Paris Choral Society

The Paris Choral Society is an auditioned amateur choir based at the American Cathedral in Paris, France.
The PCS is incorporated as a voluntary association under French law as an Association loi de 1901, and is made up of around 95 singers of different nationalities dedicated to the performance of choral masterpieces. Three concerts are performed every season accompanied by professional orchestras and soloists.

History

Founded in 1994 by a group of non-professional singers under the direction of Edward J. Tipton, the PCS quickly became known for its high standard of performance and its annual Sing-along of Handel’s Messiah which has been held every December since the inception of the choir. The current Interim Music Director is Lewis Hammond.
In recent years, the Paris Choral Society has performed
Roth's Earthrise and Dove's Who Killed Cock Robin?,
Handel's Messiah,
Rutti's Requiem,
Mendelssohn's Elijah and Dett's The Chariot Jubilee,
Rossini's Petite messe solennelle,
Verdi's Requiem,
Rütti's Three Carols and Britten's A Ceremony of Carols,
Mendelssohn's Lobgesang and Sandström's Te Deum,
Whitacre's Sainte-Chapelle,
Dvořák's Stabat Mater,
Orff's Carmina Burana,
Mozart's Great Mass in C Minor, Handel's Dixit Dominus and Coronation Anthems, Beethoven's Missa Solemnis in the Church of Saint-Eustache,
Fauré's Requiem and Bernstein's Chichester Psalms,
Rachmaninoff's Vespers, Bach's B Minor Mass, Brahms A German Requiem, Haydn's The Creation, Mozart's Requiem, Bach's St. John Passion, Morten Lauridsen's Lux Aeterna.