A Concert Meditation on Civil Rights in America
28 Mar, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Concerts
Sunday April 19 5:00pm Cantate Welcomes Afro Blue! [responsive][/responsive] Cantate is thrilled to team with jazz a cappella virtuosos Afro Blue of Howard University (acclaimed finalists on NBC’s The Sing-Off) in a concert tribute to the musical heritage of the Civil Rights movement that reaches across styles and generations. Featuring spirituals, dazzling and reflective jazz, and songs of courage […]
Judah Adashi
27 Mar, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Artists
The music of composer Judah Adashi has been described as “beguiling” (Alex Ross, New Yorker) and “elegant” (Steve Smith, Boston Globe). Dr. Adashi has been honored with awards, grants and commissions from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, the ASCAP and BMI Foundations, the American Composers Forum, New Music USA and the Aspen Music Festival, as […]
Joseph Dietrich, Tenor
11 Feb, 2015 - Artists
Tenor Joseph Dietrich (the Evangelist) is a graduate of Mannes College of Music and The George Washington University. In New York, Joseph has appeared as Gastone in La Traviata at Merkin Hall, Pedrillo in Die Entführung aus dem Serail at the Liederkranz Opera, the Mayor in Albert Herring, and as a soloist with the Mannes Baroque […]
St. John Passion
11 Feb, 2015 - 2014-2015 Concerts,Concerts
The third concert of Cantate’s 30th Anniversary Season features the magnificent St. John Passion of Johann Sebastian Bach − not the familiar edition based on the first version of 1724 but the less frequently sung fourth version of 1749. Music Director Gisèle Becker will conduct the singers of Cantate, outstanding guest vocal artists, and an ensemble […]
To Be Sung on the Water
12 Nov, 2014 - 2014-2015 Concerts
An evening of nature-inspired a cappella works by Samuel Barber, Johannes Brahms, Edward Elgar, Eric Whitacre, and more. Program highlights include a late Brahms quartet, a shimmering Frederick Delius vocalise, and two works by Renaissance master Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina. Featuring soprano Rachel Evangeline Barham and keyboard artist Andrew Earle Simpson. Afterward, please join us […]
Curlew River: A Parable for Church Performance
14 Feb, 2014 - 2013-2014,2013-2014 Concerts,Concerts
An area concert premiere of Britten’s unique 1964 work inspired by Japanese Noh theater. Cantate will present a fully mounted production with new choreography by renowned performance artist Shizumi Shigeto Manale. Also on the program is the world premiere of Chidori for women’s voices and koto, the Japanese string instrument, by acclaimed composer Gary Davison and another new […]
Michael Wu, Organist
30 Nov, 2013 - Artists
Michael Wu is the Director of Music at Faith United Methodist Church, Rockville. He holds degrees in Organ Performance and Church Music from the Peabody Conservatory, and from Northwestern University. This native Washingtonian has toured with American choirs and given organ recitals throughout the United States and the United Kingdom. Michael is also a full-time […]
Winner of the 2013 Young Composers’ Contest
17 Nov, 2013 - Young Composers' Contest
[box style=”2″]“Once upon a time there was a prep-school boy. He was called Britten mi[nor], his initials were E.B., his age was nine, and his locker was number seventeen…There was one curious thing about this boy: he wrote music.” — E. B. Britten[/box] [responsive][/responsive] Cantate Chamber Singers, directed by Gisèle Becker, is pleased to announce […]
Sunstone II CD
27 Oct, 2013 - Recordings
[one_third][/one_third][two_third_last] Our second live performance CD on the Sunstone label featuring 20th century masterpieces of Benjamin Britten, Francis Poulenc, Zoltan Kodaly and William Schuman. [button link=”https://app.etapestry.com/hosted/CantateChamberSingers/OnlineDonation.html” size=”small” target=”_blank” icon=”” color=”blue” lightbox=”false”]Purchase[/button] [/two_third_last]
