2009 Summer / Winter Concerts - Find more concert details below...

• July 11 & 12 Video Games Live
• November 15  Junior Mendelssohn Choir's 2009 Fall Concert -
  Faure Requiem & Cantique de Jean Racine
• December 4-6 Mozart Requiem with the Pittsburgh Symphony
• December 11-12 Handel Messiah with the Pittsburgh Symphony
• December 17-20 Highmark Holiday Pops with Marvin Hamlisch & the PSO

2010 Spring / Summer Concerts - Find more concert details below...

• Febuary 12 Video Games Live - BONUS ROUND!
• March 19-21 Holst The Planets with the Pittsburgh Symphony
• April 18 Bach Mass in B Minor at East Liberty Presbyterian Church
• June 4-6 Beethoven Symphony No. 9 with the Pittsburgh Symphony
• June 11 & 13 Mahler Symphony No. 3 with the Pittsburgh Symphony
• June 23  2010 Felix Festival - Community singalong through the Mozart Requiem 

Set in Vienna’s St. Stephen’s Cathedral at the time of Mozart’s death, Maestro Manfred Honeck presents his personal vision of what the composer's funeral Mass could have been like. This unique performance of Mozart’s Requiem features a dramatic and theatrical treatment, including church bells, Gregorian Chant, readings from Mozart’s letters to his father, and passages from the Bible.
Learn more about Honeck's vision in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette.

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Celebrate the season with George Friedrich Handel's inspiring Messiah  under the baton of conductor emeritus Robert Page.  Enjoy evening concert performances with chamber choir or, on Saturday afternoon only, bring friends and join in a special singalong featuring the most beloved Messiah choruses with mixed seating among fellow sopranos, altos, tenors or basses from the Choir and the general community. 

8PM CONCERTS ->>   Click to find out more  or   to buy tickets 

3PM SINGALONG PERFORMANCE ->>  Click to find out more  or  to buy tickets

Returning to Heinz Hall by popular demand with a new program, Video Games Live™: Bonus Round features your favorite music from the most popular video games of all time! Your PSO and Mendelssohn Choir perform along with exclusive video footage, synchronized lighting, solo performers, electronic percussionists, live action and unique audience-interactive segments to create an explosive entertainment experience! 
Video Games Live™: Bonus Round includes music from Sonic, Final Fantasy VIII, Halo ODST, StarCraft II, Mega Man, BioShock, Mass Effect, Shadow of the Colossus, Assassin's Creed II,‪ and more! Witness the world premiere of a brand-new interactive Guitar Hero segment, plus  interactive game demos, costume contest, prize give-a-ways and game competitions, including a Guitar Hero contest.  
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Heinz Hall audiences enjoyed a stunning musical portrait of Holst's The Planets  March 19, 20 & 21, compliments of the PSO and the women of the MendelssohnChoir under the baton of Jan Pascal Tortelier.

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Near the end of his life J.S. Bach wrote the astonishing and mysterious Mass in B Minor and dedicated it Soli Deo Gloria--for the Glory of God alone. Join the Mendelssohn Choir on Sunday, April 18, to celebrate this glorious music infused with all Bach's genius!  
Free Parking on Sunday in nearby Municipal Parking Lots.  
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  Sunday, April 18, 2010 -  3:00 pm
  East Liberty Presbyterian Church
  Highland & Penn Avenues  

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Betsy Burleigh, Music Director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, conducted her "desert island" favorite, Bach's B Minor Mass, on April 18, 3 pm, at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. She talks about why Bach wrote a Mass that couldn't be used for a service, and that no one asked for, and why it's so rewarding to conduct and hear.   Click to read more, to listen online, or to download the concert program.

On WQED's Around Town: Betsy Burleigh on Bach  
Airdate: April 13, 2010 | listen

FELIX FESTIVAL: Community Singalong of the Brahms Requiem  
Wednesday, June 15, 2010 at 7:30pm 
Westminster Presbyterian Church, Upper St. Clair
2040 Washington Road
Pittsburgh, PA 15241-1543

For this year's Felix Festival singers from around the region are invited to an evening of song where you'll experience the Brahms German Requiem from the inside with Music Director, Betsy Burleigh. Meet the singers of Pittsburgh's Mendelssohn Choir and Junior Mendelssohn Choir by singing together side-by-side: We'll warm up together, rehearse, and explore this beloved masterpiece, sharing lessons learned while preparing and performing the Requiem in concert earlier this season. Then we'll perform this magnificent work all together with organ and soloists. Singers of all ages and abilities are welcome!

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** Note: Singalong tickets for high school and college students are FREE when ordered online in advance!  **

Manfred Honeck, the PSO's incredible, new music director, has helped make 2009 a banner year for us. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette recently recognized our collaborations as 3 of the top 5 classical performances of the year, highlighting the John Adams concert(#4), the Mozart Requiem (#5), and our June performance of Mahler's Resurrection Symphony (#1). Regarding December's Requiem, Druckenbrod wrote "...at the center was a gorgeous performance of the hauntingly beautiful work by the Mendelssohn Choir and PSO."

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