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PLEASE JOIN US AS OUR 2022 / 23 SEASON CONTINUES

PEACE & PROMISE IN THE NEW YEAR

Sunday , January 22 , 2023 | 5:00 PM George Washington Masonic National Memorial , Alexandria , VA
In January , City Choir will present a New Year ’ s concert , honoring three different renewal traditions , including the Winter Solstice , the Chinese Year of the Rabbit , and a Viennese soirée . Special guest vocalists include Arianna Zukerman , soprano and Ben Pattison , tenor . Featured instrumentalists include Karen Johnson , violin and Peter Uhlir , piano .
With works by Ola Gjeilo , Florence Price , Elaine Hagenberg , Huang Ruo , Chen Yi , Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , Johann Strauss Jr , and Giuseppe Verdi .

FROM GRIEF TO HOPE

Sunday , March 26 , 2023 | 5:00 PM Temple Sinai , Washington , D . C .
March brings a concert of music by GRAMMY-winning film composer Sharon Farber paired with the mournful-turned-triumphant Cantata BWV 21 by Johann Sebastian Bach . Featuring special guests Suzanne Karpov , soprano ; Jacob Perry , Jr ., tenor ; and Ian Pomerantz , cantor & baritone .
Featuring Mother ’ s Lament and Ashkina by Sharon Farber and Cantata , BWV 21 , Ich hatte viel Bekümmernis by J . S . Bach

OLD & NEW AMERICAN SONGS

Sunday , June 4 , 2023 | 5:00 PM Rachel M . Schlesinger Concert Hall , Alexandria , VA
The season rounds out with a celebration of American music old and new . To the set of Old American Songs by Aaron Copland , City Choir will add commissions of “ New American Songs ” by D . C . area composers , including Armando Bayolo and TCCW ’ s own Robert Shafer . Featuring special guest Catrin Davies , mezzo-soprano .
Gilda Lyons : Love Is When / Samuel Barber : Reincarnations / John Corigliano : Fern Hill / Old and New American Songs by Aaron Copland , Armando Bayolo , Jessica Krash , Robert Shafer , and more
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The City Choir of Washington ’ s 2022 / 23 season is brought to you in part by the ongoing generosity of our Season Underwriters