Deborah's 2024-2025 Season
This Season's Events
2024
Washington Master Chorale: I, TOO, SING AMERICA
Sunday, October 20, 2024 | 3:00 pm
St. Ann's Catholic Church
Washington, DC
The season begins with the return of I, Too, Sing America, a concert featuring music from across the United States that celebrates the contributions of composers of color to the choral music canon. This year’s program, which will showcase the music of Shavon Lloyd, most recent winner of WMC’s Florence Price Commission Competition and a rising star currently studying The Juilliard School of Music, will highlight the world premiere of Lloyd’s much-anticipated WMC commission. The program will also include works by Reena Esmail, Zanaida Robles, Adolphus Hailstork, and Marques L.A. Garrett, among others.
Westmoreland Festival Chorus: Swingle Sing!
November 23, 2024
A Living-room style concert fund raiser for So Others Might Eat featuring Lena Sekaly
Washington Master Chorale: COMFORT AND JOY
Thursday, December 19, 2024 | 7:30 pm St. Ann's Catholic Church
Sunday, December 22, 2024 | 5 pm Church of the Epiphany
Washington, DC
Our cherished holiday tradition of seasonal choral music returns with Comfort + Joy. Hailed as an 'enlightening musical journey' by The Washington Post, this year’s beloved holiday concert will present French, British, and American works that embody the spirit of the season, including excerpts from Francis Poulenc’s haunting a cappella choral cycle, Un soir de neige, and Herbert Howells’ timeless work, Long, Long Ago.
2025
Washington Master Chorale: THE ALL-NIGHT VIGIL AT 110
Sunday, March 16, 2025 | 5:00 pm
Church of the Epiphany
Washington, DC
To conclude our 15th season, Washington Master Chorale will present Sergei Rachmaninoff’s monumental All-Night Vigil, Op. 37, in honor of the 110th anniversary of its premiere. Beloved by Rachmaninoff as one of his favorite works and considered by many to be his finest achievement, the composition will be performed live by Washington Master Chorale for the first time in a decade. The Chorale has a rich history with the piece, having participated in a landmark 2017 album hailed by BBC Music Magazine as 'one of the best recordings' of the opus. Don’t miss this rare chance to hear WMC bring this enduring a cappella masterpiece to life.
The Washington Chorus:
Program: Beethoven Missa Solemnis,Gianandrea Noseda conducting the National Symphony Orchestra.
May 15, 2025 | 7:00 pm
May 16, 2025 | 8:00 pm
May 17, 2025 | 8:00 pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall, Washington DC
The Washington Chorus:
Program: Verdi's Aida, Jonathon Heyward conducting the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra.
This concert adaptation allows original opera to shine on the symphonic stage. Complete, performed in Italian with English supertitles.
June 13, 2025 | 8:00 pm, Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall, Baltimore, Maryland
June 15, 2025 | 3:00 pm, Music Center at Strathmore, North Bethesda, Maryland