| NOVA Community Chorus is a one hundred-voice ensemble that combines singers from the NVCC Music Program and the surrounding community. The chorus has distinguished itself both locally and internationally. It performs regularly at the Schlesinger Center with the Alexandria Campus Band and the Washington Metropolitan Philharmonic. Special engagements in past years have included Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center, and the National Theater. The chorus toured Spain and performed at the 1992 World's Fair in Seville. Last summer members of the chorus sang at the Leipzig International Choral Festival in Germany. Click to see the NOVA Community Chorus performances in streaming video at YouTube. |
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Membership in the chorus requires registration for MUS 137 01A. Contact Dr. Whitmire for further information, 703 845 6097 or mwhitmire@nvcc.edu.
Mark Whitmire is Director of NOVA Community Chorus and Professor of Music at Northern Virginia Community College. Dr. Whitmire has received numerous grants and awards, including a scholarship for post-graduate studies at the Britten-Pears School in England (where he studied with Sir Peter Pears), and a grant from the National Endowment for the Humanities for research and writing on the music of Benjamin Britten. In 1999 he was named “Outstanding Faculty of the Year” by the college, and in 2004 he was awarded the “President's Sabbatical,” the highest honor given by the college. In 2003 he was conductor-in-residence at Gloucester Cathedral; in 2006 he returned to England to direct choirs at Westminster Abbey and Canterbury Cathedral. Next summer he will lead a choral tour of France, conducting performances at Chartres Cathedral, Rouen Cathedral, La Madeleine (Paris) and Notre Dame. Dr. Whitmire attended Abilene Christian University, the University of Texas, and the University of Maryland, where he received the Doctor of Musical Arts degree.
Biography
Profile in Gentleman's Quarterly
Contact us at: mwhitmire@nvcc.edu