Delaware ChoralArts or DCA serves the greater Wilmington community through excellent and inspiring performances of great choral literature; supporting its talented and dedicated membership with professional skill and leadership; and nurturing the art of choral music through scholarships, commissions and showcases. Known for it’s expressive singing, varied and diverse programming, and beautiful choral sound, Delaware ChoralArts has brought a rich palate of choral music to the region since its beginnings in 1984.
DCA is excited to present The Patchwork Mass as the debut concert of our new Artistic Director, J. Matthew Lista. The movements of The Patchwork Mass are those of a standard Mass but are compiled from various Mass settings by different composers. Considering our Nation’s historical or traditional motto, E Pluribus Unum – Of Many, One, the music reflects the ideology of strength, unity, and resolve when all are gathered for a united cause. As we close out the semiquincentennial celebration of the United States, The Patchwork Mass highlights compositions and composers exemplary of the true fabric of America — a greater representation of the musical and cultural diaspora that is America. Through art and song there is more that unites us than divides us.
DCA is excited to present The Patchwork Mass as the debut concert of our new Artistic Director, J. Matthew Lista. The movements of The Patchwork Mass are those of a standard Mass but are compiled from various Mass settings by different composers. Considering our Nation’s historical or traditional motto, E Pluribus Unum – Of Many, One, the music reflects the ideology of strength, unity, and resolve when all are gathered for a united cause. As we close out the semiquincentennial celebration of the United States, The Patchwork Mass highlights compositions and composers exemplary of the true fabric of America — a greater representation of the musical and cultural diaspora that is America. Through art and song there is more that unites us than divides us.