Volume 9, Issue 4 | May 9, 2024 | |
PLEASE JOIN US FOR A POST-CONCERT RECEPTION! | |
Erin Freeman Pays Homage to Music | Erin Freeman, artistic director of the City Choir of Washington, invites you to join us for a "lush, romantic, and dramatic" concert that celebrates our favorite art form, Music. | |
"Words, Words, Words" – William Shakespeare, Hamlet | |
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City Choir’s June 2 concert is titled “An Homage to Music,” but the program is also a tribute to the poetry underpinning each work. Each text was chosen by the composer for its exquisite language and, as Erin Freeman notes, its focus on the impact of music. During the concert, the text will be projected above the chorus, allowing the audience to be fully immersed in this evening of music about music.
To learn more about the composers and poets, please click here.
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Spotlight on Mezzo-Soprano Soloist
Winona Martin
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Allegro recently caught up with Winona Martin, our talented young mezzo-soprano soloist for Elgar’s The Music Makers. Winona is an alumna of the Wolf Trap Opera Studio Artists program and is currently a Cafritz Young Artist at the Washington National Opera. City Choir audiences in November 2022 were lucky enough to hear her sing Rossini’s operatic solos in the Petite Messe Solennelle. Winona tells us, “I can’t wait to rejoin y’all for another performance. This music is absolutely beautiful and it’s been so exciting preparing for this concert.” We are thrilled to welcome her back in June!
Click here to learn more about Winona.
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What do Erin Freeman’s college professor, Dante Gabriel Rossetti’s pet wombat, Elgar’s birthday, Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Charles Darwin, and the 12th century Persian mystic poet Hafiz have in common? All these things—and more!—have connections to the works on City Choir’s “Homage to Music” concert!
Click here to learn more.
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Do More 24 is May 15, midnight to midnight
Early Giving is Going On Now | Special Gift for Donors
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Powered by the United Way of the National Capital Area, Do More 24 is a 24-hour fundraiser that supports hundreds of nonprofit organizations throughout the DMV by harnessing the energy, enthusiasm, and goodwill of participating organizations’ donors, partners and volunteers.
The City Choir of Washington has come in #1 in our category (Arts Organizations with Budgets Under $1 Million) for seven years in a row. We are aiming for "great eight" and our goal is to raise $20,000 in support of our exciting 2024-25 season (details coming soon!), including a tour to Brazil in June 2025.
We have a very special gift for all donors who give during the period of Do More 24 this year: Video from our March 17 concert! When you make a donation to City Choir (starting with the period of Early Giving on May 1 and ending a few days after the conclusion of Do More 24 on May 15), we’ll send a link and password to the video.
Visit https://www.domore24.org/citychoir to donate now.
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You're invited!
Do More 24 Happy Hour | Wednesday, May 15 | 6:00-8:30 p.m.
Guapo's Restaurant Tenleytown (4515 Wisconsin Ave. NW, Washington, DC)
All are invited to the City Choir Do More 24 Happy Hour on event day. We'll gather at Guapo's to cheer City Choir's progress up the leaderboard and enjoy each other's company, while possibly breaking out into song. For questions, please contact Dan Hinderliter.
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Become a 2024–25 Season Underwriter | |
The City Choir of Washington Season Underwriters are a group of special individuals willing to underwrite a portion of our concert seasons. For a pledge of $5,000 or more in new money between July 1, 2024 and June 30, 2025, you will be entitled to a few additional perks and have the satisfaction of putting the City Choir of Washington on a firmer financial footing. You may also become a half underwriter for $2,500. If you are interested in joining this group of top-tier donors, or know of someone we should approach, please contact Barbara Greene, Liaison to the Season Underwriters. An online pledge form is available here. | |
On April 21, Barbara and Jon Greene hosted the annual Gathering of Season Underwriters at the Gibson Island Club on the shores of the Chesapeake Bay. Artistic Director Erin Freeman gave the underwriters a sneak preview of the upcoming 2024-25 season, and a wonderful time was had by all.
Please click here to see photos from the event.
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City Choir Welcomes Your Support | |
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Would you like to support the City Choir of Washington's mission to uplift and inspire audiences and singers alike through performance and community engagement? Please consider a tax-deductible donation to support the City Choir of Washington.
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The City Choir of Washington is grateful for your support! Please click the button below to donate,
or visit citychoir.org/support.
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Join Us for Sound Health Friday on May 31 | |
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We are very pleased to announce that the National Symphony Orchestra has invited City Choir to continue our partnership for the 2024-25 season. The final Friday Morning Sing of this season will be at the Kennedy Center's The REACH on May 31 at 10 a.m. before the NSO performance of Mahler's Symphony No. 7. Erin Freeman and singers from the City Choir of Washington will present a brief performance, and Erin will lead the audience through a singalong and exploration of the connections between Mahler (1860-1911), Elgar (1857-1934), Vaughan Williams (1872-1958), and more.
To learn more about the free event and to register, please click here.
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Erin Freeman, members of the City Choir of Washington, and Friday Morning Sing participants at The REACH | |
Vote for City Choir: Best of DC 2024 | Washington City Paper's Best of 2024 voting is underway! Please show your support by writing in THE CITY CHOIR OF WASHINGTON for "Best Local Choral Group." You don't have to be a Washington area resident to vote, but make sure to get your vote in by June 10. Winners of the Arts & Entertainment category will be announced on July 17. Last year we were honored to be runner-up in this category, but with your help we can come in #1 in 2024! | |
The City Choir of Washington is sponsored in part by the DC Commission on the Arts & Humanities | |
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Allegro: The City Choir Newsletter
Editor: Emily Hantman Tsai
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The City Choir of Washington is a tax exempt organization under section 501(c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code. Contributions are tax deductible to the full extent provided by law. You may obtain a copy of our financial statement by writing The City Choir of Washington, P.O. Box 9673, Washington DC 20016 or by calling us (202) 495-1613. The financial statement may be obtained from the Virginia Office of Consumer Affairs upon written request and, for the cost of copying and postage, from the Secretary of State of Maryland. | | | | |
