"This concert revealed Deaconoff as both master conductor and composer, a most memorable introduction to a highly original talent that the I Cantori singers and instrumentalists alike rewarded with flying colors."
Scott MacClelland, Performing Arts Monterey Bay

Upcoming concerts: May 4 and 5, 2019
Saturday will be a matinee 
Sunday will be an evening concert

Selections will include the Bach motet, Lobet den Herrn, Palestrina's Mass, Ut, Re, Mi, and will feature a choral work by Russian composer, Georgy Sviridov--A Pushkin Wreath--composed in 1978.  To our knowledge, this composition has never been performed in the area.

Thank you for attending our Winter Concerts
Songs of Hope
December 8 and 9, 2018
Cyril Deaconoff, Conductor

Our concerts featured the California premiere of Cyril's Cantata, "Canticles of Love, Despair, and Hope" with soloists and orchestra.  
>> Read a review in Performing Arts Monterey Bay
​>> Read a review in Peninsula Reviews

VOCI a cappella

VOCI a cappella is a small vocal ensemble and the fund-raising arm of I Cantori. The group is available to sing at weddings, community events, private parties-indoors and outdoors, with or without accompaniment.
>> More about VOCI a cappella

We welcome Cyril Deaconoff as our new conductor!

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Cyril Deaconoff
Born and trained in Russia, Cyril Deaconoff has been conducting the MPC daytime choir since Sal Ferrantelli's retirement. He is also a composer and his opera The Last Tycoon, based on F. Scott Fitzgerald’s unfinished novel, premiered in San Francisco and Palo Alto in 2011 and won The American Prize.
>> Watch Cyril describe his composition
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I Cantori di Carmel in Fall 2017, under the direction of Tom Lehmkuhl and accompanied by Pauline Troia
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I Cantori di Carmel is supported in part by a grant from the Arts Council
​ for Monterey County through funding from the Monterey County Board of Supervisors and the Community Foundation of Monterey County.
Would you like to sing with I Cantori di Carmel? To schedule an audition, please call 831-644-8012.
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The members of I Cantori di Carmel gratefully acknowledge our affiliation with Monterey Peninsula College.
Monterey County Weekly Community Fund
​Community Foundation for Monterey County

REVIEWS

“I Cantori di Carmel does more than achieve high standards and real artistic success. It inspires." 
Scott MacClelland, The Monterey Herald

Recent concert reviews

May 5 and 6, 2018:
"I Cantori di Carmel, led by Tom Lehmkuhl, delivered a delightful tapestry of choral music throughout the centuries. ...the choir sang with a great deal of expression, and even though a wide variety of styles was presented the choir members seemed at home in every one."
>> Read review of the concert in Peninsula Reviews
>> Read a review in Performing Arts Monterey Bay

December 2-3, 2017: 
"This was an evening of delectably delicious music offerings beautifully executed."
>> Read full review of the concert in Peninsula Reviews
>> Read a review in Performing Arts Monterey Bay
>> Read more about Tom Lehmkuhl in Peninsula Reviews
“The real star of the evening was the chorus. They sang with an intensity, precision and abandon which made the spirits soar. As I watched the many faces of the chorus members, I wondered who these people were, what they did for a living and how they came by the skill which they displayed so magnificently during this joyous evening. Bravo to the chorus!” 
Lyn Bronson, Peninsula Reviews
Spring 2017 concert: Peninsula Reviews
Winter 2016 concert: Peninsula Reviews
Spring 2016 concert: Performing Arts Monterey Bay
Winter 2015 concert: Peninsula Reviews
Spring 2014 Concert:  http://performingartsmontereybay.com/i-cantori-di-carmel/
Additional reviews can be found here: http://www.salferrantelli.com/press-reviews.html