Sunday, November 21 at 5 PM
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Saturday, December 18 at 1:00 PM
Sunday, December 19 at 7:00 PM
Monday, December 20 at 7:00 PM
Wednesday, December 22 at 7:00 PM
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Tuesday, December 21 at 7:30 PM
Music Center at Strathmore
Featuring works by ELENA RUEHR
Sunday, April 3rd at 5:00 PM
National Presbyterian Church
50th Anniversary Celebration Gala Concert
Sunday, May 1st at 5:00 PM
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
VERDI REQUIEM with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra
Marin Alsop, conductor
Thursday-Friday, June 9-10 - Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
Saturday, June 11 - Music Center at Strathmore
Sunday, June 12 - Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall
About The Chorus
Founded in 1961 as the Oratorio Society of Washington, The Washington Chorus is noted for its critically-acclaimed performances and recordings of the entire range of the choral repertoire. A Grammy Award winner, The Washington Chorus is currently in its 50th season and is considered a cultural leader in the Washington area. The Chorus presents an annual subscription series at the J. F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, the Music Center at Strathmore, and other major venues throughout the Washington area. The Chorus frequently appears there at the invitation of the National Symphony Orchestra, singing under the direction of many of the world's greatest conductors including Leonard Slatkin, Mstislav Rostropovich, Rafael Frühbeck de Burgos, Seiji Ozawa, Sir Neville Marriner, Charles Dutoit, Kent Nagano and many others. In addition to its regular Kennedy Center performances, the Chorus has sung throughout the metropolitan area and has received acclaim for numerous world premieres. The Chorus has recorded, been nationally broadcast and internationally televised, performed as part of a motion picture soundtrack, and has performed for presidential inaugurations and to honor world leaders. In February of 2000, the Chorus, under the direction of former Music Director Robert Shafer, won a Grammy Award for Best Choral Performance of the Year for its live-performance recording of Benjamin Britten's War Requiem. Other recordings include: Glorious Splendor, Sing Noel!!, and the Berlioz Requiem (Gothic Recordings); Dvorák's Stabat Mater and Psalm 149 (Naxos International); Mussorgsky's Boris Godunov (nominated for a Grammy in 1988); and the Grammy Award-winning Of Rage and Remembrance by John Corigliano with the National Symphony Orchestra under the baton of Leonard Slatkin. The Chorus has toured internationally, traveling to such musically important destinations as Paris, Vienna, Prague, Barcelona, and Rome, among others. To better serve its local community, the Chorus also has various educational programs and presents free concerts throughout the greater Washington area for special needs groups. The Washington Chorus is deeply committed to being a strong presence in the Washington community.
About our Music Director, Julian Wachner
Music Director of The Washington Chorus, Julian Wachner is one of North America’s most exciting and versatile musicians, sought-after as both conductor and composer. This season, he makes New York City Opera history having been selected as both conductor [With Blood, With Ink by Daniel Crozier; Zolle by Du Yun] and composer [Evangeline Revisited] at the company’s annual VOX festival of contemporary opera. In addition to his City Opera debut, Wachner regularly appears on the world’s leading stages, including engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Glimmerglass Opera, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Portland Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Spoleto Festival USA, Music Academy of the West, Berkshire Choral Festival, Calgary Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Handel & Haydn Society, Pacific Symphony, and L’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal. In addition to being music director of The Washington Chorus, Wachner is also associate professor of music at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, where he serves as principal conductor of Opera McGill. Julian Wachner’s original music has been described as “bold and atmospheric” by the New York Times, “jazzy, energetic, and ingenious” by the Boston Globe, “highly enjoyable, touching, clever, and inspiring” by the Deseret News, and “upbeat, jazzy, glittering, and poignant” by the Providence Journal. His complete catalogue of music, containing over 80 works, is published by E. C. Schirmer. He is also an award-winning organist and improvisateur. At the Spoleto Festival USA, his improvised finale at his solo recital led one reviewer to report that “this stupefying wizardry was the hit of the recital, and it had to be heard to be believed.” As a collaborative pianist, Julian Wachner has twice toured South America with countertenor Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music. Wachner’s recordings are with the Chandos, Naxos, Atma Classique, Arsis, Musica Omnia, and Titanic labels. Born in Hollywood, California, Wachner began his musical education at age four with cello and piano lessons at the University of Southern California, and studied under Gerre Hancock while a boy chorister at the St. Thomas Choir School in New York City. He earned a doctor of musical arts degree from Boston University’s School for the Arts, where his teachers included David Hoose and Lukas Foss.
For more information about Julian Wachner, visit http://www.julianwachner.com/
Music Director of The Washington Chorus, Julian Wachner is one of North America’s most exciting and versatile musicians, sought-after as both conductor and composer. This season, he makes New York City Opera history having been selected as both conductor [With Blood, With Ink by Daniel Crozier; Zolle by Du Yun] and composer [Evangeline Revisited] at the company’s annual VOX festival of contemporary opera. In addition to his City Opera debut, Wachner regularly appears on the world’s leading stages, including engagements with the Philadelphia Orchestra, Glimmerglass Opera, Montreal Symphony Orchestra, Boston Pops Orchestra, Portland Symphony, Pittsburgh Symphony, Toledo Symphony, Honolulu Symphony, Spoleto Festival USA, Music Academy of the West, Berkshire Choral Festival, Calgary Philharmonic, San Diego Symphony, National Arts Centre Orchestra, Handel & Haydn Society, Pacific Symphony, and L’Orchestre Métropolitain du Grand Montréal. In addition to being music director of The Washington Chorus, Wachner is also associate professor of music at the Schulich School of Music at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, where he serves as principal conductor of Opera McGill. Julian Wachner’s original music has been described as “bold and atmospheric” by the New York Times, “jazzy, energetic, and ingenious” by the Boston Globe, “highly enjoyable, touching, clever, and inspiring” by the Deseret News, and “upbeat, jazzy, glittering, and poignant” by the Providence Journal. His complete catalogue of music, containing over 80 works, is published by E. C. Schirmer. He is also an award-winning organist and improvisateur. At the Spoleto Festival USA, his improvised finale at his solo recital led one reviewer to report that “this stupefying wizardry was the hit of the recital, and it had to be heard to be believed.” As a collaborative pianist, Julian Wachner has twice toured South America with countertenor Daniel Taylor and the Theatre of Early Music. Wachner’s recordings are with the Chandos, Naxos, Atma Classique, Arsis, Musica Omnia, and Titanic labels. Born in Hollywood, California, Wachner began his musical education at age four with cello and piano lessons at the University of Southern California, and studied under Gerre Hancock while a boy chorister at the St. Thomas Choir School in New York City. He earned a doctor of musical arts degree from Boston University’s School for the Arts, where his teachers included David Hoose and Lukas Foss.
For more information about Julian Wachner, visit http://www.julianwachner.com/
