Cantate Chamber Singers, directed by Gisèle Becker, is pleased to announce the winner of Cantate’s Tenth Biennial Young Composers’ Contest. New York-based composer Jasmine Gelber submitted the winning composition entitled Hodie… read more →
Sunday April 19 5:00pm Cantate Welcomes Afro Blue! 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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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… read more →
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,… read more →
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.… read more →
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.… read more →
“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… read more →