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National Men's Chorus

 

National Men's Chorus was founded in June 1999 by its artistic director, Thomas Beveridge. The Chorus has enjoyed critical acclaim from the very beginning. Its first concert was hailed by The Washington Post music critic, Joseph McLellan, as a "triumphant debut" in a performance displaying "exemplary polish, expression, and control."

In the Chorus'  fiirst year, it presented the infrequently heard combination of Cherubini's Requiem and the Gounod Messe No. 2, a program it was pleased to repeat in 2003. In the years since, the Chorus has performed many other classics of the literature for male voices, as well as arrangements of traditional melodies composed especially for the group.

NMC has appeared in the concert series at Waterford, Va., and locally in a variety of locations, including the George Washington National Masonic Memorial in Alexandria. There, the chorus presented a collection of the "Masonic Music" of W. A. Mozart together with Randall Thompson's Testament of Freedom, with full orchestra. The Washington Post characterized the music as "superbly styled" and reported that the Chorus "...sang with smooth, well-blended tone, emotional conviction and a clarity of diction that was a pure joy."

The Chorus has been honored with prestigious concert invitations, including the American Music Festival at the National Gallery of Art. At the dedication of the George Mason Memorial near the Washington Mall in the spring of 2002, National Men's Chorus performed the cantata, Life and Liberty, a Thomas Beveridge setting of texts by George Mason commissioned for the occasion.

NMC has appeared twice at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center, most recently with the Alexandria Symphony.  The chorus has developed a wide-ranging repertoire of American patriotic music, some traditional, some historic and seldom-heard.  Much of that music is available on the recently released CD "Life and Liberty" featuring the Washington Symphonic Brass and organist Paul Skevington. 

 

 
In concert,  May 8, 2005  
Photo: Ray Knell


   In concert, April 30, 2006   photo Betsy Dailey


  At the Washington  Convention Center,
June, 2003   
 

 
                                    
  At the Schlesinger Center, Nov. 2002

 

   

  The National Men's Chorus is grateful to its many donors and supporters.
Gifts may be sent to:
    National Men's Chorus
    Western Presbyterian Church
    2401 Virginia Avenue, NW
    Washington, DC 20037
Contributions made be made through Combined Federal Campaign
     NMC's CFC number is 58560