Vienna Choral Society

AMERICAN QUILT – Got Your Tickets?

We sing AMERICAN QUILT, 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 19 at Providence Presbyterian Church (9019 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031). It’s a wonderful repertoire of our shared American musical heritage. The kind where anyone can simply wait for an opening, and step into the common square of song to rediscover the music you forgot you knew and loved.


Do you have your tickets? You might want to get them fast! Because we’re sharing the stage with special guests from James Madison High School’s Madison Select Singers and Madison Madrigals (dir. Claire Rowan) and Orchestra (dir. Erin Eberly). 

It’s going to be a packed stage, but as a teaching choir, we wouldn’t have it any other way!

We’re often asked what “teaching choir” means. It’s simple: We welcome and support singers and musicians on all points of their artistic journey. Beginners learn how to simply be on the stage or in the audience, emerging artists find a place to polish their craft, and adults come to find joy whether they’re singing or listening.

More than anything else, everyone on stage learns from one another. VCS singers share in the infectious optimism and energy our guests bring to the concert. And our younger partners discover that music can be a lifelong pursuit that enriches us immeasurably. As Ms. Rowan and Ms. Eberly put it, “Having a chance to move out of our own auditorium and perform with fellow musicians from our town is such a gift. Our Madison students are able to see the great joy that comes with a lifelong pursuit of musical excellence and what fun it can be to make something beautiful with your community.”

At a teaching choir, everyone wins, and everyone’s day is a little bit sweeter for the music. So come join us! Fall right into the music you love well and just haven’t heard in a while. Chances are you remember all the words.

TICKET INFORMATION
Tickets are $25/adults, $20/seniors and students (15-18).
We also have season tickets available at $85/adults and $75/seniors and students. Youth 14 and younger attend for free.

Tickets are available through the choir or online
until 11:55 pm, Friday, October 18, 2019.
We’ll also have them at the door on concert night.
Box office opens at 6:45 pm, doors open at 7:15 pm.

Look forward to seeing you in a week and change!

AMERICAN QUILT: Fall Into Music You Forgot You Knew

Thank you so much to our friends, family, and supporters for making our Friends of VCS a smashing success! Your generosity is what allows us to make great music, foster the next generation of musicians, and build a larger community of arts lovers. With that, we dive into final prep for our first concert of the season.

We sing AMERICAN QUILT, 7:30 pm, Saturday, October 19 at Providence Presbyterian Church (9019 Little River Turnpike, Fairfax, VA 22031).

From the poignant “Will The Circle Be Unbroken” and “He’s Gone Away” to the uplifting rise and fall and rise again of “The Boatsman’s Song” and “Simple Gifts,” this is a concert of shared American musical heritage where anyone can simply wait for an opening, and step into the common square of song.

We’re delighted to share the stage with special guests from James Madison High School’s Chorus (dir. Claire Rowan) and Orchestra (dir. Erin Eberly). These are amazing, already highly skilled musicians led by some of the finest music educators in these parts. We can’t wait to sing with them, and for you.

So come and hold your breath with a room full of people. And fall right into music that’s been there all long and waiting to be rediscovered. Join us!

TICKET INFORMATION:
Tickets are $25/adults, $20/seniors and students (15-18).
We also have season tickets available at $85/adults and $75/seniors and students.
Youth 14 and younger attend for free.

Tickets are available through the choir or online  until 11:55 pm, Friday, October 18, 2019.
We’ll also have them at the door on concert night.
Box office opens at 6:45 pm, doors open at 7:15 pm.

Look forward to seeing you in a couple of weeks!

The More, The Merrier – Become A Friend of VCS

The fall is off to a great start at VCS! We’ve added fourteen new singers – that’s like a whole section by itself! – lined up some great partners, and have a wonderful season of great music in store. But before we tell you about what’s coming up fast in our first concert we want to ask you once more to become a Friend of VCS during our special September outreach.

Here’s why. Even in an area like the DC Metro region – choir central, for all practical purposes – VCS is the rare teaching choir. On any given week, rehearsal is full singers from all walks of life and all persuasions. If you haven’t sung in ages, we’re where you pick up the music again. If you’re looking for a place to sing better, we’re where the repertoire will challenge and fulfill you. If you’re a professional, we’re where you sing works ahead of the curve. Whoever you are, we’re where you take a great and joyful leap into music. And find community.

In our 32nd year, we have a couple of spouses, and several parents and their son or daughter. And untold, long lasting, Tuesday night rehearsal friendships that span decades in some cases. Because VCS is not just where we sing. It is where we sing together, and leave rehearsal happier than we came in. It is where we build and sustain community. And it is especially where we support the next community of musicians and arts lovers by training arts management interns, partnering with youth musicians and school choirs, and hiring emerging instrumentalists and soloists.

All of this happens with your support when you become a Friend of VCS. And we appreciate it. For as little as $25, “Friends of VCS” can receive a whole host of benefits including reserved seating on show night no matter how packed the room, a “bring a friend for free to any concert” extra ticket, and great benefits all season at our participating vendors – Caffe Amouri, Cocoa Vienna, Bards Alley, and Nothing Bundt Cakes (Vienna location). One more thing: Everyone who gives to Friends of VCS is automatically entered into a raffle for two $50 gift cards so you can go out to dinner after a show.

Good music, great bennies, fun community, and joy! What’s not to love?

Join Friends of VCS today. You won’t regret it.

About

Welcome to VCS! We are a teaching, non-audition choir where all voices and skill levels are welcome. We invite you to learn more about who we are, what we do, and if there's a place for you in our choir.

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Contact

703-349-7150

1) PO Box 310, Vienna, VA 22183
2) ATTN: Vienna Choral Society,
374 Maple Avenue East, Suite 300,
Vienna, VA 22180
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