| The Olympia Choral Society would like to thank everyone for supporting our 14th season! "A World of Song," our April 2012 concert was a big success! We welcomed Kalani, an internationally acclaimed percussionist and teacher to our stage. The concert was wonderful!
Click on our "News About OCS" page for pictures of Kalani's interview on KAOS radio's "Cover the Earth" program.
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| The Olympia Choral Society has been invited to perform Beethoven's 9th Symphony with the Olympia Symphony Orchestra on October 7, 2012 at 7:00 pm at the Washington Center for the Performing Arts. Watch here for information about the concert and ticket sales.
The Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, is the final complete symphony of Ludwig van Beethoven. Completed in 1824, the symphony is one of the best-known works of the Western classical repertoire. Among critics, it is universally considered to be among Beethoven's greatest works, and is considered by some to be the greatest piece of music ever written. It has been adapted for use as the European Anthem.
The symphony was the first example of a major composer using voices in a symphony (thus making it a choral symphony). The words are sung during the final movement by four vocal soloists and a chorus. They were taken from the "Ode to Joy", a poem written by Friedrich Schiller in 1785 and revised in 1803, with additions made by the composer.
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