June 9th, 2010
Auditions for the 2010-2011 concert season will be held on the following evenings from 5:30 pm to 9:30 pm:
Monday, August 9th
Tuesday, August 10th
Monday, August 16th
Tuesday, August 17th
All auditions are held at the Atlas Performing Arts Center, 1333 H Street, NE, Washington, DC 20002.
Please email debby_mcconnell@congressionalchorus.org or call 202-399-7993 x182 to schedule an audition. If you will be out of town and unable to attend any of these dates, we will find an alternate date and time for you to audition.
Although we are auditioning all voice parts, tenors, baritones and basses are encouraged to audition.
April 1st, 2010
Rodgers, Kern, Hammerstein, & Hart: American Masters Light Up Season Finale
It was a grand night for singing, Saturday, June 5, and the Duke Ellington Theatre in Georgetown reverberated with the sound of music as the Congressional Chorus and the American Youth Chorus concluded their 2009-10 season with a joint performance of choral works from American masters of the Broadway musical: Jerome Kern, Oscar Hammerstein II, Richard Rodgers, and Lorenz Hart. The concert was made possible through the generous financial support of Bob Lemon.
The choruses thrilled an audience of parents, friends, and Broadway-musical lovers with songs from our best-loved Broadway shows and Hollywood films, including State Fair, Showboat, South Pacific, The King & I, Carousel, Oklahoma!, and The Sound of Music. Well-known songs from lesser-known shows – “They Didn’t Believe Me,” “With a Song in My Heart,” “All the Things You Are” – demonstrated the staying power of these perennial favorites.
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December 29th, 2009
By Jim Hardin
From Kari Doyle’s rollicking impersonation of Tina Turner singing “Proud Mary” to Bronson Lee’s evocative interpretation of “What a Wonderful World,” the third annual Congressional Chorus cabaret “Feelin’ Groovy” had audiences cheering at all three sold-out shows.
“The best evening out [I’ve] had in a long time,” said one member of the audience. “I’ve never had more fun,” said another. “And my guests were blown away.” The concert was “so uplifting, so full of energy – it was a complete joy!” said Jane Lang, Chair, Board of Directors, Atlas Performing Arts Center. “The feeling shared by audience and performers in the theatre was just as I had imagined ‘a night at the Atlas’ when I first envisioned the Center.”
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December 15th, 2009
Voices of the American Youth Chorus brightened a holiday reception on Dec. 15 when Secretary of State Hillary Clinton played host to Washington’s Diplomatic Corps. Two dozen members of the chorus’s Junior Division, ages 8-10, sang 90 minutes of Christmas carols and seasonal favorites in the State Department’s elegant Franklin Reception Room. After the event, Mrs. Clinton mingled with the students and posed with them for pictures.
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December 7th, 2009
By Jim Hardin
From the front-row pews to the back balcony, it was a packed house at the Church of the Epiphany, Saturday, November 14, for “American Folksongs & Spirituals: New Twists on Familiar Tunes,” the opening concert of the 23rd season of the Congressional Chorus. (read more here)
