Our Projects
THE PROFESSIONAL CHOIR IN WISCONSIN
Of all the music groups from Madison, MCP has remained the premier, award-winning, professional chorale group and dazzled audiences with their harmonious blend of singers from Madison.
By enriching lives in Madison and beyond, MCP becomes a driving force in the arts community. Our performances not only provide direct enjoyment but also support a multitude of artists who, in turn, contribute to the vibrant artistic landscape of our city. MCP makes it easier for a professional singer to choose Madison and do their work. The Madison Choral Project is Wisconsin’s only fully professional choir. All the singers on stage are paid, professional musicians.
- Celestial Spring
MCP's Inaugural Concert
Saturday, May 18th, 2013, 7:00pm
Luther Memorial Church, Madison - A Light in the Darkness
MCP's Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 21st, 2013, 7:00pm
First Congregational Church, Madison
- J. S. Bach, Mass in B Minor
With The Madison Bach Musicians
Friday, April 18th, 2014, 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Madison
Saturday April 19th, 2014, 7:30pm
First Unitarian Society, Atrium Auditorium, Madison
- O Day Full of Grace
MCP's Second Annual Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 20, 2014 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Madison
- Faure Requiem and MacMillan Te Deum
With The Madison Youth Choirs
Saturday, February 28, 2015, 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Madison
- Dale Warland with the MCP
A Concert Conducted By One Of America's Foremost Choral Conductors
Friday, May 29, 2015, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 31, 2015, 2:30pm
First Congregational Church, Madison - A Procession of Angels
MCP's Third Annual Holiday Concert in Collaboration with WPR's Noah Ovshinsky
Friday, December 18, 2015, 7:30pm
First Congregational Church, Madison
Sunday, December 20, 2016, 2:30pm
Lutheran Church of the Living Christ, Madison - Martin Mass: Images, Shadows, Dreams
Vaughan Williams: Serenade
David Baker: Images, Shadows, Dreams
Frank Martin: MASS
In Collaboration With
The Madison Chamber Choir and The UW Odyssey Project
Friday, May 20, 2016, 7:30pm
Sunday, May 22, 2016, 2:30pm
First Congregational Church, Madison
- I Was Glad
MCP's Fourth Annual Holiday Concert
C.H.H. Parry: I Was Glad
Eric Barnum: Winter (World Premiere) In Collaboration with WPR's Noah Ovshinsky
Friday, December 16, 2016, 7:30pm
Saturday, December 17, 2016, 3:00pm
Both concerts located at First Congregational Church, Madison
- Privilege
An evening of new, beautiful, and thought-provoking music, featuring:
TED HEARNE: PRIVILEGE, DAVID LANG: WHERE YOU GO, ARVO PÄRT: I AM THE TRUE VINE, ERIC WHITACRE: WHEN DAVID HEARD, JUSSI CHYDENIUS: I AM THE GREAT SUN
The piece, Work: “What choice?” written by former chorister, Wisconsin composer, and former student at UW-Madison graduate school, D. Jasper Sussman premiered with original text on the contemplation of society’s confusing and hypocritical demands on women, their bodies and their appearance.
The lyrics repeat throughout the piece: “She tries to hide her beauty. She dislikes how they look at her. ‘You’re a woman. In this trade, that’s unusual,’ they say to her. ‘Use it.’ What choice does she have?” Sussman “meditated on the idea of privilege and where I felt that I have been pigeonholed,” she said. - The Cap Times
Friday, April 21, 2017, 7:30pm
Sunday, April 23, 2017, 3:00pm
Both concerts located at First Congregational Church, Madison
- Old Lessons and New Carols
Friday, December 15, 2017 7:30pm
Sunday, December 17, 2017, 3:00pm
Christ Presbyterian Church - Drown’d in one endlesse Day
February, 2018
Performed in Madison, Wisconsin
And at ACDA Midwest Regional Convention, Chicago, IL - Hope in the Future
December, 2018
- Mother Nature
May, 2019
- Wisconsin Conducting Symposium
June, 2019
- Finding Our Path
Finding Our Path
December, 2019
Seventh MCP December Concerts
“Sometimes our darkness is existential. That is, sometimes the thoughts that haunt us are about not fully understanding the ‘who’ or ‘why’ of who we are and what purpose we have,” Pinsonneault explains. “We explore that. And then we also explore the ecstasy of figuring it out and finding our path again. And all of that with some really, incredibly fantastic music you will not hear anywhere else in Wisconsin.”
He goes on to say: The Madison Choral Project approach to the season stands out amidst more standard holiday fare.
Pinsonneault is clear as to why that is.
“December is a time when we reflect on darkness and seek for the light,” he says. “It is a season of hope, and we see this echoed in the Advent/Christmas anticipation of the birth of Jesus, in the Hannukah menorah and celebration of the light’s endurance.”
He also notes that the performances come before Dec. 21, when the hours of daylight start lengthening. “One hallmark of our December concerts is that they always end hopeful and positive, but we do not shy away from that very darkness.” - Dr. Albert Pinsonneault, in
Madison Magazine.
- Statements: Strong Music for High Voices
February / March, 2020 (MCP sopranos and altos only)
Performed in Madison, Wisconsin And at ACDA Midwest Regional Convention, Milwaukee, IL
- [Cancelled] Brahms Requiem
May, 2020
(Cancelled due to a spike in COVID-19, Spring of 2020)
- [Cancelled] Wake, Awake
December, 2020
(Cancelled due to a spike in COVID-19, Winter of 2020)
- Take My Hand
February, 2023
See What Love, December 16 & 17, 2023, McFarland Performing Arts Center
A concert exploring motherhood and the Christmas story through Mary's eyes. A special narrative-driven story told through curated selections of choral music and readings. Cozy up to warm harmonies, exceptional singing, and motherly love!
