Concerts

The Columbia Choral Society welcomes you to our 96th Season.
Join family and friends for a beautiful musical experience. 

The Columbia Choral Society and the Florence Masterworks Choir will perform a concert featuring Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem and Anton Bruckner’s Te Deum.  The joint choirs of 140 singers will be joined by a 40-piece orchestra for this dramatic and moving evening of music.

Spring 2026: Dona Nobis Pacem and Te Deum (Full Program)

  Saturday, May 16, 2026, 7:00 pm
St Andrews Baptist Church
230 Bush River Road, Columbia, SC  29210

Tickets: General Admission – $20  |  Seniors and Military $15  |
Students-High School and College $10  |  Under 14 – FREE

Join us for a powerful performance of Ralph Vaughan Williams’ Dona Nobis Pacem. Driven by his harrowing experiences in WWI and the threat of a new global conflict, this moving plea for peace was inspired by the stirring poetry of Walt Whitman—including his iconic poem, ‘Beat! Beat! Drums!’—woven together with traditional Latin text and biblical passages.

We will repeat this concert on Sunday, May 17 at 5pm at the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center in Florence.

This organization is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

The Columbia Choral Society welcomes you to our 96th Season.
Join family and friends for a beautiful musical experience.

Come enjoy a fun evening at the Koger Center in Columbia, SC, on December 18th at 7:30, as we join the South Carolina Philharmonic for their Home for the Holidays concert!

The SC Philharmonic has a great concert for you this year with a fun line-up of guest performers, including Mark Rapp, Johnnie Felder, Columbia Repertory Dance Company, CCJ Conservatory, Bernie Love Elvis Tribute, Katie Leitner, Cat Galan, Edwin Hamilton and the Columbia Choral Society!

Tickets can be ordered at https://www.scphilharmonic.com/concerts/2025-2026/home-for-the-holidays/

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The Columbia Choral Society proudly presents
“Hope for the Journey”

Featuring: Schubert’s Mass in G, with additional selections by Vaughan Williams, Felix Mendelssohn, Ola Gjeilo, and Franz Biebl 

Fall 2025: Hope for the Journey (Full Program)

(Thank you for supporting our sponsors in the program.) 

Sunday, November 9, 2025, 4:00 pm

The 75-voice Columbia Choral Society, led by Artistic Director Dr. Elizabeth Mears, with Accompanist Allison Hilbish, will be joined by a chamber orchestra.

Support our great sponsors from our concert program in the Spring. Thank you!
Concert Program, May 2025, Creation.

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Tickets
      General Admission – $20  |  Seniors and Military $15  |  Students- High School and College $10  |  Under 14 – FREE

1) Purchase tickets at the door (Cash, check, and some smartphone apps accepted.)

2) Purchase online through PayPal with your PayPal account or with a credit card. Just add up the amount and make the payment through the “Donate” button below. Please put your name in the comment space.

Thank you for your support of the Columbia Choral Society.

This organization is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

More Concert Information (future and past) at https://www.columbiachoralsociety.org/concerts/

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Fall 2025: Hope for the Journey (Full Program)

(Thank you for supporting our sponsors in the program.) 

The Columbia Choral Society welcomes you
to our 95th Season.
Come join family and friends for a beautiful musical experience.

Thank you for supporting the CCS by being a vital part of our audience!

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Fall 2024  – Concerts and Performances

Thanks for your support last season!

Spring 2024 Concert Online Program (Read about Sponsors)

Spring 2024

Requiem for the Living by Dan Forrest

Dr. Elizabeth M. Mears will be conducting with Mrs. Allison Hilbish as pianist and a small string ensemble plus percussion.

This concert, Requiem for the Living, is a moving and reflective prayer that portrays light, peace, and rest, dedicated to the living who have suffered the loss of a loved one.

Sunday, May 19, 4:00 pm
Centennial Associate Reformed Presbyterian,
1413 Laurel Street, Columbia, SC 29201.
Ticket Information below.

Sunday, June 9, 3:30 pm, a Piccolo Spoleto concert
Circular Congregational Church
150 Meeting St., Charleston, SC 29401.
Love Offering.

Why not make it an extended and relaxing trip and take in many of the sites and sounds of Spoleto & Piccolo Spoleto, May 24 – June 9, 2024!

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Tickets for May 19 , 2024
      Adults – $15  |  Students 18 to 21 – $5  |  Under 18 – FREE with an adult

1) Purchase tickets at the door (Cash, check, card, and some smartphone apps accepted.)

2) Purchase online through PayPal with your PayPal account or with a credit card. Just add up the amount and make the payment through the “Donate” button below. Please put your name in the comment space.

Thank you for your support of the Columbia Choral Society.

This organization is funded in part by the South Carolina Arts Commission, which receives support from the National Endowment for the Arts.

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