Arts Organizations

* stipend or salaried positions available

VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

VOCAL NETWORKS

VOCAL RECITAL SERIES

CHORUSES

WASHINGTON, DC

MARYLAND

VIRGINIA

ARMED SERVICES

OPERA

ADDITIONAL LISTINGS

VOCAL CHAMBER ENSEMBLES

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Cantate Chamber Singers

Gisèle Becker, Music Director

P.O. Box 34070, Bethesda, MD 20827-0070
301-986-1799

Canticum Novum Schola
Richard Rice, Music Director
canticnov@aol.com

Carmina

Vera Kochanowsky, Music Director

3105 Valley Lane, Falls Church, VA 22044

703-532-3956

*Chantry

David Taylor, Music Director

2475 Virginia Ave, NW, Washington, DC 20037-2639

202-625-2855

Choralis

Gretchen Kuhrmann, Artistic Director

225 East Broad Street

Falls Church, VA 22046

703-237-2499

Circle Singers

Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, Music Director

Collegium Cantorum
Timothy Kendall, Music Director

c/o 296 Missouri Ave, Herndon VA 20170-5421
703-437-8677

tkendall@cnri.reston.va.us

*Concert Artists of Baltimore

Edward Polochick, Artistic Director

114 St. Paul Street, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-2615
410-625-3525

Convivium

Steven Beck, Music Director

Countertop Quartet

Chris Dudley, Artistic Director

countertop@countertopquartet.org

Polyhymnia
Jim Klumpner, Music Director
506 Deerfield Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
301-565-0314
jim_klumpner@budget.senate.gov

Russian Chamber Arts Society

Vera Danchenko-Stern, Founder

P.O. Box 665

Annandale, VA 22003-0665

The Suspicious Cheese Lords

Chris Riggs, Director
877-278-5973
suspicious@cheeselords.org

*The Thomas Circle Singers

James Kreger, Artistic Director

1226 Vermont Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20005

*Vocal Soloists of Washington

Lewis Freeman, Artistic Director
 P.O. Box 100635, Arlington, VA   22210   

Phone/Fax: 703-527-4499

song@vocalsoloists.org

*Voices USA!
Lynn Keen, Music Director
contact@voices-usa.com

*The Washington Bach Consort

J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director

1220 19th Street, NW-Suite 300, Washington, DC 20036-2400

Phone: 202-429-2121

Fax:     202-429-2269

The Washington Choral Ensemble

William Usher II, Music Director

P. O. Box 66744, Washington, D.C.  20035

202-872-8792 ext. *1

WashChoralEnsem@aol.com

The Washington Kantorei
Dale F. Voelker, Artistic Director
Stephen S. Roberts, president
mailbox@washingtonkantorei.org

The Washington Revels
7775 17th Street, NW
Washington, DC 20012

info@revelsdc.org

*The Woodley Ensemble

Frank Albinder, Music Director

P.O. Box 9940-Washington, DC 20016-9940
202-822-6221
woodleyensemble@pobox.com

VOCAL NETWORKS

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Arrivi Artist Marketing

Choral Net

Chorus America

Classical Net

Classical Singer

Early Music America

Vocal Area Network

VOCAL RECITAL SERIES

The Friday Morning Music Club

Vocal Arts Society

CHORUSES

WASHINGTON, DC

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The Capital Hill Chorale
Frederick Binkholder, Artistic Director
337 Maryland Avenue, NE #4
Washington DC 20002-5730
binkholder@mindspring.com


*The Cathedral Choral Society

(includes professional core)

J. Reilly Lewis, Music Director
Scott Detra, Keyboard Artist

Washington National Cathedral

Massachusetts & Wisconsin Aves, N.W

Washington, DC 20016
24-hour recorded info line: (202) 537-8980

Box office: 202-537-5527

Fax: 202-537-5648

The Choral Arts Society of Washington

Norman Scribner, Music Director

5225 Wisconsin Avenue, NW

Suite 603-Washington, DC 20015Phone 202-244-3669
Fax 202-244-4244

choralarts@choralarts.org

The Congressional Chorus

Frank Conlon, Interim Music Director

862 N. Larrimore Street 
Arlington, VA 22205 

202-441-2394


Coral Cantigas
The Latin American Chorus of Greater Washington

Diana Sáez, Director
Info/Tkts: 301-424-8296

The Gay Men's Chorus of Washington

Jeff Burhman, Music Director

Federal City Performing Arts Association
2000 P Street, NW, Suite 730
Washington, DC 20036

The Heritage Signature Chorale

Stanley J. Thurson, Music Director

P.O. Box 90238
Washington , D.C. 20090-0238
202-310-3283
info@heritagesignaturechorale.org

Lesbian & Gay Chorus of Washington, DC
C. Paul Heins, Music Director

P.O. Box 65285 / Washington, DC 20035
202-546-1549

CPHeins@aol.com * combined mission & vision statements: "Every Voice Matters...in a World That Listens."
 
*The Master Chorale of Washington

(includes professional core)

Don McCullough, Music Director

1200 29th Street, NW

Suite LL2-Washington, DC 20007

(Tickets) 202.337.SING
(O) 202.471.4050
(FAX) 202.471.4051

The Metropolitan Chorus

Barry S. Hemphill, Music Director

3700 S. Four Mile Run Drive-Arlington, VA 22206
Phone: 703-933-2500
Managing Director, Carol Dunlap: carol@metchorus.org

The National Men's Chorus

Thomas Beveridge, Artistic Director

Western Presbyterian Church
2401 Virginia Avenue, NW-Washington, DC 20037

202-244-7191

The Washington Chorus

Robert Shafer, Music Director

1010 Wisconsin Avenue, NW, Suite 310 -Washington, DC 20007
Tel: 202-342-6221 - Fax: 202.342.8208


The Washington Men's Camerata

Frank Albinder, Music Director

Washington Women's Chorus

Donald Paul Richardson, Artistic Director
3743 Military Road, NW
Washington, DC 20015

202-244-7367

contactwwc@washingtonwomenschorus.org

The Washington Sängerbund

Mariano Vales, Conductor

2434 Wisconsin Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20007

202-310-4691

MARYLAND

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Baltimore Choral Arts Society

Tom Hall, Music Director

1316 Park Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21217

410-523-7070
Toll Free: 1-800-750-0875

info@baltimorechoralarts.org

Central Maryland Chorale

Monica Otal, Director

Handel Choir of Baltimore

Melinda O'Neal, Artistic Director & Conductor

3600 Clipper Mill Road Suite 150
Baltimore, MD 21211
Telephone: 410-366-6544
music@handelchoir.org

The Maryland Chorus
Edward Maclary, Music Director
University of Maryland School of Music
2145 Clarice Smith Performing Arts Center
College Park, MD 20742
301-405-5571
lj38@umail.umd.edu
Hailed by critics worldwide, this symphonic choir is comprised of community
members, UM faculty, staff and students.

National Philharmonic Chorale
Stan Engebretson, Chorale Artistic Director
Filbert Hong, Production & Personnel Manager
The Music Center at Strathmore
5301 Tuckerman Lane
North Bethesda, MD 20852-3385
301-493-9283

Zemer Chai

Eleanor Epstein, Artistic Director

The Jewish Community Chorus of Washington, DC

Rockville, MD

e-mail: info@zemerchai.org


VIRGINIA

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Alexandria Choral Society

Philip Cave, Artistic Director

PO Box 406-Alexandria, Virginia 22313

703-548-4734

Chamber Chorale of Fredericksburg

Michael O'Brien, Music Director

202-387-3411

Columbia Pike Community Chorus

Barbara Stefan, Music Director

2217 Columbia Pike-Arlington, VA 22204

703-920-7077

musicmin@tecarl.org

Fairfax Choral Society
Douglas Mears, Artistic Director
Patrick Vaughn, Directors of Youth Choruses
Caroline Desmond, Conductor of Treble Singers and Songbirds
4028 Hummer Road, Annandale, VA 22003
703-642-3277

Master Singers of Virginia

Erik Reid Jones, Artistic Director

P.O. Box 341

Ashburn, VA 20146

703-655-7809

The New Dominion Chorale

Thomas Beveridge, Music Director

The Reston Chorale

Frederick Wygal, Artistic Director

The Reston Chorale
2310 Colts Neck Road
Reston, VA 20191

The Ron Freeman Chorale

Ron Freeman, Music Director
P.O. Box 7456
Arlington, VA 22207
(703) 525-1397

ARMED SERVICES

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*The United States Army Chorus

Bldg. 400

Ft. Myer VA 22211

703-696-3645

*The United States Army Field Band
4214 Field Band Drive
Fort George G Meade, MD 20755-5330

(301) 677-6586
fldband@emh1.ftmeade.army.mil

*The United States Air Force Singing Sergeants

201 McChord St., Bolling AFB, DC 20332

202-767-5665, 202-767-1756,


*The United States Navy Sea Chanters

617 Warrington Ave. SE Washington, DC 20374
202-433-6088

OPERA

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Annapolis Opera, Inc
Maryland Hall for the Creative Arts
801 Chase Street, Suite 304
Annapolis, MD 21401

admin@annapolisopera.org
410-267-8135

The Aria Club of Greater Washington

The Asian American Music Society

The Bethesda Summer Music Festival and Opera Ensemble

Mira Yang, President (AAMS)

Andrew Hoover, General Director (BSMF)

MIra Yang, Artistic Director (BSMF)

mirayang@aamsopera.com

301-424-3379

The Chamber Opera of Washington
3416 Tulane Dr Suite 1
Hyattsville, MD 20783
mail@chamberopera.org

202-277-5579

The Mount Vernon Players

Darryl Winston, Music Director

900 Massachusetts Ave., NW

Washington, DC 20001

(202) 783 7600   

Opera Bel Cantanti

Katerina Souvorova, Artistic Director

katerina@belcantanti.com

Opera Bel Canto Washington

Micaele Sparacino, Founder and General Director

*Opera Lafayette

Ryan Brown, Artistic Director

10 Fourth Street, N.E.,Washington, DC 20002
Phone: 202-546-9332

*Opera Theatre of Northern Virginia
John Edward Niles, Artistic Director
P.O. Box 7027-Arlington, VA 22207-5034
703-528-1433

Opera Vivente

John Bowen, Music Director

811 Cathedral St.- Baltimore, MD   21201

Summer Opera Theatre Company

The Cathlolic University of America

3801 Harewood Road NE

Washington, DC 20017-1566

202-319-4000

Victorian Lyric Opera Company

P.O. Box 10391
Rockville, MD 20849-0391

*Washington Opera

Placido Domingo, General Director

*Washington Concert Opera

Antony Walker, Conductor

1217 Massachusetts Ave., NW-Washington, DC 20005

*Washington Savoyards

916 G Street, NW, Washington, DC 20001

phone 202-315-1323

fax 202-315-1303

Zarzuela DiSi

contact: Jose Sacin

jose@josesacin.com

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