Six Degree Singers

Silver Spring's premier young professional choir
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Silver Spring's premier young professional choir

Preview and download the Six Degree Singers' first album, "The Six Degrees of Composers", released January 2013.

Would you like to be a part of the Six Degree Singers? We'll be auditioning for all voice parts in August 2013.
Find out more about Auditions.

Find out about the Six Degree Singers' upcoming concert series, Myths & Legends — featuring musical selections from Handel to Harry Potter.
Concert dates: Saturday, June 1, 2013 in Silver Spring, M.D., and Sunday, June 9, 2013 in Washington, D.C.

We are a community choir of 35-40 young adult performers in the Washington, D.C.-metro area.
Meet our Members, or find out more About Us.

About the Six Degree Singers

Six Degree Singers is a vibrant community choir of 35 young adult performers dedicated to making quality music and bringing it to the Washington area through performances, volunteer work and musical education. Six Degree Singers has featured in events all around the DC metro area, including the Silver Spring Loy Krathong Thai Festival and the Chesapeake-Potomac Invitational Bonspiel, an annual curling event. As a registered non-profit organization, Six Degree Singers also participates in outreach activities at various charity events and retirement communities.

Our central mission of building musical appreciation and awareness guides every undertaking. The music we perform and teach is a varied repertoire of genres and time periods including contemporary, renaissance, world, folk, and jazz. We are also committed to giving new and local composers an opportunity to showcase their original works by both performing their works and commissioning original material.

As Six Degree Singers has grown, it has taken on even more ambitious projects including its first CD recording, a joint concert with the Penn State Glee club and, of course, more performances. As young and ambitious as its members, SDS is a newcomer with a strong future ahead.

Artistic Director

Rachel Carlson Rachel enjoys a versatile career as a soloist, chamber ensemble singer, conductor, and voice teacher residing in the Washington, DC area. Rachel has appeared as a soloist with the Washington Bach Consort, Washington Master Chorale, Santa Fe Desert Chorale, Oregon Bach Festival, Tucson Chamber Artists, Festival Chorus of Madison, Potomac River Chorale, and Washington Revels and as a professional choral singer with Conspirare, Vox Humana, and Spire Chamber Ensemble. In addition, she maintains a private voice studio and founded the Six Degree Singers.

Assistant Artistic Director

William Gonzales Wil recently relocated to the Washington, D.C. to begin his career as a music educator in Montgomery County Public Schools. Originally from the Land of Enchantment, Wil attended the University of New Mexico, graduating cum laude with a Bachelor’s degree in Music Education. In Albuquerque, Wil interned for and briefly directed the UNM Children’s Chorus as well as the Adult Choir at St Mark’s on the Mesa Episcopal Church.