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“A Prayer for Ukraine”

ROBERT SHAFER

“We’ll Meet Again” (virtual choir)

directed by Katie Jagielski | video by Arts Laureate

Moments of Music: Videos based on past performances

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The City Choir of Washington performs at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean, VA on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Accompanied by Paul Skevington, organ. Robert Shafer, artistic director. http://thecitychoirofwashington.org/

“Ave Verum Corpus”

CAMILLE SAINT-SAËNS

The City Choir of Washington performs at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia on Sunday, May 10, 2015. Accompanied by Paul Skevington, organ. Robert Shafer, Artistic Director. Conducted by Jennifer Howard Gotten, assistant conductor.

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video by Arts Laureate

"Suscepit Israel" from Magnificat

BRIAN BARTOLDUS

Soprano Crossley Danielle Hawn performs an excerpt from from Brian Bartoldus's Magnificat commissioned and performed by the City Choir of Washington. Recorded live in performance by Arts Laureate, Sunday, April 22, 2018 at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C. Also featuring the City Choir of Washington Chamber Orchestra, Robert Shafer, Artistic Director and conductor.

"Quia fecit" from Magnificat

BRIAN BARTOLDUS

The City Choir of Washington under the direction of Maestro Robert Shafer performs an excerpt from Brian Bartoldus's Magnificat commissioned and performed by the City Choir of Washington. Recorded live in performance by Arts Laureate, Sunday, April 22, 2018 at National Presbyterian Church, Washington, D.C.

 

“Ubi Caritas”

MAURICE DURUFLÉ

The City Choir of Washington performs at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia on Sunday, March 10, 2019. Robert Shafer, Artistic Director and conductor; solo: Linda Cirba, soprano.

video by Arts Laureate

Gloria

FRANCIS POULENC

The City Choir of Washington performs at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia on Sunday, March 10, 2019. Robert Shafer, Artistic Director and conductor; Danielle Talamantes, soprano; Peter Uhlir, piano.

video by Arts Laureate

Dona nobis pacem

RALPH VAUGHAN WILLIAMS

The City Choir of Washington performs at St. Luke Catholic Church in McLean, Virginia on Sunday, March 12, 2017. Robert Shafer, Artistic Director and conductor; Peter Uhlir, piano; Sherry Doyle, soprano; David Meyer, baritone.

video by Arts Laureate

The City Choir of Washington Presents:

Performances by our talented soloists

Norman Shankle & Peter Uhlir, La bonne chanson, Gabriel Fauré

Kristen Dubenion-Smith & Crossley Hawn, “Christe Eleison” J.S. Bach, Mass in B Minor

The City Choir of Washington in concert

photo credits: Arts Laureate

View gallery of past performances

 

The City Choir of Washington on Instagram

TODAY, Sunday, June 1! Don't miss the City Choir of Washington and @erinfreeman1 's concert 3 Bs: Beethoven/Bach/Bonis at National Presbyterian Church at 5 pm. 🐝Discover Mélanie Bonis' transcendent motet, Adoro te 🐝Channel your inner 17th c
Introducing bass-baritone Andrew Adelsberger, bass soloist for Beethoven's Mass in C on the City Choir of Washington's concert 3 Bs: Beethoven/Bach/Bonis, Sunday, June 1 at 5 pm at National Presbyterian Church. Andrew may be familiar to local audien
Check out our homegrown talent! 🤩 City Choir singers Rachel Tester @rtester81 and Lejerian Williams @theycallmeeljay will be our Beethoven's Mass in C Major soprano and tenor soloists. Don't miss hearing Rachel and LJ (along with our other fabulous
Introducing our alto soloist for Beethoven's Mass in C Major ... Mezzo-soprano @lauren.maho ! Lauren makes her debut with City Choir on June 1's 3 Bs: Beethoven/Bach/Bonis concert, and will travel with the choir to Brazil later in June. This fall, La
Mélanie Bonis is a "B" composer you may not have heard of 🐝--but you can remedy that on Sunday, June 1 at the City Choir of Washington's concert 3 Bs: Beethoven/Bach/Bonis , 5 pm at National Presbyterian Church! A French Romantic/
Beethoven composed his Mass in C Major in 1807, and performed parts of it in his 1808 concert featuring the premieres of four major works including his Fifth Symphony. @erinfreeman1 notes that this early work presages some of the revolutionary musica

Reviews

Interviews

  • Idagio Live: Movers and Shapers in Classical Music (2020)

Eugene Rogers, Director of The Washington Chorus, interviews Grammy-winning choral conductors Robert Shafer and Duain Wolfe

  • TWC TV (2020)

    Stephen Beaudoin, Executive Director of The Washington Chorus, interviews past, present, and future Artistic Directors Robert Shafer, Julian Wachner, Christopher Bell, and Eugene Rogers

  • The American Interest (2020)

    Jeffrey Gedmin interviews Robert Shafer

  • Chorus America (2017)

    Feature article on Robert Shafer’s 50 years as a choral conductor in Washington, D.C.

  • Fairfax County Public Schools (2015)

  • WBJC 91.5 FM (2007)