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Washington National Cathedral is officially dedicated as the "Cathedral Church of Saint Peter and Saint Paul in the City and Diocese of Washington". Location. Wisconsin Avenue and Massachusetts Avenue, Northwest, Washington, D.C., United States. Coordinates.
Richard Wayne Dirksen (February 8, 1921 - July 26, 2003) was an American musician and composer, who served as organist and choirmaster of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., from 1977 to 1988. Previously he was assistant organist and choirmaster from 1942 to 1964. In 1969, Dirksen was named the cathedral's precentor, giving ...
Michael McCarthy is an English choir director who served as Canon for Music at Washington National Cathedral from 2003 to 2024. [1][2] Previously, he was the founding director of the London Oratory School Schola at the London Oratory in London. In addition to liturgical duties, the Schola recorded for the film scores of Sleepy Hollow, The Lord ...
President Joe Biden speaks during a funeral service for former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright at the Washington National Cathedral, Wednesday, April 27, 2022, in Washington.
On January 19, 1973, the chorus appeared (as the "Norman Scribner Singers") in A Concert for Peace at the Washington National Cathedral. The program featured the Mass in Time of War by Joseph Haydn. A recording of the performance received a 1973 Grammy Award Nomination for Best Choral Recording, with Scribner and Leonard Bernstein as co-nominees.
The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception is a Catholic minor basilica and national shrine in Washington D.C. It is the largest Catholic church building in North America [2] and is also the tallest habitable building in Washington, D.C. [3] [4] [a] Its construction of Byzantine and Romanesque Revival architecture began on 23 September 1920.
Artist Kerry James Marshall, center, speaks to attendees after an unveiling and dedication ceremony at the Washington National Cathedral for the new stained-glass windows with a theme of racial ...
The All Hallows Guild Carousel, or simply the Traveling Carousel, is a historic carousel housed at the National Cathedral in Washington, D.C. since 1963. Previously, it operated as a "county fair" carousel under Clifford Sandretzky as part of a traveling carnival based in the northern Virginia area. [ 2] The carousel, constructed primarily of ...