Marie Bucoy-Calavan of Choral Arts Is May 22 Breakfast Speaker
By • May 1, 2025 0 298
On Thursday, May 22, The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series will present a talk by Dr. Marie Bucoy-Calavan, artistic director of the Choral Arts Society of Washington. Admission to the event, at 1310 Kitchen & Bar, 1310 Wisconsin Ave. NW, is $40, payable in advance at georgetowner.com or via Eventbrite.
One of three symphonic choruses in the nation’s capital, the Choral Arts Society of Washington was founded in 1965 by the late Norman Scribner. Dr. Bucoy-Calavan, who became artistic director last September, made her Choral Arts debut in 2023, guest-conducting the “O Night Divine!” Christmas program. On Sunday, June 15, to mark the organization’s diamond jubilee, she will lead a performance in the Kennedy Center Concert Hall by the Choral Arts Symphonic Chorus and Orchestra titled “The Choral Legacy: 60 Years of Creating Stories Through Voice.”
Since 2014, Dr. Bucoy-Calavan has been director of choral studies at the University of Akron in Ohio, conducting the choirs and teaching conducting and choral literature. Earlier, she served as chorus director for the Akron Symphony and artistic director of Akron’s Summit Choral Society. She earned undergraduate and graduate degrees from California State University, Fullerton, and a doctor of musical arts degree in choral conducting from the University of Cincinnati College-Conservatory of Music.
At the May 22 breakfast, Dr. Bucoy-Calavan will discuss her innovative approach to choral programming and share her plans for future Choral Arts initiatives.
Doors open at 1310 Kitchen & Bar at 8:30 a.m. for a light buffet breakfast; the program will follow from 9 to 10 a.m. To purchase tickets, click HERE.
Since 2014, The Georgetowner’s Cultural Leadership Breakfast Series has presented 63 insider talks by leaders of area museums; opera, theater and dance companies; music ensembles; performing arts venues; and other cultural organizations.
