2009 - 2010 SEASON Sunday, October 4, 2009 at 3:00 PM I'll be happily singing in the chorus for this performance of my desert island favorite piece of music - can't you already hear the "Gloria"? Kate Vetter Cain, soprano Sunday, October 4 - 3:00 PM Tickets are $20 - $55 and can be purchased on the Bach Consort website or by calling 202-429-2121. Sunday, November 8, 2009 at 4:00
PM Medieval music for voices and harp. This program presents music by and about women from 11th through 15th century France, Spain, England, and Germany. Sunday, November 8 - 4:00 PM Saturday, November 14, 2009 at 6:15
PM Medieval music for voices and harp. We will be providing the music for a Community of Reconciliation Service of Blessing and Intention, in the Great Choir area of the Cathedral. The service begins at 6:30 pm, but we will begin the prelude at around 6:15. Music of Hildegard von Bingen and medieval music from England and Spain. There will be music during the service, as well as a lengthy postlude. Saturday, November 14 - 6:15 PM Friday, November 20, 2009 at 7:30
PM I'll be joining the alto section for this free concert celebrating the Jubilee Year of the National Shrine with sacred choral music honoring the Blessed Virgin Mary. In the intimate space of the Crypt Church, we will sing a program that includes music of (in no particular order) Isaac, Ugolini, Latona, Casals, Palestrina, Tate, Monteverdi, Guerrero, Tallis, and Perosi. Click here for a PDF concert flyer. Friday, November 20 - 7:30 PM Tuesday, December
1, 2009 at 12:10 PM I'll be the alto soloist for this performance. Jon Laird, organist will also play Bach's Toccata, Adagio & Fugue in C Major, BWV 564 Sara Woodward, soprano Tuesday, December 1 - 12:10 PM Admission is FREE - donations are gratefully accepted. Saturday, December 5, 2009 at 6:00 PM & 8:00
PM Angela Powell, soprano Saturday, December 5 - 6:00 PM & 8:00 PM (two performances!) Tickets are $20, $15 for seniors and youth and can be purchased online at Instant Seats or by calling the Reston Community Center Box Office at 703-476-1111. Sunday, December 13, 2009 at 7:00
PM I'll be singing in a concert of movements from G.F. Handel's Messiah, with orchestra. Selections will be taken from Parts I, II, and III and will include me singing the alto solo "O thou that tellest good tidings to Zion." Sunday, December 13 - 7:00 PM This concert is a benefit fundraiser for the Capitol Hill Group Ministry. This interfaith group does wonderful work for low-income and homeless residents of DC, so please consider a generous donation. Even if you can only give a few dollars, it will help. Saturday, January 2,
2010 at 5:00 PM Join us for our annual celebration of Twelfth Night, or Epiphany, early music style. We will perform 12th through 16th century English, German and French music - 'from the lands of ice and snow'... Saturday, January 2 - 5:00 PM Sunday, January 3 - 6:00 PM Alexandria, VA 22314 Monday, February 1, 2010 at 7:00
PM Conductor - Ryan Brown with the The New York Baroque
Dance Company Monday, February 1 - 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, February 3 - 7:00 p.m. To celebrate Opera Lafayette's 15th season, ALL TICKETS ARE ONLY $15!!! Purchase tickets
online here at the Opera Lafayette website.
Tickets are $28 in advance (http://www.chantrydc.com/singletickets.htm) and $30 at the door. Student tickets are $14 in advance, $15 at the door. Saturday, February
13, 2010 at 7:30 PM Byrd - Gradualia Propers for the Feast of the Purification and Mass for Four Voices Saturday, February 13 - 7:30 PM Tickets are $28 in advance (http://www.chantrydc.com/singletickets.htm) and $30 at the door. Student tickets are $14 in advance, $15 at the door. Saturday, February
27, 2010 at 8:00 PM Special guests Constance Whiteside, medieval harp and Marjorie Bunday, mezzo-soprano I'll be singing the 15th century solo "Vergene Bella" by Guillaume Dufay and joining with the chamber choir for many other pieces. The program features composers Josquin,
Compere and Benjamin Britten’s dramatic “Hymn to St. Cecilia”, a unique 5 voice accapella setting of a W.H. Auden
poem. The work has been acknowledged to be a ‘tour de force’ of 20th century vocal repertoire, and lyrically deals
with themes of growth, creativity and the quest of the soul. The program will also include a number of traditional
Scottish and English pieces, some from as early as the 13th or 14th century. Saturday, February 27 - 8:00 PM Tickets are $15 at the door. Sunday, February 28,
2010 at 7:00 PM (6:00 pre-concert lecture) This is the inaugural concert of the National Master Chorale, a new professional chorus in Washington, DC "dedicated to the advancement of choral excellence through professional artistry." The program will include music of Poulenc, Hindemith, Casals, Copland, Lauridsen, Hailstork, Finney, and Mechem. For complete details, visit http://www.nationalmasterchorale.org/current-season/winter-into-spring/. Sunday, February 28 - 7:00 PM Tickets: are $30 Orchestra, $20 Balcony, $10 Student Balcony (ID required at the door) and can be purchased online using this link. Tuesday, March 2, 2010 at 12:10 PM I'll be in the chorus. Edward A. Moore, organist will also play Bach's Prelude & Fugue in C Minor, BWV 546. Anne-Marieke Evers, alto Tuesday, March 2 - 12:10 PM Admission is FREE - donations are gratefully accepted. Sunday, March 14, 2010
at 7:30 PM Armonia Nova is honored to be the guest artist ensemble at DePauw University during the weekend of March 13-14. Saturday, March 13, members of Armonia Nova will give a workshop for music students at the University. Sunday, March 14, Armonia Nova will offer a multimedia concert of the music and poetry of Hildegard von Bingen. This concert was first performed for the Washington Early Music Festival in June 2008, and is the first in Armonia Nova’s “Medieval Women in Music” series. This is a rare opportunity to experience the music of this most remarkable woman, during an evening of music, poetry and visual color. This glorious, moving music stirs fresh emotions in people as if it had been written yesterday – as if it had been written for our time. Now, as well as in her own time, she amazes the listener with the depth of her creative force. Hildegard von Bingen, a 12th century musician, poet, philosopher, playwright, naturalist, scientist, leader, teacher, shaper of world events – she would have been extraordinary in any age. Come and hear why. Sunday, March 14 - 7:30 p.m. Free concert, open to the public! Sunday, March 21, 2010
at 7:00 PM with Sharon Ollison, organ, and Christopher Stuberg, ‘cello Sunday, March 21 - 7:00 pm $15 admission at the door Meet Maestro Bugallo – Reception in Church Parlors following the concert.
Saturday, April 10, 2010
at 2:00 PM On Saturday, April 10, 2010, the Festival will present its Festival Showcase, a wall-to-wall afternoon of American music for the voice, free to the public, at the Kennedy Center Concert Hall. The concert will feature renowned opera and popular song artist Patricia Racette and a variety of DC-area performing groups. The National Master Chorale is honored to have been chosen to be a part of the Festival Showcase. For additional
information, visit the Kennedy Center or Vocal Arts Society websites. Tuesday, April 20, 2010
at 12:10 PM Tuesday, April 20 - 12:10 PM Admission is FREE - donations are gratefully accepted. Free concert, open to the public! Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 3:00 PM J.S.
Bach Scott Dettra, organ Sunday, May 2 - 3:00 PM Tickets are $20 - $55 and can be purchased on the Bach Consort website or by calling 202-429-2121. Tuesday, May 4, 2010 at 12:10
PM I'll be in the chorus. Scott Dettra, organist will also play Bach's Prelude & Fugue in D Major, BWV 532. Jennifer Ellis Kampani, soprano Tuesday, May 4 - 12:10 PM Admission is FREE - donations are gratefully accepted. Sunday, May 9, 2010 at 2:30
PM You don't want to miss this one! Monteverdi's glorious Vespro della Beata Vergine 1610 with period instrumental ensemble, on the 400th anniversary of the work's publication. Sunday, May 9 - 2:30 PM Admission is $30; $15 for college students with ID; free for youth 17 and under. Friday, May 14, 2010
at 8:00 PM This free concert celebrates the birth anniversaries of Barber and Schumann with a program of their choral music. Highlights include Schumann’s Vier doppelcörige Gesänge, op. 141, and Barber’s Reincarnations, op. 16. Click this link to visit the event page at the Library of Congress website. Friday, May 14 - 8:00 PM Free tickets are available here - there is a two ticket limit per person. For more information on Library of Congress ticket policies please visit this page. Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 7:30 PM Go Lovely Rose - Songs of Love and
Loss To celebrate 25 years in the Washington, DC area, my friend and composer Richard Rice is hosting a vocal recital, featuring works by living composers, including his own. I'll also be singing music of Elizabeth Vercoe (Herstory IV for mezzo and mandolin) and Ned Rorem (song selections from Another Sleep). A reception will follow. Tuesday, June 8 - 7:30 PM | ||
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Upcoming Concerts...
Woodley Ensemble - Choral Music of Samuel Barber
& Robert
Schumann
Washington, DC
Go Lovely Rose - Songs of Love and Loss
(A Vocal Recital)
Tuesday, June 8, 2010 at 7:30 PM
Alexandria, VA
Watch this space for June 25 Armonia Nova concert info and July choral performances during the AGO Convention.