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 Masterworks Choir of Florence 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, 7:00pm
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
We will repeat this concert on Sunday, May 17 at 5pm at the Francis Marion Performing Arts Center in Florence.
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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/
Thank you!
Columbia Choral Society Concert
Hope for the Journey
Sunday, February 22, 2026, 4:00pm
Shandon United Methodist Church
3407 Devine Street, Columbia, SC
Featuring: Schubert’s Mass in G, with additional selections by Vaughan Williams, Felix Mendelssohn, Ola Gjeilo, and Franz Biebl.
This will be a FREE concert, and a Love Offering will be taken up.
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 programs. Thank you!
Winter 2026: Winter 2026: Hope For The Journey (Full Program)
Fall 2025: Hope for the Journey (Full Program)
May 2025: Creation (Full Program)
Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/columbiachoralsociety
Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/columbiascchoralsociety/
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/
Follow us on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/columbiachoralsociety
Follow us on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/columbiascchoralsociety/
Thank you!
A Few Past Concerts
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/
November 9, 2025, 4:00 pm
Fall 2025: Hope for the Journey (Full Program)
(Thank you for supporting our sponsors in the program.)
Support our great sponsors from our concert program in the Spring. Thank you!
Concert Program, May 2025,Creation.
Tickets
General Admission – $20 | Seniors and Military $15 | Students- High School and College $10 | Under 14 – FREE
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June 8, 2025 Concert Program (same one as May 18)
Thank you for supporting our sponsors!
The Columbia Choral Society welcomes you to our 95th Season.
Join family and friends for a beautiful musical experience.
Thank you for being a vital part of our audience!
June 8, 2025, 4:00 pm
Dr. Elizabeth M. Mears, Artistic Director
Mrs. Allison Hilbish, Accompanist
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Presented in collaboration with
Circular Congregational Church and Piccolo Spoleto
Make your plans NOW to attend and ENJOY the final day of Spoleto!
FREE
(Love Offering split between church and choir.)
Thank you for your support last season!
Fall 2024 – Concerts and Performances
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Concert Program, November 2024, Of Kith and Kin.
Second Calvary Baptist Church,
1110 Mason Rd, Columbia, SC 29203
Faure Requiem sing-along, in conjunction with the SC American Choral Directors Association First Baptist Church of Greenville.
Thanks for your support last season!
Spring 2024 Concert Online Program (Read about our 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, 2024, 4:00 pm
Centennial Associate Reformed Presbyterian,
Sunday, June 9, 2024, 3:30 pm, a Piccolo Spoleto concert
Circular Congregational Church.