Adult Chorus

Dr. Douglas Mears
Artistic Director

Raffi Kasparian
Accompanist

Entering its 50th season, the acclaimed 120-member chorus performs choral masterworks from the classic music of Bach’s Mass in B Minor to the contemporary sounds of Orff’s Carmina Burana.

Highlights

  • Put on "An Evening with Sir David Willcocks", a lecture and full concert program directed by acclaimed British conductor Sir David Willcocks (May, 2009)
  • Performed the Washington premiere of Mack Wilberg's Requiem under world-renowned conductor Dr. Craig Jessop (November, 2008)
  • Performed the regional premiere of the Lord of the Rings Symphony with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (May, 2005)
  • At the request of maestro Marvin Hamlisch, the FCS Adult Chorus performed at the Kennedy Center in four sold out Happy Holidays concerts with the National Symphony Orchestra Pops (December, 2005)
  • Performed with the National Symphony Orchestra in their Pops Series concert It's De-Lovely: A Tribute to Cole Porter (September, 2004)
  • Sold-out performance of original, multi-media concert, Hollywood Goes Choral! with members of the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra (March, 2003)
  • Guest Chorus for the popular Christmas at the Kennedy Center, to benefit the Salvation Army hosted by WMAL-630 Radio, Washington, DC. (December, 2002)
  • Performed the Verdi Requiem with members of the Cathedral Choral Society and accompanied by the National Symphony Orchestra at Wolf Trap Performing Arts Center (June, 2002)
  • Critically acclaimed performance of Einhorn’s Voices of Light, accompanying the great silent film, The Passion of Joan of Arc, and featuring the original recording artists, Anonymous 4. (March, 2001)

Premieres

  • Washington premiere of Mack Wilberg's Requiem (November, 2008)
  • Washington premiere of Handel’s newly discovered Gloria, featuring soprano Dorothy Kingston (November, 2001)
  • Premiere of Missa Brevis by Joseph McIntyre (March, 2000)

Tours

  • England, performing in Cambridge, Canterbury Cathedral, and London
  • France, performing at the cathedrals of Notre Dame de Paris, Chartres, Reims and LeMans

Concert Appearances

  • Performances are held at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall & Arts Center, Northern Virginia Community College, Alexandria Campus.
  • At George Mason University Center for the Arts, in Fairfax, Va when performing with the Fairfax Symphony Orchestra.
  • On every major stage in the Washington metro area, including the Kennedy Center and Wolf Trap