Cary Community Choir

Cary Community Choir Cary Community Choir performs Handel’s MESSIAH the first Sunday in December. Sign up online to sing. For more information https://carycommunitychoir.org/

Happy Easter to you and your family.
04/05/2026

Happy Easter to you and your family.

✨ What a Night of Music & Joy! ✨Last night, the Cary Community Choir presented Handel’s Messiah to a full house at Westw...
12/08/2025

✨ What a Night of Music & Joy! ✨
Last night, the Cary Community Choir presented Handel’s Messiah to a full house at Westwood Baptist Church. What an unforgettable evening it was.

🎶 170 voices strong
🙌 700 in attendance
🌟 One community, united in song

From the breathtaking solos to the powerful Hallelujah Chorus, the sanctuary was filled with beauty, gratitude, and the sacred tradition that has been part of Cary for more than 50 years.👏

Our deepest thanks to:
• Our 170 dedicated choir members
• The extraordinary soloists and musicians
• Our esteemed director Pepper Choplin
• Our board and volunteers who worked on this event throughout the year
• Westwood Baptist Church for hosting us
• And every guest who joined us, applauded with joy, and helped keep this beloved tradition alive 🙏

The Cary Community Choir continues because of you ~ your support, your hearts, and your love for music. ❤️

May the spirit of Handel’s masterpiece carry you through the season with peace, hope, and light.

Attention choir members and ticketed audience members…Parking information and options for the Sunday, 12/7 performance a...
12/06/2025

Attention choir members and ticketed audience members…

Parking information and options for the Sunday, 12/7 performance are posted here. Please acquaint yourself with the parking procedure before you drive to Westwood Baptist Church.

All choir members are being asked to be dropped off at Westwood or to park at one of the two off-site locations shown on the map.

Ticketed audience members will be able to park in designated areas at Westwood until that parking lot fills up. After that you will be directed to the off-site locations.

There are handicapped parking spots at Westwood for those who have a placard or license plate.

Westwood Baptist Church staff will be directing traffic and advising people where to park. Please be patient as they help everyone get situated.

Thank you!

🎶 🌟 Celebrate 50+ Years of Cary’s Favorite Holiday Tradition ~ Get Your Tickets for Cary Community Choir’s Handel’s Mess...
12/05/2025

🎶 🌟 Celebrate 50+ Years of Cary’s Favorite Holiday Tradition ~ Get Your Tickets for Cary Community Choir’s Handel’s Messiah today!

Enjoy an inspiring morning of music that celebrates the true spirit of the season ~ performed by local voices and musicians.

Open Dress Rehearsal: Sat 12/6, 9AM
Westwood Baptist Church
200 Westhigh Street, Cary, NC

The performance on Sunday, 12/7 is
SOLD OUT but there are Free tickets available for the dress rehearsal on Saturday, 12/6 at 9am. Reserve yours today:
carycommunitychoir.org/2025-ccc-
messiah-audience-tickets

Love this tradition? Help keep it going!
Donate here:
carycommunitychoir.org/contribute

🌟🎶 For more than 50 years, Cary has started the holiday season with song. Read all about the choir and its history in th...
12/04/2025

🌟🎶 For more than 50 years, Cary has started the holiday season with song. Read all about the choir and its history in this article from Surburban Living West Cary Magazine.

The Cary Community Choir is proud to carry on this incredible tradition. It’s the longest-running holiday event in Cary! What began as a small gathering has grown into a cherished community celebration that welcomes all singers and audiences alike.

💖 As a nonprofit, the Choir depends on the generosity of supporters like you to keep this tradition alive. Your donations help cover music, rehearsal, and performance cost ~ ensuring this treasured concert remains free and open to everyone for years to come.

🎵 Help us continue the music, the memories, and the message of hope.
Donate today at 👉 carycommunitychoir.org/contribute

Our final soloist announcement includes bass-baritone Will Hughes. Will has sung a variety of operatic roles with compa...
11/10/2025

Our final soloist announcement includes bass-baritone Will Hughes. Will has sung a variety of operatic roles with companies including The Dallas Opera, The Santa Fe Opera, Des Moines Metro Opera, and Florida Grand Opera.

Very adept on the concert stage, Will’s credits include McCullough’s Holocaust Cantata; Cohen's Alzheimer's Stories, Vaughan Williams' Five Mystical Songs, Hodie, and Fantasia on Christmas Carols; Finzi's In terra pax; bass solos in Bach’s Magnificat, and Matthäus-Passion; Mendelssohn's Elijah, Handel's Messiah, and the requiems of Brahms, Duruflé and Fauré: the latter of which he has sung under the direction of Maestro John Rutter along with the maestro’s original work, Mass of the Children.

Will holds undergraduate and graduate degrees in voice performance and pedagogy from Wheaton College and Westminster Choir College respectively and currently teaches at East Carolina University.

Tickets are FREE but must be reserved in advance. Reserve your tickets today using the link in our bio or log onto our website at https://carycommunitychoir.org

Let's introduce our tenor, Calvin Lamar Carter. Calvin is a native of Franklin, Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Scienc...
11/10/2025

Let's introduce our tenor, Calvin Lamar Carter. Calvin is a native of Franklin, Virginia. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Interdisciplinary Studies with a concentration in Vocal Music Education from Chowan University, accompanied by a Post-Graduate Certification in Church Music and Worship Formation from Campbell University Divinity School. Presently, he serves as a licensed K-12 Vocal/Choral Music educator in the Franklin City Public Schools in Franklin, Virginia.

Since 2009, Calvin has cultivated a successful career as a professional singer, gracing prestigious venues such as Carnegie Hall and Lincoln Center in New York City, the John F. Kennedy Center and The Washington Opera House in Washington, D.C., the Durham Performing Arts Center in Raleigh, North Carolina, and St. Patrick’s Cathedral in Dublin, Ireland. Throughout his performing journey, he has also held numerous music ministry positions across Virginia, North Carolina, and California. He is currently serving as the Director of Music Ministry at Shiloh Baptist Church in Boykins, Virginia.

Tickets are FREE but must be reserved in advance. Reserve your tickets today using the link in our bio or log onto our website at https://carycommunitychoir.org

Continuing our soloist introductions is soprano Danielle Assessor. Danielle is originally from Upstate New York. She wa...
11/10/2025

Continuing our soloist introductions is soprano Danielle Assessor. Danielle is originally from Upstate New York. She was recently heard as the soprano soloist with the Carolina Ballet in their performances of Carmina Burana. She has also performed this role with the Ithaca Community Chorus and Orchestra in Ithaca, New York. Additionally, she has been a featured soloist in Handel’s Messiah, Faure’s Requiem, Bach’s cantata Herz und Mund und Tat und Leben, Vivaldi’s Gloria, Amy Beach’s Grand Mass in Eb, and Libby Larsen’s Mass of the Earth, as well as in recital in Baltimore, Washington, D.C, Boston, and New York. On the operatic stage, favorite roles include Sandrina from Mozart’s La Finta Giardiniera, Pousette in Massenet’s Manon, and Mother in Emily Koh’s new opera, Generations.

Danielle holds degrees in voice performance and pedagogy from Ithaca College and the Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins University. She currently serves as a staff singer at Christ Church on Capital Square in Raleigh, and at Duke Chapel, where she is a soloist and section leader in both the Chapel Choir and Evensong Singers, as well as for the Bach Cantata Series.

In addition to performing, she has taught private voice and piano for the last 15 years. She resides in Wake Forest with her husband and her 3-year-old daughter, Isabelle.

Tickets are FREE but must be reserved in advance. Reserve your tickets today using the link in our bio or log onto our website at https://carycommunitychoir.org

It's time to introduce our soloists for the 2025 performance. We'll start with our mezzo-soprano, Carly Prentis Jones, a...
11/10/2025

It's time to introduce our soloists for the 2025 performance. We'll start with our mezzo-soprano, Carly Prentis Jones, an accomplished vocalist from Raleigh, North Carolina. Equally at home on the concert stage and in the theatre, she has built a dynamic career spanning opera, musical theatre, and classical performance. A frequent soloist and recitalist throughout the region, Carly has performed with North Carolina Opera and most recently appeared as Lily in Porgy and Bess.

Her favorite stage credits include Camila in In the Heights (North Carolina Theatre), Nettie in Carousel (Theatre Raleigh), Lily in The Secret Garden and Sarah in Ragtime (Justice Theatre Project), and Dorothy in The Wiz (Burning Coal Theatre).

Carly holds a Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance and a Bachelor of Arts in Arts Administration from Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. Offstage, she is the President and CEO of Artspace in downtown Raleigh and enjoys life with her fiancé, Eric, and their blended family of five.

Tickets are FREE but must be reserved in advance. Reserve your tickets today using the link in our bio or log onto our website at https://carycommunitychoir.org

✨🎶 Celebrate 50+ Years of Cary’s Favorite Holiday Tradition ~ Get Your Tickets for Cary Community Choir’s Handel’s Messi...
11/06/2025

✨🎶 Celebrate 50+ Years of Cary’s Favorite Holiday Tradition ~ Get Your Tickets for Cary Community Choir’s Handel’s Messiah today!

Join us for this beloved holiday tradition on Saturday, December 6 at 9:30am or Sunday, December 7 at 7:30 PM at Westwood Baptist Church.

Enjoy an inspiring evening of music that celebrates the true spirit of the season ~ performed by local voices and musicians continuing a Cary tradition for over 50 years!

🎵 Open Dress Rehearsal: Sat 12/6, 9:30 AM
🎵 Performance: Sun. 12/7, 7:30 PM
📍 200 Westhigh Street, Cary, NC

🎟️ Free tickets are still available — reserve yours today:
👉 https://carycommunitychoir.org/2025-ccc-messiah-tickets

💖 Love this tradition? Help keep it going!
Donate here: carycommunitychoir.org/contribute

I spy Pepper Choplin entertaining at the Searstone community in Cary. I hope they love him as much as we do!
08/29/2025

I spy Pepper Choplin entertaining at the Searstone community in Cary. I hope they love him as much as we do!

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