the light of hope returning
Sunday, december 13, 2026
4 pm

Mount Calvary Catholic Church
6700 Marlboro Pike
Forestville, MD 20747

MCS performs the Maryland premiere of Shawn Kirchner’s new full-length work, which combines his best-loved Christmas settings with new carols on Christmas, Winter Solstice, and New Year’s themes. Together these carols form a dramatic arc that takes us on a journey from distant hope through darkness into the rebirth of light and true hope for the future. Alongside this major work we will perform the U.S. premiere of Kachomer Beyad Hayotzer (As the Clay in the Potter’s Hand), a lively set of Jewish folk arrangements by Tzvi Sherf featuring renowned cantor Dr. Ramón Tasat and accompanied by a professional klezmer ensemble.

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fauré requiem
sunday, May 23, 2027
4 pm

Mount Calvary Catholic Church
6700 Marlboro Pike
Forestville, MD 20747

Our spring concert features the eternally beautiful Fauré Requiem with chamber orchestral accompaniment. We’ll also perform Credo, by historically overlooked American composer Margaret Bonds, who set W.E.B. Du Bois's iconic 1904 civil rights manifesto to music. And we’re honored to sing Out of the Ashes of Holocaust by MCS Artistic Director Joshua Fishbein, inspired by the story of his grandmother's survival in Nazi-occupied Greece, when she and her family were hidden by a generous Christian family.