From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- There are alto, tenor, and bass Cds on my door. I am out of sopranos- sorry.
Yours-DrW
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Wednesday, August 19th, 2015
Music Enrollment
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers,
I am afraid that courses I love (maybe you, too) are going to get cancelled this week. My thanks to those choristers who have registered, especially those seniors who have enrolled as paying students. Here are the choristers that I have on my roles.
MUS 198 Vocal Seminar 4- Pat, Peggy, Teri, Mary S
MUS 121 Music Appreciation (World Music) 2- Marion, Debbie
MUS 131/132 – 0 choristers have enrolled (and this is a singing class!)
I know were are all in summer mode, but I hope you can take off you RayBans long enough to enroll.
Yours-DrW
PS. Remember- You can drop any course for two weeks with a full refund.
First Rehearsal!
Tuesday, August 18th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers,
Our first rehearsal is just one week away. I am very excited!
Attached is some material (.pdfs) that you will need. Most of this is on Blackboard as well.
–Chorus Schedule (including Saturday rehearsals)
–Interval Drills
-Bach: Ein feste Burg, BWV movement 1 and movement 8 (copy breaths and rehearsal letters into your score)
-Bach translations
Ein feste Burg
Numbers 1, 5 and 8 will be sung by all.
Numbers 2 (bass), 3 (bass), 4 (soprano) and 6 (tenor) will be sung by soloists selected by audition.
Numbers 2 (sopranos) and 7 (altos and tenor) will be sung by a small group selected by audition.
1. Chorus ALL SING
2. duet (solo bass and auditioned sopranos
3. Recitative (solo bass)
4. Aria (solo soprano)
5. Chorale ALL SING
6. Recitative (tenor)
7. Duetto (alto, tenor)
8. Chorale ALL SING
I will be on campus tomorrow 8/19 and will have CDs of Bach and Handel ($5 total). I’ll put some on my door (AT 108) in the morning.
Yours-DrW
NOVA Community Chorus sings at Salzburg Choral Festival
Sunday, August 16th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Please publicize the following. Thanks -MW
Dr. Mark Whitmire (Music, AL) led members of the NOVA Community Chorus in performances at “Cantus Salisburgensis,”an international choral festival in Salzburg, Austria, which took place July 2-6. The chorus performed Beethoven’s Fantasie in C minor at the famed Mozarteum concert hall and presented a concert of ten selections by American composers at Golling Fortress, a 14th century castle near Salzburg. The culminating event was a performance at Salzburg Cathedral when the chorus joined other participating choruses and the Cantus Salisburgensis Festival Orchestra for a performance of Mozart’s Missa Solemnis.
NOVA Update
Friday, August 14th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- We are just two weeks until classes start and enrollment remains low. If you have been thinking about a class, register now- you can always drop for a full refund if you don’t like it.
I need some paying students to sign up for Chorus MUS 237. We at least 20 so that we can keep our Saturday sectionals going. (If you are taking Vocal Seminar you can’t sign up because of an erroneous overlap)
My Friday Mus 121 03a Music Appreciation 9:00 am to 11:50 am has only 5. We will study music from all over the world. I’d love to have you in class.
Vocal Seminar MUS 198 Saturdays 1-3 pm is also underenrolled. It offers an opportunity to perform songs with live accompanist and receive coaching from me on vocal technique, musical style, diction and expression. This is one of my favorite classes.
In Mus 163 on Tuesday at 11:00 am or Monday at 7:30 pm you can learn to play guitar. It’s always great fun.
See you soon.
Yours-DrW
Looking forward to our first rehearsal on August 25
Friday, August 7th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers –
-I am really looking forward to our first rehearsal on August 25.
-My thanks to Ellie Briscoe who has done a wonderful job of spreading the news via the media about our wonderful upcoming season. Please help spread the word. Bring us more good singers.
-Please register now. If you were in MUS 237 in the past, please register for MUS 237 now. Seniors- we need at least 20 paying students in MUS 237 so that we can keep our Saturday sectionals going.
-Here is some info that may be of use
Bach
Here is Bach’s Ein Feste Burg (BWV 80) in case you haven’t purchased your Barenreiter edition yet.
http://imslp.nl/imglnks/usimg/f/f7/IMSLP24250-PMLP03847-bwv080.pdf
Here are learning tracks for Movement 1 that we’ll be working on at our first rehearsal.
http://www.cyberbass.com/Bach_Cantata_Project/BWV_061_080/bach_BWV080.htm
Handel
Here is a score to Handel’s Messiah in case you haven’t purchased your Novello edition yet.
“And the glory” is on page 10. “O thou that tellest” is on page 33.
http://conquest.imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/d/d4/IMSLP162689-SIBLEY1802.17524.f0e2-39087011637388score.pdf
Here are learning tracks for Messiah. We’ll be singing part I (minus “And he shall purify”) plus “Hallelujah.”
http://www.cyberbass.com/Major_Works/Handel_GF/Handel_Messiah.htm
Yours-DrW
Fall Semester
Saturday, August 1st, 2015
Classes begin on Monday, August 24. The first chorus rehearsal is on Tuesday, August 25.
Chorus is MUS 137 001A (subject MUS, catalog number 137, section 001A).
For previous postings regarding Fall 2015, under Archives on the right-hand side of the page, click on “Fall 2015”
For archived Spring or Summer 2015 information, please see to the right-hand side of the page, also under Archives.
Frequently Used Documents are always linked on the right side of the page:
Info for New Members (Great refresher for current members, too)
Dr. W’s Choral Singing Tips
Performance Advice (includes concert dress guidelines)
Join the Chorus
As rehearsal tracks, recordings and sheet music files become available, they are posted to the music files page, listed on the tab above.
NOVA music classes
Sunday, July 26th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers- Please read my messages of 7/11 and 7/14 (below) if you have not done so. Please register for classes now. We don’t want music classes to get cancelled. Remember, you can get a full refund if you don’t like a class. I can’t wait to see you. Yours-DrW
Another class offering
Tuesday, July 14th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Here is another class offering I hope you will consider. MUS 131/132 Class Voce Voice has a new time—Monday 4:30 pm to 7:20 pm. This is a great class to get instruction in singing techniques including breath, resonance, dictions, etc. Even if you are already a seasoned singed singer, this class is a verya good refresher course. And it’s fun! I hope some of you can join me.
Yours-DrW
Getting ready for Fall
Saturday, July 11th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers,
I hope you are enjoying a wonderful summer. I am just back from Salzburg, Austria, where 32 of our members sang at the Mozarteum, Grolling Fortress and Salzburg Cathedral. Like me, you would have been very proud of the way they represented NOVA Community Chorus.
I am already getting excited about the Fall. Music by Bach and Handel’s Messiah! How good does it get? Our music has been ordered and will be in the bookstore soon.
Ein feste Burg (A mighty fortress)
J.S. Bach
Published by Baerenreiter Verlag (BA.BA10080-90).
Item Number: BA.BA10080-90
ISBN 9790006490707.
Messiah
G. F. Handel
Published by Novello & Co Ltd. (HL.14021327).
Item Number: HL.14021327
ISBN 0853602115.
Here is some more important info.
-Our first rehearsal of the Fall will be Tuesday, August 25, at 7:30 pm.
-Saturday rehearsals will be 11:00 am to 12:30 pm. (The time is not correct in the schedule of classes)
-Please register now. Seniors- It would be helpful if a number of you registered now as paying students so that our numbers look good to the college.
-If you were in MUS 237 in the past, please register for MUS 237 now. Seniors- we need at least 20 paying students so that we can keep our Saturday sectionals going.
New Singers
If you know good singers who would like to sing the Bach and the Messiah (and who wouldn’t?), please invite them to join us. Don’t wait. Spread the word now! I have attached a flyer (.pdf) that you might want to use to help us recruit (If you can’t get it, check www.novachorus.org)
Other Classes
I hope you will consider another of my classes (I always have more fun when a chorister is in a class).
How about a Friday morning music class? MUS121 03a Music Appreciation Fridays, 9:00 am to 11:50 am (14-week class starting September 11) We will study music from all over the world-from New Orleans blues to Indian sitar music, West African drumming, Irish jigs, Western classical music, Native American songs, Jazz, Korean changgo drumming, Mexican mariachi songs to good ole rock- and-roll and more!
How about a Saturday afternoon music class? Vocal Seminar MUS 198 will meet on Saturdays 1-3 pm. (Again, the time is not correct in the schedule of classes). It offers an opportunity to perform songs with live accompanist (the lively Chris Hagan) and receive coaching from me on vocal technique, musical style, diction and expression. This is one of my favorite classes.
Tuesday at 11:00 am or Monday at 7:30 pm. Mus 163 is where you can learn to play guitar. Guaranteed results. And It’s always great fun.
Yours-DrW
Great Year
Friday, May 8th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
What an excellent job you did at our May 1 concert. Each of our three pieces was so wonderful in its own way. I will be earth was transcendent and spiritual just as I had hoped.
The Settling Years was joyous, exuberant and very interesting, and the women raised the roof on Still I rise. Specials thanks to Joy and Kaylee who really brought it. It was a very special evening.
This has been a great season and a great year. From the Black History Month Concert in February to the Leavitt Requiem in April and the Women’s Concert in May—so much wide-ranging music, all performed with distinction. Not to mention the fabulous Mozart concert last October and Vaughan Williams’ Five Mystical Songs in December. Your commitment and hard work have yielded such fabulous music-making. You have made me very proud.
Please don’t miss
The Annual Chorus Picnic
Tomorrow
Saturday May 9 2-6 pm at the home of Fred and Judy Wulff
6551 Columbia Pike, Annandale
Next Fall we will be singing music of J.S. Bach (Ein Feste Burg) and Handel’s Messiah. How good can it get. I hope every single one of you will be with me again. Tell your friends who a good singers about our upcoming season and they will want to join.
Have a wonderful summer.
Yours-DrW
NOVA Community Chorus
Calendar 2015-2016
2015
Tuesday, October 20 – 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Tuesday, October 27 – 7:30 pm Annual Chorus Benefit Concert, Schlesinger
Sunday, November 29 – 5:00 pm Dress Rehearsal with WMPO
Tuesday, December 1 – 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Saturday, December 5 – 3:00 pm Concert with WMPO (Masonic Memorial)
Sunday, December 6 – 3:00 pm Concert with WMPO (Epiphany)
Thursday, December 10 – 7:30 pm NVCC Holiday Concert, Schlesinger
Sunday, December 13 – VTS Sing-Along Messiah (optional)
2016
Tuesday, February 16 – Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Tuesday, February 23 – Black History Month Celebration, Schlesinger
Sunday, April 3 – Dress Rehearsal with WMPO
Sunday, April 10 – Concert with WMPO (Epiphany)
Sunday, April 17 – Concert with WMPO (Masonic Memorial)
Tuesday, April 26 – Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Friday, May 6 – NVCC Spring Concert, Schlesinger
Chorus and vocal seminar
Friday, May 1st, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
I look forward to seeing everyone on stage in Schlesinger at 6:00 pm.
Tomorrow at 3:00 pm is our Voice Recital. Please come hear your friends sing.
Vocal Seminar Studetns- I will not be able to meet with you in advance of the recital as juries go right up until 3 pm. I’ll see you then.
Yours-DrW
Seating for May 1
Tuesday, April 28th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Tonight
I look forward to seeing you tonight at 7:30 pm in Schlesinger. When you arrive, go ahead and take your seat according to this chart (see PDF). As much as possible, sit next whoever you are accustomed to seating with. We can fine tune the seating as we go.
Friday
The call is 6:00 pm. We will rehearse for 30 minutes on stage in Schlesinger.
Music
At the end of the concert there will be a box back stage for those who would like to donate their music to the Chorus Library. Rather that letting it clutter your house, let us store it for you.
Picnic
Please don’t miss The Annual Chorus Picnic on Saturday May 9 2-6 pm at the home of Fred and Judy Wulff (6551 Columbia Pike, Annandale)
Thanks
Thanks to all who attend the awards ceremony yesterday. I am honored to receive the Jean Netherton Award but there is no honor the college could give that means as much to me as your support and friendship.
Yours
-DrW
cc- Chamber Choir for #2
Thirteenth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 13th rehearsal of Spring 2015! Please sign in.
Tonight 4/21 is our final regular rehearsal for our May 1 concert
7:30- 9:10 pm ALL
9:10-9:25 pm Women
9:25-9:50 pm Chamber Choir
Soprano – Terri Lagoe, Judith Robb, Jennifer Weger, Elaine Cassel, Margaret Harrison ,Michelle Lewis
Alto – Elizabeth Bull, Melanie Casey, Deborah Peetz, Jane Roningen, Kaylee Shuey, Carol Uri
Tenor – Estee Herndon, Kristopher Kouzougian, Francisco Robles, Larry Goldschmidt, Jimy Portocarrero, James Schader
Bass – Tom Munger, Pete VandenBosch, Richard Fonda, Ray Lombardi, Matthew Relton, David Shilton
This Saturday 4/25 is a full SATB rehearsal with the woodwind quintet. Please don’t be absent.
Next Tuesday, 4/28 is our 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger. Please don’t be absent.
Still I Rise soloists – Kaylee Shuey and Joy Covington
Please don’t miss
The Annual Chorus Picnic
Saturday May 9 2-6 pm at the home of Fred and Judy Wulff
6551 Columbia Pike, Annandale
Picnic
Tuesday, April 21st, 2015
From Fred and Judy Wulff: This year’s annual picnic will be on Saturday, May 9, from 2 to 6 PM, in our yard at 6551 Columbia Pike, in/near Annandale. Here are a few hints about finding us and parking your car.
We live across Columbia Pike from Belvedere Elementary School’s athletic yard. It is just East of Sleepy Hollow Road and the Mason District Park; and West of Whispering Lane. Turn into Ancient Oak Court to reach our driveway. (Our north/south driveway is named Fitzhugh Drive but that name only appears on a few maps.) You can park along the driveway. Early arrivals should come in the driveway, turn around and park facing out. You can also park along Sulky Lane (check a map).
Bring food to share and your favorite beverage.
We will supply paper plates and cups, plastic utensils, and ice chest and a gas fired grill. There is a small cabin in the picnic area. It has a bathroom, refrigerator and electric stove. We will also have containers for recyclables and trash.
Fred and Judy Wulff
Chamber Choir
Saturday, April 18th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: The Settling Years–#2 Chamber Choir
Thanks to all who auditioned, especially altos, who were so well-prepared that I would like to have included you all, but decided on 6 to a part.
I look forward to seeing women today at 11 am.
Twelfth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, April 14th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire:
Welcome to our 12th rehearsal of Spring 2015! Please sign in.
Your performance on Sunday was absolutely amazing. Each of our 8 movements was far and away the best rendition we ever produced. Your sound and musicianship were superb. There were countless examples of your accomplishments, but none greater than No. 6 Agnus Dei. Wow!
If you were absent on Sunday, please see me tonight. If we have previously discussed you unavoidable absence, please remind me.
Tonight 4/14 we continue rehearsing for our May 1 concert (The Settling Years, I will be earth, Still I rise [women]). After tonight we have only 1 rehearsal before our April 28 Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger. Please don’t be absent. Tonight we continue auditions for The Settling Years No. 2 and the Still I Rise solos.
Please turn any remaining ticket money.
This Saturday 4/18 will be Women’s rehearsal.
Please don’t miss
The Annual Chorus Picnic
Saturday May 9 2-6 pm at the home of Fred and Judy Wulff
Concert
Friday 5/1/15, 7:30 pm
Schlesinger
Saturdays
April 18 women
April 25 all
SING WELL
Recital
Monday, April 13th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Lika Bozhich, voice major and former member of the chorus, will give here graduation recital this Friday at 7:30 pm in Tyler AT130. The recital will feature music by Arne, Paisiello, Ciampi, Mozart, Schumann, Dargomyzhsky, Tchaikovsky and Faurè.
Please come support this wonderful young soprano.
Yours-DrW
Wow!
Monday, April 13th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers-
Your performance yesterday was absolutely amazing. Each of our 8 movements was far and away the best rendition we ever produced. Your sound and musicianship were superb. There were countless examples of your accomplishments, but none greater than No. 6 Agnus Dei. Wow!
Now on to our May 1 program. We have only 2 rehearsals before our April 28 Dress Rehearsal in Schlesinger. Please don’t miss either. Tomorrow we continue auditions for The Settling Year No. 2 and the Still I Rise solos.
See you then.
Yours-DrW
Eleventh Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, April 7th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 11th rehearsal of Spring 2015! Please sign in.
Tonight 4/7 we will begin rehearsing in earnest for our May concert (The Settling Years, I will be earth, Still I rise [women]). I will still leave time for at the second half of the Requiem.
Please turn all remaining ticket money. Sell more tickets if you can. Our share of the expenses for this concert are almost $5000. The orchestra has expenses too. Sell your five or buy them and give them as gifts to your friends and family (Our tickets are $10; they are $20 at the door). Cash or checks made to WMPO.
This Saturday, 4/11 will be a full rehearsal. We have to get ready for the concert.
Please don’t miss it!
Concerts
This Sunday, 4/12/15, 3:00 pm, 2:00 pm call
Church of the Epiphany (1317 G St. NW Washington)
Friday 5/1/15, 7:30 pm
Schlesinger
Saturdays (Please note changes)
April 11 all
April 18 women
April 25 all
SING WELL -DRW
Tenth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, March 31st, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire:
Welcome to our 10th rehearsal of Spring 2015! Please sign in.
Thanks for a great Concert on Sunday. The most obvious thing was the sheer beauty of thesound. Many people remarked about that. Yes, there was a big missed entrance and a few spots that we weren’t together, but the overall effect was very good and many passages were absolutely transcendent. On April 12 we will really nail it. Paul will be there.
Absent? If you missed Sunday’s Concert for any reason, please see me. It you had previously spoken to me of an unavoidable conflict, please remind me.
Tonight 3/31 we will begin rehearsing in earnest for our May concert (The Settling Years, I will be earth, Still I rise [women]). I will still leave time for at the second half of the Requiem.
Please sell tickets. Our share of the expenses for this concert are almost $5000. The orchestra has expenses too. Sell your five or buy them and give them as gifts to your friends and family (Our tickets are $10; they are $20 at the door). Cash orchecks made to WMPO.
No Rehearsal this Saturday. Enjoy the holiday weekend.
April 11 will be a full rehearsal. We have to get ready for the concert.
Concerts
Sunday, 4/12/15, 3:00 pm, 2:00 pm call
Church of the Epiphany (1317 G St. NW Washington)
Friday 5/1/15, 7:30 pm
Schlesinger
Saturdays (Please note changes)
April 4 no rehearsal
April 11 all
April 18 women
April 25 all
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NOVA Community Chorus
Calendar 2015-2016
2015
Tuesday, October 20 – 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Tuesday, October 27 – 7:30 pm Annual Chorus Benefit Concert, Schlesinger
Sunday, November 29 – 5:00 pm Dress Rehearsal with WMPO
Tuesday, December 1 – 7:30 pm Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Saturday, December 5 – 3:00 pm Concert with WMPO (Masonic Memorial)
Sunday, December 6 – 3:00 pm Concert with WMPO (Epiphany)
Thursday, December 10 – 7:30 pm NVCC Holiday Concert, Schlesinger
Sunday, December 13 – VTS Sing-Along Messiah (optional)
2016
Tuesday, February 16 – Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Tuesday, February 23 – Black History Month Celebration, Schlesinger
Sunday, April 3 – Dress Rehearsal with WMPO
Sunday, April 10 – Concert with WMPO (Epiphany)
Sunday, April 17 – Concert with WMPO (Masonic Memorial)
Tuesday, April 26 – Dress Rehearsal, Schlesinger
Friday, May 6 – NVCC Spring Concert, Schlesinger
Black History Month Celebration
Saturday, March 28th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Friends- Here is a Youtube link to this year’s Black History Month Celebration.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=14VhZcUatHw
I hope you will take a moment to watch. I would love to get your ideas about how we can get even more of our campus (students and faculty) involved. Diversity is our strength at the Alexandria Campus, and this is a way to celebrate that diversity in a big way.
Yours-Mark
Requiem Preparation
Friday, March 27th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Dear Singers –
-I need every singer to take time tomorrow to go through the entire Requiem and work out any problems you may have. Do the Same thing on Sunday morning. If everyone does this, it will make a huge difference in our performance.
-Please carpool when possible on Sunday. At the Masonic Temple, please save the near-the-building parking spaces for our patrons.
-I look forward to seeing WOMEN tomorrow at 11:00 am.
Yours-DrW
Ninth Rehearsal Preview
Tuesday, March 24th, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Welcome to our 9th rehearsal of Spring 2015! Please sign in.
Thanks for a great Dress Rehearsal on Sunday. I was very pleased by your musicianship and professionalism. I hope you could tell that this is going to be a beautiful concert.
Absent? If you missed Sunday’s Dress Rehearsal for any reason, please see me. It you had previously spoken to me of an unavoidable conflict, please remind me.
Tonight 3/24 we will rehearse all of the Requiem. Composer Paul Leavitt is planning to attend. We will also rehearse for our May concert (The Settling Years, I will be earth, Still I rise [women]) as time allows.
Rehearsal CDs for our May Concert are here ($5). All parts (SATB) are on the same CD.
Tickets are here. Please see your Section Leader. Sell your five or buy them and give them as gifts to your friends and family (Our tickets are $10; they are $20 at the door). Cash or checks made to WMPO. [Some tickets have the wrong dates. Rest assure that they will be honored.}
Sunday – Please be seated in the auditorium at 2:00 pm. At that time Matt, Francisco and Kaylee will arrange you on the risers–men center (tenors front) sopranos stage left, altos stage right. Ul will start and stop each movement. I am coming by train and will arrive just prior to start time.
Concerts
Sunday, 3/29/15, 3:00 pm Concert, 2:00 pm call
Gorge Washington Masonic Memorial (101 Callahan Dr. Alexandria)
Sunday, 4/12/15, 3:00 pm, 2:00 pm call
Church of the Epiphany (1317 G St. NW Washington)
Saturdays (Please note changes)
March 28 women
April 4 no rehearsal
April 11 men
April 18 women
April 25 all
SING WELL -DRW
Publicity
Monday, March 23rd, 2015
From Dr. Whitmire: Please publicize the following:
Dr. Mark Whitmire (AL) will conduct two upcoming performances with the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic Orchestra and NOVA Community Chorus. The concerts will include Requiem, a new work by Washington composer Paul Leavitt. The 60-piece orchestra and 80-voice chorus will be joined by four professional vocal soloists: Lisa Edwards Burrs (soprano), Grace Gori (mezzo-soprano), Patrick Cook (tenor), and Aurelius Gori (baritone). Cecelia Porter, contributing critic for The Washington Post wrote, “Paul Leavitt’s Requiem…should belong in every chorus’s repertoire…deeply expressive and skillfully written…steeped in rich contrapuntal texture…ethereal serenity.” Also on the program is the Cello Concerto of Samuel Barber with cellist Steven Framil. The performances are Sunday, March 29, at 3:00 p.m. at George Washington Masonic National Memorial (101 Callahan Drive, Alexandria) and Sunday, April 12, at 3:00 p.m. at Church of the Epiphany (1317 G Street NW, Washington, DC). Tickets at the door are $20. Half-price tickets are available for NVCC students and faculty by phoning 703-845-6097 or email mwhitmire@nvcc.edu.