Previous Seasons

Sunday, October 20, 2024 | 4pm

Step into a world of musical brilliance. Brahms’ Requiem, a CCS fan-favorite, tells a breathtaking story of human connection with its stirring melodies and lush orchestral sound.

Saturday, December 14, 2024 | 2pm & 7pm
Sunday, December 15, 2024 | 4pm

Washington’s favorite holiday tradition is back! Celebrate Christmas with classic carols, a dazzling brass quintet, and the 120-voice Cathedral Choral Society.

Sunday, March 16, 2025 | 4pm

Witness music history in the making! Cathedral Choral Society joins forces with the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra for the riveting Washington premiere of Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D.

Sunday, May 18, 2025 | 4pm

Immerse yourself in a vivid a cappella soundscape with the exquisite 12-voice Chanticleer and the formidable 120-voice Cathedral Choral Society, side by side for an afternoon of unparalleled musical beauty.

Wednesday, June 4, 2025 | 7pm

Experience the opulent period epic as the NSO performs the score live-to-picture! Winner of eight Academy Awards including Best Picture, Amadeus tells the story of vindictive composer Antonio Salieri (F. Murray Abraham), who is consumed by jealousy for his rival—the petulant genius Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (Tom Hulce).

Sunday, October 22, 2023 | 4pm

CCS and Washington Bach Consort join forces to celebrate baroque music from Mexico City’s Cathedral, extraordinary music resulting from a collision of cultures.

Saturday, December 16, 2023 | 2pm and 6pm
Sunday, December 17, 2023 | 4pm

Bells ring and jubilant voices beckon to all this holiday season. Gather with us at Washington National Cathedral to celebrate the Joy of Christmas.

Sunday, March 10, 2024 | 4pm

Immerse yourself in the music of Gabrieli, Bruckner, and Esmail as trumpets and voices resound in the vast expanse of the Cathedral Nave.

Sunday, May 19, 2024 | 4pm

Chorus meets big band: journey through jazz, blues, and choral music in Ellington’s Sacred Concert with the Cathedral Choral Society, Heritage Signature Chorale, and Pershing’s Own U.S. Army Blues.

Saturday, October 22, 2022 | 4pm

The fiery passion and stunning tenderness of the Romeo & Juliet story come to life in one of Hector Berlioz’s most original works. Atlanta Ballet joins CCS for a dramatic rendering of the choral symphony, with new choreography by Claudia Schreier.

Saturday, December 10, 2022 | 2pm & 6pm
Sunday, December 11, 2022 | 4pm

Trumpets, drums, and voices herald the coming of the Christmas season. As the cold of winter sets in, music of the holidays past and present will warm your spirit. CCS’s annual Joy of Christmas is a Washington tradition that all should experience.

Sunday, March 19, 2023 | 4pm

“Ring out, wild bells, to the wild sky.” Poetry and music together paint vivid landscapes, evoking unearthly vignettes from the minds of Edgar Allan Poe and Alfred, Lord Tennyson. The Baltimore Symphony Orchestra, one of America’s greatest orchestras, joins Cathedral Choral Society at Washington National Cathedral for this stunning marriage of music and words.

Sunday, May 14, 2023 | 4pm

The Cathedral Choral Society and Heritage Signature Chorale join forces to present Our Work Unfinished: A Black Composers Retrospective. With a full orchestra and Maestro Stanley J. Thurston on the podium, the chorus will offer an exploration of music that reflects the African American experience.

Saturday, December 11, 2021 | 2pm & 6pm
Sunday, December 12, 2021 | 4pm

From all corners of Washington National Cathedral, voices rise, filling the arches with echoes of holidays past and the wonder of things to come.

Sunday, March 13, 2022 | 4pm

In 1920, the right to vote was expanded under the Nineteenth Amendment to include women. One hundred and two years later, we explore what it means to have your voice heard.

Sunday, May 15, 2022 | 4pm

To experience Verdi’s Requiem is to take a journey that is felt as much as it is heard.  To hear the work under the majestic arches of Washington National Cathedral is to encounter awe.