Our Current Season - 2022-2023

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“Light Beyond Shadow”

Join the Chorale for a late-winter program of music with messages of hope and healing as we all struggle and manage a world post-pandemic. Two pieces in particular speak to this theme:  "Requiem” by Eliza Gilkyson and "Light Beyond Shadow" by Dan  Forrest. The program also includes music by Ola Gjeilo, Moses Hogan, Kyle  Pederson, and Felix Mendelssohn.

Saturday, 11 March at 7:30 pm 

Christian Community Presbyterian Church
3120 Belair Drive
Bowie, MD 20715

Tickets purchased online will be available for pickup at Will Call before the concert.

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“Poetry and Music”

The season’s finale concert explores the closely intertwined relationship of words and  music. Concert selections range from Handel to George Shearing with a celebration of the poetry of William Shakespeare, Christina Rossetti, Edna St. Vincent Millay, and Howard Heveningham -- a veritable starry host.

Sunday, 14 May at 3:00pm 

St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church 
14900 Annapolis Road 
Bowie, MD 20715

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“Lo, How a Rose”

The Chorale sings holiday favorites in modern and traditional arrangements by Howard Helvey, John Gardner, Dan Forrest, Randol Bass and emergent composers including Jocelyn Hagen and Christopher Harris.

A few sing-alongs with the audience round out this grand holiday tradition in Bowie-Crofton. Usher in the season with the Chesapeake Chorale!

Saturday, 17 December at 7:30 pm

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Catholic Church
1800 Seton Drive
Crofton, MD 21114

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Our Past Season - 2021-2022

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“How Can We Keep from Singing?”

1 May (Sunday) 3PM

St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church
14900 Annapolis Road, Bowie, MD 20715

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“Come Sail Away with the Chesapeake Chorale”

19 March (Saturday) 7:30PM & and 20 March (Sunday) 3PM

Christian Community Presbyterian Church
3120 Belair Dr.
Bowie, MD 20715

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year”

4 December 2021 (Saturday) 7:30PM

St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church
1800 Seton Drive, Crofton, MD 21114

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Our Past Season - 2019-2020

The Chesapeake Chorale  presents
“Styx”

Come join us for a cabaret showcasing the full Chorale and members in solos and small ensembles. The main feature of the show will be a tribute to Styx, the rock band famous in the late 70s & the 80s.  Included in our tribute are Styx favorites “Show Me the Way”, The Best of Times”, “Babe”, and “Come Sail Away.”

Also featured are favorites from Broadway and film, including selections from La La Land.

This event was postponed.

The Chesapeake Chorale presents
“Beethoven at 250”

The year 2020 marks the 250th anniversary of the birth of Ludwig van Beethoven, arguably the greatest composer in history. The Chesapeake Chorale celebrates the landmark occasion with a performance of Beethoven’s Mass in C Major. 

Composed in the summer of 1807 on a commission from Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy, Haydn’s former employer, the Mass in C was written for the name day celebration of Nikolaus’ wife, Maria Josepha.
 
No composer before or since has had as profound and lasting an effect on classical music as has Beethoven.  He changed the musical landscape and redefined musical expression.  The Mass in C, his first foray into sacred choral music, stretches the contemporary boundaries of choral artistry and bears his idiomatic musical syntax.

The performance will run approx. 1 hour with no intermission.  

Saturday, 29 February at 7:30 pm

St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church
14900 Annapolis Road
Bowie, MD  20715

The Chesapeake Chorale presents
“Magnificat”

Come hear the Chorale perform the Magnificat in B flat by Francesco Durante (1684-1755)--the best Baroque composer you’ve never heard of!

In addition, the Chorale performs favorite holiday selections including “The Holly Bears a Berry” for piano four-hands arranged by Howard Helvey, a new setting of “Hodie” by Matthew Armstrong, David Lasky’s “All My Heart Again Rejoices,” and “Joy to the World” arranged for piano and organ by Mack Wilberg.

Ring in your favorite time of the year with the Chesapeake Chorale: a must-see and hear local holiday event!


Sunday, 15 December at 3:00 pm
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St. Matthew’s United Methodist Church
14900 Annapolis Road
Bowie, MD 20715

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