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Unlimited Free Exchanges to Choral Arts Performances Dusk and Dawn | October 20 Día de los Muertos featuring Mozart’s Requiem | November 3 & 4* Benjamin Britten: War Requiem | November 29 & December 1 Songs of the Season | December 16, 17 & 24 A Family Christmas | December 22 & 24 Living the Dream...Singing the Dream | February 17 Hector Berlioz: Symphonie funèbre et triomphale | March 11* Philip Glass: Itaipu | March 28 Into the Light | April 5 & 6 Gabriel Fauré: Requiem | May 19
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Scott Tucker, Artistic Director
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Dusk and Dawn Music of Light and Dark
Saturday, October 20, 2018 | 4:00 pm & 8:00 pm Live! at 10th & G
Choral Arts Chamber Singers Scott Tucker, conductor Choral Arts Youth Choir Brandon Straub, conductor Awash in music inspired by light and dark, Artistic Director Scott Tucker has created a program that evokes both the literal and mystical imagery attributed to these fundamental themes. Including R. Murray Schafer’s Epitaph for Moonlight, Jake Runestad’s Spirited Light, and Sarah Hopkins’ Past Life Melodies, this performance will feature the Choral Arts Chamber Singers conducted by Scott Tucker and the Choral Arts Youth Choir conducted by Brandon Straub. Series Packages:
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Benjamin Britten: War Requiem Thursday, November 29, 2018 | 7:00 pm Saturday, December 1, 2018 | 8:00 pm Kennedy Center Concert Hall
National Symphony Orchestra Gianandrea Noseda, conductor Karina Flores, soprano Ian Bostridge, tenor Matthias Goerne, baritone Choral Arts Chorus Scott Tucker, Artistic Director Children’s Chorus of Washington Margaret Nomura Clark, Artistic Director Merging the Latin Mass for the Dead with antiwar poems by Wilfred Owen, a young officer killed just days before the end of World War I, Britten’s War Requiem is an emotional indictment of war as a heroic myth, which Owen called ‘the Old Lie.’ As November marks 100 years since the final armistice of World War I, the NSO will combine forces with some of today’s most gifted voices and choral groups for this epic work. Britten said he wanted the soloists to represent ‘the three nations that had suffered most during the war,’ and in this performance, NSO Music Director Gianandrea Noseda honors that tradition conducting Russian soprano Karina Flores, British tenor Ian Bostridge, and German baritone Matthias Goerne. Series Packages: This performance is presented by the National Symphony Orchestra. Series tickets are available through Choral Arts and the Kennedy Center. For individual tickets, please visit kennedy-center.org or call 202.467.4600.
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Songs of the Season Christmas with Choral Arts
Sunday, December 16, 2018 | 1:00 pm Monday, December 17, 2018 | 7:00 pm Monday, December 24, 2018 | 2:00 pm Kennedy Center Concert Hall Scott Tucker, conductor Brandon Straub, conductor Esther Heideman, soprano Glad tidings we bring with a selection of our favorite holiday carols and seasonal classics performed by the Choral Arts Chorus and Youth Choir. We’ll combine traditional favorites and choral jewels of the season with masterpieces performed by soprano soloist Esther Heideman. Bring the entire family for a concert of festive treats that will leave you with the joy of the season in your heart! Series Packages:
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A Family Christmas
For the Young and Young at Heart
Saturday, December 22, 2018 | 1:00 pm
Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center — Alexandria, VA
Monday, December 24, 2018 | 11:00 am Kennedy Center Concert Hall Scott Tucker, conductor Bring the kids for an unforgettable holiday experience as the Choral Arts Chorus fills the concert hall with holiday classics just for them! We’ll take you on a merry tour of holiday sing-alongs and Christmas favorites that will have your family singing all the way home. Expect a visit from Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph! This one-hour concert is perfect for children ages 5 and up. Series Packages:
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Living the Dream‌Singing the Dream 31st Annual Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Sunday, February 17, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall Co-presented with Washington Performing Arts Choral Arts Chorus Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs Ralph Alan Herndon, piano and vocals The Choral Arts Chorus and the Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs come together in a concert showcasing the powerful music that has given voice to the voiceless for generations in this 31st annual choral tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. This moving performance will inspire the spirit and features a collaboration of styles, music, ages, and cultures. Series Packages:
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Hector Berlioz: Symphonie funèbre et triomphale Dominick DiOrio: Silent Moves the Symphony True* Monday, March 11, 2019 | 7:30 pm The Music Center at Strathmore
Colonel Jason K. Fettig, conductor United States Marine Band Berlioz’s Symphonie funèbre et triomphale is one of the earliest examples of a wind symphony and one of the composer’s most popular works during his lifetime. This tribute to members of the military that lost their lives in battle is paired with the world premiere of Silent Moves the Symphony True by Dominick DiOrio based on texts by Walt Whitman and in celebration of the bicentennial of the American poet’s birth. *Co-commissioned by the Choral Arts Society of Washington and the United States Marine Band This performance is presented by the United States Marine Band. Complimentary tickets will be available through the United States Marine Band approximately one month before the performance. Visit choralarts.org or marineband.marines.mil for more information.
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Into the Light
Music. Space. Resonance.
Friday, April 5, 2019 | 8:00 pm Saturday, April 6, 2019 | 8:00 pm Dupont Underground
Choral Arts Chamber Singers Scott Tucker, conductor Choral Arts Youth Choir Brandon Straub, conductor Jay D. Brock, director JD Madsen, production designer New Orchestra of Washington The Aeolus Quartet Explore a world of immersive soundscapes and projections featuring resonance and sound-painting that will envelop the audience. The program will make use of the shimmering acoustics of the Dupont Underground with Steve Reich’s Different Trains, a choral and double string quartet arrangement of Samuel Barber’s Adagio for Strings, and a new piece by Artistic Director Scott Tucker specifically composed for the acoustics of the venue. Other works will feature unconventional methods of singing and instrument playing known as extended musical techniques. The Underground is embedded in the heart of the city: easily accessible and representative of the melding of art with everyday life. Series Packages:
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Gabriel Fauré: Requiem Florent Schmitt: Psalm 47
Lili Boulanger: Psalm 24 “La Terre appartient à l’Éternel” Sunday, May 19, 2019 | 5:00 pm Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Scott Tucker, conductor Laura Choi Stuart, soprano Alexandria Shiner, soprano Trevor Scheunemann, baritone In early 20th century Paris, the lives and music of Fauré, Schmitt, and Boulanger were inextricably linked. Schmitt credited Fauré as his greatest influence and Boulanger knew Fauré as a family friend from childhood. Come explore the musical lineage of these three composers. Be transported by Fauré’s transcendent Requiem performed alongside Schmitt’s triumphant and declamatory setting of Psalm 47’s “O Clap Your Hands All Ye People!” and Boulanger’s exuberant Psalm 24 “The earth is the Lord’s, and all its fullness.” Fauré’s influence on Schmitt and Boulanger can be heard in their psalm settings and paved the way for future generations of composers. Series Packages: This performance is generously supported by Suzanne S. Brock.
Laura Choi Stuart soprano
Alexandria Shiner soprano
Trevor Scheunemann baritone
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Guest Appearances Día de los Muertos featuring Mozart’s Requiem Saturday, November 3, 2018 | 7:00 pm Sunday, November 4, 2018 | 5:00 pm*
Mexican Cultural Institute Guest appearance with the New Orchestra of Washington Alejandro Hernandez-Valdez, conductor Choral Arts Chamber Singers *Special Día de los Muertos Celebration with pre-concert drinks and post-concert reception.
Philip Glass: Itaipu
Thursday, March 28, 2019 | 7:00 pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall Guest appearance with the National Symphony Orchestra Teddy Abrams, conductor Series Package:
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