2026-27 Season
Join us for a season of living traditions!
Subscription packages and individual tickets will go on sale in late summer 2026. Until then, we hope you enjoy learning more about the fantastic concerts we’ll be presenting this season.
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Petite Messe Solennelle
Sunday, October 25, 2026 at 6pm
“This little composition…is, alas, the final mortal sin of my old age. A little technique, a little heart, that is all.”
Gioachino Rossini’s Petite Messe Solennelle is neither little nor entirely solemn. Yet beneath the wit and irony of its title lies one of Rossini’s most personal creations, a work that blends the theatrical brilliance and unforgettable melodies of his comic operas—including extraordinary and virtuosic arias—with an almost uncharacteristic tenderness and spiritual depth. Join Cathedral Choral Society for our performance of this intimate and optimistic reflection on faith and mortality, scored for chorus, soloists, two pianos, and harmonium, which served as Rossini’s final plea for paradise.
Joy of Christmas: 50 Years of Splendor
Saturday, December 12, 2026 at 2pm and 6pm
Sunday, December 13, 2026 at 6pm
On December 12, 1976, Cathedral Choral Society presented our very first Joy of Christmas. Now 50 years later, this beloved tradition remains an essential part of the holiday season in Washington, full of splendor and magic in one of the city’s most awe-inspiring spaces!
Join CCS for holiday favorites both past and present this year, including sing-along carols, jubilant brass, majestic organ, and festive carillon. We’ll also mark the occasion by revisiting some of our favorite commissions from the past five decades—works that have since become seasonal sensations for choirs around the world. Whether this is your first Joy of Christmas or your fiftieth, we cannot wait to ring in the holidays with you!
In Severn and Stone: Music for an English Cathedral
Sunday, March 7, 2027 at 6pm
Journey to England’s great sacred spaces in Cathedral Choral Society’s next concert, In Severn and Stone: Music for an English Cathedral. Inspired by the storied cathedrals and ancient landscapes that shaped composers such as Herbert Howells, Hubert Hastings Parry, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Judith Bingham, Edward Bairstow, and Benjamin Britten, this program explores the musical tradition born between soaring vaults and hallowed halls. Join CCS in experiencing this quintessential English music in a unique concert setting, where echoes endure and stone itself seems to sing.
I, Too, Am America
Sunday, May 16, 2027 at 6pm
I, Too, Am America celebrates the voices that continue to shape our nation’s evolving story. This performance is also the culmination of the “I, Too, Sing America Project,” a multi-year collaboration between Cathedral Choral Society and Heritage Signature Chorale, dedicated to the rich contributions of African Americans to America’s musical culture. This final concert showcases a new generation of Black composers—Michael Abels, John Stoddart, and Jessie Montgomery—through brand-new orchestral commissions and two world premieres.
As the United States concludes its semiquincentennial celebrations, Cathedral Choral Society invites audiences to consider this powerful and challenging music, viewing our nation not as a finished work, but as one whose song is still being written.
