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The Virginia Consort’s Mid-Season Masterworks Concert

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The Virginia Consort’s Mid-Season Masterworks Concert

When
Mar 1st, 2026
3:30pm - 3:30pm
Where
28 Cocke HallCharlottesvilleVA

The Virginia Consort’s 36th season continues with a Mid-Season Masterworks concert on March 1 at 3:30 p.m. at Old Cabell Hall. Under the direction of Deke Polifka, the Consort, Festival Chorus, and Youth Chorale offer a special program of American choral music, honoring the 250th anniversary of the United States (America250). The central works are Leonard Bernstein’s Chichester Psalms and choruses from Aaron Copland’s opera The Tender Land, performed by over 100 singers, full orchestra, and soloists.

The program also includes works by Samuel Barber, Eric Whitacre, Rosephanye Powell, and others. Please visit www.virginiaconsort.org for more information

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