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The mission of the Seattle Peace Chorus (SPC) is to communicate through music the desire for a just and peaceful world; to consistently present SPC’s message through choral excellence and nonviolent activism; to celebrate life in all its diversity; to build and sustain harmonious relationships and cultural bridges locally and globally. (Read More)
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March 11–17, 2019 (Past)
The weather report for this concert has something for everyone! Our three most advanced choirs, grades 7-12, will bring you a variety of composers, cultures, and styles with pieces like “La Lluvia,” “Your Friend Shall Be the Tall Wind,” “Quiet Sea,” and “The Storm Is Passing Over.” We promise to bring you safely through the storm to enjoy some musical sunshine, too!
Featuring Vivace, Amore and Ensemble.
As we approach the end of the winter, allow our choristers to treat you to a mini-staycation through song. Our choristers will spark joy as they transport you with songs from Britain, Puerto Rico, Wales, Ireland, Puerto Rico, American folk music, Romani dance, Indian film and modern choral compositions. Through cold and snow, our choristers have worked diligently to prepare this music. Featuring Premier, Concert, Treble Training, Changing Training, and Intermediate Choirs.
"The singing heart is always open, it’s beating out alive and free." So King’s Singers alumnus Bob Chilcott in his piece The Singing Heart, affirms the conviction that in our choir we create “a vision of peace and unity.” Join Director Mark Kloepper and the Chorus as we breathe in and share the music that helps move us toward that vision of unity and peace. We sing music from Josef Rheinberger, Randall Thompson, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Leonard Cohen, Shawn Kirschner and more.
March 18–24, 2019 (Past)
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
“In a rapturous performance, by turns visceral and ethereal, The Armed Man mass was a firebomb of orchestral and human voices.” –The Times of London
Sir Karl Jenkins’s The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace dramatically portrays the growing menace of war, interspersed with moments of reflection, and ends with hope for peace. Accompanied by a compelling film produced specifically for the composer, the Seattle Choral Company and Brass Band Northwest join forces with mezzo-soprano Sarah Mattox.
We present two major works: one ancient, one modern. William Byrd wrote his "Mass for Four Voices" while a Catholic hiding from Elizabethan oppression, and his deep devotion is clear in this richly sonorous masterpiece. More recently, Seattle composer Giselle Wyers has collected seven poetic texts into "And All Shall Be Well", a meditation on the legacy that persists after death. Both of these works triumph over their somber histories with brightness, optimism, and joy.
The highly acclaimed Northwest Boychoir announces their Choral Tradition series for March 2019. Now in its fifth season, Choral Tradition celebrates the breadth and diversity of the classical choral repertoire.
This year’s program will feature John Rutter’s Gloria, and great choral works by Brahms, Debussy, Lauridsen, Mendelssohn, Mozart, Orff and Rheinberger for both treble and SATB male chorus.
Opus 7, conducted by Loren Pontén, presents the Northwest premiere of Armenian composer Tigran Mansurian’s dramatic and moving “Requiem” for vocal soloists, choir, and string orchestra, “dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide.” Also featured are two major works by Northwest composers: Bern Herbolsheimer’s “Stabat Mater” for soprano solo, choir, string quartet, and oboe; and “The King of Glory” by John Muehleisen, featuring Jubilate! (St. James Cathedral’s young women’s ensemble).
As we approach the end of the winter, the season that often finds us cooped up inside, allow our choristers to treat you to a mini-staycation through song. Our chorister will spark joy as they transport you with songs from Britain, Puerto Rico, Wales, Ireland, Puerto Rico, American folk music, Romani dance, Indian film and modern choral compositions. Through cold and snow, our choristers have worked diligently to prepare this music. Featuring Prelude, Primary, and Premier Choirs.
The title is a play on Lucrezia Marinella's feminist treatise ''The Nobility and Excellence of Women and the Defects and Vices of Men' (published 1600). Sine Nomine, Anne Lyman conducting, features a cappella Renaissance music written by composers working for powerful women, or by women themselves- including sacred and secular works from England, Italy, France and Spain, and highlighting Thomas Tallis' magnificent 'Gaude Gloriosa' and William Byrd's joyous 'Magnificat' from 'The Great Service.'
"The singing heart is always open, it’s beating out alive and free." So King’s Singers alumnus Bob Chilcott in his piece The Singing Heart, affirms the conviction that in our choir we create “a vision of peace and unity.” Join Director Mark Kloepper and the Chorus as we breathe in and share the music that helps move us toward that vision of unity and peace. We sing music from Josef Rheinberger, Randall Thompson, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Leonard Cohen, Shawn Kirschner and more.
This concert showcases music from our Winter session and includes guest musician Aura Riddell.
We are delighted to have Allegra and Cantamus presenting a joint recital performance on Saturday, March 23rd at Trinity Episcopal Parish Church. Make this a part of your evening outing that night!
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Great music and a wonderful community are at the heart of Choir of the Sound. So why wouldn't we utilize those strengths to celebrate this premier community choir and help it grow to be the best it can be? That's exactly what we do through our Bottles 'n Bites fundraiser!
Please join us at the Shoreline Elks Club for the tenth annual Bottles 'n Bites. You will enjoy an evening of local craft beer, incredible wines, and delicious treats. You'll also be able to bid on unique experiences and item
Join us for our annual fundraising extravaganza where you’ll enjoy catered cuisine, a wine bar, a silent auction, table seating, and elegant decor. Sit back and relax as we serenade you with songs from the remarkable era that produced The Great American Songbook, the swinging sounds of the Big Bands, countless Hollywood movie musicals, and standards by such artists as Glenn Miller, Judy Garland, Ella Fitzgerald, Duke Ellington, and Frank Sinatra.
March 25–31, 2019 (Past)
Six decades of #1 hits. 100 million albums sold. Countless reinventions. No other diva compares to the Goddess of Pop and her groundbreaking success as a music, movie, and style icon. SMC packs McCaw Hall with all the songs, sparkle and sequins you’d expect from the ultimate Cher tribute. Guest-starring Chad Michaels, the uncanny Cher impersonator who hair-flipped his way to the championship of RuPaul’s Drag Race: All Stars.
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Join Blue Street Voices for a great mix of live vocal jazz to kick off spring -- nature’s way of swinging into spring. A 16-voice ensemble offering unique arrangements of jazz standards, contemporary jazz and popular favorites, the group and its outstanding rhythm section have sold out venues such as The Triple Door in Seattle, and now they're coming to the Good Shepherd Center in Wallingford.
A concert for all ages weaving music together with story-telling in the dell'arte
tradition. Featuring original theater created exclusively for this performance by Steven and Shannon O'Bent and in partnership with the Snohomish County Youth Chorus. Have an up-close experience after the concert in an interactive reception with the actors. Snohomish County Youth Chorus will also be performing
Due to popular demand, our three youngest choirs will perform two back-to-back weather-inspired concerts. You’ll hear blustery, rainy, stormy, and sunshiny music from around the United States as well as Australia, Indonesia, and Finland (“Who Can Sail Without the Wind”). Choose the concert time that is best for you!
Featuring Prep Choir, Fresca, and Amabile.
April 1–7, 2019 (Past)
Mägi Ensemble presents a beautiful Baltic Spring performance in the wonderful acoustics of Emmanuel Episcopal Church on Mercer Island. For this concert all the members of Mägi Ensemble will also be joined by Skyros Quartet and the women of Inglemoor High School’s Chamber Choir.
Highlights include compositions by Ester Mägi, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Ugis Prauliņš and the US Premiere of Erika Yost's Song Cycle "Sava Vieta uz Zemes" ("My Place On The Earth").
Bright Morning Stars, traditional Appalachian song arranged by Shawn Kirchner sets the tone for our spring concert of folk songs, sea shanties, Dickinson miniatures, and spirituals.
Cappella Romana presents the world-renowned Tallis Scholars, directed by Peter Philips, for a program of soaring Renaissance music inspired by the Sistine Chapel.
This April, SilverSounds Northwest celebrates something we all have in common: our names! Audiences are sure to enjoy familiar favorites such as Abba's Fernando, Jim Croce's Bad Bad Leroy Brown, and Chuck Berry's Johnny B. Goode. Complete with the clever storytelling and choreography that SilverSounds is known for, this concert promises to get your toes tappin', and perhaps even Wake Up Little Susie!
April 8–14, 2019 (Past)
Featuring guest conductor Dr. Ray Lei Yu. Mid-week concert repertoire lecture, TBD.
The Seattle Choral Company presents their biggest social fundraiser of the season, this year titled April In Paris. Come and enjoy full dinner and wine, live entertainment revue featuring members of the SCC and the Phil Demaree Band, plus live and silent auctions. Classical KING-FM's Sean MacLean will be the Emcee/Host.
This event will be held at 5 pm on Sunday, April 14, 2019 at the Leif Erickson Lodge in Ballard. Tickets must be purchased or reserved ahead of time.
Join us in celebrating the 35th Anniversary of Bellevue Chamber Chorus at our "Songs of the Garden" Gala! Festivities will include a musical performance, silent auction, dessert-dash-auction and other games of chance. Proceeds from the event will support operating costs from the previous landmark season including the hiring of a small orchestra and soloists for our December concert, music purchases, rehearsal and concert space rental, and other production expenses.
April 15–21, 2019 (Past)
In conjunction with the Listen to the Earth project, Kirkland Choral Society, Philharmonia Northwest, and a stellar line-up of soloists team up in Seattle's finest concert venue to celebrate Earth Day with Haydn’s crowning achievement--The Creation--one of the great masterworks of all time.
April 22–28, 2019 (Past)
For our spring concert the Chorale will take a tour through the riches of American music. Joined by the Evergreen Elementary School Choir, we’ll explore different genres and regions along the way, including paying homage to Samuel Barber’s profound “Agnus Dei”, singing a haunting canoeing song from Lake Superior, and performing intricate but still groovy a cappella settings of songs made famous by American musicians as diverse as Lead Belly, the Carter Family, the Eagles, and the Turtles.
The Vashon Island Chorale celebrates its 30th anniversary with familiar classics by Bernstein, Copland, and Fauré, but also with Vaughan Williams's sumptuous "Serenade to Music" and Borodin's jubilant "Polovtsian Dances". Local composers Eric Lane Barnes and Buzz Brusletten, plus a quartet of extraordinary local soloists, add to the festive and fun occasion.
Handel’s most famous oratorio, unparalleled in both text and music, returns to Eastertide in a collaboration with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra under the direction of Alexander Weimann.
Alexander Weimann, Music Director
Markdavin Obenza, Byrd Ensemble Artistic Director
Earth Day, Watergate, the ERA, the Silent Majority – profound changes begun in the 1960’s continued in the 70’s. Inspired by monumental events, we celebrate the music that both captured and reflected that the earth was, indeed, movin’ under our feet.
Decades ago, women like Janis Joplin and Carly Simon erupted onto the mainstream rock scene, blowing a hole through the stage wall that generations of women rockers have burst through. This concert is a loud and proud ode to the trailblazing singer-songwriters who weren’t afraid to raise their voices and make a scene: Patti Smith, Joan Jett, Alanis Morissette, Florence Welch, Tina Turner, Debbie Harry, and more groundbreaking artists. With special guest, Sarah Rudinoff.
Come listen to the Seattle Ladies Choir sing in perfect harmony at our Sweet 16 Concerts, including choral versions of songs by Stevie Nicks, the Rolling Stones and more! We are performing three shows at the Broadway Performance Hall in Capitol Hill. The hall is easily accessible via light rail and bus, and a 500-spot parking garage is located near the venue.
Friday, April 26, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday, April 27, 2:00 p.m. (matinee) & 7:30 p.m.
Tickets on sale now!
Eastside Midday Singers offers their debut performance joined by the G# Choir of Googlers featuring modern choral settings of William Shakespeare.
Mozart, Introitus (Requiem)
Gretchaninof, Our Father
Dienes, Ave Verum Corpus
Spiritual, Ain’t a That GoodNews
Brahams, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Thompson, The Last Words of David
Paulus, North Shore - Voyagers & Rise
Gjeilo, Northern Lights
Paulus, The Road Home
Douglas, Deep Peace
Bach, Sanctus
Gjeilo, The Ground
BOULANGER D’un matin de printemps
BRAHMS Vier Gesänge, Op. 17
BACH Der Himmel Lacht!, BWV 31
CHOPIN work TBD
SCHUMANN Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”)
Swedes welcome Spring with a wonderful celebration of bonfires, food, drink, and singing. They rejoice in the return of birds, flowers, and the sun. Join us for the afternoon concert as we sing of Spring at the iconic Swedish Club. Stay for "fika" afterwards! All are welcome. Plenty of free parking.
A joyous celebration of singing about singing. Vibrant melodies, a Russian folksong, and old favorites, with a children's choir performing along with the Chorale.
April 29 – May 5, 2019 (Past)
Cappella Romana presents Psaltikon, the Boston-based Byzantine chant ensemble directed by Spyridon Antonopoulos, for a program of celebratory chants for Pascha (Easter) from Medieval Byzantium.
'Coming Home' will be defined one way by a traveler or student returning home after a long absence. A person facing illness or death may have another unique focus. The same is true for our upcoming concert series. As we sing music that ranges from the turmoil of natural devastation, to the safety, comfort, and belonging of a home, we hope that we are telling your story. We hope we can share in your experiences as you share in ours. Home is where the heart is and where beautiful music is created.
Earth Day, Watergate, the ERA, the Silent Majority – profound changes begun in the 1960’s continued in the 70’s. Inspired by monumental events, we celebrate the music that both captured and reflected that the earth was, indeed, movin’ under our feet.
A Musical Cabaret!
The Mill Creek Chorale, a 85-member adult community choir based in Mill Creek, WA (Snohomish County), presents its 5th annual Spring concert at Lynnwood High School. This program, entitled, A Musical Cabaret, will feature a night of BROADWAY, including inspirational and epic songs from the Musical Theater genre. The Chorale will present songs from Cabaret, The Sound of Music, Guys & Dolls, Les Miserables, Something Rotten, Civil War, Rent, Wicked, The Wiz, and Hamilton
In this concert, a Sine Nomine small ensemble presents Renaissance choral music written in honor of female saints, including Saints Anne, Barbara, Catherine and Joan of Arc, as well as Saint Cecilia, the patroness of music. We will offer motets and songs by composers Dufay, Mouton, Gombert, Palestrina, Guerrero, and Philips plus portions of the rarely performed 'Missa de Sancta Anna' by Pierre de la Rue. We hope you can join us for this unusual concert offering! Free, with donations welcome.
Light food, beverages, Choral concert, and live band for dancing
Mozart, Introitus (Requiem)
Gretchaninof, Our Father
Dienes, Ave Verum Corpus
Spiritual, Ain’t a That GoodNews
Brahams, How Lovely is Thy Dwelling Place
Thompson, The Last Words of David
Paulus, North Shore - Voyagers & Rise
Gjeilo, Northern Lights
Paulus, The Road Home
Douglas, Deep Peace
Bach, Sanctus
Gjeilo, The Ground
Northwest Girlchoir holds its annual Spring Fling each May. This lively event includes dinner with fellow Northwest Girlchoir supporters, a silent auction, a chance to raise your paddle, and performances by Northwest Girlchoir Ensemble and special guests. Donations raised at Spring Fling benefit all of Northwest Girlchoir’s programs, as well as chorister scholarships.
May 6–12, 2019 (Past)
Our annual free cantata concert featuring two of Bach's cantatas: Cantata 173, Erhöhtes Fleisch und Blut; and Cantata 182, Himmelskönig, sei willkommen.
Our final concert of the season will be a delightful choral exploration of nature and the environment. Works on the program include Dvorak’s Songs of Nature, new settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir by Jake Runestad, and two new pieces on nature themes by John David Earnest, and Composer-in-Residence Rick Asher. Combined with several favorite guest artists, this concert promises festive choral colors that celebrate the natural beauty of planet Earth.
Join Vox Pacifica at its spring performance when we celebrate Mother's Day by honoring and acknowledging the strength and selflessness of women who came before us: mothers, warriors, heroines, and leaders who inspire us and make our roots strong.
Tickets available online and at the door. We hope to see you there!
Including Layla and Sunshine of Your Love, Eric Clapton - All Along the Watchtower, Jimi Hendrix - A LIttle Help from My Friends, Joe Cocker version - Proud Mary, Tina Turner version - The Weight, the Band - Somebody to Love, Freddie Mercury - White Rabbit, Grace Slick and Jefferson Airplane - Turn, Turn, Turn, The Byrds -
Come Together, Beatles - Something, George Harrison
With a professional Rock 'n' Roll band
Explore the heavens with works about the mystery and glory of the night sky by contemporary composers such as Ēriks Ešenvalds, Morten Lauridsen, and Daniel Gawthrop. The concert culminates in John Rutter’s tenderly beautiful Requiem, ending your journey in the place of rest, the eternal light of heaven.
Join Northwest Chorale for 'A Very Choral Springtime featuring Rutter's Requiem' as well as a variety of works including such composers as Bach, Bruckner and Brahms. We are excited to also present two world premiere pieces by talented chorale members S.T. Joshi and Brian Butz.
Come share the joy of these beautiful musical works. Admission is complimentary, and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
VivaVoce is a new women’s a cappella vocal ensemble under the leadership of Sweet Adelines Master Director and Queen of Harmony Nikki Blackmer. A division of the award-winning A Cappella Joy Chorus, VivaVoce welcomes women of all ages who want to sing in a fun, friendly, welcoming group dedicated to excellent musical performance. All rehearsals and performances will be held during the day. Members who pass an informal audition will need to become members of Sweet Adelines International.
May 13–19, 2019 (Past)
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
The entire Seattle community is invited to help us celebrate our graduating choristers. Enjoy senior solos, the “senior song,” performances by Amore and Ensemble, and a cake reception. Free admission.
Featuring Amore and Ensemble.
reSound, a Northwest Chamber Ensemble, is honored to present Annelies, James Whitbourn’s stunning full-length choral work with libretto compiled and translated by Melanie Challenger from Anne Frank’s The Diary of a Young Girl. Melanie Challenger’s libretto, set to music so carefully and beautifully by James Whitbourn, captures the essence of Anne’s humor, her fears and observations - and her unwavering hope when facing one of the worst horrors that the modern world has endured.
Featuring soprano soloist Stacey Mastrian, violinist Luis Nenninger, cellist Tim Pizzichemi, and clarinetist Beverly Setzer, with reSound’s Founding Music Director, Dr. Stephen Marshall-Ward, on the piano. Annelies will be conducted by reSound’s Assistant Music Director, Paul Georgeson.
Annelies will be presented on Friday, May 17, 2019, 7:00pm at Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, Saturday, May 18, 2019, 7:00pm at Temple B’nai Torah, Bellevue, and on Sunday, May 19, 2019, 3:00pm at Plymouth Church UCC, Seattle.
Come join the Lake Washington Singers as we revisit our favorite songs from seasons past. These beloved songs will surely touch your heart and bring a smile to your face. Repertoire will include folk, jazz, musicals, spirituals, and pop selections. Enjoy a delicious meal, a dessert dash, fantastic soloists, and an evening of music that will keep your feet tapping all the way home!
The concert will feature tunes by a range of composers—from Dizzy Gillespie and Charlie Parker to Tears for Fears. This inspired group of talented singers is known for their joyful, inspired performances and ability to ensure an infectious good time. As one reviewer put it, “... the Offbeats’ spring concert is a fun, relaxed, and welcoming event.”
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This unique concert celebrates the rich heritage of choral works by composers from the same family, including Clara & Robert Schumann (wife and husband); Fanny Hensel & Felix Mendelssohn (sister and brother); Gustav & Imogen Holst (father and daughter); Herbert & Lisa Bielawa (also father and daughter); Leopold & Wolfgang Mozart (father and son); plus motets from the Bach family, and other familial combinations. The concert also includes winners of our annual Student Choral Composition Awards.
Music and dance belong together like pie and ice cream, especially in MCE’s tribute to dance songs. Enjoy an eclectic mix of styles, everything from Irving Berlin’s Dancing Cheek to Cheek to Brahms’s Liebeslieder Waltzes to PDQ Bach’s Liebeslieder Polkas…and more!
In this concert, The Esoterics will explore the human power of togetherness, INCLUSIVITY. The program will trace the origins of “otherness” in the first moments of infancy, and explore how these emotions develop into exclusion, both interpersonally and in society. The resulting divisiveness and xenophobia cause persecution, violence, shunning, and the loneliness of exile. In the face of such conflict, the program will advocate the acceptance of strangers and desire to show hospitality.
Ahoy, Burien! Join ChoralSounds Northwest this May for a concert that celebrates the deep blue seas. Highlights will include catchy sea shanties, cultural music and dance from various islands, and favorite selections from stage and screen, including Disney's Moana and the Broadway hit Once on This Island. Be sure to catch a wave with ChoralSounds this spring at On the Water!
May 18 & 19, 2019 - 8pm
Latvian composer Ēriks Ešenvalds is one of the most exciting voices in choral music today. In May, we present his Passion and Resurrection, a dramatic masterwork for choir, soprano soloist, and string orchestra. For these concerts, we’re honored to be joined by soprano Estelí Gomez from the GRAMMY-winning vocal ensemble Roomful of Teeth.
The program also includes Frank Martin’s soaring Mass for Double Choir and the world premiere of a new work by Seattle Pro Musica’s con
We shine the spotlight on our youngest choristers in this charming and joyful year-end performance. Tickets sold at the door.
Featuring Prep Choir.
Don’t miss the grand finale of our anniversary season, as we present a reprise of some of our favorite classical, folk, jazz, and Broadway hits performed over the past 34 years...from Brahms to Bernstein, Mozart to Sondheim, Whitacre to Ellington, to name just a few. Plus, the public will have a voice on some of the repertoire chosen! Check our website in the months ahead for information on how to vote for your favorites, then join us for this musical celebration!
Join NWRS as we find inspiration in the experience of the homeward journey, and celebrate the indomitable human drive to overcome adversity. This concert features the US West Coast premiere of Cecilia McDowall's Everyday Wonders: The Girl from Aleppo. The cantata is based on the true story of a 16-year-old refugee girl with cerebral palsy who makes the harrowing trek from Syria to Germany in her wheelchair. The choir will be joined by accompanist Marjorie Skreen and violinist Maria Sampen.
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This May, YouthSounds Northwest is excited to return to the stage at Glendale Lutheran Church for a Saturday afternoon performance kicking off spring in the Northwest! You won’t want to miss the delightful innocence and joy of our youngest singers as they perform this entertaining program, showcasing a wide variety of their musical skills. We hope you'll join us and welcome the sunshine with a song and a smile!
Join Northwest Chorale for 'A Very Choral Springtime featuring Rutter's Requiem' as well as a variety of works including such composers as Bach, Bruckner and Brahms. We are excited to also present two world premiere pieces by talented chorale members S.T. Joshi and Brian Butz.
Come share the joy of these beautiful musical works. Admission is complimentary, and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
Vocalpoint! Seattle presents, “Boogie Fever” - an evening of 70’s Funk, Disco and Soul! “Boogie Fever” features the vocal, dance, and dramatic talents of the 40-member Vocalpoint! Seattle ensemble, a select group of high school men and women from throughout the Puget Sound region.
All performances will take place at Broadway Performance Hall at 1625 Broadway Avenue on Capitol Hill. Performance times are 7:30 pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2:30 pm on Sunday. The production closes on Sunday,
Come sing along and dance with us at our Greatest Hits show to celebrate our 30th anniversary as a choral community. We are proud to be joined once again by local band- Atlantics! From composers such as Cohen to Stroope, and even a little John Lennon, you won't be disappointed. Tickets can be purchased anytime online at Brown Paper Tickets, and at Village Books and Bellingham Co-ops beginning April 15th.
You are cordially invited to help Wellspring Ensemble celebrate our first year as a 501(c)(3), with a party at the Alki Beach Bathhouse. After performing some of our greatest hits, we will enjoy a beer choir, scavenger hunt, food, drink, and fun! This event is 21+ only and we do ask that you do not bring pets. Tickets must be purchased in advance and food and drink sales will be Cash Only.
May 20–26, 2019 (Past)
Vocalpoint! Seattle presents, “Boogie Fever” - an evening of 70’s Funk, Disco and Soul! “Boogie Fever” features the vocal, dance, and dramatic talents of the 40-member Vocalpoint! Seattle ensemble, a select group of high school men and women from throughout the Puget Sound region.
All performances will take place at Broadway Performance Hall at 1625 Broadway Avenue on Capitol Hill. Performance times are 7:30 pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2:30 pm on Sunday. The production closes on Sunday,
May 27 – June 2, 2019 (Past)
I Lift Up Mine Eyes: Finding the Light
Seattle Jewish Chorale Spring 2019 concert!
In this concert, the choir first looks to past experiences with darkness. Following this reflection, the choir uses music as a means of dealing with pain and, going further, as a way of building a better tomorrow.
Join us on our musical journey.
Come join the Lake Washington Singers as we revisit our favorite songs from seasons past. These beloved songs will surely touch your heart and bring a smile to your face. Repertoire will include folk, jazz, musicals, spirituals, and pop selections. Enjoy a delicious meal, a dessert dash, fantastic soloists, and an evening of music that will keep your feet tapping all the way home!
The Seattle Choral Company, led by their founding director, Freddie Coleman, concludes their 37th season with “Cantata Fest”—a concert of choral cantatas spanning three centuries.
Saturday, June 1, 2019 – at 8:00 p.m. with pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m.
Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue, Seattle
The program will include three works for choir and string orchestra:
“Cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
“Cantata, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
“Triptych Cantata" by Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978)
The concert will feature members of the North Corner Chamber Orchestra, led by Victoria Parker, soprano soloist Rebekah Gilmore, and organist Wyatt Smith.
A cantata is usually a vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment in multiple movements. It is often based on a poem or gospel text of which each verse is separately set to music. One movement can be a chorale, the next a recitative, the next an aria or duet.
Canto General, composed by famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, setting the poetry of Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda, is a powerful choral masterpiece, accompanied by three flutes, classical guitars, double bass, two pianos, and a vast array of exotic percussion instruments. This epic piece features contralto and baritone soloists. Neruda wrote his epic poem in 1939, broadening an earlier work to become a hymn to all of South America.
Last July we had the amazing opportunity to visit and perform in Ireland while on tour, and now we're excited to share her evocative music with you! You'll hear stunning arrangements of “Danny Boy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme.” You’ll move in rhythm to joyful, rollicking jigs and reels, and enjoy stirring selections from Ireland’s famed groups, Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder. And of course, the evening would not be complete without a good ol’ Irish pub sing-along!
Grateful for Life!
As Seattle Children’s Chorus concludes this 30th Anniversary Year , we will gather at Benaroya to celebrate in song the beautiful accomplishments of an organization that has been blessed by young lives for 30 years. The concert will celebrate life! The wonder of life all around us, the beauty of helping young lives grow, the powerful impact of music to form and shape healthy young lives and the beauty and joy and rhythm of life expressed through choral music! New commissions
We celebrate the multifaceted nature of joy, including the exuberance of William Walton's "The Twelve", the sober devotion of Kevin Siegfried's "Shaker Songs", and the rich variety within Bach's "Jesu, meine Freude". As an added bonus, you'll hear three works by our Composer-in-Residence, the eponymous Joy DeCoursey-Porter.
Music by Josquin Desprez, J. S. Bach, and others.
The final MainStage performance of the year
Featuring choristers from all BYC choirs
The 2018-2019 season was full of exciting changes for Bellevue Youth Choirs. The biggest change of all was merging Bellevue Boychoir and Bellevue Girlchoir fully under the umbrella of Bellevue Youth Choirs. To celebrate this marriage-like merger, the Bellevue Youth Choir choristers have prepared a variety of joyful songs, some of which are *old* from our choral library and some of which are *new* to the BYC choral library, including a brand-new piece written in January of 2019. BYC rounds out the old marriage saying by featuring a few pieces that are *borrowed* from friends of the choir and there is even a song or two with a tint of *blue*.
We hope that you will come celebrate this transformation with Bellevue Youth Choirs on June 1, 2019, 3:00pm at Bellevue Presbyterian Church.
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This concert showcases music from our Spring session.
Northwest Sound, the Pacific Northwest's premier barbershop chorus and top-20 International competitor with the Barbershop Harmony Society, takes you on a journey through the years with music from Irving Berlin and the Mills Brothers to Cindy Lauper and Randy Newman, all done in distinctive, tight, a capella harmonies. We are really excited to have Rooftop Records, a top-10 International quartet headlining the show! Additional guests will be announced closer to the performance date.
Western art music has always been dominated by men. But women have also made significant contributions despite the societal barriers stacked against them. In “Unsung Voices: 1,000 Years of Female Composers,” SGC’s Prime Voci will explore some of these overlooked gems, including works by Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, and Imogen Holst. Also featured will be pieces by contemporary Pacific Northwest composers.
Etta. Dolly. Aretha. Barbra. Cher. Whitney. Beyoncé. Gaga. These are just some of the amazing divas that Choir of the Sound will be highlighting in our spring pops show! Please join us as we celebrate the womxn singers, songwriters, and performers that have lifted us up, moved us to tears, and made us dance. Who Run the World?!
June 3–9, 2019 (Past)
Cascade Foothills Chorale celebrates American History with a salute to those who have served or are serving our country. Fun folk music, beautiful patriotic arrangements, and gorgeous anthems of peaceful times!
This concert highlights the diversity of lived experience among "We, The People" who call the United States home. Through music and poetry, we view our beloved land in all of its beauty, idealism, struggles, failings, colors, joy and pain both past and present
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Canto General, composed by famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, setting the poetry of Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda, is a powerful choral masterpiece, accompanied by three flutes, classical guitars, double bass, two pianos, and a vast array of exotic percussion instruments. This epic piece features contralto and baritone soloists. Neruda wrote his epic poem in 1939, broadening an earlier work to become a hymn to all of South America.
Last July we had the amazing opportunity to visit and perform in Ireland while on tour, and now we're excited to share her evocative music with you! You'll hear stunning arrangements of “Danny Boy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme.” You’ll move in rhythm to joyful, rollicking jigs and reels, and enjoy stirring selections from Ireland’s famed groups, Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder. And of course, the evening would not be complete without a good ol’ Irish pub sing-along!
Under the direction of Allan J. Andrews, the Seattle Metropolitan Singers present songs from Seattle to Ireland and the United Kingdom. Now more than 45 members strong, we invite you to come hear songs by Seattle composers and arrangers, in addition to traditional songs from the British Isles. $10 - $20 suggested donation per person. Refreshments to follow.
Chorus sings Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna for choir and orchestra with members of NW Sinfonietta. "Let perpetual light shine on them" says this incredible masterwork by one of the great American choral composers of our time. Adding to this program are Northern Lights by Ola Gjeilo, Light Everlasting by Olaf Christiansen, and Jim Clements’ lush arrangement of Kate Rusby’s Underneath the Stars.
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney film and broadway play.
The Seattle Chamber Singers seeks qualified singers of all voice types to join us for our 2019-2020 season. This is our 50th year making music in Seattle!
Potential members should have choral singing experience (school/college choir, church choir, symphonic choir.) The audition includes a prepared selection of your choice, vocal exercises, and a bit of sightreading.
Questions? Email info@osscs.org or visit our web site.
June 10–16, 2019 (Past)
It happens that one of the earliest and largest written sources of polyphonic music—music for multiple voices—is wholly dedicated to the Feast of St. James as it was celebrated at his great pilgrimage shrine, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The Codex Calixtinus was an international effort, but it has been housed in Santiago since the 12th century. The choir and soloists are pleased to bring this music from the Saint’s cathedral in Spain to his Cathedral in Seattle.
North, South, East, West, wherever I roam HOME will always be best. Please join us at our final concert of the season honoring the blessings of God, family, home and freedom.
Our end-of-season concert features pieces which highlight the writings of acclaimed women authors. We are proud to present the world premier performance of commissioned work by Justin Hansen, entitled "The Myth," inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and accompanied by string quartet.
Take a journey with Northwest Girlchoir through some of the most beautiful and beloved songs we’ve ever performed, such as “Homeward Bound,” “Untraveled Worlds,” “900 Miles,” and “Wayfarin’ Stranger.” We’ll feature a variety of pieces about travel, journeys (physical, emotional, spiritual), and the experience of having to leave one’s country for another. Our choristers will take these songs with them as they travel the world on tour this summer.
Featuring Fresca, Amabile, Vivace, Amore, and
BlueStreet presents its signature show of the year, “Nice N' Easy”. Join us at The Triple Door, the swankiest and most comfortable nightclub in town! The Triple Door is renowned for its classy cocktails, Pan-Asian Wild Ginger menu, starlit stage, and amazing sound system! This makes for a truly special night out! Come on down to The Triple Door where it's "Nice N' Easy" every time!
A wonderful celebration and culmination of hard work done throughout the season. Join us for a lovely concert featuring all choir levels. We are thrilled to be returning to Town Hall for this concert!
Join Columbia Children's Choirs (Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi, Lyrica, Bel Canto) and Cantabile Vocal Ensemble in two afternoon concerts celebrating the culmination of a year of singing in choir. Experience the cheerful faces and ringing voices of the Columbia Choirs singers in the beautiful Bellevue First Congregational Church.
1PM Concert: Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi, Bel Canto
4PM Concert: Lyrica, Bel Canto, Cantabile
Powerful and poignant music about the meaning of home with our collected voices raised for those in need of food and shelter. Presented in partnership with local food and housing service organizations.
June 17–23, 2019 (Past)
Say goodbye to the UK Touristers as they depart for their international tour!
All are welcome to attend this free concert.
Presented by singers of the 2019 Tacoma Early Music Workshop (Anne Lyman, Artistic Director), ‘Canticum Canticorum’ offers a cappella music of the High Renaissance, based on excerpts from the book ‘Song of Songs’, or ‘Song of Solomon’ in the Old Testament: by Palestrina, Victoria, Lassus et al.
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Woodstock. The moon landing. Vietnam. Stonewall. In the summer of 1969, current events churned into a psychedelic era of rebellion and change. SMC transports us back to this vibrant year through the chart-topping, culture-defining music that blared through turntables and transistor radios. Joining with a coalition of LGBTQ choruses across the country, we also present a thrilling new musical theater work that tells the stories of the Stonewall riots and the struggle to live life out loud.
June 24–30, 2019 (Past)
No MCE season would be complete without our popular tribute to Independence Day in Issaquah’s historic Pickering Barn, with lots of sing alongs, historical commentary, and all-American music. This year’s theme: America’s First Ladies.
Welcome to the SeaChordsmen's 70th year anniversary of performing barbershop harmony for audiences in Seattle! Come help us celebrate! We will be sharing the stage with both directors of our past and friends of the present. To start, we'll be sharing the stage with "Sound Harmony", our director Elizabeth Davies' own Sweet Adelines Chorus that will be performing music from the last seven decades, all sung in the unique barbershop style. Additionally, we have special quartet headliners: International qualifying quartet Impact, which features our past director Ted Chamberlain, and SAI Regional Champions Quartet Wink, which features our other director Melanie McGuire. It will be a joyful musical event! Come celebrate with us!!
July 1–7, 2019 (Past)
Tickets and more information available at www.nwboychoir.org or (206) 524-3234
The Grammy-nominated Northwest Boychoir conducted by Music Director Joseph Crnko will present its Tour Kick Off Concert in Seattle on July 5 at Plymouth Church, followed by six public concerts in California July 8 – 14 as part of its two-week 2019 California Concert Tour. The highly acclaimed, 34-member Northwest Boychoir will present a program that will include classical choral works, folk songs and Americana.
July 8–14, 2019 (Past)
Dvořák, Brahms, Elgar, Burleigh, and Kodály share an evening with current composers Greg Bartholomew, Stephen Chatman, Steve Danielson, Donald Skirvin, Karen Thomas, and Mari Valverde to explore humanity’s relationship to its surrounding world, considering how to develop this connection responsibly and unitedly.
Are you interested in joining our team? Choir of the Sound is holding auditions for all voice parts (particular need for tenors and basses) for its 2019-2020 season beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8, and at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at Terrace View Presbyterian Church, 4700 - 228th St. SW., Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043. Other dates are available by special arrangement.
To schedule an audition, please e-mail auditions@choirofthesound.org or call 206-528-9990.
Audition process:
• Your audition will begin with an extended warm-up to display the range and qualities of your singing voice.
• You will be quizzed on intervals, rhythm, and pitch retention.
• You will be asked to sight-read a short musical excerpt.
• You will be asked to sight-read your voice part on a standard four-part chorale.
No prepared piece is required.
For more information about Choir of the Sound, please visit our website at www.choirofthesound.org.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
July 15–21, 2019 (Past)
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
The SeaChordsmen welcome you to our bi-annual Guest Night! Come and see what a cappella singing all is about; let us share with you the fun of singing Barbershop music, an original American art form.
Join members of the Bainbridge Chorale and other area choruses to read through the Mozart Vespers (Vesperae solennes de confessore) directed by Laurie Betts Hughes, Artistic Director of the Redmond Chorale and G# Choir of Google, vocalist and composer.
Participants will have an opportunity to sing the solo sections as well as the choral movements.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
July 22–28, 2019 (Past)
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
A day of interactive vocal workshops and master classes hosted by the Everett Chorale's Artistic director Jennifer Rodgers. Morning and afternoon classes will focus on the anchors of vocal technique with "labs" so singers can practice what they learn. There will also be an open master class featuring 5 to 6 soloists/singers. Come and get in shape for the concert season! All are welcome!
Join members of the Bainbridge Chorale and other area choruses to read through the Fauré Requiem under the baton of Matthew Melendez, Artistic Director of the Great Bend Center for Music. Participants will have an opportunity to sing the solo sections as well as the choral movements.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
July 29 – August 4, 2019 (Past)
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
Join members of the Bainbridge Chorale and other area choruses to read through Brahms's German Requiem, (Ein deutsches Requiem) under the baton of Dr. Gary Cannon, Artistic Director of Cascadian Chorale, Vashon Chorale and founder of the Emerald Ensemble.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
August 5–11, 2019 (Past)
Grades 3-5 Choir, directed by Amy Ballard, will sing "Route 66" and "Take the 'A' Train"; Grades 6-9 Choir, directed by Brian Hoskins, will sing "Can You Imagine That?" and "Bonse Aba"; Consonare, directed by Hoskins and Leora Schwitters will sing "Aladdin Medley" and "You Will Be Found"; combined groups will sing "Kwela, Kwela" and "This is Me".
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
RYC's 8th annual choir camp for grades 3-9, M-Th 9:30am to 2pm with a free camp concert on Thursday at 7pm.
August 12–18, 2019 (Past)
Eastside Midday Singers and G# Choir of Googlers present music from the American Parlor. From Broadway, to Art Song, to Ragtime, Bellevue's newest choral ensemble highlights music for intimate spaces with special guest Tatiana Kruse and Lambros Lambrou.
Wellspring Ensemble is excited to be a part of the music scene by establishing itself on the cutting edge of new music in the choral arts. Featuring accompanied and a capella music, the set will be painted with both recognized composers and new composers alike! Sperry, Balmforth, Green, Schreiner, Bunch, Whitacre, Meader, Asher--these composers are sure fill your evening with beauty.
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
Auditions
Auditions for Opus 7 will be held on August 17th and throughout the year. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Loren Ponten at loren@opus7.org.
Audition Process
Please bring a prepared selection to the audition that highlights the best qualities of your voice. This can be an art song, hymn or a selection from a choral piece that you know. Be prepared to sing this a cappella.
Test of your vocal range
Test of your sight-reading abilities
Schedule comparison & discussion of commitment level with Loren Pontén
Logistics
People have joined Opus 7 to rehearse in detail and perform with excellence the most challenging and beautiful works of the a cappella choral repertory. Opus 7 singers are good to excellent sight-readers. Those that don’t have good sight-reading skills spend whatever time is needed outside of rehearsals learning their parts on their own. To that end, it is understood that when singers commit to a project, they are expected to know their part by the second rehearsal.
Rehearsals occur normally on Wednesdays from 7:15 – 9:45 p.m. with occasional rehearsals on the weekends especially the week of the concert.
Opus 7 prides itself in excellent ensemble singing. We all know that this depends on everyone’s attendance, and that every rehearsal for a given concert requires each member’s full priority. By committing to a concert, it is understood that members will attend every rehearsal for that project.
Vox Pacifica is seeking experienced singers - sopranos in particular - to join our new ensemble of 27 alto and soprano voices. Vox Pacifica is a new women's choir based in Bellingham, WA under the artistic direction of Wendy Bloom. We rehearse weekly on Wed. evenings 7-9pm. Our first rehearsal will be on Wed Sept. 11, 2019. Loads more info about us can be found at https://voxpacifica.org.
Auditions for fall 2019 season will be on WED AUGUST 14, 6pm-8pm, by appointment with Wendy Bloom. Please visit https://voxpacifica.org/auditions for audition expectations and to setup a time directly with Wendy. This is a fun, intimate new group that has already had a very successful debut season. We're very excited to get started on Season Two!
August 19–25, 2019 (Past)
In 1614, Sad sack noble Sir William Leighton published The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule, featuring 55 of his poems set by 21 different well-known composers of the day, including William Byrd, John Wilbye, John Ward, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons, and Francis Pilkington. This program showcases a number of these works, performed alongside madrigals by the same composers—both famous and obscure—that focus on faraway lands and legendary figures from mythology.
The Seattle Chamber Singers seek talented, qualified vocalists of all voice types to join us for our Monumental 2019-2020 season. The ensemble, which is celebrating its 50th season, is part of a unique vocal-instrumental partnership with Orchestra Seattle.
Highlights of the upcoming season include Handel's Messiah, Bach's Saint Matthew Passion, and Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe in Benaroya Hall.
This is a fast-paced choir, and singers must be able to read music. Previous choral experience (church, school, or symphonic choir) and formal vocal training are desirable, though not obligatory.
Those interested in auditioning who are unavailable on August 24 should contact info@osscs.org to schedule a different time.
BlueStreet Voices has an opening for a lead soprano to join the ensemble. Auditions will be held August 21 - 22nd in N Seattle. Email bluestreetseattle@gmail.com for more information.
BlueStreet Voices is a 16-voice jazz-vocal ensemble offering unique arrangements of standards, contemporary jazz and popular favorites, the group and its outstandingrhythm section have sold out venues such as The Triple Door in Seattle.
The Seattle Metropolitan Singers is looking for treble voices - adults who sing SSAA - to join us for the 2019-2020 season. We really need altos, but are auditioning all parts. We have a busy season, so plan on hitting the ground running! Contact Jenny Murray at gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com' target='_blank' rel='noowner'>gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com for more information.
Bellevue Chamber Chorus is holding auditions for its upcoming 2019-2020 season in August and September by appointment.
Auditions will be conducted by the new Bellevue Chamber Chorus Artistic Director. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditioners will be expected to:
- Sing a prepared piece of their choice, preferably from the classical tradition
- Demonstrate vocal range
- Demonstrate musical proficiency via ear training, aural memory, and sight-reading exercises.
Bellevue Youth Choirs is now accepting new choristers to sing for the 2019-20 season! Youth in Pre-K-2nd grade are not required to audition, while youth in grades 3-12 audition for placement into one of our 7 different choral ensembles. Auditions are 1/2 hr with our artistic director, getting to know your child and their singing range. Visit https://bellevueyouthchoirs.org/audition for more info about auditions.
Auditions will be completed on 8/19 and by appointment.
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
Meridian Ensemble, a SATB chamber choir, is offering spots in all sections and holding auditions for the 2019-2020 season on Wednesday August 21st from 6:00 till 9:00 PM at St. Clement's Episcopal Church located at 1501 32nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144.
To schedule your audition slot, to get more information, or to request alternative audition date, please send a message to Artistic Director Yuly Kopkin at YULYK@UW.EDU or call 206-866-8819. Acceptable audition pieces are art songs; arias from large works such as oratorio, cantata or opera; the Great American songbook, classical musical theater. Thank you for your interest in Meridian Ensemble!
Join Northwest Chamber Chorus! Auditions by appointment are being held on Sunday, August 25 at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle from 1:00 to 4:00pm. Please contact us by email if you’d like a 15-minute appointment to sing for Music Director Mark Kloepper that day. During the audition, Mark will ask you to sing a song of your own choosing. Please bring a copy of your music for our piano accompanist. Your audition piece does not need to be memorized. He will also ask you to sight-read some music excerpts as part of the audition and will work with you to determine which voice part in our choir might fit you best. Include info about your choir background and what voice part you prefer to sing in your email.
Audition for Seattle Pro Musica! Are you an experienced, adventurous musician with a passion for great choral music? Seattle Pro Musica is looking for extraordinary singers of all voice types to join us for our 2019-20 Season! Great singers and great people are always welcome.
We have exciting concerts planned this season—in December we share warm, joyous choral music from winter traditions around the world; in March 2020 we celebrate the music of American women past and present as we honor the adoption of Amendment XIX to the United States Constitution; and in May we pair groundbreaking British composer Ethel Smyth’s stunning and seldom-heard Mass in D for choir, orchestra, and soloists with Mozart’s beloved “Great” Mass in C minor.
Our 2019-20 auditions will take place on August 19, 20, and 21; please see our auditions page (http://www.seattlepromusica.org/auditions) for more information and email auditions@seattlepromusica.org to schedule your appointment!
The OK Chorale joins up with All Present song circle for people with memory loss. We ride the 12:40 PM Edmonds ferry to Kingston and back, singing all the while. We've got classic rock and roll, standards and folk songs on the program. We provide song sheets so anyone can sing along.
August 26 – September 1, 2019 (Past)
AUDITION CALL for VOCAL JAZZ:
Calling Altos and Baritones/Basses for The Offbeats Vocal Jazz Ensemble!
If you want to swing, love crunchy harmony, and can hit that jive jack, this is your chance to be part of an evolved and groovy group of humans who laugh and sing, enjoy getting it right, and play and perform beautifully together. Thursday rehearsals 7:30-9:30 pm in West Seattle. Shows in fancy places, solo opportunities, a feisty director, and a killing band.
Auditions are by appointment on August 27 & 28 from 6-9 pm.
Email us at offbeats@kelleyjohnson.com to schedule an audition.
The Seattle Metropolitan Singers is looking for treble voices - adults who sing SSAA - to join us for the 2019-2020 season. We really need altos, but are auditioning all parts. We have a busy season, so plan on hitting the ground running! Contact Jenny Murray at gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com' target='_blank' rel='noowner'>gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com for more information.
Please contact webmaster for an audition time and with any questions.
Auditions for KCS' 2019-2020 season, including:
Celestial Lights - J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and music of the season with Philharmonia Northwest.
True Colors - Songs of Community and Love, featuring local guest artists and composers.
Beethoven's 250th - featuring the glorious Mass in C and the triumphant Choral Fantasy with Philharmonia Northwest and renowned pianist Craig Sheppard at Benaroya Hall.
Seattle Jewish Chorale is holding auditions for our 2019-2020 season. Auditions will be held in the evenings of August 28th in Bellevue and September 4th in Seattle. Those interested should email Inez Caspi (inez.caspi@gmail.com) to get more specific information on locations and times. Auditionees should come prepared to sing a short a capella song of any style. Seattle Jewish Chorale is open to participants of all religions.
We are a non-audition women's choir that has been sharing music with the community since 1952. This kickoff is the time to greet returning singers and meet prospective members! You'll hear about plans for the upcoming season, discuss the fall musical repertoire and rehearse select pieces.
After this, the next rehearsal will be two weeks later on Monday, Sept. 9 from 7:00-9:00pm. The season concludes with our Holiday concert on Saturday 12/15/19 in Kirkland, WA.
visit our website at www.lakewashingtonsingers.org
Or email us at:
September 2–8, 2019 (Past)
Bellevue Chamber Chorus is holding auditions for its upcoming 2019-2020 season in August and September by appointment.
Auditions will be conducted by the new Bellevue Chamber Chorus Artistic Director. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditioners will be expected to:
- Sing a prepared piece of their choice, preferably from the classical tradition
- Demonstrate vocal range
- Demonstrate musical proficiency via ear training, aural memory, and sight-reading exercises.
If you're a guy who
• loves to sing
• wants to build on your talents as a singer and performer
• and all while increasing your joy quotient astronomically and being part of a friendly and fabulous wide-ranging community? What are you waiting for?? It's time to join The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Additional audition times not listed are also available. All auditions take place in Ballard. Contact Bigdsparkles@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE: Auditions are scheduled individually, even though GSCC schedule lists a single date and time.
Fall rehearsals start September 11. Please contact director Deeji Killian bigdsparkles@yahoo.com for more info.
Auditions for KCS' 2019-2020 season, including:
Celestial Lights - J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and music of the season with Philharmonia Northwest.
True Colors - Songs of Community and Love, featuring local guest artists and composers.
Beethoven's 250th - featuring the glorious Mass in C and the triumphant Choral Fantasy with Philharmonia Northwest and renowned pianist Craig Sheppard at Benaroya Hall.
Seattle Jewish Chorale is holding auditions for our 2019-2020 season. Auditions will be held in the evenings of August 28th in Bellevue and September 4th in Seattle. Those interested should email Inez Caspi (inez.caspi@gmail.com) to get more specific information on locations and times. Auditionees should come prepared to sing a short a capella song of any style. Seattle Jewish Chorale is open to participants of all religions.
Seattle Peace Chorus auditions day on Sunday, September 8th. This is the last big audition day before the start of the season the following day on September 9th.
Auditions will be scheduled and held from 1pm to 7pm on September 8th.
You must submit an audition request online at http://seattlepeacechorus.org/join/audition-request/ if you are available and interested so that we can contact you and schedule your audition time slot.
Do you enjoy singing in a community setting? Are you thinking about joining a choir this season? Would you like to get to know ChoralSounds Northwest better? Mark your calendars for our annual FREE Summer Sing!
Adults ages 17 and up are invited to meet our director, learn about our upcoming season, join in a community sing with choir members, and perhaps even schedule an audition. Summer Sing is the perfect way to get to know ChoralSounds Northwest without any cost or pressure. We hope to see you there!
We open our rehearsal season with a social and information session. Come greet new and returning singers, hear about plans for the upcoming season, schedule an audition with our Artistic Director, and get all you need to join us for the Fall Quarter. The first rehearsal is the following Monday, Sept. 9 from 7:00-9:30pm.
Come rehearse for Christmas Magic with us! Our Holiday 2019 season kicks off on September 5th from 7 to 9 PM at Enumclaw Middle School's Choir Room! CFC is non-audition, and membership dues are $40.
If you’re interested in singing with us, rehearsals start Sunday, September 8, 2019. Join us for our opening potluck at 6 p.m. in Magnolia. Please go to http://www.magnoliachorale.org/join-us.html for more details about singing with us.
September 9–15, 2019
This concert celebrates two Scandinavian musicians who were born in Sept 1919: Johan KVANDAL, and Sven-Erik BÄCK. Kvandal developed his own “modern tonality” influenced by Norwegian folk and international contemporary music. Bäck’s choral music sets conservative Biblical texts in decidedly non-traditional treatments. In this sacred program, The Esoterics will perform all twelve of Bäck’s Motets for the church year in Swedish, and all of Kvandal’s sacred works for unaccompanied choir.
Sopranos (and possibly an alto), we only have a few spots left! Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir of 24-28 singers, under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
If you're a guy who
• loves to sing
• wants to build on your talents as a singer and performer
• and all while increasing your joy quotient astronomically and being part of a friendly and fabulous wide-ranging community? What are you waiting for?? It's time to join The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Additional audition times not listed are also available. All auditions take place in Ballard. Contact Bigdsparkles@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE: Auditions are scheduled individually, even though GSCC schedule lists a single date and time.
Fall rehearsals start September 11. Please contact director Deeji Killian bigdsparkles@yahoo.com for more info.
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music. Rehearsals begin on September 9th, 2019 and take place Monday nights
7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation is $75 per person for the Winter Season, and $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting season includes a feast of choral Christmas works by a variety of composers, our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along, and Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
Come sing with us!
Our 2019-20 Kick Off is on Sunday, September 15 at 6:00 p.m. We are excited to add new members!
Discover Seattle's only French Choir during the Open House for the Alliance Française de Seattle Choir, held annually during the first session of the Fall. All are welcome!
Please note that our Choir has limited availability and tends to fill up quickly. If you already know that you wish to enroll for the 2019/2020 season, we recommend doing so before the first session.
Date: Monday, September 9 at 7.30pm
Location: Good Shepherd Shepherd Center, room 204
Free parking available.
We are a women's choir that has been sharing music with the community since 1952. Currently, we are looking for new members who enjoy singing, improving their vocal skills, performing and having lots of fun. Under the direction of our new director, Allison Renn, our group is continuing to grow.
No audition is required, however, an ear for music and willingness to practice is essential. It is helpful but not necessary to be able to read music. To supplement the music itself, we also have online tools to help you learn your part.
We enjoy singing a wide variety of music: contemporary, Broadway, folk, gospel, classical, jazz, etc.
Please come to our rehearsal on Monday, September 9th. The season concludes with a holiday concert on Saturday, December 14th.
As well as our main concerts, we also perform several "mini" concerts each season at retirement centers and various community events primarily on the Eastside.
Revenue from performances along with modest monthly dues ($30/mo) enable us to purchase music, cover expenses and present annual scholarships to local high school vocal students.
We rehearse Monday evenings at from 7-9 at Emerald Heights in Redmond, in their Emerald room.
10901 176th Circle NE
Redmond, WA 98052-7218
For more information please visit our website: www.lakewashingtonsingers.org
Join us for our second rehearsal! Registration closes the last Thursday in September!
First rehearsal. Singers for all parts (SATB) welcome. Most music is in German.
September 16–22, 2019
reSound is honored to be featured as Port Gardner Bay Music Society’s opening concert for their 2019-2020 Season. The concert will celebrate local composers, featuring the music our own Composer-in-Residence, Michael Austin Miller. The program will also include music by our Music Director, Dr. Stephen Marshall-Ward, and reSound member Claudia Walker.
More information is available on PGB Music Society’s site, http://www.pgbmusicsociety.com/.
Sopranos (and possibly an alto), we only have a few spots left! Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir of 24-28 singers, under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music. Rehearsals begin on September 9th, 2019 and take place Monday nights
7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation is $75 per person for the Winter Season, and $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting season includes a feast of choral Christmas works by a variety of composers, our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along, and Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
Registration ends the last Thursday in September! Join us for our Holiday Season!
September 23–29, 2019
September 28, 2019 @ 2 pm
92nd Street Church of Christ
4226 2nd St NE, Marysville, WA
Seattle Shores Chorus BENEFIT Performance for Operation Smile
Co-sponsored by Seattle Seachordsmen Chorus (SPEBSQSA)
Additional guest performers will be Harmony Northwest Chorus (SAI)
This is a free concert to raise funds for Operation Smile.
Just $240 can cover the cost of surgery for one child, and every donation helps to bring health and hope to young lives. We have been able to sponsor 170 operations in the past 6 years.
For further information, contact Ellen Brockman, tenrduck@msn.com, (425) 319-1112
Kids & teens ages 18 and under are free; college students with ID $10; senior ages 65 and over $18; general admission $20.
Sopranos (and possibly an alto), we only have a few spots left! Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir of 24-28 singers, under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music. Rehearsals begin on September 9th, 2019 and take place Monday nights
7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation is $75 per person for the Winter Season, and $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting season includes a feast of choral Christmas works by a variety of composers, our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along, and Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
Fund raiser for Operation Smile (https://www.operationsmile.org/) sponsored by the Seattle Shores. The SeaChordsmen have participated for the past five years.
The last day to join us for our holiday 2019 season! It will be a blast!
September 30 – October 6, 2019
Our season begins with a journey through heavenly mysteries inspired by the writings of Johannes Kepler (Music of the Spheres – Kevin Siegfried) alongside choral masterworks such J.S. Bach’s motet for double chorus (Komm, Jesu, Komm – BWV 229) and rarely heard works by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko. Join us as we embark on our 27th season in a one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks.
Our 50th season begins with music of creation. Hear trailblazing composer Carol Sams’ epic masterpiece, The Earthmakers, an oratorio that recounts creation stories from a multitude of world cultures. We also feature La création du monde, a jazzy work by Sams’ teacher, Darius Milhaud, as well as the world premiere of local composer Carlos Garcia’s fanfare, Vast Array.
Sopranos (and possibly an alto), we only have a few spots left! Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir of 24-28 singers, under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
The Emerald Ensemble is honored to be the first performers to broadcast live from Classical KING-FM's new studio! Featuring Britten's Five Flower Songs, Lauridsen's Les chansons des roses, and works by Billings and local composer Jeremy Kings. This performance will promote the forthcoming GSCC Seattle Sings festival the following weekend.
The live audience is by invitation only, but all can listen at 98.1 FM in Seattle, or worldwide at king.org.
In the tradition of "miscast" cabarets, members of SPM and Karen P. Thomas will dazzle you with unlikely pairings of songs and singers. You’ll enjoy novel takes on Broadway choruses and cabaret solos along with delicious food and drink from Wild Ginger. Get ready for an evening of surprising match-ups and unexpected delights!
Two shows! October 5, 2019 - 7 PM and 9:30 PM
apx. 80 minutes, no intermission
full menu and bar available
October 7–13, 2019
Join us for the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium’s fourth biennial Seattle Sings Choral Festival, showcasing 35 dynamic choirs of all types and styles from around the Puget Sound region: medieval to barbershop, jazz to classical, men’s and women’s and SATB choirs, heritage choirs and more.
This year we welcome Northwest composer, Ethan Sperry, as the festival’s composer-in-residence. Mr. Sperry has been commissioned by the GSCC to compose this year’s festival anthem and will be present to conduct participating choirs and audience in the festival anthem periodically throughout the festival.
Friday evening will honor Northwest composer Morten Lauridsen for his many years of service to choral music, and will feature six choirs presenting a retrospective of his works. Lauridsen himself will be in attendance and to cap the evening will lead the audience and choirs in one of his most beloved works, “Sure On This Shining Night.”
Opening our 15 year anniversary season is a program featuring Renaissance music for large vocal forces, including Thomas Tallis's 40-part "Spem in alium" and Robert Carver's 19-part "O bone Jesu." Accompanying these masterpieces are some of our favorite motets from all over Europe, featuring music by Giovanni Gabrieli, William Byrd, and Alonso Lobo.
October 14–20, 2019
Our first, informal performance of the year for all six ensembles singing together and separately. Audience sing-a-longs are always a favorite part of this event. The stunning finale (Kwela, Kwela) involves all RYC singers in 4 part a cappella harmony with percussion and movement. Selections by Naverud, Papoulis, PinkZebra, Unterseher, Kellman, and Route 66!
This program will encourage us to find peace in accepting the truth, to avoid deceit, to find comfort in the unanswered question, and to trust good thoughts, words, and deeds. Singing texts from various sources, HONESTY will feature music by Abbie Betinis, Samantha Fernando, Ted Hearne, Anna-Karin Klockar, Forrest Pierce, Fahad Siadat, Dale Trumbore, Trevor Weston, Julia Wolfe, and world premieres by this year’s POLYPHONOS winners: David Ho-yi Chan, Katherine Pukinskis, and Scott Senko.
The Ensign Symphony & Chorus opens their seventh season, In His Light, with a spectacular collaboration with singer Nathan Pacheco. Nathan has been amazing audiences around the country with his smooth tenor voice and his wide stylistic range. In addition to the collaboration, the chorus and symphony will continue to impress with Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque and the world-premiere of Stephen Weatherford’s arrangement of Be Still My Soul.
Come listen to the Seattle Ladies Choir sing in perfect harmony at our Season 17 Concerts, including choral versions of songs by Janelle Monáe, Damien Rice, Dolly Parton, Mumford & Sons, and more!
We will be performing three shows at Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hill. The hall is easily accessible via light rail and bus, and a 500-spot parking garage is located near the venue. All shows are wheelchair accessible. Doors open 30 minutes prior to concert time; tickets available at the door, subject to availability, prices may vary. Drinks and merchandise will be available for purchase before the show and during intermission.
Sopranos (and possibly an alto), we only have a few spots left! Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir of 24-28 singers, under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
October 21–27, 2019
Join Sine Nomine, with Guest Conductor Sheila Bristow, for our fall concert ‘Laus Trinitati: In Praise of the Divine’. We will feature Renaissance works from various countries, early to late, which employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity. The concert is framed by a dip into the medieval period with Hildegard of Bingen’s chant ‘Laus Trinitati’, and concludes in the contemporary world with American composer Frank Ferko’s motet, based on Hildegard’s chant.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
October 28 – November 3, 2019
Join us for the world premiere of Huntley Beyer’s Circumference, an oratorio written in memory of OSSCS founder George Shangrow. Also featured are Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral, composed to honor her late brother, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Eroica symphony, written “to the memory of a great man.”
A pilgrimage through life…to rest and peace.
An All Saints Day meditation on life’s journeys, featuring reSound, a Northwest Chamber Ensemble.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 4–10, 2019
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Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 11–17, 2019
Because of the limited number of seats available at these venues, ticket prices are $30 at the door; $25 in advance; $23 seniors, students, and special needs.
A program of songs of the sea. For this program RainShadow Chorale is proud to be hosting composer Jake Runestad, who will conduct two of his compositions: The Secret of the Sea and Let My Love Be Heard.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 18–24, 2019
Selections from Schütz’s Psalmen Davids frame this program of beginnings. The tracing of Jesus’ ancestry back to Adam, Pärt’s hypnotic “Which was the son of…,” serves as the centerpiece linking settings from the Genesis creation narrative with German chorales and Latin motets for Advent—the beginning of the church year.
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Concert of German Music, a Light meal, and Dancing to a live band afterwards
John Rutter's beautiful double-choir motet, Hymn to the Creator of Light, was written for the dedication of the Herbert Howells memorial window in Gloucester Cathedral in 1992. Few music teachers in twentieth-century Britain were more influential than Howells, who greeted his first class at London's Royal College of Music in 1920 and his last over 50 years later. Rutter (b. 1945) carries Howells' torch in his dual roles as a prolific choral composer and conductor of the superb Cambridge Singers. As always, Rutter is sensitive to the text, but he does especially lovely work here with the word 'light'.
Because of the limited number of seats available at these venues, ticket prices are $30 at the door; $25 in advance; $23 seniors, students, and special needs.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 25 – December 1, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
The Byrd Ensemble and Seattle Baroque Orchestra join forces once again for a performance of Bach's "Wachet auf" and "Magnificat," at the newly renovated Town Hall in Seattle.
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December 2–8, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
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Our beloved holiday concerts feature J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Philharmonia Northwest, plus contemporary choral delights focusing on the guiding light of sun, moon, and stars. For many, this concert has become a favorite annual tradition.
Dylan Thomas’ unforgettable ode to his childhood Christmases is a perfect setting for songs of the season. We have chosen outstanding arrangements of traditional carols to be sung interspersed with Thomas’ joyous storytelling as narrated by well-known actor David Pichette. Thomas' idyllic memories of childhood features exaggerated characters whose antics connect strongly with a broad audience. In this concert we’ll sing favorite music of the season from both sides of the pond. You'll hear contributions by Eleanor Daley, Melinda Bargreen, John Taverner, Hubert Bird and others in this delightful holiday program.
Our poignant adaptation of Charles Dickens’ beloved classic A Christmas Carol, for chorus and readers theater, is back by popular demand! Encounter the true spirit of Christmas in this timeless tale of redemption and joy; with David Ketter and John Deveney returning once again as the Narrator and Scrooge.
A fun romp through revamped Christmas Classics, with a Rousing Raffle to follow!
Directed by Lynn Hall, this musical feast of carols and sacred works which has a little something for everyone.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
These delightful arrangements will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Come help us celebrate this festive season!
ChoralSounds Northwest and VocalSounds Northwest are delighted to return to the Eastside this December to perform a festive concert at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Bellevue, featuring a guest string quartet in a special performance of beautiful holiday music. The dreamy sounds of composer Ola Gjeilo are a highlight in this concert that also includes works by Eric Whitacre, Edward Elgar, and many more!
Traditional Carols and Songs from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland.
This year's Magnolia Chorale December concert will also feature the Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag directed by Martha Levenson. This group of young musicians from age 8 to 18, play traditional Scandinavian folk music in the greater Seattle area.
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Our annual December concert is a delightful blend of seasonal and holiday favorites, both new and old. It is an enjoyable time for all. You'll even have a chance to stretch your own vocal cords with our sing along time. We look forward to seeing you there!
Holiday classics and contemporary songs, all with delightful barbershop harmony. The SeaChordsmen will be joined by a Sweet Adelines (women) Chorus, and a youth chorus. And a sing-along will probably break out. Past shows have sold out, so check back regularly for updates.
Everett Chorale will be presenting its annual Holiday concert around the theme of Joy! Welcome the season with the sound of brass and shades of joy from triumphant to quiet ecstasy.
Christmas concert with Chamber Orchestra and piano accompaniments.
Coming home at Christmas means a return to the heart, a return to the memories that shaped us, a return to the possibilities of making a new and better future while honoring the past. In this concert, we celebrate being wherever home is at Christmas.
We are also very excited to premier a new work by a local student composer, the prize-winner in our recent Student Composition Competition. Come join us in celebration of this new work, and of our eternal journey home.
An elegant prelude to the holiday season Lessons and Carols is a wonderful English tradition dating back to 1880, but popularized by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge in 1918. The general format is a reading from the bible (usually the King James version, as it is an Anglican tradition), starting with younger members of the chorus and progressing “up” through the group. The reading is followed by a song by the choir related to the reading, followed by a carol sung by the whole audience.
Allegra has been invited to join the Byrd Ensemble to present this Lessons and Carols program. The Byrd Ensemble is a highly acclaimed Seattle-based professional ensemble that performs regularly in the region and internationally.
Join Prime Voci and Cantamus as they sing classics celebrating winter and the holiday season, and sing along with some of your favorite carols. A great concert for the whole family!
Make the Season Bright is partially underwritten by a Seattle Arts Civic Partners grant. Additional proceeds from this concert will benefit Treehouse, a local nonprofit that provides youth in foster care with the opportunities and support.
Bring in the holiday season with traditional Norwegian songs and new favorites!
After the concert, enjoy a lovely dessert buffet!
In medieval Europe, the Christmas season was always celebrated in a big way. The harvest was in, and the short, cold days of winter were all the inducement needed to stay close to the fire and busy oneself with feasting, merriment and song. One type of song, the carol, was so frequently written with Christmas gatherings in mind that today we can hardly imagine any other kind. The joy of Christmas imbued church music as well with the same tuneful glow. The Medieval Women’s Choir tours England and the Continent to bring you the most inspiring music of the season.
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Celebrate the Christmas season with traditional carols, plus less common fare. Featuring works by area composers Bern Herbolsheimer, Greg Bartholomew, Joy Porter, and Andrew Jacobson. Also music by Stephen Paulus, John Rutter, Dale Trumbore, Sean Kirchner, and others.
Rediscover traditions as we bridge past and present with contemporary holiday tunes, classic Victorian chestnuts, and Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols."
Seattle Girls Choir Bringing in some Holiday Cheer. Showcasing 3 of our younger choir levels Dolcine 1st & 2nd grade, Vivissimmi 3rd & 4th Grade and we will be introducing Entrata our newest choir level.
Entrata is the new entry point for new choristers in grades 3-5. This choir will have slightly more emphasis on core musicianship and literacy skills. At the end of this year long program Entrata choristers will move into Vivissimi or Allegra (girls 10 yrs or older).
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
December 9–15, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
City Cantabile Choir performs the Gospel Magnificat with Gospel composer Kent Stevenson paired with traditional Celtic music. See the dance dialogue of step and tap dancers on the same stage.
The lovely acoustics of St. Joseph's Parish & Holy Rosary Church is a superb setting for our Carmina Angelorum (Songs of the Angels) concerts. This program is one you'll want to ad to your family's holiday traditions! Prime Voci is joined by harpist Juliet Stratton for Benjamin Britten's incomparable A Ceremony of Carols for a beautiful
Dylan Thomas’ unforgettable ode to his childhood Christmases is a perfect setting for songs of the season. We have chosen outstanding arrangements of traditional carols to be sung interspersed with Thomas’ joyous storytelling as narrated by well-known actor David Pichette. Thomas' idyllic memories of childhood features exaggerated characters whose antics connect strongly with a broad audience. In this concert we’ll sing favorite music of the season from both sides of the pond. You'll hear contributions by Eleanor Daley, Melinda Bargreen, John Taverner, Hubert Bird and others in this delightful holiday program.
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Directed by Lynn Hall, this musical feast of carols and sacred works which has a little something for everyone.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
These delightful arrangements will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Come help us celebrate this festive season!
Northwest Associated Arts proudly presents our annual Christmas tradition, ChristmasSounds in Burien. Five choruses totaling nearly 150 singers, ages 9 to 90, come together to sing in the season, delighting audience members of all ages! We invite you to enjoy beloved favorites like Grown-Up Christmas List and The Wexford Carol, combined with the sing-along joy of White Christmas and Deck the Halls. This festive show is perfect Christmas fun for the whole family and promise to leave you filled with the spirit of the holidays!
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The Family Concert is a shorter, one-hour-long performance including much of the repertoire featured in the full-length Bainbridge Chorale holiday concert, designed to appeal to all ages. Bainbridge Youth Choir singers will sing some holiday songs as well.
Celebrate the joy of the season with Seattle Girls Choir as they share A Gift of Song. SGC will ring in the season with a variety of seasonal songs for treble voices featuring all auditioned levels. Along with familiar tunes, you'll be introduced to some new songs that are sure to become holiday classics.
A timeless classic and a Seattle tradition. Join OSSCS as we once again present the region’s only performances of Handel’s full and unabridged score.
Linda Tsatsanis, soprano
Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
José Rubio, baritone
A timeless classic and a Seattle tradition. Join OSSCS as we once again present the region’s only performances of Handel’s full and unabridged score.
Linda Tsatsanis, soprano
Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
José Rubio, baritone
The Chorale celebrates the past ten years under the baton of Artistic Director Michael Austin Miller with a retrospective of singer and audience favorite holiday works, as well as some new selections by Eric Whitacre, John Rutter and Christopher Tin. Join us to hear our favorites and sing some Christmas carols, too!
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This program will convey our desire for emotional simplicity. We’ll consider the origins of humility as a result of hiding, surrender, sorrow, or gratitude, and will explore contexts in which we find ourselves humble: while tenderly in love, or in need, or witnessing the majesty of nature. HUMILITY will feature writings from many sources, set to music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Stacy Garrop, Anna-Karin Klockar, David Lang, Forrest Pierce, Sarah Rimkus, Augusta Read Thomas, and Dale Trumbore.
Kitsap Community Chorale presents the 2019 winter concert featuring special guests from the Olalla Elementary Choir.
Coming home at Christmas means a return to the heart, a return to the memories that shaped us, a return to the possibilities of making a new and better future while honoring the past. In this concert, we celebrate being wherever home is at Christmas.
We are also very excited to premier a new work by a local student composer, the prize-winner in our recent Student Composition Competition. Come join us in celebration of this new work, and of our eternal journey home.
Join us in celebrating this most joyous time of year as your local Nordic heritage choirs come together to sing their most beautiful carols and hymns. There will be fika (cookies and coffee) afterwards!
Celebrate the true holiday spirit of joy and peace with Choral Arts NW’s annual offering of traditional carols paired with intimate interludes by Seattle guitarist Robert McCaffery-Lent. Highlights this year include charming Appalachian carols by CANW Composer in Residence Kevin Siegfried, Silly Shepherds by NW composer Bern Herbolsheimer, and enchanting choral gems by Purcell, Howells, and Susan LaBarr. You won’t want to miss this treasured opportunity to step away from the bustle and into a realm of rarified beauty that is CANW’s Not One Sparrow is Forgotten.
For centuries, humans have reveled and sought comfort in festivals of light during the darkest time of year. Join us for afternoon and evening concerts of warm, joyous choral music from winter traditions around the world. Along with cherished solstice, Christmas, and Hanukkah music, we’ll share choral works from other festivals of light.
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December 16–22, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
The lovely acoustics of St. Joseph's Parish & Holy Rosary Church is a superb setting for our Carmina Angelorum (Songs of the Angels) concerts. This program is one you'll want to ad to your family's holiday traditions! Prime Voci is joined by harpist Juliet Stratton for Benjamin Britten's incomparable A Ceremony of Carols for a beautiful
With a mix of the fun and the sublime, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus celebrate the Christmas season with an uplifting look at this festive season. Come to hear your Christmas favorites, be touched by tenderness, be taken on a musicological journey through the twelve days of Christmas, and experience an audience sing-along.
The OK Chorale is joined by All Present, a song circle for people with memory loss to celebrate the holidays with songs.
For centuries, humans have reveled and sought comfort in festivals of light during the darkest time of year. Join us for afternoon and evening concerts of warm, joyous choral music from winter traditions around the world. Along with cherished solstice, Christmas, and Hanukkah music, we’ll share choral works from other festivals of light.
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Quickly becoming an audience favorite, this annual holiday program of choral gems is designed to relax the soul in what is sometimes called the busiest time of year. You don't want to miss this comforting set of both sacred and secular music for wintertime. Bring a cozy loved one and watch your stress melt away.
December 23–29, 2019
Take part performing Handel's Messiah on Dec. 28th at our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along! All are welcome to participate (or just listen!) in this fun and joyful annual event. Come sing or play through the entire piece with fellow music lovers in the community. Refreshments and snacks will be available.
A suggested donation of $15 per person at the door helps raise funds for the Chorale’s future performance costs, allowing us to continue the honor of offering concerts with complimentary admission.
Scores will be available for loan, or please bring you own if you have one (Schirmer or Watkins Shaw compatible).
Instrumentalists, please bring you own stand, and contact our director in advance at 206-362-5731 if you'll need to borrow a score.
January 6–12, 2020
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music.
Spring Rehearsals begin on January 6th, 2020 and take place Monday nights (no rehearsal on MLK Day) 7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting spring season includes the Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
January 13–19, 2020
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music.
Spring Rehearsals begin on January 6th, 2020 and take place Monday nights (no rehearsal on MLK Day) 7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting spring season includes the Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
January 27 – February 2, 2020
This concert features the best Franco-Flemish composers of the Renaissance. The centerpiece of the program Orlando Lassus's mass setting "Missa super Bell' Amfitrit' altera," scored for eight voices. Accompanying the mass, are two motets by Josquin and Gombert, based on King David's lament over his beloved son Absalom.
SWC rocks the vote with a timely and rousing concert that marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and decries the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people. Featuring “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” “R.O.C.K. in the USA,” and The Beatles’ “Revolution.” Plus, a new commission, “Lifting as We Climb,” inspired by the words of suffragist Mary Church Terrill, charter member of the NAACP.
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music.
Spring Rehearsals begin on January 6th, 2020 and take place Monday nights (no rehearsal on MLK Day) 7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting spring season includes the Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
February 3–9, 2020
SWC rocks the vote with a timely and rousing concert that marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and decries the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people. Featuring “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” “R.O.C.K. in the USA,” and The Beatles’ “Revolution.” Plus, a new commission, “Lifting as We Climb,” inspired by the words of suffragist Mary Church Terrill, charter member of the NAACP.
You are cordially invited to Your Mixtape, a night of dinner, music, and fundraising at our 12th annual Cabaret and Silent Auction! Indulge in the Dessert Dash, participate in the Wine Pull, and bid on your favorite auction packages while members of all NWAA choirs perform their favorite solos, duets, and ensemble numbers from the days of making mix tapes in the 80s and 90s! We hope you can join us for this stellar evening of raising funds for the performing arts in our community! (Seat reservations for this event will open in January 2020 via phone only.)
February 10–16, 2020
Quinn MASON, A Joyous Trilogy [world premiere]
MOZART, Clarinet Concerto
STRAVINSKY, Le sacre du printemps
A world premiere by young composer-conductor Quinn Mason, a performance of Mozart’s exquisite clarinet concerto by SSO principal clarinetist Ben Lulich, and Igor Stravinsky’s epochal The Rite of Spring make this a concert for the ages.
The Everett Chorale will be performing with other choirs at this special event at Benaroya Hall
February 17–23, 2020
Emerald Ensemble and the National Nordic Museum present music from Sweden. Traditional favorites by Stenhammar, Olsson, Wikander, and Alfvén will stand beside more modern works by Lundvik, Sixten, Jan and Sven-David Sandström, and others.
Join KCS and friends for a timely celebration of community and love, featuring local guest artists and composers. Complimentary chocolate and wine are a bonus feature of this joyful event.
The image of the Phoenix rising out of the ashes comes originally from Egyptian mythology but was taken over by the early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Christ from the dead. From its opening bars, this work, with its unique combination of instruments and voices, succeeds in transporting both performers and listeners. Indeed, this transcendence to a "resurrection experience," the essence of this piece, is captured so vividly through the musical medium as the drama of the text unfolds.
February 24 – March 1, 2020
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
March 2–8, 2020
The Ensign Youth and Children’s Choirs join the adult chorus for a program highlighting music from Broadway and movie scores. Along with their serious works of choral and symphonic excellence with an uplifting message, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus will present a collection of their favorite songs that are sure to get stuck in your head.
2020 marks 100 years since the adoption of Amendment XIX to the United States Constitution. With this program, we honor the work and achievements of women who fought for the right to vote a century ago. We also honor those who have labored ever since to make this right a reality for all American women.
Join us as we celebrate the music of American women past and present, including recent music by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw (from Roomful of Teeth), Reena Esmail, Rosephayne Powell, and Meredith Monk.
March 9–15, 2020
In March, Choral Arts NW continues our tradition of annual masterworks by offering the most sublime and sumptuous setting of late 19th century French style – Fauré’s magnificent Requiem. We pair this icon of beauty with a bevy of glorious guest artists, our brilliant chamber orchestra, and two modern masterworks – Kevin Siegfried’s Songs for the Journey, a modern tribute to Fauré’s masterful setting, and Robert Moran’s Trinity Requiem, written in honor of the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York city. Combined with the splendor of CANW voices, this concert promises the finest of choral music-making celebrating the abiding themes of human experience – love, loss, and renewal.
Thirty years ago, Margriet Tindemans founded the Medieval Women’s Choir on the premise that medieval music is as accessible as it is inspiring. She believed that any choral singer could learn to sing and to love this extraordinary repertoire and, through it, gain an appreciation and understanding of the culture that created it. Three decades on, Margriet’s choir, and her vision, continue to thrive. To celebrate our 30th season, we will revisit some of medieval repertoire most closely associated with the choir, as well as new pieces written for us over the years by Seattle composers Karen Thomas and Peter Seibert; by long-time MWC collaborator Shira Kammen; and by Margriet Tindemans herself.
Home can mean different things to different people: a place, a time, heaven, a loved person. Join MCE as we explore home, and journeys toward home, through folk songs, early American hymns, spirituals, madrigals and more. It will make your heart ache for home!
SGC’s annual fun parent night out and fundraiser with performances by Prime Voci, Sorella and so much more!
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March 16–22, 2020
Love and hope can’t be constrained behind closed borders but sometimes they need a helping hand. Dramatic and inspiring stories of escape are joined by pop sounds of LGBTQ artists from across the globe including Freddie Mercury, Ricky Martin and k.d. lang.
Featuring a world premiere commission inspired by the lives of LGBTQ Muslims who settled in North America after years of seeking asylum. With music from Caldwell and Ivory, Hannah Fidler, Amir Rabiya, Mari Esabel Valverde, and Bonnie McKee, songwriter for pop music’s biggest stars.
This program features Renaissance and contemporary motets dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Music by Renaissance composers Josquin, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Palestrina are juxtaposed with music by contemporary composers Arvo Pärt and Gabriel Jackson. The centerpiece of the program are two settings of the Salve regina: the first by Renaissance English composer William Cornysh, and Gabriel Jackson's setting, based on Cornysh's setting.
Gene Stenger, Evangelist
José Rubio, Jesus
Arwen Myers, soprano
Laura Beckel Thoreson, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
Zachary Lenox, baritone
The music of J.S. Bach has been at the core of OSSCS’s repertoire since its inception 50 years ago. Now hear a new generation interpret this supreme masterpiece.
This special concert features a collaboration with a local artist or musician, making this a don't-miss occasion! You'll hear fine choral music as well as creative collaboration with the artist. This year's partner will be announced soon!
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In the Northwest, we enjoy gazing into the incredible spaces around us. Whether on the edge of a bluff looking out over the Sound, on a ferry looking toward the city, on a bridge, a Space Needle or a beach, we have dramatic and beautiful vistas all around us. As our vision stretches toward the horizon, our thoughts are free to wander. The open spaces we'll sing about in this program might be real or imagined, topographical or psychological. Join us as we journey together with The Bike Let Loose, by Edie Hill and Light of a Clear Blue Morning, written by Dolly Parton (Yep, Dolly Parton), with an evocative arrangement by Craig Hella Johnson. Featured composers also include Eric Whitacre, William Hawley, Frederick Delius, Renaissance masters John Farmer and Thomas Morley plus others.
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March 23–29, 2020
A concert that follows the history, people, and events unique to Everett from the foundations of flight and a life by the water, to famous figures, to current loves and landmarks. We will feature local artisans at the performance hall, local musicians on stage with the Chorale, and a rich partnership with the Everett Museum of History.
January 27, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Diverse settings of Psalm 137, “By the waters of Babylon...,” by Bach, Schein, Sweelinck, Rossi, and others, introduce the West Coast premiere of Austrian composer—and Auschwitz victim—Marcel Tyberg’s Mass in F major.
A performance of Spring repertoire of these 2 choirs ages ranging from 5th to 8th grade. Directed by Alex Gagiu & Sarra Sharif
"In 1984 I was very fortunate to visit Uganda, where a dream maker made me a beautiful drum with a snakeskin head. I'll never forget sitting in the place to come home and seeing by chance the baggage handlers loading my drum with incredible respect and care. The drum to them is a living spirit.
The poems I set are a celebration of how that spirit is brought to life. The piece enacts the ritual of constructing the drum, whose component parts are drawn from the surrounding nature - a nature that gives of itself almost sacrificially. We hear how the goat is killed for its skin, how the tree, which bleeds cedar-dark when cut, bestows the drum's body, and how the sticks and rattles are taken, all to begin a new life as companions to the gods, music and the dance." Bob Chilcott
In the Northwest, we enjoy gazing into the incredible spaces around us. Whether on the edge of a bluff looking out over the Sound, on a ferry looking toward the city, on a bridge, a Space Needle or a beach, we have dramatic and beautiful vistas all around us. As our vision stretches toward the horizon, our thoughts are free to wander. The open spaces we'll sing about in this program might be real or imagined, topographical or psychological. Join us as we journey together with The Bike Let Loose, by Edie Hill and Light of a Clear Blue Morning, written by Dolly Parton (Yep, Dolly Parton), with an evocative arrangement by Craig Hella Johnson. Featured composers also include Eric Whitacre, William Hawley, Frederick Delius, Renaissance masters John Farmer and Thomas Morley plus others.
March 30 – April 5, 2020
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This spring, SilverSounds Northwest is thrilled to celebrate its 10-year anniversary with I Love Rock & Roll! What better way to commemorate a decade of fun than by revisiting their greatest hits! Favorites by The Righteous Brothers, Bob Seger, The Four Seasons, Billy Joel, and The Beach Boys are guaranteed to have your toes tappin’. And, of course, no SilverSounds show would be complete without the dancing, storytelling, and hijinks for which they are known! This year, SilverSounds extends an invitation to former members to join them onstage for several beloved favorites. It’s going to be a weekend you don’t want to miss!
April 13–19, 2020
KCS and Philharmonia Northwest join forces at Benaroya Hall to celebrate Beethoven's 250th anniversary year, featuring the glorious Mass in C, and the triumphant Choral Fantasy with renowned pianist Craig Sheppard. Also featuring the Seattle premiere of Jake Runestad's stunning Beethoven tribute "A Silence Haunts Me."
Selections from Aaron Copland's Old American Songs form the backbone of this concert celebrating musical Americana. Local composers Morten Lauridsen, Tim Drewes, and Marc Fitchette sit alongside historical greats William Dawson and Leonard Bernstein. Also featured will be At the Water's Edge, a cycle by Kevin Siegfried on texts by Sarah Orne Jewett.
April 20–26, 2020
From Earth to the far reaches of the universe, let the Ensign Symphony illuminate the darkness with fun and exhilarating and music. Inspired by a talk given by Latter-day Saint apostle and former fighter pilot, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, you will be leaving the concert with a heroic torch of inspiration.
April 27 – May 3, 2020
KECHLEY, Psalm 100
BOULANGER, Psaume XXIV
WHITE, Psalm 46, Op. 14 [West Coast premiere]
RAVEL, Daphnis et Chloé
We close our 50th season in grand style at Benaroya Hall with jubilant psalm settings by Robert Kechley, Lili Boulanger and OSSCS music director William White. The grand finale is a rare performance of the complete score of Maurice Ravel’s dazzling “symphonie choréographique,” Daphnis et Chloé.
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May 4–10, 2020
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Please join us for a performance of this beloved masterpiece of J. S. Bach. Directed by Lynn Hall.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
May 11–17, 2020
We conclude our 27th season with an epic journey through the American songbook, featuring traditional and new hymnody and rousing spirituals. We welcome our 2019 Poet in Residence, Michael Dennis Browne, as we explore both text and sonority through readings of his poetry between our musical offerings. This ‘bright ring of words’ concludes with a world premiere collaboration between composer Kevin Siegfried and poet Michael Dennis Browne sung with joy and gusto by the inimitable Choral Arts Northwest.
Please join us for a performance of this beloved masterpiece of J. S. Bach. Directed by Lynn Hall.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
Johannes Brahms’ towering masterpiece has been called a human requiem, a requiem for the living, not the dead. It runs the gamut of emotions: sorrow, comfort, hope, triumph, and finally, peace. Don’t miss Master Chorus Eastside and festival orchestra in one of the truly great works of all time.
This spring, ChoralSounds Northwest will take the audience on a musical journey from 1920 to today, as we highlight the hits of popular genres in American music. Join us as we celebrate 100 years of favorite tunes, including Tin Pan Alley, the stages of Broadway, the songs that defined the changing decades in the mid-century, and the cultural anthems at the turn of the century, culminating in the recent years of recognizable chart-toppers. Hindsight is 2020 promises to be an exciting narrative of our identity and evolution as we look back on 100 years of favorite music!
British composer Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D for choir, orchestra, and soloists is a monumental achievement. Written in the mid-19th century, it was dismissed by critics who deemed female composers unequal to their male counterparts. Seattle Pro Musica hails this stunning and seldom-heard piece as more than equal.
We pair this groundbreaking work with Mozart’s beloved “Great” Mass in C minor for one performance only in the magnificent acoustic of St. James Cathedral.
This May, YouthSounds Northwest is excited to return to the stage at Glendale Lutheran Church for a Saturday afternoon performance kicking off spring in the Northwest! You won’t want to miss the delightful innocence and joy of our youngest singers as they perform this entertaining program, showcasing a wide variety of their musical skills. We hope you’ll join us and welcome the sunshine with a song and a smile!
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
This, our 11th annual gala event, will be an amazing evening of celebrating our mission to: "inspire, enrich and educate." Wonderful music and entertainment will be provided by members of Cora Voce and special guests. The evening includes a dinner buffet, both live and silent auctions, plus other opportunities to support Cora Voce. Cocktail attire is recommended for this special event. Doors will open at 5:30 pm.
May 25–31, 2020
Members of the Northwest Chamber Chorus have been singing for a long time. Most of us started in choir when we were in high school or earlier, and now, we truly can’t “Keep from Singing”. We'd like to pass that torch on to the next generation. In this program we are joined by students from the Tacoma School of the Arts (SOTA). We will sing side-by-side with these young musical spirits, and we expect that they will teach us as much or more than we teach them. Our collaboration includes one performance at Phinney Ridge Lutheran and one at Tacoma’s Rialto Theatre, just one block from SOTA. Featured composers will include Giselle Wyers, Margaret King, Sarah Quartel, Volckmar Leisring, Jake Runestad, Pärt Uusberg, and Randall Thompson. You’ll hear music from Zimbabwe, Estonia, South Africa, Venezuela, the German Renaissance, and Washington state. Join us as we celebrate the progress and the talents of tomorrow’s singers.
The hills are alive with the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein! You cain't say no to some of your favorite things; we promise you'll be whistling a happy tune after this show!
From The Andrews Sisters’ boogie-woogie beats to the Spice Girls’ “girl power” anthems, these supremely talented vocal groups have been the intoxicating soundtrack to life and love. Featuring songs from twenty of the biggest ensembles to grace the charts, including “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “Cruel Summer,” “Wide Open Spaces,” and “Survivor.”
June 1–7, 2020
All endings bring the hope of renewal. Musical descriptions of the Last Judgment and the Archangel Michael’s final defeat the devil include works of Scheidt, Vulpius, Franck, and Howells’ “A Sequence for St. Michael.” Jonathan Dove’s thrilling cycle, The Passing of the Year, closes our season with Tennyson’s words, “Ring in the thousand years of peace!”
For the fifth concert in our Masterworks series, ChoralSounds Northwest and VocalSounds Northwest collaborate with Northwest Symphony Orchestra to celebrate 250 years of Beethoven by performing his powerful and exquisite Mass in C, Op. 86. This earlier setting of his two masses shows Beethoven’s respect for Mozart and Haydn in this genre but also displays his own unique voice that continues to astound listeners two and a half centuries later. This performance will be offered in Burien and Bellevue.
A fun concert to start your summer travels! We will take a road trip across the country, featuring quirky sites, car songs and regional favorites along the way. Learn some fun facts about local music traditions and flavors!
Accustomed as we are to our bustling, secular lives, it can be difficult to imagine the richness of the world that developed behind the walls of the medieval cloister. Although they were under the absolute authority of the church, women there enjoyed an agency and self-direction that were hard to come by on the outside. Their most meaningful personal relationships and an often-profound spiritual renewal were tied to that community, and this autonomous life spawned religious practices and unique musical repertoires that are little-known today. Through their music, the MWC takes you behind the walls to experience the metaphysical landscape of the sequestered life.
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This is our most light-hearted concert of the year! Join us for a selection of memorable and fun music performed by the chorus as well as individual members.
June 8–14, 2020
Ticket prices are $27 at the door; in advance, ticket prices are $22 for general admission, $20 for seniors and people with special needs, and $10 for students.
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
To close out the season, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus will be celebrating freedom, life, and light from throughout the world by highlighting music from many different lands and cultures.
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June 15–21, 2020
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In the 1960s, a little record label out of Detroit released a new musical sound onto the airwaves, launching the careers of some of the most successful black artists of the 20th century and forever changing America. This concert is a celebration of the greatest hits of the Motown sound and the pop, R&B and soul music that grew in its wake.
June 22–28, 2020
No MCE season would be complete without our popular tribute to Independence Day in Issaquah’s historic Pickering Barn, with lots of sing alongs, historical commentary, and all-American music. It’s on Friday evening this year, so come early, bring the family, and order dinner through an on-site food truck! This year’s theme: Washington state history.
Join the Mill Creek Chorale and they visit iconic and historical sights in Scotland and Ireland, either as a singer or non-singer. Contact us for more information about the available package, provided by Sechrist Travel, and join us for the musical, experience, fun, and fellowship - June 28-July 9 with an extension to London, England, returning July 12!