Voices and instruments together
Experience the scale, color, and immediacy of choir, professional soloists, and instrumentalists performing in the same room.
Sacred choral music since 1976
Sing music that matters.
Join experienced Bay Area singers who love sacred masterworks, careful preparation, and the joy of making music in community.
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An Early Christmas
Experience the warmth and splendor of a seventeenth-century French winter with Charpentier’s luminous Messe de minuit pour Noël. Woven with the joyful, rustic melodies of traditional holiday folk…
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Extraordinary music
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Beautiful Bay Area settings
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About SDG
A Bay Area choral tradition.
Since 1976, generations of Bay Area singers, musicians, and listeners have gathered around music that speaks across centuries.
✓Auditioned SATB community choir
✓Sacred masterworks and meaningful repertoire
✓Welcoming singers and listeners from across the Bay Area
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Audience Voices
What listeners are saying.
Reflections from recent SDG performances.
Serious intent, tonal clarity, distilled beauty
Mary
El Cerrito, CA
All a joy!!!
Ida
Alameda, CA
So lovely 🙂 The expressions on everyone’s faces showed how much they enjoyed singing and playing. Joyful!
Anonymous
I like hearing beautiful classical pieces that are less often performed; the Handel Utrecht Te Deum was wonderful
Karen
Menlo Park, CA
A wonderful program, with works that complimented each other nicely. I loved hearing an orchestral selection as part of a choral program.
Julia
Alameda, CA
The joyfulness of voice, instruments and wonderful composition.
Paul
Oakland, CA
Emotionally Stirring.
Elizabeth
Berkeley, CA
Lovely music, beautifully performed
Allison
Berkeley, CA
The concert was very impressive and inspirational
Lily
Alameda, CA
Spectacular program & performance
Shirley
Alameda, CA
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Soli Deo Gloria welcomes experienced choral singers who love sacred masterworks, careful preparation, and the joy of singing in community.
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