Find an oasis of peace amid the hurry-scurry holiday season.  The Georgetown Chorale presents carols and lullabies from the American Southwest in Susa’s radiant scoring for choir, marimba, guitar, and harp.  Eric Whitacre’s Seal Lullaby and Sarah Quartel’s Birds’ Lullaby remind us of humankind’s duty of environmental stewardship.  The program will also feature world premiere performances of A Choral Benediction (Gary Davison) and selections from Carols of the Earth (Amy Broadbent). 

I never knew the charm of spring,

Never met it face to face,

I never knew my heart could sing,

Never missed a warm embrace,

… ‘Til April in Paris.

Our highly anticipated spring gala serves to support our organization and to kickstart Georgetown Chorale’s partnership with our member-selected 2027 Season Beneficiary.  Join us for an evening of French music, great food, and warm fellowship as we greet the lavish blossoms of springtime.  

The ephemeral beauty of springtime is uniquely captured in the music of Lili Boulanger, whose brief lifetime yielded a remarkably mature and varied compositional oeuvre.  The Georgetown Chorale and Georgetown Chamber Orchestra explore three of Boulanger’s final works, D’un Matin de printemps, Vieille prière bouddhique, and the haunting Pie Jesu which the composer dictated to her sister Nadia Boulanger while on her deathbed.  The pert joie de vivre of Francis Poulenc’s Gloria and Gabriel Faure’s enduring Cantique de Jean Racine round out the program.