Thomas Beveridge, Artistic Director 

P.O. Box 6691, McLean, VA 22106-6691 

president@newdominion.org

www.newdominion.org, 202-244-7191

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

On Sunday, October 27, 2024 at 4:00 p.m., New Dominion Chorale, under the direction of Artistic Director Thomas Beveridge, will present Franz Joseph Haydn’s oratorio, The Creation. The performance will take place at the Rachel M. Schlesinger Concert Hall and Arts Center on the Alexandria campus of Northern Virginia Community College at 4915 East Campus Drive, Alexandria, Virginia.

Haydn’s grand musical depiction of the creation of the world will take place in English translation and will be presented with full professional orchestra.

Featured soloists will be Metropolitan Opera soprano Danielle Talamantes portraying the Angel Gabriel, tenor Allan Palacios Chan as the Angel Uriel, and bass Kerry Wilkerson as the Angel Raphael. In the depiction of the Seventh Day in the Garden of Eden, Ms. Talamantes will portray Eve, and Mr. Wilkerson, Adam. It is noteworthy that in real life they are actually husband and wife.

New Dominion Chorale, now in its 34th year, is one of the largest of the Washington area’s many choruses. It has been hailed by The Washington Post as “…opulent, precise and powerful.” It has performed most of the best-known large choral works and is noteworthy for having performed the premieres of the principal works of its Artistic Director Thomas Beveridge, in particular the massive Symphony of Peace and the internationally known Yizkor Requiem.

Mr. Beveridge has composed 700 works in all media. He has been Director of Choral Activities at George Mason University, Chorus Master of Washington National Opera, Artistic Director of Washington Men’s Camerata and National Men’s Chorus, and is well-known as solo bass performer and conductor.

Tickets will be available at the door or through www.newdominion.org: $40 general admission, $35 for seniors (62+), $20 for students, and children under 12 free, with open seating in the concert hall. There is free parking at this event. For more information, please go to www.newdominion.org or president@newdominion.org, or call 202-244-7191.

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New Dominion Chorale is a 501(c)(3) organization supported in part by grants from ArtsFairfax, the Dallas Morse Coors Foundation for the Performing Arts, and the William & Karen Tell Foundation.