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Click here to view the stunning repertoire of musical selections we will have at St. Ann during Lent and Holy Week!

Update: Click for the Program! Please join us for a benefit concert for the AGMA Relief Fund: With your support, we can help artists facing dire times of hardship. Program highlights: An All-American program including choral works by Copeland, Niles, and Hogan, the world premiere of “My True Love Hath My Heart” by Zachary Wadsworth, and operatic favorites featuring solos and choruses from Gershwin’s Porgy and Bess! Free admission, but donations to the AGMA Relief Fund are encouraged. You may be helping an artist in need sitting right next to you. Thank you!

The Kosciuszko Foundation’s Chopin Piano Competition was established in 1949, in honor of the hundredth anniversary of the death of Frédéric Chopin. The inauguration took place at the Kosciuszko Foundation House in New York City, with Witold Malcuzynski as a guest artist, and Abram Chasins, composer and music director of the New York Times Radio Station, presiding. Over the years, many outstanding musicians have been associated with the competition including Van Cliburn, Ian Hobson, Daniel Pollak, Murray Perahia, Myung-whun Chung, Kevin Kenner, and Kirill Gerstein. Today, the Kosciuszko Foundation’s Chopin Competition continues to encourage gifted young pianists, ages 18–30, to further their studies and to perform the works of Polish composers. Since 2022, the Kosciuszko Foundation Chopin Piano Competition has been taking place in Washington D.C. with its new Artistic Director Mr. Martin Labazevitch.