From the conductor’s podium to the world’s most isolated mountaintops, the Key Chorale artistic director draws inspiration from adventure. At the top of each of his lesson plans, Joseph Caulkins leaves himself a note: “Leadership is taking people beyond their own expectations.”
Continue Reading ››Off Key Chorale uses the power of music to give Parkinson’s patients a voice. There’s no question about the emotional healing power of music. But if one needs proof of its ability to physically heal, he need look no further than the Off Key Chorale.
Continue Reading ››Artists of all kinds are trying new approaches to maintain a sense of creativity and an ability to perform while theaters and other venues are closed because of the coronavirus. Joseph Caulkins, artistic director of Sarasota’s Key Chorale, could not sit still while voices were silenced. So, with support from the Sarasota Opera, he is launching the Come Together Chorale to bring singers together again, safely.
Continue Reading ››For weeks the singers of Una Voce, the Florida Men’s Chorale, and the four professionals dancers who will perform with them at the Gala Festival in Denver in July, had been separately rehearsing Kris Anthony’s dramatic ode to love and loss, “When We No Longer Touch,” the chorus under its musical director, Joe Caulkins,..
Continue Reading ››When Joseph Caulkins decided to start a community-wide choral festival in 2014, Caulkins thought he’d be happy with having about 20 singers jump on board.”This year it’s just snowballed, the amount of reaction we’ve got,” said Caulkins. “It’ll be a massive throng and a glorious sound.”
Continue Reading ››Joseph Caulkins, artistic director of Key Chorale, was sure that only their mothers would watch when he went online last month with associate conductor Jamal Sarikoki to launch a new series of coffee and conversation programs on YouTube and Facebook. But to their surprise, more than 700 people have watched the two men talk about race and the arts in the few weeks since they launched the new “Morning Coffee & Maestros” series.
Continue Reading ››Collaborations between performing arts organizations provide new opportunities for the artists and different experiences for the audiences who favor one group or another. Audiences will be hearing different sounds from favorite performers during a “Gospel Experience,” which combines the talents of the Key Chorale Chamber Singers and the Westcoast Black Theatre Troupe.
Continue Reading ››“Any musician who has done this as long as I have can think back on the people who supported you and gave you a little extra — a push,” said Joseph Caulkins, artistic director of Key Chorale. (Sharing this music) is a way to pay it forward to the community.” Caulkins said, “this unique choral festival isn’t just about the end product, but about “changing lives” and giving these passionate high school students a “chance to perform at a professional level.”
Continue Reading ››Then, in an instant, the orchestra’s notes hit a crescendo. The 100-plus voices of the chorale join en masse. And the aerialist executes a take-your-breath-away move. Everything about the moment is choreographed to amaze. And a night full of such moments is precisely what makes the annual Cirque des Voix uniqu
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