2025-2026 Season

Darkness

Illuminated

A season of contrasts

Join Handel Choir on a journey from joy to quiet to exuberance:

a full spectrum of feeling in our 91st season.

Handel, Exemplified

Handel’s Messiah – Baltimore’s only performance with the instruments Handel knew and composed for. Enjoy the special sounds of Christmas with Handel Choir.

Saturday, December 13 at 7:30pm

Grace United Methodist Church, Baltimore

Sunday, December 14 at 3:00pm

Church of the Resurrection, Timonium

Quiet, Amplified

Musikalische Exequien – Savor the deep and complex sounds of quiet in the music of Heinrich Schütz and others: solace from the noise of the world.

 Saturday, February 28th at 7:30pm

St Mary’s Seminary, Baltimore

Audacity, Electrified

Chichester Psalms and Schnittke Requiem – Two bold, late-twentieth century choral works, with electric guitar, drumset, and gorgeous, heart-racing sounds: Bernstein and Schnittke.

Saturday, May 9th at 3:00pm

St Mark’s Lutheran Church, Baltimore

There are still a few audition slots open to sing with the Handel Choir for our 91st season! Auditions are open for community choristers of all voice parts. We are currently hearing pro chorister auditions for sopranos only. Join us for a season fi
Thank you so much to the @orioles for letting us sing for the game today! What a thrill to be on the field! Let’s go O’s!
REPOST: (All credits for original post and graphics go to the Baltimore Orioles) Tonight’s 7pm game has been moved up to 4:30. Handel Choir will still be there to sing the anthem! See you at the ballpark!
At this time last weekend, we were enjoying a pre-concert panel before Missa Solemnis with Artistic Director Emerita Melinda O’Neal, cellist and Co-Director of the Baltimore Baroque Band John Moran, Maestro Brian Bartoldus, and Board President
Thank you to each and every person who attended Missa Solemnis! A completely full house at The Baltimore Basilica for a phenomenal Saturday afternoon celebrating the finale of our 90th season. We are grateful for all of our amazing patrons and suppor
Have you caught sight of Handel Choir’s billboard on I-83? We wanted to get the message out to one and all that this tremendous concert is not one to miss! We have sold over 500 tickets - join us and 500 other classical music lovers in Baltim
We’re just days away from one of the biggest classical music events Baltimore will see this year: Beethoven’s epic Missa Solemnis, performed with an enormous period instrument orchestra and a choir of 70 singers at the Baltimore Basilica: