The Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh
Music - Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
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Founded in 1908, the Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (MCP) has more than a century's worth of experience uniting singers with audience members in riveting musical experiences. For more than 90 years, MCP has partnered with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra (PSO) to bring the joys of symphonic choral music to tens of thousands of people each year. As the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra's "chorus of choice," MCP has performed with some of the world's foremost conductors Lorin Maazel, Mariss Jansons, Michael Tilson Thomas, Leonard Slatkin, André Previn, Sir Neville Marriner, and Manfred Honeck.When not performing with the PSO, MCP seeks to break new artistic ground by re-imagining choral concert events for the 21st century. Through dramatic programming, intriguing partnerships and venues, and the creation of new works, MCP bridges classical and contemporary music to engage current audiences and entice new ones to experience the joy of live performance. MCP's most recent commission was premiered in February 2020: Satan's Fall by Stewart Copeland, former rock drummer and founder of The Police, turned award-winning composer of some of the film world's most innovative scores.MCP fosters the next generation of choral singing and audience members through the Junior Mendelssohn Choir of Pittsburgh (JMCP). The JMCP was founded in 1988 to fill a community need for professional-level choral training for talented high school youth. JMCP provides youth with a challenging musical environment in which to develop their musical skills and gives them the tools and experiences to be life-long participants in the arts. MCP's most recent recording is the Grammy-nominated Beethoven's Ninth Symphony with the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, with Manfred Honeck conducting. MCP performances are heard locally over WQED-FM (89.3) and PSOMCP perfand PSOMCP performances are distributed nationally by Public Radio International (PRI).
