Formed in 1995, the San Francisco Lyric Chorus is a medium-size auditioned volunteer chorus that performs a repertoire representing all periods of choral music, with a special interest in presenting little known, rarely performed works of exceptional merit.

Since 1995, the Chorus' performances have featured such major works as the Mozart, Duruflé, Campra, Victoria, Fauré and Howells Requiems; Bach's Magnificat and Cantata 192; Mozart's Mass in C Minor; Bernstein's Chichester Psalms, Missa Brevis, and choral music from Candide; Schubert's Mass in G and Deutsche Messe, Pärt's Magnificat, Cantate Domino and Beatitudes; Verdi's Four Sacred Pieces; Britten's Rejoice in the Lamb, Hymn to St. Cecelia and Festival Te Deum; Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna; Haydn's Mass in Time of War and Harmoniemesse; Vaughan Williams' Fantasia on Christmas Carols and Five Mystical Songs; Amy Beach's Mass in E Flat Major; Dvorák's Mass in D; Kodály's Laudes Organi, Tallis' Missa Puer Natus est Nobis, Bruckner's Mass No. 1 in D Minor, a special preview performance of scenes, arias and choruses from San Francisco composer Kirke Mechem's operas John Brown and The Newport Rivals, and the Spring 2006 World Premiere of a commissioned work, Lee R. Kesselman's This Grand Show is Eternal.