Synthesis: A 20th Anniversary Celebration
June 2025
In every breath and chord, we are reminded that the songs we sing are possible because we are not alone—that our music, like our lives, is made whole by one another. Over the past two decades, we’ve championed emerging voices, spotlighted under-heard stories, and helped usher new music into the world. Synthesis, our 20th Anniversary spring concert, is not only a retrospective of where we’ve been, but a reaching outward—and inward—toward the music we are still becoming.
Join us on Friday, June 13th (7:30 PM in-person & livestream) and Saturday, June 14th (4:30 PM in-person only) at St. Mark’s Capitol Hill in Washington, DC to honor the voices we’ve uplifted, the music we’ve built together, and what we owe each other.
Spring 2025
Since 2004, the 18th Street Singers have thrived as a part of Washington, DC’s vibrant performing arts community. As an all-volunteer group and registered nonprofit organization, we owe our success to the support of our community.
This season we are celebrating our 20th anniversary. Taking pride in how far we have come, and looking forward to the future, we have set our eyes on some big goals to mark this milestone. Consider:
Setting up a monthly tax-deductible donation to carry your support through the coming year
Visiting our 20th anniversary page to learn more about this season's goals
No gift is too small to make an impact--your tax-deductible donation will help us commission new pieces, support up and coming composers, fund each season's music, and to underwrite the student tickets that are always free for our concert.
Will you make a donation to the 18th Street Singers to keep the next 20 years just as strong?
Winter Concert: Metamorphosis
Winter 2024
Transformation can be subtle or seismic—a shift in perspective, a moment of clarity, or a leap into the unknown. Over the past 20 years, the 18th Street Singers have embraced this spirit of metamorphosis, growing from a fledgling ensemble into a thriving choral community.
Through four thematic sections, we invite you to journey with us as we explore:
Taking Flight: Humanity’s unrelenting drive to grow, evolve, and seek something greater.
Looking for Meaning: Introspective works that delve into self-discovery and development.
Remixed: A celebration of genre-bending creativity, blending sounds and styles in unexpected ways.
Finding Purpose: Uplifting pieces that challenge us to confront injustice, honor loss, and imagine a better world.
From the restless drive to take flight in Robert Schumann’s “An die Sterne” and “Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine” by Eric Whitacre, to the quiet search for meaning as in Jacob Collier’s “World O World,” we reflect on who we’ve been and imagine what we might become. Pieces of resilience and hope remind us how music can confront injustice (“we cannot leave” by ted hearne), honor loss (“Meet Me Here” by Craig Hella Johnson), and inspire change (“How can I keep from singing?” by Robert Lowry”). Together, we’ll sing of transformation—both within ourselves and in the world we strive to create.
“Great music does indeed have a future, as long as enthusiastic young people take time out of their lives to perform it for pure pleasure. ”
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The world premiere of "Messa" by Magnús Ragnarsson
Performed by the 18th Street Singers in Winter’s Night on January 27 & 28, 2024
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