Santa Cruz Chamber Players: Singing Is Being

Inspired by the poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, this program reflects on the idea that singing can reveal something deeper than ordinary—when inner life suddenly becomes audible. Music by Robert Schumann, Ivan Rosenblum, and Leonard Bernstein highlights the voice not simply as an instrument, but as a direct expression of what it means to be human. As Rilke understood, some things are too essential to be spoken. They must be sung.