Concerts – Washington Men’s Camerata

2023 – 2024 Season

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Christmas Through The Ages – Join the Washington Men’s Camerata, and Guest Director Scott Tucker for a program of Christmas and holiday music spanning the centuries through today, featuring the works of Josquin des Prez, J.S. Bach, Franz Biebl, Morten Lauridsen, Abbie Betinis, and many others.

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Dates/Locations:

Saturday, December 9, 2023, at 8:00 p.m. – Fairlington United Methodist Church (3900 King Street, Alexandria, VA 22302)

Sunday, December 10, 2023, at 4:00 p.m. – St. Columba’s Episcopal Church – (4201 Albemarle Street NW, Washington, DC 20016 – Tenleytown / AU Metro Station)

The Dawn of Peace – Join the Washington Men’s Camerata and Guest Director Scott Tucker for a stirring program centered on works from The Civil War and The World Wars, featuring pieces by Samuel Barber, Zoltán Kodály, Charles Gounod, Joseph Gregorio, Byron Adams and others.

Tickets available for purchase in January, 2024.

Date/Location:

Saturday, March 23, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. – First Congregational UCC – Live! at 10th & G – (945 G Street NW, Washington, DC 20001 – Metro Center Metro Station)

Frank’s Favorites – Come celebrate and bid farewell to Frank Albinder in his final concert as Music Director of the Washington Men’s Camerata featuring a special program of his most cherished pieces for men’s chorus.

Tickets available for purchase in January, 2024.

Date/Location:

Saturday, June 1st, 2024 at 8:00 p.m. – Church of The Epiphany – (1317 G St NW, Washington, DC 20005 – Metro Center Metro Station)

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What could be more ingratiating than a choral conductor who shows up in
standard formal regalia — but with bright red-and-green socks? Like the
outfit of Washington Men’s Camerata Music Director Frank Albinder, the
chorus’s concert at Bradley Hills Presbyterian Church in Bethesda on Sunday
was an appealing blend of the traditional and offbeat.

It was a mixture of sacred and secular, too, although weighted more toward
seasonal religious songs — mostly sung in pairs. For instance, the 63-voice
chorus juxtaposed a particularly pleasant arrangement of “O Little Town of
Bethlehem” with Rachmaninoff’… Read more

Mark J. Estren

The Washington Men’s Camerata explored the depths of human emotions during its touching “Songs of War and Peace” program Saturday evening at the Kennedy Center Terrace Theater. From the regal-sounding “Men of Harlech” and the tenderly flowing “Song for Peace” to the earthy incantation and chant of Veljo Tormis’s “Varjele, Jumala, Soasta,” the 78-member ensemble, under Music Director Frank Albinder, presented pieces that stretched across the male vocal spectrum, yielding performances with prominently chiseled dynamics and carefully honed phrases. Such attention to detail and diction allowed the… Read more

Grace Jean

The Washington Men’s Camerata fills a significant gap in Washington’s musical life – a gap we hardly noticed until the Camerata’s uniquely selected and superbly performed programs began to show us what we had been missing.

The Washington Post

The Washington Men’s Camerata under Conductor Frank Albinder has a sound all its own – warm sensual, immaculately balanced, scrupulously tuned, melon sweet, athletically limber.

The Washington Men’s Camerata is predictably outstanding . . . their tone is wonderfully produced, balanced and blended, their diction clear and expressive, their ensemble singing flawless.