Sponsors

The Washington Men’s Camerata gratefully acknowledges the following corporations, foundations and government agencies for their generous contributions. We hope that you will visit the web pages of our sponsors (links are provided, where available).

Clyde’s Restaurant Group
The Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts
The Max and Victoria Dreyfus Foundation
The DC Commission on the Arts and Humanities
The Kiplinger Foundation
The National Endowment for the Arts
The John & Bebe Petrou Foundation
PGPresents, LLC
International Monetary Fund
McShane PC
Portik Illustration & Design

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