ANNOUNCING OUR 2025/26 SEASON
UPCOMING CONCERTS
Our 16th season promises to transcend and inspire. We open with our new “Jewel Box Series,” featuring Washington Master Chorale Chamber Singers performing intimate a capella concerts in small, architectural "jewels” of the city. The full Master Chorale returns in December to present Thine Own Sweet Light, an entirely a cappella concert featuring the rich sounds of the 50 voice chorus performing lush, seasonal choral music inspired by the theme of light. We conclude the season with an uplifting culmination of our I, Too, Sing America Concert Series, featuring contributions from American composers of color to the choral music canon.
NEWS & NOTES
This holiday season, WETA Arts offers viewers the opportunity to experience the magic of 15 of these choral ensembles, all from the comfort of their living rooms. The hour-long program features children’s choirs, professional companies, small closed-harmony groups, massive choruses, and more. Singers of all ages and backgrounds make this a magical showcase of the talent our region has to offer. Songs of the Season premieres December 9 at 9:30 p.m. and streams for free on the PBS app.
Interview with I, Too, Sing America Composer, Shavon Lloyd
As we near our 2024/25 Season premiere concert, I, TOO, SING AMERICA, we caught up with featured guest artist and most recent winner of our Florence Price Commission Competition, Shavon Lloyd, to learn more about what to expect from the October 20, 2024 concert. Lloyd is an award-winning composer, baritone, conductor, and music educator. He won his first composition contest at the age of 17 by the Manhattan Choral Ensemble and hasn't stopped since. Read more now.
WETA to Broadcast WMC's Poetry Into Song on Choral Showcase
WETA’s Bill Bukowski hosts Choral Showcase every Sunday at 9pm on 90.9FM. The beloved program features a wide variety of classical choral music from Washington and beyond — from perennial favorites to new discoveries, from Gregorian Chant to the present. On February 25, the program will broadcast Washington Master Chorale’s Poetry Into Song program from 2023 featuring Vaughan Williams's Dona Nobis Pacem along with the premiere performance of The Unknown Sea, a newly-commissioned work for the Chorale by David Conte.
The Washington Post Sings Washington Master Chorale's Praises
The Washington Post’s Classical Music Critic Michael Andor Brodeur attended Washington Master Chorale’s holiday concert, Sweet Was the Song on December 10 at St. Anne’s Catholic Church and gave it a phenomenal review. Read the full review here (paywall) and some of the pull quotes of note below:
“... Christmas program that doubled as an enlightening musical journey through centuries of carols and chorales.”
“...included a level of confidence you don’t often see in semiprofessional chorales…”
“...The Washington Master Chorale is an exceptionally focused group…”
“artistic director Thomas Colohan and his 54-voice chorus seemed intent on showing their range and playing to their strengths.”
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“... Christmas program that doubled as an enlightening musical journey through centuries of carols and chorales.”
“...included a level of confidence you don’t often see in semiprofessional chorales…”
“...The Washington Master Chorale is an exceptionally focused group…”
“artistic director Thomas Colohan and his 54-voice chorus seemed intent on showing their range and playing to their strengths.”
Read Full Review
ABOUT USHailed as “an exceptionally focused group,” by The Washington Post, Washington Master Chorale is a vibrant professional and volunteer chorus that performs accompanied choral repertoire from the 19th century onward, with a particular emphasis on music of the 20th and 21st centuries. Founded in 2009, their live performances, commissions, recordings, and interdisciplinary collaborations have enhanced the cultural literacy of the community it serves and advanced the art of choral music as a contemporary American art form. Click to learn more!
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