Thomas Beveridge, Artistic Director 

   P.O. Box 6691, McLean, VA 22106-6691 

   president@newdominion.org

   www.newdominion.org, (202) 244-7191

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW DOMINION CHORALE TO PRESENT HANDEL’S MESSIAH

On Sunday, December 14, 2025 at 4:00 p.m., New Dominion Chorale will present Handel’s Messiah. The concert will take place at Saint Luke Catholic Church, 7001 Georgetown Pike, Mclean, Virginia.

Thomas Beveridge, the Chorale’s Founder and Artistic Director, will lead the ensemble of vocal soloists, 120-voice chorus, and chamber orchestra in selections from Handel’s most popular, famous, and most performed work, appropriate for the Christmas season. The four distinguished soloists are soprano Amy Broadbent, mezzo soprano Linda Hayes Bennett, tenor Allan Palacios Chan, and bass Jeffrey Tarr.

New Dominion Chorale, now in its 35nd season, has distinguished itself amid the crowded choral music scene in the Washington area. Praised by The Washington Post as “opulent, precise and powerful,” it operates as a “singers’ cooperative” without paid management, and no auditions are required to join. New Dominion Chorale has presented all of the large works for chorus and orchestra by the major composers, as well as presenting the first performances of works by Mr. Beveridge, notably his massive Symphony of Peace and his Yizkor Requiem, which, since its premiere by the Chorale, has received over 26 performances in the United States and Europe and has been recorded twice for the Naxos label: by the Choral Arts Society of Washington, directed by Norman Scribner, and by the chorus and orchestra of St. Martin in the Fields, conducted by Sir Neville Marriner.

Artistic Director Thomas Beveridge has had a distinguished musical career and is recognized as one of the Washington area’s most versatile musicians: solo singer, pianist, teacher, conductor, and composer-arranger. His over 700 original compositions and arrangements have been accepted by George Mason University for archival deposit in the University library.

Tickets for the concert may be purchased in advance by going to www.newdominion.org and clicking on the Purchase Tickets button. Tickets will also be available at the door at the time of the performance for $40 general admission, $35 seniors 62+, and $20 students 12-18, with open seating in the concert venue.

There is free parking at this event. For more information, please go to www.newdominion.org, send email to 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, the William & Karen Tell Foundation, and McLean Community Foundation.