composed the Sanctus; and Irish composer Michael McGlynn (director of Anúna) composed the Agnus Dei. The Mass was premiered in performance at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City and was followed by six performances throughout the San Francisco Bay area.<ref name="Root" /><ref>The New York Times has more on the repertoire here Template:Webarchive.</ref>

On October 16, 2007, Chanticleer released "Let it Snow," the group's 29th recording. A portion of the album is accompanied by orchestra and/or big band; as such, the album brings a new sound to Chanticleer's almost exclusively a cappella repertoire.<ref name="AllMusic" />

Notable past membersEdit

Awards and honorsEdit

Joseph Jennings (as artistic director) and Chanticleer won a Grammy Award for Best Small Ensemble Performance for their 1999 recording Colors of Love.<ref name="Grammy" /> Chanticleer was awarded two Grammy Awards, in categories Best Small Ensemble Performance and Best Classical Contemporary Composition, their 2002 recording of Taverner's Lamentations and Praises. Their 2003 recording Our American Journey was nominated for a Grammy a year later.<ref name="Grammy" />

In November 2007, in its 30th anniversary season, Chanticleer was named Musical AmericaTemplate:'s 2008 Ensemble of the year.<ref name="Root" /> This marks the first time a vocal ensemble has received this award. Additionally, on October 9, 2008, Chanticleer became the first vocal ensemble to be inducted into the American Classical Music Hall of Fame in Cincinnati, Ohio.<ref name="Root" />

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