An Homage to Music - June 2, 2024
On our final concert of the season, the City Choir of Washington celebrates our favorite art with “An Homage to Music.” Join us at Schlesinger Hall on June 2, 2024—Edward Elgar’s 167th birthday—for an evening of music about music, featuring Elgar’s rarely-performed The Music Makers, along with the lush Serenade to Music of Ralph Vaughan Williams, Reena Esmail’s “When the Violin” (for chorus and solo cello), and Robert A. Harris’s setting of “How Can I Keep from Singing.”
With special guest Winona Martin, mezzo-soprano (Cafritz Washington National Opera Young Artist), and chamber orchestra featuring Karen Johnson (concert master), and Charlaine Prescott (principal cello) of “The President’s Own” United States Marine Chamber Orchestra.
Meet the Artists
The Composers & Companion Texts
Songs of Love, Loss & Connection - March 17, 2024
It’s date night with City Choir! This romantic program will feature music by Johannes Brahms, Dede Duson, Jake Runestad, Eric Whitacre, and Roderick Williams, topped off with Irish songs of love and loss in celebration of St. Patrick’s Day.
Meet the Instrumentalists
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For Mozart’s Birthday - January 28, 2024
Celebrate Mozart’s 268th birthday with the City Choir of Washington! Be swept away by the beauty and solemnity of W.A. Mozart’s Grand Mass in C Minor on January 28, 2024 (the day after Mozart’s birthday) in the stark grandeur and quiet majesty of National Presbyterian Church. The concert will feature a full orchestra, and soloists from Wolf Trap Opera’s 2023 Studio Artist Program. After the concert, put your party hats on and celebrate Wolfgang’s natal day with a reception—featuring birthday cake and Mozartkugeln—downstairs in Stone Hall!
Meet the Soloists
The City Choir of Washington is very pleased to continue our partnership with Wolf Trap Opera and introduce four talented alumni from the 2023 Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artist Program.
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Magnificent Bach - November 19, 2023
Begin your holiday celebrations early with “Magnificent Bach” at the start of Thanksgiving week. Amid the historic environs and glorious acoustics of the Church of Epiphany, Artistic Director Erin Freeman will lead chorus, soloists, and orchestra in J.S. Bach’s Magnificat in E-flat. You will not want to miss Bach’s original version of his Magnificat (premiered in 1723) at its 300th anniversary, complete with the rarely performed four Christmas interpolations.
Meet the Soloists
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