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Auditions for our 2019-2020 Season
Now accepting audition requests for our 27th season
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Capitol Hill Chorale Heads to Tbilisi and Kutaisi
This June, members of the Chorale will embark on an international music tour to Georgia, under the direction of Artistic Director Frederick Binkholder. This tour offers unique opportunities to build musical partnerships with the artistic community in Georgia. There, the Chorale will share Zakaria Paliashvili’s Georgian Sacred Chants on the Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom…
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Celebrating the Music of Georgia with Carl Linich and the Georgian Embassy
We are very excited to share two events celebrating the music of Georgia this month featuring Carl Linich, scholar, teacher, and performer of traditional Georgian polyphonic singing. Carl leads the Supruli Ensemble and Trio Kakvasia and performs with his sons as the Linich Family Trio. Trio Kakvasia was recently featured on the soundtrack for the Civilizations VI game.…
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Happy Holidays from the Capitol Hill Chorale
As 2018 draws to a close, we want to say thank you for joining us for our 26th season! We were so delighted to see you in the audience for Bolivian Baroque and to run into you caroling at Eastern Market and Barracks Row. In just 2 weeks, we will start our rehearsals for A…
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Program Notes for Bolivian Baroque
INTRODUCTION TO THE CONCERT My first exposure to the Baroque literature of the Bolivian missions, orMúsica en las Reducciones Jesuitas, came about by the gift of a musicscore from a former student. Little did I realize that this simple act ofthoughtfulness would introduce a decade-long area of study and performance.Also, that my new interest would…
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Join Us in the Audience or Onstage: Bolivian Baroque and Open Auditions Coming Up Fast!
We are so excited about our upcoming concert featuring the music of the Bolivian Baroque period! Bolivia has a rich history of polyphonic music going back to the 17th Century when Jesuit missionaries arrived to build church communities. Much of the beautiful music was lost for centuries, but it’s gaining new audiences, thanks in part…
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CHC Joined Barracks Row Fall Festival and Silence the Violence
We were very proud to be a part of two wonderful events in DC last weekend: Popping up at the Barracks Row Fall Festival and joining in the Silence the Violence concert in support of the TraRon Center here in DC! It was a perfect day for the Barracks Row Fall Festival! We took the…
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Join us! Scheduling Auditions for August 27th
Have you thought about auditioning for The Capitol Hill Chorale? Now’s the perfect time! We’re holding scheduled auditions August 27th. Due to an overwhelming response, we are limiting new audition appointments to Tenor and Bass only. If you are a Soprano or Alto, please watch our Facebook page for the next round of auditions in…
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Support CHC for Do More 24
We’re participating in this year’s Do More 24 campaign, the area’s largest 24-hour online fundraiser that kicks off at noon on May 17. You don’t have to wait to support our cause! Schedule your donation today here.
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CHC receives Chorus America / ASCAP Alice Parker Award
The Capitol Hill Chorale was recognized for its vibrant musical programming on April 4, when it was named as the 2018 recipient of the Chorus America/ ASCAP Alice Parker Award. The award, named after choral composer and arranger Alice Parker, is given to a member chorus for programming a recently composed piece of work that both expands its mission and…