by Patrick D. McCoy | Feb 6, 2020 | Breaking News, Featured, Uncategorized
EXCLUSIVE: A Game Changing Appointment: On the cusp of its nearly 60 year choral presence in our Nation’s Capital, Eugene Rogers will be the first African-American conductor of The Washington Chorus, one of our country’s premiere symphonic choirs. Here,...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Jan 24, 2020 | Article, Featured, Interviews, News
Hymns and Spirituals Songs: This Saturday at 5 PM, soprano Simone Z. Paulwell will present a special sacred recital at Metropolitan Baptist Church. by Patrick D. McCoy Many of our great singers of the opera and concert stage get their early beginnings singing the...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Dec 31, 2019 | Article, Breaking News, Featured
A Christmas to Remember: Enjoying the festivity of the holidays, a local man shares a chance encounter with the great soprano Leontyne Price. (PHOTO: Patrick Porter and his aunt Holly Gordon (left) join the soprano for a picture at The Four Seasons in Baltimore.)...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Dec 24, 2019 | Uncategorized
Of Peace and Light: The Washington Chorus pulled out all the stops in a program of holiday favorites and new discoveries. by Patrick D. McCoy On Sunday evening the sounds of the season filled The Kennedy Center concert hall as The Washington Chorus presented...
by Patrick D. McCoy | Dec 19, 2019 | From the Archives, Interviews, Radio
Baritone Sidney Outlaw makes his début with The National Symphony Orchestra this week in Handel’s Messiah at The Kennedy Center with conductor Sir Andrew Davis and The Washington Chorus. by Patrick D. McCoy In celebration of baritone Sidney Outlaw’s...
