2023-2024 Season

 
 
 

18th Annual Cabaret

Jukebox

saturday, June 15, 2024

4 pm & 7:30 pm

Capitol Turnaround
700 M St SE, Washington, DC 20003

We’re cranking up the volume on the greatest hits of yesteryears. Get ready for a toe-tappin’, heart-throbbin’ tribute to the legends of Motown, rock and roll, doo-wop, and pop. We’re laying down tracks from the 50s and 60s, celebrating the hits that made jukeboxes jive.

 
 

 

American Youth Chorus & NorthEast Senior Singers

Colors of Life

sUNDAY, June 9 at 4pm

Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Roman Catholic Church
1357 E. Capitol St SE, DC

American Youth Chorus and NorthEast Senior Singers perform a diverse concert of American music celebrating love, nature, and the vibrancy of life across generations. These ensembles of the Congressional Chorus family sing a wide array of songs including Native American and Shaker hymns, African American spirituals, plus pop, jazz and gospel favorites—works by Christina Aguilera, Michael Jackson, Train, Christina Perri, Burt Bacharach, Billy Joel, Stevie Wonder, and more!

 
 
 

 

We Do

saturday, March 16, 2024

7 pm with American Youth Chorus and NorthEast Senior Singers

Live! at 10th and G
945 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001

WE DO is a profound exploration and celebration of love’s universality and transformative power. This music compels us to give more love in our lives, reminding us that love is our most valuable resource and our pathway to fostering compassion.

Congressional Chorus gives the DC premiere of Scot Hanna-Weir’s Four Principles of Marriage and The Hope of Lovingby Jake Runestad, combining artistic expression with a powerful social message. Hanna-Weir transforms legal text from Obergefell v. Hodges–the landmark Supreme Court decision upholding the right to same-sex marriage–into a poetic libretto, while Runestad weaves together the writings of spiritual mystics, capturing the various ways we respond to and act on our ideas of love. 

American Youth Chorus (AYC) performs music spanning over 200 years, from early US folk hymns and spirituals to the pop songs of today that have captured hearts globally. Additionally, collaborative works with a string quintet and NorthEast Senior Singers, both of which will perform several other selections on the program. 

 
 
 

 

What a Wonderful World

saturday, November 18, 2023

4pm with American Youth Chorus
7:30pm with NorthEast Senior Singers

Live! at 10th and G
945 G St NW, Washington, DC 20001

A dramatic musical journey that honors the awe-inspiring beauty of nature. Through an eclectic set of styles and featuring the voices of diverse composers, we explore societal challenges and find hope in the profound interconnectedness of all life, including world premieres of two newly commissioned works by local composers Emily Mason and George Stewart. Our multigenerational family will showcase solo performances by American Youth Chorus and NorthEast Senior Singers. 

 
 
 

 
 

Profiles in Courage

saturday, September 2, 2023 at 4pm

Mt. Carmel Baptist Church
901 3rd Street NW, Washington, DC 20001
Free will offering

NorthEast Senior Singers (NESS) presents a live multimedia stage presentation honoring the 60th anniversary of the 1963 March on Washington for Jobs and Freedom. The performance shares inspiring songs and stories from that August day that still have power for our times.