Name: Shall We Dance?
Start: 2026-05-08T19:30:00
Location: Hayes Barton United Methodist Church

North Carolina Master Chorale

A beloved Raleigh holiday tradition! The Chorale’s 170-voice Symphonic Choir, Chamber Choir, and Youth Choir accompanied by brass ensemble, percussion, piano, and organ return to Meymandi Concert Hall to sing the festive music of the season. You’ll hear familiar carols and enjoy new and contemporary settings destined to become holiday favorites. You’ve seen us on UNC-TV, now come experience the Joy of the Season live with the North Carolina Master Chorale.

Joy of the Season

Martin Marietta Center for the Performing Arts

Celebrate your Valentine’s Day with a 16-voice chamber choir, piano, bass, and drums. This season we feature love songs from John Lennon and Paul McCartney. Come enjoy classics like "All You Need Is Love", "Can't Buy Me Love", "Here, There, and Everywhere", and "Yesterday". The Rialto, Raleigh’s iconic theatre, returns as a venue for this concert.

Love Songs of Lennon and McCartney

The Rialto

Experience the profound beauty of Brahms’ Ein deutsches Requiem — a deeply human work of comfort and hope. Unlike traditional requiems, Brahms’ masterpiece offers solace not for the dead, but for the living, with soaring choral writing and lush orchestration. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of reflection, compassion, and transcendent music. Also on the program is Antonín Dvořák’s Te Deum.

Brahms Requiem

Songs about dancing, as well as songs set in a specific dance rhythm or style, stretch throughout music history and across all cultures and nationalities. This program will sample a wide variety of music from the Renaissance to contemporary, including pop music, musical theatre, and world music. You’ll hear pieces by Schubert, Brahms, Britten, Copland, Van Morrison, and Abba, as well as music from “Wicked”.

Shall We Dance?

Hayes Barton United Methodist Church

The Earth has shown itself to be a powerful model of how to overcome obstacle through continual rebirth and evolution. Through poetry from multiple authors, We Are Phoenix illuminates the analogy between humans and our planet: we both suffer loss and devastation and yet rise again and again, becoming stronger each time. Join the Master Chorale Youth Choir for the North Carolina premiere of this moving, reflective, beautiful Timothy Takach piece.