Announcing the 2022-2023 Choral Arts Season
The 2022-23 Season, our first with incoming Artistic Director Dr. Jace Kaholokula Saplan, is packed with performances that showcase the choral classics we know and love while ushering in a new generation of classics.
Expect to be awed by a season that reawakens the spirit and transcends beyond the walls of the concert hall.
Ticket Package renewals and purchases available August 15, 2022
Tickets for individual concerts available September 22, 2022
2022-2023 Choral Arts Performances
O! What a Beautiful City
Wondrous Music Rooted in DC
Saturday, November 19, 2022 | 7:00 pm
Venue to be announced
Symphonic Chorus
This program is a tribute of gratitude for the DC Community. We honor composers, their works, and pieces with significant ties to the DC metro area. Join us as we love on our city through song
O Night Divine!
Christmas Music with Choral Arts
Monday, December 19, 2022 | 7:00 pm
Saturday, December 24, 2022 | 2:00 pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Symphonic Chorus, Dr. Jace Kaholokula Saplan, conductor
Youth Choir, Brandon Straub, conductor
Choral Arts Orchestra
Embrace the magic of the Christmas season from the sheer excitement of a morning in community with one another to the snowy lilts of a lullaby. The radiant voices of the Chorus return to the Kennedy Center accompanied by the lush sound of a full orchestra. Capture the serene and the joyous with the season’s vibrant treasure-trove of winter carols and Christmas classics.
A Family Christmas
For the Young and Young at Heart (Ages 5 and up)
Saturday, December 24, 2022 | 11:00 am
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
with special guests Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph
Symphonic Chorus
Choral Arts Brass
Bring the kids for an unforgettable holiday experience as the Choral Arts Chorus fills the concert hall with holiday classics just for them! We’ll take you on a merry tour of Christmas favorites that will have your family singing all the way home. Expect a visit from Santa, Frosty, and Rudolph! This one-hour concert is perfect for children ages 5 and up.
Living the Dream…Singing the Dream
35th Annual Choral Tribute to Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Sunday, February 5, 2023 | 7:00 pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Washington Performing Arts Men, Women, and Children of the Gospel
Michele Fowlin, Artistic Director
Theodore Thorpe III, Artistic Director
The Choral Arts Society of Washington
Dr. Jace Kaholokula Saplan, Artistic Director
The long-running, ever-popular tribute to the life and legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. returns to the Kennedy Center as the combined choirs of Washington Performing Arts Gospel Choirs and Choral Arts celebrate the power of music, collaboration, and the human spirit. The program transcends race, age, and gender to unite all who honor his ideals with songs that unite our spirits.
Whitacre’s The Sacred Veil
Saturday, May 6, 2023 | 4:00 pm & 8:00 pm
Live! at 10th & G
Chamber Singers
The most recent collaboration between Eric Whitacre and poet/lyricist Charles Anthony Silvestri, The Sacred Veil tells an intimate story of life, love and loss.
Boldly Becoming
Haydn’s Mass for Troubled Times | Price’s Song of Hope | DiOrio’s Solaris
Sunday, June 11, 2023 | 5:00 pm
Kennedy Center Concert Hall
Symphonic Chorus
Choral Arts Orchestra
THE PROGRAM:
Joseph Haydn: Missa in angustiis (Mass for Troubled Times/Lord Nelson Mass)
Florence Price: Song of Hope
Dominick DiOrio: Solaris
Explore the beauty that flourishes when we reject preconceived notions. These three works illuminate how we navigate the inner workings of being present, the importance of self-determination and tenacious hope, and what is possible when we choose ourselves and our authenticity, regardless of societal pressure.
All performances are conducted by Artistic Director Dr. Jace Kaholokula Saplan unless otherwise indicated.
ALL attendees, regardless of age, must have a ticket including children who will sit in a lap.
By purchasing tickets, you accept the risk of attending a live performance.
To learn more about supporting our season journey, email JoinUs@ChoralArts.org.
All programs, artists, dates, times, prices, and content are subject to change.
