The Washington Chorus has appointed Krista Bradley as its new Executive Director. Bradley has more than 30 years of experience leading cultural organizations, shaping national and regional arts initiatives, and building partnerships across the performing arts sector. She has served as Director of Programs and Resources at the Association of Performing Arts Professionals as well as Executive and Artistic Director {…}
The Washington Chorus has announced its 2026-27 season. Gianandrea Noseda conducts the National Symphony Orchestra and The Washington Chorus in Beethoven’s Sympohony No. 9 with Tessa McQueen, Cecelia McKinley, Demetrious Sampson, and Jonathan Patton. Performance Date: August 14, 2026 at Filene Center, Wolf Trap Marin Alsop conducts the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra and The Washington Chorus in music by Tchaikovsky, John {…}
The Washington Chorus has announced its 2025-26 season. First up on the slate is “One Song: Exultávit!” The concert, conducted by Dr. Eugene Rogers, features vocal soloists including Juliet Schlefer, Heather Petrie, Jacob Perry and Edmund Milly as they take on works by Bach and Rena Esmail. Performance Date: Oct. 25, 2025 ”A Candlelit Christmas” will also be led by Dr. {…}
The Washington Chorus has announced its 2024-25 season. Dr. Eugene Rogers conducts Morris Robinson in music by Jessie Montgomery, Aaron Copland, and Carlos Simon/Dan Harder. rs. Performance Dates: Sept. 14, 2024 Dr. Eugene Rogers conducts Suzzette Ortiz. Performance Dates: Dec. 14-22, 2024 Dr. Eugene Rogers conducts Damian Norfleet and Monique Holmes-Spells in music by Leonard Bernstein, Nkeiru Okoye, Eugene Rogers, {…}
The Washington Chorus will present “Elijah Reimagined” on June 8, 2024. The showcase, which will take place at the Kennedy Center starting at 7 p.m., will feature a unique take on Mendelssohn’s oratorio with projection design by Camilla Tassi. “One of my goals since joining The Washington Chorus has been to present older works in a new light,” said TWC {…}
The Washington Chorus (TWC) and the National Philharmonic have announced a partnership to present “Universal Longings | Anhelos Universales.” The Washington Chorus’ Artistic Director Eugene Rogers will conduct the concert featuring guest soloists tenor Scott Piper and baritone Juan Tomás Martínez Yépez. They are joined by the Reservoir High School Chamber Choir. The program begins with the East Coast premiere {…}
Credit: Shannon Finney Photography The Washington Chorus has unveiled its 2023 winter season. If you’re a choral fan in the Washington D.C. metro area, here’s what the Chorus has in store for you. The Chorus opens its winter season with “Universal Longings | Anhelos Universales,” featuring James Lee III’s four-part work, “Breaths of Universal Longings.” Written for chorus, youth chorus, {…}
The Washington Chorus has announced a five-year extension for Dr. Eugene Rogers’ contract as Artistic Director and the appointment of Anthony Salvi-Exner as Executive Director. First appointed in 2020, Dr. Rogers is the director of choirs and an associate professor at the University of Michigan; his choirs have performed at national and regional conferences in China, South Africa, and the {…}