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Bruce Vantine's Cornerstone Chorale & Brass

Celebrating Cornerstone’s 20th Tour in 2020

The Cornerstone Chorale & Brass presents a powerful message of reconciliation, healing and social justice through narration and a wide variety of traditional music.  Woven together with newly composed musical themes, the concerts encourage faith communities and individuals to reach out in service to those in need.

The nationally recruited professional ensemble brings together 20 singers, 7 instrumentalists and a narrator from across the country.  During 480+ performances, Cornerstone has raised thousands of dollars for more than 200 charities in the U.S. and Canada. We celebrate our 20th national tour starting in October 2020.  Be a part of it and support our mission.


What Audiences Are Saying…

Part church service, part Passion play, part concert, this program assumes a unique form...The audience loved it.


Venue: Zankel Hall at Carnegie Hall
-- New York, NY


A top-notch ensemble.. A message of great importance!


Venue: Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts
-- New York, NY


A truly gifted ensemble...a pleasure to hear...spiritual, uplifting...Don’t miss them!


-- Santa Fe, NM

The idea is intriguing...Judeo-Christian principles of living through the medium of words and music.


-- Toledo, OH


Cornerstone presents 'the word of God in a unique and excellent way.'


-- Raleigh, NC


A relevant and theologically informed script...It truly does inspire!


-- Dalton, GA


Cornerstone Is Led By…

Artistic & Choral Director

Bruce Vantine

Bruce is the founder and conductor of The Cornerstone Chorale & Brass, a nationally recruited, paid professional touring ensemble, performing fine choral music augmented with narration. Cornerstone has presented 463 performances in the United States and Canada, including Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts and Carnegie Hall in New York.

He holds a bachelor’s degree from Concordia College (Moorhead, MN) where he studied under Paul J. Christiansen; a master’s degree from Michigan State University (East Lansing, MI) where he worked with composers H. Owen Reed and Jere Hutcheson; and a doctorate in music from the University of Illinois – Champaign-Urbana, where he studied with Harold Decker. His published pieces are performed nationwide.

Vantine also is the conductor and artistic director of the Bel Canto Chorus of St. Louis, and director of the adult choir at The Lutheran Church of the Atonement in Florissant, Missouri.

He served on the faculty of The University of Missouri-St. Louis (UMSL) Department of Music from 1980 – 1993.

Currently resides in: St. Louis, MO

Number of Cornerstone tours: 19


2020 Tour Schedule

Planning for Cornerstone’s 2020 tour is underway.  New events will be posted here as they are confirmed.  Please check back periodically for details on upcoming performances.

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How to Support Cornerstone

The Cornerstone Chorale & Brass is a Federal and Missouri-registered non-profit, charitable organization. We depend on your financial gifts to help us produce and spread God's message of love, hope and compassion.


Contributions are gratefully accepted and may be submitted via our Donate page

Bruce Vantine's Cornerstone Chorale & Brass

P.O. Box 249, Florissant, MO 63032

Telephone: 1-314-591-1479