Name: Cheers! • Washington Men's Camerata • chorus concert
Start: 2026-03-21T19:30:00-04:00
Location: The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., 1328 16th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036

$Cheers! \u2022 Washington Men's Camerata \u2022 chorus concert$

Imbibe (responsible) drinking songs–glees, opera choruses, Irish folk songs and more by Schubert, Poulenc, Holst, Mendelssohn, Vaughan Williams, Orff and more. Featuring poetic toasts and The Irish Inn Mates band playing fiddle, bodhran, bouzouki, guitar, harmonica, tinwhistle and Irish flute. Festive reception follows.
Tickets $35 • Students FREE. camerata.com
Share your short poetic toast for a chance to have it presented in concert. Entrants receive a complimentary premium concert seat. Top choices receive two premium seats & will have their piece recited & shared in our digital & printed concert program, e-newsletter & social media. One entry per person, so share your best, please. https://forms.gle/MsghFy3emLS3ndD28
You’ll hear "Drinking Song" by Gustav Holst from the Latin manuscript of Benediktbeuern. Also "Drinking Song" by Ralph Vaughan Williams from the opera "Sir John in Love." Plus "Drinking Song" by Sigmund Romberg from "The Student Prince." And, of course, "Drinking Song" by Felix Mendelssohn. For a change of pace, "A Drinking Song" by Ron Jeffers. Then we have "Trinklied" by Franz Schubert, one from 1813 and another from 1815; the German translating to—yup—"Drinking Song." There’s the Student Chorus from the opera "The Tales of Hoffmann" by Jacques Offenbach; that one happens to be about drinking. Additionally, "In taberna quando sumus" by Carl Orff from the cantata "Carmina Burana;" the Medieval Latin translating to "When we are in the tavern." Oui, let’s not forget "Chanson à Boire" by Francis Poulenc, the French of which translates to . . . wait for it . . . "Drinking Song."
The Irish Inn Mates band join us on Irish folk songs with fiddle, bodhran, bouzouki, guitar, harmonica, tinwhistle and Irish flute. Enjoy "When Irish Eyes Are Smiling," "The Wild Rover," "Whiskey in the Jar," "The Soldiers Song," "Mo Ghilla Mar," "Molly Malone," "Tell Me Ma," "The Parting Glass," plus a few instrumental tunes.

Event Venue

The First Baptist Church of the City of Washington, D.C., 1328 16th Street NW Washington, D.C. 20036, 1328 16th St NW, Washington, DC 20036-2206, United States

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