Gala Opening Night Performance

Orff, Carmina Burana
Saturday, November 17, 2007 at 8 pm
Sarah Jane McMahon, Scott Williamson, Rodrigo Gomez
Passionate scenes from student life - with wine, women and song. Exuberant, sexy and unforgettable. And Elliot Carter's In Defense of Corinth - an old story with a modern twist.

Handel, Messiah
Sunday, December 16, 2007 at 2:30 pm
Esther Heideman, Margaret Thompson, Scott Murphree, Grant Youngblood
Hear Handel's greatest work sung by New York's own great professional choral company. Virtuoso vocal soloists, a brilliant orchestra, and your favorite choruses, sung magnificently.

The Season's Most Popular Holiday Event

Handel, Messiah Sing-in
Tuesday, December 18, 2007 at 8 pm
Elizabeth Keusch, Margaret Thompson, Scott Murphree, Grant Youngblood
New York's most popular Holiday Season music event. 17 great conductors, 4 distinguished soloists and you, in the audience-chorus of 3,000. Celebrate the holidays by singing with us!

The Great Choral Masterpiece
Mozart, Requiem
Friday, March 28, 2008 at 8 pm
Beverly Thiele, Quinn Patrick, Eric Fennell, Matt Boehler
Mozart's great Requiem, unsurpassed in beauty - the climax of a creative lifetime. Paired with an American classic, Irving Fine's gorgeous settings of The Hour Glass poems.

The Great Choral Masterpiece
Haydn, Creation
Friday, May 2, 2008 at 8 pm
Joanna Mongiardo, Eric Shaw, James Bobick
The Creation is Haydn's masterpiece. Radiant and startlingly original, its virtuoso solos and ensembles, spectacular choruses and brilliant orchestral innovations both enchant and inspire the listener.

Gala Spring Concert
Beethoven, Symphony #9
Sunday, May 18, 2008 at 2:30 pm
Elizabeth Keusch, Jennifer Tiller, Daniel Weeks, James Bobick
Experience Beethoven's great "choral" sysmphony, with the "Ode to Joy" - a musical testament to Man's faith and freedom. With the 20th century French masterpiece, Francis Poulenc's Gloria.