Category Archives: Upcoming Events

Audition for the Mendelssohn and Junior Mendelssohn!

Let your voice soar with the Mendelssohn or Junior Mendelssohn Choir! Auditions for the Mendelssohn Choir will be held in Summer 2018. Please contact MaryColleen Seip at mcseip@themendelssohn.org (724-263-5259) for more information, and to schedule an audition for the Mendelssohn Choir. Visit the Auditions Page for audition criteria.
Junior Mendelssohn Choir auditions will be held in Spring and Summer 2018 at Third Presbyterian Church. Please contact Emily Stewart at...

Danny Elfman & Tim Burton’s Films

The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh begins the 2018-2019 performance season with a blast from the past, singing the music of composer Danny Elfman and his spine tingling scores for the films of Tim Burton. Sarah Hicks conducts the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra in this reprise presentation at Heinz Hall. Just in time for Halloween!...

Let My People Go: A Spiritual Journey Along the Underground Railroad

Celebrate Black History Month with this powerful performance of African American spirituals featuring four soloists and two actors backed by the choir. Set in the backdrop of Pittsburgh’s historic Hill District, Ebenezer Baptist Church collaborates with the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh to host this compelling choral work. The diverse, 140-year-old congregation still gathers near the actual location of an...

Victoria’s Secret: A Life in Music

Celebrate Queen Victoria during the 200th anniversary of her birth. Created by Matthew Mehaffey, the Robert Page Music Director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, the show will feature an actress playing Victoria’s confidante, who will lead the audience through episodes of the Queen’s life in between short performances of music significant to her and her time.  The MCP will present the concert...