Heartland Men's Chorus provides excellence in performance while advancing men's choral music, building community, and reaching out to diverse audiences. Even though that mission statement was adopted in 1996, about 10 years after the founding of Heartland Men's Chorus, those principles have guided the group since its inception in 1986. It was then that a small group of men had a dream of forming a choral group in Kansas City. After much discussion and planning, their efforts led to the formation of the Chorus, which had its debut concert on December 14 of that year.
Original Heartland Men's Chorus
From the first, the Chorus built a community. The first concert, featuring 30 men, was dedicated to the memory of their friend Brian McLothlin. Singers from the first concert who remain active with the Chorus include Keith Grahl, Stephen Johnson, Randy Hite, and Jim Burton. Over the years, the Chorus has reached out by performing in a host of area venues, singing in churches, theaters, nightclubs, parks and union halls. The Chorus has sung for the opening gala of a traveling exhibit of the Smithsonian Institution and a national signature event of the Lewis & Clark bicentennial, A Journey Fourth.
In order to reach beyond the Greater Kansas City area, the Chorus has performed elsewhere in the two-state area including Columbia, Joplin, Springfield and Maryville in Missouri and in Baldwin City, Lawrence, Topeka, and Wichita in Kansas. Outside the two-state area, the Chorus has sung with GALA choruses at their home sites of St. Louis, Chicago, Washington, D.C., and Dallas. In 2002, an international tour took members to London, Paris and Hamburg, Germany, where they shared the stage with other GALA Choruses.
In addition, the Chorus has performed at five quadrennial festivals of GALA Choruses Inc. Festival experiences have allowed the Chorus to perform in Denver, CO; Tampa, FL; San Jose, CA; Montreal, Canada, and most recently Miami, FL for GALA Festival 2008. The Chorus has reached out through Martin Luther King Day observances, Harmony in a World of Difference events and AIDS awareness events. The Chorus joined with the Women's Chorus of Dallas to present Sing for the Cure, a benefit that raised $12,000 for the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation. And in recent years, the Chorus has presented two family matinee concerts, featuring pieces based on works by internationally renowned children's author Tomie De Paola. In 2003, the Chorus performed on the Folly Theater Children's Series, presenting music to two sold-out houses of schoolchildren.
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The Quest Unending |
HMC's most ambitious and most hauntingly beautiful CD is here! Quest Unending includes unforgettable selections from the concerts Global Destinations and Exile: The Journey Home. Recorded at Bales Recital Hall and Visitation Church, this recording truly captures the sound of HMC at its very best. Music possesses the unique ability to communicate and connect people despite physical, cultural and language barriers. Quest Unending, the ninth recording by Heartland Men's Chorus, looks at our diverse world through music with a sense of "home." Stephen Paulus reminds us in The Road Home that no matter how far we travel or how difficult our journeys may be, "there is no such beauty as where you belong." As you share this quest unending, may you find the true beauty of belonging.
Listen to "Dulaman" in Real Audio.
| 9043 CD $15.95 |
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The Awakening |
Favorite HMC selections from our spring 2002 concert and pieces from past years, not previously released on CD. The recording includes a diverse variety of men’s repertoire, some a cappella, some with piano accompaniment, and some with full orchestra.
Listen to "Sing Me To Heaven" in Real Audio.
| 9040 CD $15.95 |
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Waitin' for the Dawn of Peace |
Heartland Men's Chorus 2000 release of American Songs and spirituals conducted by Joseph P. Nadeau. The disc includes two pieces commissioned by HMC from Kansas City composers, produced to mark the city's sesquicentennial celebration.
| 9041 CD $15.95 |
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America the Beautiful |
From serious to silly, this compilation of songs from the past and present proudly displays the true colors of Heartland Men's Chorus.
| 9042 CD $15.95 |
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Sing We Now of Christmas |
HMC's 8th commercial CD and third holiday disc, this recording includes an exceptionally wide and diverse range of music--yet reflects on the quiet of winter as we await the emergence of new life in the spring. A timely thought as we hurry through the holidays and deal with a sometimes chaotic world.
| 9044 CD $15.95 |
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A Winter Triptych |
HMC's first holiday recording, this wonderful CD is being re-released in 2005 in celebration of the Chorus' 20th anniversary after having been out-of-print for several years. Conducted by Reuben M. Reynolds, III.
| 9045 CD $15.95 |
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