Tom Benjamin: Old Brick Oratorio – World Premiere!
Commissioned work celebrating the 200^th Anniversary of Christ Episcopal Church
Saturday, October 15, 2011, 8 PM,
Christ Episcopal Church
6800 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, MD 21045

Columbia Pro Cantare, two soloists, string quartet, brass quintet, organ, piano and percussion join narrators and audience in tracing with broad strokes the historical and social developments within which the church has grown over the past 200 years. Musically, the oratorio draws on hymnody, folk sources, and newly composed music by Columbia composer Tom Benjamin.

George Frideric Handel: Messiah 

Sunday, December 4, 2011 at 7:30 p.m.
The Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake
5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia, MD

This will be CPC's annual dramatic performance of Handel’s Messiah. The ensemble of soloists, includes soprano Amy van Roekel, mezzo soprano Mary Ann McCormick, tenor Charles Reid, and baritone Lester Lynch, accompanied by orchestra.  A free pre-concert lecture will take place at 6:30 in the theater and a reception will follow the concert.

A Christmas Noël with the CPC Chamber Singers

Sunday, December 11, 2011 at 3:00 p.m.
Christ Episcopal Church
6800 Oakland Mills Road, Columbia, MD.

The CPC Chamber Singers will perform A Christmas Noël – holiday music from the Renaissance to the present - on Sunday, December 11 at 3 p.m. Be inspired by the singing and the intimate setting of Christ Episcopal Church, Oakland Mills and Dobbin Rd., Columbia, with its excellent acoustics and hear 28 voices selected from the Pro Cantare perform new and favorite selections.

Don't miss CPC's New Year's Eve Soirée!  in an exclusive Private Home in the Dunloggin section of Ellicott City, with food, soft drinks, and champagne provided and a  Cash Bar. Call for reservations: Deborah Towner,  301-854-0107 or 410-799-9321; or Columbia Pro Cantare, 410-730-8549. Stay tuned (pun intended) for more information.

Haydn: Little Organ Mass, Debussy, Delius & Massenet

Sunday, March 18, 2012, 3 PM
First Evangelical Lutheran Church
3604 Chatham Rd., Ellicott City, MD 21042

CPC celebrates the anniversaries of Debussy, Delius and Massenet with beautiful choral, violin and organ works, and adds Haydn as a special treat.

Jazz with The Eric Mintel Quartet

Saturday, May 5, 2012, 8 PM
The Jim Rouse Theatre at Wilde Lake
5460 Trumpeter Road, Columbia, MD 21044

CPC joins The Eric Mintel Quartet to perform Jazz by Brubeck & More!