Circle Singers, a vocal chamber ensemble, is enjoying its 25th performance season in Washington, DC. The group performs medieval to contemporary music throughout the Washington metropolitan area.

For over two decades, Circle Singers and founder Sondra Goldsmith Proctor have provided continuing musical education for talented singers, enriched and educated the general public regarding choral music by presenting outstanding choral programs and forming outreach efforts within the Washington metropolitan area, and sought compositions which allow staging and choreography to enlarge the scope of the traditional choral concert.

Circle Singers' ability to portray the colors of a wide range of musical periods, styles, and languages has delighted its audiences everywhere. Reviews from The Washington Post have cited such qualities as "lovely tones and harmonious colors," "remarkable clarity," "wonderfully rich and warm," and "a nicely blended sound and careful attention to diction." Please participate in the joy of choral music by celebrating this 25th concert season with Circle Singers.

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Sondra Goldsmith Proctor, founder and director of Circle Singers, is well known and respected in the Washington, DC area as an organist and choral conductor. She has taught music at all levels, from elementary to adult, and is active as an adjudicator and clinician. She has served as President of the Eastern Division of the American Choral Directors Association, as Dean of the DC Chapter of the American Guild of Organists, and is currently chair of the DC American Guild of Organists Foundation. Ms. Proctor was the first woman to conduct a concert on the stage of the Concert Hall of the Kennedy Center, and she is remembered for her long time association with the Paul Hill Chorale and the Washington Singers. For forty-five years she has served churches in the Washington Metro Area as organist and music director, spending nearly three decades as Director of Music and Arts for Westmoreland Congregational United Church of Christ. As well as music, her programs have included arts exploration and drama for all age groups, from the very young to senior citizens. In addition to her work in the United States, Ms. Proctor has given numerous organ recitals and conducted various choirs, including her own Circle Singers, in Europe.