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June 28, 2010

Choral Society wins 3rd place in national competition

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The Sacramento Choral Society has won third place in the inaugural American Prize in Choral Performance competition of 2010.

The SCSO tied for third with the Calvin College Alumni Choir, in what officials said was a tight race for the top award among five finalists.

The award seeks to recognize the best recording by choruses nationwide.

The SCSO won the prize among more than 25 competing choral groups.

It was awarded third place for its first recording of "Carmina Burana." That recording was done five years ago during the SCSO's performance of the work at the Mondavi Center and the Community Center Theater.

"We are delighted and surprised and really knocked out that we got this," said SCSO artistic director Donald Kendrick.

Kendrick is currently a finalist in the choral conducting category with the American Prize.

The awards are divided into categories which include professional, college and university, church, community and secondary school level choruses.

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