News & Media
Matthew Mehaffey to Step Down as Mendelssohn Choir Music Director
MCP Wows Audiences With Back to Back Performances of Mozart and Messiah!
Meet Ryan Keeling, Associate Conductor for the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
The Mendelssohn Choir and Pittsburgh Symphony Receive Two Grammy Nominations!
NOW AVAILABLE! Beethoven Symphony No. 9 CD Release
Support the Mendelssohn with Give Big Pittsburgh on November 30!
RADical Days The Times They Are A-Changin’ Online!
“Hallelujah + Alleluia” at Virtual Dollar Bank Three Rivers Arts Festival
Mendelssohn Fan Faves Contest – The Results!
MCP Rocks the House with Satan’s Fall!
Support the Mendelssohn’s $30,000 match before December 31!
Stewart Copeland of the Police talks devilish collaboration with Pittsburgh choir
The Mendelssohn Announces the 2019-2020 Season!
Help the MCP End the Season on a High Note
MCP Uplifting in Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
MCP’s Victoria’s Secret: A Life in Music Fit for a Queen!
Commemorating Queen Victoria’s Birthday with Birthday Cake!
Britsburgh Approves Victoria’s Secret Concert as Queen Victoria’s Official Birthday Celebration in Pittsburgh!
In Memory of Samuel P. Harbison III
It is with heavy hearts and great sadness that we write to inform you that Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) bass Samuel P. Harbison III passed away on March 26.
Sam joined the MCP in 2008, during the tenure of former Music Director Betsy Burleigh. He had always loved music and the arts, but it was during his “second mid-life crisis,” as his beloved...
MCP Heavenly During Damnation of Faust
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MCP in National Broadcast of Tree of Life Concert
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh featured guests with Andrea Bocelli in concert
Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh Selected as Grantee of Bloomberg Philanthropies’ Arts Innovation and Management Program
MCP Announces 2018-2019 Season!
JMCP Singer Katherine Rostek Honored by Sewickley Herald
MCP Returns to Three Rivers Arts Festival with The Words and Music of Bob Dylan!
MCP and PSO Promise Thrilling 2018-2019 Season!
MCP and Steve Hackman Rock Out in The Music of Bob Dylan
Steve Hackman Talks The Music of Bob Dylan
MCP and PSO Superb in Haydn’s Creation
Serenity Now! An Unparalleled Success!
Our Love for Robert Page is Here to Stay!
The Mendelssohn Choir Announces the 2017-2018 Performance Season!
Annelies – A Moving Performance
Anne Frank’s Legacy: Free Special Event
The Music of Downton Abbey – A Resounding Success!
The Mendelssohn Choir Welcomes Ryan Keeling as Assistant Conductor
Robert Page: A Choral Legend
The Mendelssohn Choir hires Matthew Mehaffey as Music Director
Mendelssohn Choir’s Duruflé Requiem Named One of 2015’s Best Concerts
A Farewell Message from Music Director Betsy Burleigh
Betsy Burleigh, Music Director of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh, brought her ten-year tenure with the Choir to a close yesterday with a stirring performance of Durufle's music including his Requiem at East Liberty Presbyterian Church. Elizabeth Bloom, the Post-Gazette's music critic, wrote that "her farewell concert showed what Pittsburgh will miss in her absence."
Dear Friends,
Position Announcement: Music Director for the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Betsy Burleigh to Step Down as Mendelssohn Choir Music Director
Stephen Neely Appointed Junior Mendelssohn Choir Music Director!
In Memory of Dr. Michael S. Pettersen
Love Is All Around During the Mendelssohn Choir Cabaret!
Carnegie Hall Performance Heralded “A Bold, Meaningful Experiment” by NY Times
Mendelssohn Choir Cabaret Puts Audiences in a New York State of Mind!
The Mendelssohn and Junior Mendelssohn Choirs Wow Audiences in November!
Season Begins with “A Little Light Music”
Maria Sensi Sellner Appointed Mendelssohn Choir Associate Conductor!
Maria Sensi Sellner is recognized for her versatility as a conductor of opera, orchestras, and choruses. Praised for leading with “flexible assurance” (The Cleveland Plain Dealer) and “authority” (Pittsburgh Tribune Review), Ms. Sellner’s performances have been described as “sterling” (The Boston Globe), “adept” (Schenectady Daily Gazette), and “nothing short of incredible”
The Carnegie Hall Challenge Fund
How will the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh get to Carnegie Hall in 2014?
With a little help from our friends.
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh has been invited to accompany the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra to perform Manfred Honeck’s dramatic presentation of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart’sRequiem at Carnegie Hall
Carmina Burana
The Legend of Zelda: Symphony of the Goddesses Second Quest
Mozart’s Requiem
From Darkness to Triumph
Danny Elfman’s Music from the Films of Tim Burton
Music in a Great Space
Highmark Holiday Pops
The Planets – An HD Odyssey
New York, New York! Cabaret Evening
Shake off those little town blues!
Join members of the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh and Emcee Anna Singer of Classical WQED-FM 89.3 for an intimate cabaret fundraiser featuring an evening of music inspired by the City That Never Sleeps. Held in the private, second-floor lounge at Olive or Twist, this will be the perfect celebration of the Choir's forthcoming trip to NYC to perform at Carnegie...
Carmina Burana
The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh travels to Erie, PA to help the Erie Philharmonic celebrate their 100th anniversary with a performance of Carmina Burana, led by Erie Philharmonic Music Director Daniel Meyer.
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