Knights of Columbus Balboa Council 15083 Newport Beach, California
About Us
Who are the Knights of Columbus?
It means a life of faith in action, a life of boldness in brotherhood, a life worth living. Join 2 million Catholic men on a mission. We are Catholic men who lead, serve, protect and defend. We share a desire to be better husbands, fathers, sons, neighbors and role models and to put charity and community first. The Knights of Columbus is the world's largest Catholic family fraternal service organization and it provides members and their families with volunteer opportunities in service to the Catholic Church, their communities, families, and young people.
Musica Transalpina Professional Ensemble
About
Founded by Bryan Roach a Knight of Columbus member and Bryan is the current director and member of the Balboa Council. Started as both a vocal and an instrumental group, which makes a unique ensemble in the United States. Began as the resident baroque ensemble of a working-class parish in south Los Angeles, bringing world-class performances to a demographic not typically exposed to classical music.
Our Community
The response from our community was so overwhelmingly enthusiastic that we decided to expand our vision to appeal to a broader classical music loving audience. While the repertoire we focus on is presently obscure, we want to bring the forgotten masterpieces of the early baroque fully into the mainstream by presenting first-rate performances of large-scale liturgical music from the seventeenth century.
Why church music?
Some of the most beautiful and historically important music of the 16th and 17th centuries was composed for the Church to reflect the piety, power, and prestige of the popes, emperors, and nobility who commissioned these magnificent works. While the bulk of the music from this time period was intended for the Church, the sacred repertoire of this period is performed with far less frequency than the secular music of this period, and it is practically unknown in America. Our diverse roster of musicians all agree on the importance of bringing these forgotten masterpieces back to life.
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