Past Events

2010-11 Season

May 21, 2011, 7:30 p.m.
Location: Vienna Presbyterian Church
First commissioned and performed in 1993 at River Road Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Clif Hardin’s Requiem is a profoundly moving musical portrayal of the experiences surrounding death and dying. With settings of extraordinary texts ranging from the timeless words of Ecclesiastes to 20th century poets, Requiem powerfully evokes the complex themes of anger, grief, remembrance, and gratitude that are common to our experience of losing a loved one.

March 5, 2011, 4:00 p.m.
Location: Vienna Baptist Church
A family concert featuring Aesop’s fables set to music
Some of your favorite Aesop’s fables presented musically and visually – a concert that’s sure to entertain the entire family!

 

 

On December 18, 2010, Vienna Choral Society “Came in from the cold” and sang in a family-friendly concert in a relaxed, cozy setting at Vienna Baptist Church.  Audience members were treated to traditional holiday music as well as old favorites, and everyone finished the afternoon with yummy hot chocolate!

On December 23,2010, the Vienna Choral Society again performed on stage as one of the featured choruses at the Annual Kennedy Center Messiah Sing-along.

 

2009-10 Seasons and past

AUGUST 31, 2010

Season Kickoff Social
Everyone welcome! Refreshments and hospitality! Come learn about VCS, meet our director, and find out how you can join us
A social time to get to know the Vienna Choral Society, meet VCS members and our artistic staff, enjoy refreshments, and learn about our upcoming season of concerts. [more info]

JULY 13, 2010
Voice Classes
Voice 101 and Basic Notation, Rhythm, & Sightreading classes
Two classes – Voice 101 and Basic Notation, Rhythm, and Sightreading. Voice 101 is a 2-hr comprehensive voice lesson that covers breathing, support, range, resonance, projection, dynamics, vowel production, and your body as your instrument. Basic Notation, Rhythm, and Sightreading is a 2-hour tour of music fundamentals including reading music, intervals and patterns for sightsinging, basic rhythm, vocal ranges, and major/minor scales. Dates vary; see flier for more information. To register and reserve space in the class(es), click on Tickets and go to InstantSeats site to order, or call 703-255-5508 or email viennachoralsociety@hotmail.com.

MAY 22, 2010

Disney Princess Songbook

Favorite songs and scenes highlighting the cultures, languages, and character of the princesses.
Special pricing for children age 8 and under.

APRIL 17, 2010
Celebration of the 40th Anniversary of Earth Day
Featuring music and performances from artists and musicians from throughout our community.

DECEMBER 6, 2009
CELEBRATE!
Featuring Hanukkah and Christmas favorites and sing alongs!

DECEMBER 5, 2009
Hallelujah!
A Holiday Celebration and Community Singalong

OCTOBER 17, 2009
Remembrance
A Concert for Peace
AUGUST 25, 2009
VCS Season Kick-Off Meeting and Social Hour
A chance to welcome new members and greet those who are returning!
Evening’s program includes the introduction of our VCS Interim Musical Director Terry Sisk, who will make a special presentation and provide an overview of the 2009-10 Season. [more info]

JUNE 6, 2009
Frock Swap
Celebrate the art of sharing! Bring gently worn fashion items that you are ready to part with.
MAY 31, 2009
Favorite Folksongs
for the Family
A VCS Family concert FREE to school age children accompanied by an adult.
Featuring such notables as Down in the Valley, Laura Lee, Gentle Annie, My Old Kentucky Home, Seeing Nellie home, Hooray for the Cowboys, Red River Valley, Tumblin’ Tumbleweed, Riders in the Sky, Cool Water, Londonderry Air, Bailero, and others.

MAY 30, 2009
The Songs We Sang
Favorite Folksongs from Here and Beyond.
Featuring such notables as Down in the Valley, Laura Lee, Gentle Annie, My Old Kentucky Home, Seeing Nellie home, Hooray for the Cowboys, Red River Valley, Tumblin’ Tumbleweed, Riders in the Sky, Cool Water, Londonderry Air, Bailero, and others.

APRIL 18, 2009
Choral Music Sale!
Popular and Classic Choral Selections
We are selling a large selection of our twenty-year-old music archive! Excellent selection of SATB, SSA and pieces for men’s voices. Browsers welcome!

MARCH 21, 2009
Haydn Fest
A Commemoration of the 200th Anniversary of the Death of Franz Joseph Haydn (1732-1809)
DECEMBER 12, 2008
VCS Caroling
on the
Vienna Town Green
A free holiday concert
Sponsored by the Town of Vienna
Parks and Recreation
DECEMBER 7, 2008
Angel Tidings and Carols for Families
A VCS Family Concert FREE to school age children accompanied by an adult
In all towns and villages both far and near, Angel host bears tidings in strain full clear: “Joy come to every nation, Joy to this generation, Christ is here; Christ is here” Featuring joyous music and carols for the entire family!

DECEMBER 6, 2008
Angel Tidings
In all towns and villages both far and near, Angel host bears tidings in strain full clear: “Joy come to every nation, Joy to this generation, Christ is here; Christ is here” Featuring works by Eric Barnum, Peter Cornelius, Stephen Hatfield, Daniel Kantor, Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, John Rutter, Peter Warlock and others

SEPTEMBER 11, 2008
Vienna 9-11 Ceremony
Sponsored by Vienna American Legion Post 180 and The Town of Vienna.
AUGUST 26, 2008
2008-09 Season
Kick Off & Welcome
All new and returning VCS members are invited for Wine and Cheese!
Meet VCS Board and members.
Get informational materials & purchase music.
Women’s new costumes will be available and for order.

MAY 31, 2008
You Shall Have a Song
SONGS OF TRIBUTE I Have Had Singing, Steven Sametz; – United States O Clap Your Hands, Ralph Vaughan Williams; – England Brigg Fair, arr. Percy Grainger; – England Loch Lomond, arr. Ralph Vaughan Williams; – Scotland Irish Tune from County Derry, Percy Grainger; – Ireland May the Road Rise to Meet You, Henderson; – Ireland Sakura, Sakura, arr. Norma Luboff; – Japan L’amour de Moy, arr. Parker & Shaw; – France

MARCH 8, 2008
Sound of Music
Outside professional singers sang the roles of Maria, Captain Georg Ritter von Trapp, the Mother Abbess, Liesl (eldest child of Captain von Trapp), and Rolfe (the postman). Members of the chorus sang the roles of Baroness Elsa Schraeder, Max Detweiler, the four other nuns (Sisters Berta, Margareta, Sofia, and Teresa), and three of the von Trapp children (Louisa, Brigitta, and Marta). Children from the wider Vienna community sang the roles of the remaining von Trapp children (Friedrich, Kurt, and Gretl).

DECEMBER 8, 2007
Christmas in the Americas
Carols and Anthems from North and South America.
Our Christmas program with a slight twist–beautiful carols from the Americas! Works included: CANADA: Hodie, Christus Natus Est, Healey Willan ‘Twas in the Moon of Wintertime’ (The Huron Carol), arr. Healey Willan. UNITED STATES: The Little Drummer Boy, Harry Simeone/arr. John McCarthy Do You Hear What I Hear?, Noel Regney/arr. Harry Simeone A Christmas Carol, Charles Ives/arr. Paul C. Echols This Child, This King, Daniel E. Gawthrop with organ & harp Gloria, John Leavitt; On Christmas Eve a child cried out, Alan Hovhaness with flute & harp Beautiful Star of Bethlehem, R. Fischer Boyce. LATIN AMERICA: Riu, riu, chiu, ed. Noah Greenberg – generic Hispanic A La Nanita Nana, arr. Folstrom with harp – generic Hispanic Calypso Carol, arr. Craig Curry – Afro-Caribbean Ave Maria from Misa Cubana, Jose Maria Vitier with major soprano solo part – Cuba Nino Lindo, arr. Alberto Grau – Venezuela Ave Maria, Villa-Lobos – Brazil The Virgin Mary Had a Baby Boy, arr. Lynn Trapp – West Indian.

2006-2007 Season

  • The Road Home: Songs for the Season of Gathering. Beautiful River (Shall we gather at the river)-arr. Hawley; Peace (from Shaker Songs); McKay (from An American Thanksgiving; We gather together–Danish melody; Not one sparrow is forgotten- Shaker hymn; We shall walk through the valley in peace; By and By; Winter waketh all my care–Rutter; The Old Church (from Prairie Songs)–Paulus; Calling my children home; Lay me low; The Road Home
  • Homage to the Old Dominion at 400 Years. As I Went Down to the River, Bless to Me, O God (Gawthrop), Ode to the Virginian Voyage (Randall Thompson), Oh, Shenandoah (Houkom), On the Trail of the Lonesome Pine (Brown), Pocahontas Medley (Schwartz), Sing Me to Heaven (Gawthrop), and Virginia (Rinker).
  • The Light of Stars. Lux Aeterna, a choral transcription of Elgar’s Nimrod from the Enigma Variations; Thompson’s Alleluia; The Best of Rooms, Choose Something Like a Star (Frostiana); and The Light of Stars; Barber’s Sure on This Shining Night; plus Chanticleer’s arrangements.

2005-2006 Season

  • In Praise of Wisdom — Settings from Scripture and Poetry. Music of Randall Thompson, Samuel Barber, Leonard Bernstein, and even Lennon and McCartney! Three by Langston and more.
  • All the Things You Are: Songs of Love and Loss. Songs by George Shearing, a Beatles tune, some lesser-known Billy Joel songs, a Phil Collins tune from Tarzan, Scottish tunes, a Platters hit, When I Fall in Love, and All the Things You Are.
  • City Called Heaven: Spirituals and Other Songs of the South.
  • Songs of Christmas

2004-2005 Season

  • An American Songfest: Variety of choral music by American composers. The Testament of Freedom by Thompson, Three American Lyrics by Rutter, Song of Democracy by Hanson, How Can I Keep from Singing by Lowry, and Walking on the Green Grass by Hennagin.
  • Starlights of Christmas. Including: Rheinberger, The Star of Bethlehem, Hodie Christus Natus Est, This Christmastide, Angels We Have Heard on High, Wassail Carol, and Fantasia on Christmas Carols.
  • Regards to Broadway. Music from Les Miserables, My Fair Lady, South Pacific, The King and I, The Music Man, The Phantom of the Opera, and the Sound of Music.
  • Starlights of Christmas. Including: Rheinberger, The Star of Bethlehem, Hodie Christus Natus Est, This Christmastide, Angels We Have Heard on High, Wassail Carol, and Fantasia on Christmas Carols.

2003-2004 Season

  • African Influences. Works by Samuel Coleridge-Taylor.; Requiem by Jose Mauricio Nunes Garcia. Spirituals (arrangers include Wendell Whalum and Moses Hogan), favorites such as Amen by Jester Hairston, and It Don’t Mean a Thing (If It Ain’t Got That Swing) by Duke Ellington.
  • Christmas Concert. Hodie by Z. Randall Stroope. Other pieces include Fanfare for Christmas Day (Shaw), O Magnum Mysterium, Welcome All Wonders (Dirkson), What Sweeter Music (Rutter), and African Noel (Thomas).
  • Sing Praises. Two Te Deums emphasizing the contrasting styles of Dvorak and Bruckner. Large orchestra and guest solists.
  • Americana — selections include The Choir Invisible, Three Portraits by Steven Foster, Three by Langston, and It Don’t Mean a Thing

2002-2003 Season

  • A Night at the Opera
  • Christmas Concert (featuring Britten’s Ceremony of Carols)
  • Faure and Durufle Requiems
  • Of Thee I Sing: American Composers, American Values

2001-2002 Season

  • VCS Strikes a Funny Chord (PDQ Bach, Gilbert and Sullivan, and more fun stuff)
  • A Holiday Celebration (featuring Daniel Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata)
  • Haydn Missa Brevis and Mozart’s Requiem
  • Of Thee I Sing – American Composers, American Values

2000-2001 Season

  • VCS by Request (favorites include Lord of the Dance, Medley from Grease, Ride the Chariot)
  • A Holiday Celebration — John Rutter’s When Icicles Hang, several other beautiful Rutter tunes, and many other lovely favorites
  • Dvorak’s Stabat Mater
  • Great Choruses (How Lovely is thy Dwelling Place, The Heavens are Telling, Ave Verum, Hallelujah Choruses, and more)

1999-2000 Season

  • This is My Country
  • Christmas Traditions (Handel’s Messiah – parts I and II), as well as traditional carols and songs)
  • A Celtic Spring Fling
  • A Bouquet of Cheer (light-hearted concert with a floral motif).

1998-1999 Season

  • Invitation to the Dance — Songs about Dancing (Tom Leich, Terry Sisk on pianos)
  • The British are Coming (Gaudeamus Chorus from England, VCS, and Andrew Chapel U.M.C. Choir join together for this wonderful concert)

1997-1998 Season

  • Christmas in Vienna (with the Oakton High School String Orchestra)
  • Voices …and all that Brass. Choral masterworks for voices, organ and brass
  • Broadway Bound featuring Andrew Lloyd Webber

1996-1997 Season

  • Rutter — by Request. Requiem plus shorter Rutter works
  • Schutz, Psalm 150
  • Lambert, Rio Grande
  • Thompson, Testament of Freedom, Thompson, Frostiana
  • Faure, Requiem
  • Bach, Christ Lay in Death’s Dark Priso; Bach, Chorales from Jesu, Priceless Treasure; Brahms, Let Nothing Ever Grieve Thee (motet)

1995-1996 Seasons

  • Rheinberger, The Star of Bethlehem (Cathy Price, soprano), Rutter, Brother Heinrich’s Christmas (Don Henry, narrator), other Christmas music.
  • P.D.Q. Bach, The Seasonings, other music of fun and of romance.
  • Brahms, Requiem (Cathy Price, soprano; Jim Shaffran, bass).
  • Joint concert with Gaudeamus joining us from England.

1994-1995 Season

  • Britten, Jubilate Deo, Choral Dances from Gloriana, Holst, Psalm 148, To the Unknown God (Choral Hymns from the Rig Veda).
  • Vaughan Williams, Lord, Thou Hast Been our Refuge, Five Mystical Songs, (Brad Hayes, Baritone).
  • Opera Choruses (with Soprano Consortium)
  • Hanson, Song of Democracy, Thompson, Testament of Freedom.

1993-1994 Season

  • Christmas Concert. Handel, Messiah (Christmas portion); Christmas carols
  • Famous Masses. Puccini, Gloria Mass; Schubert, Mass in G; Gounod, St. Cecilia Mass; Mendelssohn, Psalm 42 (Kit Prothero, soprano)
  • Broadway show tunes

1992-1993 Season

  • Durufle, Requiem
  • Franck, Psalm 150
  • Faure, Cantique
  • Vivaldi, Gloria
  • Poulenc, Gloria (Martha Randall)
  • I Hear America Singing

1991-1992 Season

  • Handel,Messiah (Christmas portion)
  • Music fo a Royal Occasion. Handel, Zadok the Priest (Coronation Anthem no. 1); Handel, Let Thy Hand Be Strengthened (Coronation Anthem no. 4); Parry,I Was Glad When Thy Said Unto Me; Mozart, Coronation Mass
  • War and Peace (Haydn, Mass in Time of War, Vaughan-Williams, Dona Nobis Pacem)
  • It’s a Grand Night for Singing – Broadway Showtunes

1990-1991 Season

  • Handel, Messiah (Christmas portion).
  • Rutter, Brother Heinrich’s Christmas.
  • Mendelssohn, Hymn of Praise.
  • Swanson, Vision for All (Rick Swanson directing).

1988-1989 Seasons

  • American Songs. Works of Copeland and Rutter. This concert Directed by Nancy Post with Diane Pyles — Accompanist