Coro Lux (“Chorus of Light”) is an auditioned community choral organization based in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
Season Tickets On Sale!
Available now through September 15th
Enjoy all of this season’s performances at a discounted price. Choose between a standard season ticket or our deluxe package, including A Candlelight Messiah. Special senior packages also available.
2026-2027 Concert Season
October 18
The Road Home
A musical tribute to the centennial of Route 66, including a 3:00pm pre-concert talk by Bradley Ellingboe and Dr. Donatella Davanto, author of Route 66 Connected.
December 11 & 12
Northern Lights
Hear all three ensembles making up our “family of choruses” – Coro Lux, Luminare, and the El Faro Youth Chorus – sing seasonal favorites from the far north, interspersed with readings by narrator Spencer Beckwith and including audience caroling. An Albuquerque holiday tradition for the entire family!
March 21
St. Matthew Passion
~ The highlight of the season ~
One of the greatest musical works in human history, Coro Lux performs J.S. Bach’s St. Matthew Passion on Palm Sunday, 2027– the 300th anniversary of its premiere! This semi-staged performance will be sung in English by double chorus and orchestra, our El Faro Youth Chorus, and professional soloists, including Grammy-winning Dann Coakwell as The Evangelist. Churches wanting to buy blocks of 10 or more tickets get a special price of $40 apiece. Contact info@abqcorolux.org to buy tickets for your church group.
May 2
Lovely Day
Pops concert hosted by Dripline Brewery, featuring all three of our choruses, as well as audience sing-alongs. Enjoy good food and local brews with friends while listening to great music! Price of admission includes one free beverage.
Special Events
December 19 & 20
A Candlelight Messiah
Coro Lux presents excerpts from Handel’s Messiah as well as sing-a-long holiday carols paired with wine and food at Animante de Rondeña. Tickets available only with the purchase of a deluxe season package or individually at https://casarondena.com/.
February 6 & 7
FebFest
9th annual festival of African-American choral music in Santa Fe, sponsored by Coro Lux and the United Church of Santa Fe. Sing with other choral enthusiasts under the baton of prolific composer, arranger, conductor, and educator, Dr. Rollo Dilworth.
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Coro Lux News
Coro Lux Board President Keith Hinds and statue of Mary Tyler Moore in Minneapolis during the 2026 Chorus America Annual Conference
“Coro Lux and I have been building a relationship over the past two years, made concrete by a reciprocal exchange of ideas, influences, and musical visions that occurred over email, text, and a meal shared together with multiple cups of coffee. I had envisioned Coro Lux as the Volcano Choir in my 20-movement city-wide event Tiguex, and Coro Lux eagerly rose to the occasion, welcoming me to their choral practice to work out logistics of tone, sound, and execution. Many of the choral singers come from a classical music background, yet they were very flexible and open to my direction for my vision of the performance. The singers of the group were adventurous and had wonderful creative input; perfect collaborators that I seek for my works. During and after the event, many of the singers expressed to me that it was a meditative and spiritual experience for them, a truly breath-taking and transcendent performance unifying all peoples of different cultural backgrounds and beliefs. I am extremely grateful for the beautiful expression of music and art that we created, and I look forward to working with Coro Lux in the future on a much larger, bigger project in our beautiful hometown of Albuquerque.”
Raven Chacon
Pulitzer Prize-winning Diné composer, musician, and artist
Our Sponsors
The music and mission of Coro Lux are made possible only by our generous supporters. CLICK HERE for a list of individual sponsors.
In addition, Coro Lux is grateful for financial support from:
With profound respect, Coro Lux acknowledges that the city of Albuquerque where we sing is the traditional homeland of the Tiwa-speaking pueblos, and that the larger state of New Mexico is the ancestral homelands of the indigenous members of the Pueblos, Apache, and Navajo (Dine), and the adopted homeland of many other indigenous tribal members who have made New Mexico their home. Coro Lux sings for a better world, and we honor the land on which we sing and those who lived here before us.
LAND USE STATEMENT
CORO LUX STATEMENT ON INCLUSIVITY
Coro Lux is built on the ideal of “doing good as we do well.” We believe that in diversity there is strength. We believe the voices of the world should be heard, regardless of ethnicity, gender, religion, nationality, or sexual orientation. In the past we have used our concerts to call for peace and to benefit charitable causes, and we will redouble our efforts going forward. Through our art we sing for a better world.