Get your tickets now, because the Alexandria Choral Society just announced its 2025-26 season.
It’s the 55th season for the ACS, and the five performances in this year’s program are being held at venues across the city. Season tickets cost $125, and individual event tickets are suggested $30 apiece.
“As a nonprofit performing arts organization ACS strongly believes that financial capacity should never be a barrier to experiencing quality choral programming,” ACS said in a release. “That’s why we have proudly adopted a pay-what-you-can pricing model for our performances. Our suggested price for each seat is $30 per concert.”
The schedule is below.
- October 25 (Sunday) — “Do You Hear What I Hear?” at 3 p.m. at Westminster Presbyterian Church (2701 Cameron Mills Road). The performance from singers of all ages contemplates the profound art of listening, presented in collaboration with the Alexandria Children’s Chorus
- December 13 (Saturday) –“The Weary World Rejoices,” at 4 p.m. at St. Paul’s Episcopal Church (228 S. Pitt Street). The performance will acknowledge the uncertainty we are all facing while celebrating the light that breaks through the darkness. This program will move from contemplative works to hopeful classics, featuring selections from Mozart’s Requiem and beloved holiday classics like “O Holy Night,” as well as the traditional Spanish carol “A La Nanita Nana” and Elgar’s “The Snow”
- March 8 (Sunday) — “American Voices,” at 3 p.m. and 7 p.m. at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial (101 Callahan Drive). The ACS will be joined by the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Association for a program that reflect what it means to be American in the 21st Century, including
Gabriela Ortiz’s “Kauyumari,” Leonard Bernstein’s “Symphonic Dances” from West Side Story, and Jake Runestad’s Earth Symphony- April 18 — “History Has Its Eyes On You,” at 4 p.m. at Christ Church (118 N. Washington Street). This powerful program—featuring selections from Hamilton, “One Day More” from Les Miserables, Jennifer Lucy Cook’s “Time,” Palestrina’s “Sicut Cervus,” and more will explore our relationship with time, legacy, and how we share the weight of being witnesses to history
- May 16 and 17 — “I Hope You Dance,” at the George Washington National Masonic Memorial. The two-performance season finale embraces celebration with Diana V. Saez’s “Temporal,” Oscar Escalada’s passionate “Libertango,” Jennifer Lucy Cook’s “Lo Dello: the dance,” and Z. Randall Stroope’s “Dance For Love.” The evening will culminate with The Wanting Memories Project, a powerful tribute to Ysaye Barnwell, founding member of Grammy award-winning a cappella ensemble Sweet Honey in the Rock
