ASL Interpreted Performance

The George Mason University Chamber Singers, under the direction of Dr. Lisa Billingham, present Where Light Begins, an evening of choral artistry that traces one of humanity's oldest and most enduring themes — the emergence of the world from nothingness. Drawing from three centuries of choral music heritage, the program moves from the silence before time, through the awakening of the natural world, and finally to humanity's place within it.

The concert features selections from Franz Joseph Haydn’s The Creation (1798), whose radiant choruses gave the Western choral tradition the definitive musical vision of the cosmos taking shape. The concert moves forward to the 21st century, where Dan Forrest — writing 225 years after Haydn, in deliberate homage to him — reimagines the same arc in his own contemporary style. Selections from Forrest's CREATION (2023) carry the narrative through the forming of light, sky, and landscape with the same sense of wonder that animated Haydn's original.

Join us for an evening of oratorio selections in a chamber music setting from creation to a celebration of nature and humanity.

Tickets: $20 Adult, $15 Senior, $10 Youth
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