
Grammy-winner Christopher Tin will conduct his own works, and the Choral Society’s artistic director/conductor JoAnne Wasserman will conduct Morten Lauridsen’s “Lux Aeterna” in the group’s season closer, 3 p.m. May 31 at Trinity Lutheran Church.
In the organization’s first choral collaboration, singers from the Santa Clarita Master Chorale and Torrence-based Los Cancioneros Master Chorale will join the Choral Society singers and orchestra.
Guest soloists include soprano Christina Bristow and tenor Jimmer Bolden.
“It will be a memorable experience for both singers and audience to have famed composer Christopher Tin at the podium for the second half of the concert when several of his pieces are performed, including ‘Waloyo Yamoni,’ featuring tenor soloist Jimmer Bolden, a returning Choral Society favorite,” event organizers said.
A two-time Grammy winner, Tin’s music has been performed and premiered in such prestigious venues as Sydney Opera House, Lincoln Center, Kennedy Center, United Nations and Carnegie Hall.
Tin’s song “Baba Yetu,” a Swahili setting of “The Lord’s Prayer” originally written for the video game “Civilization IV,” is a modern choral standard, and the first piece of music written for a video game ever to win a Grammy Award.
His debut album, the multi-lingual song cycle “Calling All Dawns,” won Tin a second Grammy in 2011; and his follow-up releases include “The Drop That Contained the Sea,” “To Shiver the Sky,” and “The Lost Birds.”
In 2024, Tin was invited by director Francesca Zambello to compose a new ending for Puccini’s “Turandot” for the Washington National Opera.
A hit not only throughout the opera world, the music was adapted for the silver-medalist skater Yuma Kagiyama in the 2026 Olympics, where viewers were introduced to Tin’s soaring score. The concert will include his music for “Turandot.”
Tickets are $30 and available at sbchoral.org. A reception follows the concert, and all attendees are invited.

