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NIH Community Chorus Presents: O Magnum Mysterium

The National Institutes of Health (NIH) Community Chorus in association with the East Avenue Ensemble of Chevy Chase present “O Magnum Mysterium”. The one-time only performance will take place on Saturday, December 7, 2013 at 7:30 p.m. at Saint Mark Presbyterian Church, 10701 Old Georgetown Road, North Bethesda, Maryland. The concert, which is sponsored by the NIH Recreation and Welfare Association and the American Music Performance Foundation, benefits the charities of the NIH. The concert and parking are free. Donations are welcome to benefit the NIH charities.

The performance will feature timeless holiday music from the sacred to the secular. In addition to the signature piece, Lauridsen’s O Magnum Mysterium, the Chorus will perform three of The Alfred Burt Carols, Dett’s Ave Maria, Mendelssohn’s There shall a star come out of Jacob, Near’s What Is This Lovely Fragrance, Pinkham’s Christmas Cantata, and Ray Charles’ arrangement of Jingle Bells. The East Avenue Ensemble will perform Swingle Bells #1, a vocal jazz medley arranged by Ward Swingle, the founder of the Swingle Singers.

For more information, please visit http://www.nihco.org

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