Love was in the air this past Valentine's Day at Olive or Twist! While the snowflakes flew outside, the singers of the Mendelssohn Choir kept the audience warm as they celebrated the highs and lows of love. The audience was treated to an array of songs about love, learning that "People Will Say We're in Love," love can be "Agony," so you want to "Wash...
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The Junior Mendelssohn Joins the Children’s Festival Chorus!
The Junior Mendelssohn Choir has been invited to be a part of the Children's Festival Chorus's Spring Concert, "I Believe in Springtime" in April! This is an exciting opportunity for all of our singers. Not only are these choirs the premier choirs for young singers in Pittsburgh, but many of the JMCP singers are CFC alumni as well.
A group of JMCP singers will be joining...
Support the Mendelssohn Choir! Arts Day of Giving: October 2!
Arts Day of Giving, affectionately called ArtsDOG, is an 18-hour opportunity for arts lovers to donate online to their favorite arts and culture nonprofits. Visit www.pittsburghgives.org on October 2, and have your contributions partially matched, making your dollars go further. Donations can be as little as $15 for Arts Day of Giving. Arts Day of Giving is sponsored by the Greater Pittsburgh Arts Council and...
BeethovenFest: The Immortal
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Pittsburgh Symphony Music Director Manfred Honeck, perform Ludwig van Beethoven's beloved Ninth Symphony. Beethoven included a chorus in his Ninth Symphony, setting a text by Friedrich Schiller to music, and uniting both orchestra in choir in harmony. The concert will also include Beethoven's only concerto for violin, Concerto in D Major for Violin and...
I Got Gershwin!
On the cover of Time magazine at age 26, on the Broadway stage, in Hollywood, from Tin Pan Alley to Paris, George Gershwin dominated the scene of the early twentieth century. Join us for a delightful evening of song, including excerpts from Porgy and Bess, and standards like “I Got Rhythm,” “Embraceable You,” “The Man I Love,” “Let’s Call The Whole Thing Off,” and “Love...
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