Join us for our 40th season of music that will feature 9 unforgettable concerts and several community outreach events across the Rogue Valley!

The Southern Oregon Repertory Singers, under the inspired direction of Dr. Paul French will feature timeless masterpieces, contemporary music and bold new works that will stir your heart and lift your soul – all in celebration of the beauty of the human voice. This year’s transformative journey features revered masterworks, rising young composers, and premieres of new works that will move, delight and surprise you.

Sat., Mar. 7, 2026, 7:30 p.m.
Sun., Mar. 8, 2026, 2:00 p.m.

Grace Before Sleep is a concert about dreams and having the tenacity to follow them, even in the midst of trials. The fragility of roses, the passing from night to dawn, and the transformational power of love and music poetically lead the listener on a journey which ends in gratitude and joy.

Featured works include:

Hymn to St.Cecilia by Benjamin Britten
Even when he is silent by Kim André Arnesen
Grace before sleep by Susan LaBarr
Chansons des Roses by Morten Lauridsen
Had I the Cloths of Heaven by Jodi French

Geoffrey Riley reprises the role of Mozart for two of Mozart’s most impressive choruses, and a set of American folk songs highlighted by Dolly Parton’s “Light of a clear blue morning” brings us to Ricky Ian Gordon’s jubilant setting of Langston Hughes’ optimistic poem, “Joy”.