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".

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.

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.

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.

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/.

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.

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.

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.

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, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, 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.

Outstanding women's a cappella vocal ensemble, Latvian Voices shares a wonderful afternoon of music with the Seattle-based Baltic women's ensemble, Mägi Ensemble and the Inglemoor High School Chamber Choir Women's Ensemble. Pre-concert lecture with Laura Jēkabsone and Guntis Šmidchens at 2pm.

Opus 7 begins its 28th season with a celebration of the moon and the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In the 20th century, nations raced to conquer it, while lovers basked in its moody, silvery light. Opus 7 will be performing works by a stellar group of composers who have lent their considerable talents to compositions revolving around the moon. You will hear works by Morten Lauridsen, Ildebrando PIzzetti, Antonín Dvořák, David Hamilton, Stephen Chatman, Bob Chilcott, Daniel Elder, Meredith Monk, Kile Smith, and Opus 7's Composer-in-Residence John Muehleisen.

Christina Siemens, piano

William Berry, trumpet

Roger Burnett & Amie Stewart, horn

Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.

Preferred Seating: $40 in advance; General Seating: $25 in advance, $30 at the door

Seniors: $20 in advance, $24 at the door

Students: Pay as able at the door with student ID

Opening our inaugural season is a program featuring Shaker arrangements by American composers and British partsongs.

SIEGFRIED Shaker songs
SHAKER Gentle Words
SHAKER Paradise
POSTON Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
THOMSON My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
RUTTER Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
SHAKER The Harvest
COPLAND Simple Gifts
SHAKER The Pure Fountain
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Call
arr. KASTANAS Old Churchyard

​SIEGFRIED At the water's edge
SHAKER In Yonder Valley
HAMMOND The Humble Heart
WATTS Blooming Vale
SIEGFRIED Angels Hovering 'Round
IRELAND The Hills

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.

Vocalpoint! Seattle presents, “The Name Game” - a high energy music revue, featuring some of rock’s greatest name songs by artists from the 1960s, 70s & 80s! Featuring music by The Beach Boys, Manhattan Transfer, Bruce Springsteen, Three Dog Night, Rickie Lee Jones, The Turtles, Fleetwood Mack, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and many others. “The Name Game” features the vocal, dance, and dramatic talents of the 34-member Vocalpoint! Seattle ensemble, a select group of high school men and women from throughout the Puget Sound region.

Join us for a sneak peek of the season’s repertoire, featuring a sampling from each of our five auditioned choirs, including our traditional round showing how girls’ voices grow and mature. Free admission and cookie/cider reception to follow.

Featuring Fresca, Amabile, Vivace, Amore and Ensemble.

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.

The Sound Singers Japanese Choir celebrate their 10th anniversary. Appearances and reminiscences from old friends, retrospectives, and lots of great music. We also feature our awesome Japanese bake sale prior to the concert.

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.

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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Meridian Ensemble's new program ‘The Gravity of Beauty’ provides the Seattle area audiences with a rare opportunity to hear some of Russia’s finest secular choral repertoire created by such leading Russian composers of choral music in late 19th – early 20th centuries as Kalinnikov, Arensky, Kui, and Rachmaninov. The program also features a few gems by European masters of choral music – Saint-Saent, Brahms, Reger, Elgar – who developed artistic ties with Russia and greatly enriched cultural exchange between Russia and the West during that era.

Saturday 11/23, 7:00 PM, Magnolia United Church of Christ, Seattle

Sunday 11/24, 2:00 PM, Saint Clement's Episcopal Church, Seattle

Tickets are available at door and at: https://meridianensemble.net/events

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.

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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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.”

Doors open at 2:40pm. Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.

We are excited to have Doug Fullington as guest conductor for AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS, a fun and lively performance of early American music from New England, Appalachian, and Shaker traditions. AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS is a perfect performance for families, friends, and children to celebrate the holiday season. Raucous tunes in the shapenote tradition; simple, heartfelt Shaker melodies; and the proud and vigorous New England "primitive" style will take the audience on a journey discovering holiday fare from the variety of traditions that combine to create America's vital and inspiring musical heritage. This narrated performance features songs and carols for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year.

PROGRAM

William BILLINGS: O praise the Lord of heaven
Nehemiah SHUMWAY: Schenectady
William WALKER: Sweet prospect
Joseph STEPHENSON: Anthem from Luke
Edward FRENCH: New Bethlehem
Jeremiah INGALLS: Redemption
BILLINGS: Judea
BILLINGS: Shiloh
STEPHENSON: Milford
SHAKER: I will bow and be simple
SHAKER: Love is little
SHAKER: Lay me low
SHAKER: New Year’s greeting
TRADITIONAL: I saw three ships
TRADITIONAL: Joys Seven
TRADITIONAL: The cherry tree
Daniel READ: Sherburne

You are invited to join the Mill Creek Chorale for their annual Holiday Concert at Bothell United Methodist Church, conveniently located next to Bothell High School and Downtown Bothell.

This holiday concert will feature Sacred and Secular music with titles that include -

Away in a Manger - Ola Gjeilo

Festival First Nowell - Dan Forrest

Wexford Carol - Elaine Hagenberg

I wish you Christmas - John Rutter

His Light in Us - Kim André Arnesen

Ain't That-A Rockin' - Stacey V. Gibbs

Christmas on Broadway, Childhood Christmas Favorites, and Baby, It's Cold Outside...

Jonathon Stafford and Sarah Moran, directors

Liz Hopkins, piano

Cookie Sale!

Shop for holiday treats at the show.

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.

Bring your family and friends to the Northwest Repertory Singers celebration of the Christmas season! Featuring Vivaldi’s Gloria with orchestra, contrasting modern works, and traditional carols for choir and audience.

A fun romp through revamped Christmas Classics, with a Rousing Raffle to follow!

Join us for a musical feast of carols and sacred works that has a little something for everyone. We are also excited to feature several pieces by local composer Robert Kechley.

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.

Two Concerts | Two Venues!

Saturday, December 7, 2019 | 2:00pm
First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Ave W, Seattle
Featuring Amabile, Vivace, and Amore

Sunday, December 8, 2019 | 2:00pm
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Featuring Fresca, Vivace, and Amore

From beautiful settings of the Magnificat and L’dor Vador, to gems like “Winter Wonderland” and “Children, Go Where I Send Thee,” to songs from the Phillipines, Norway, and Greece, you’ll hear exciting repertoire that honors family traditions and music that have been passed down through the generations. We’ll be joined on stage by generations of treble-singing family members and alums to perform our concert finale, “Catch the Spirit, Share the Magic.” Stay tuned on how you can get involved!

Join Bellevue Youth Choirs for an afternoon celebrating the beauty and wonder of Heaven and Earth. Works by Gwyneth Walker and John Rutter will joyfully welcome you and your family to the holiday season! Our choristers will also invite the audience to join in a sing-a-long of our favorite winter songs.
Featuring the Prima, Intermezzo, Schola Voce, Cantare, Cambiata, and Premier Choirs.

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!

Bring in the holiday season with traditional Norwegian songs and new favorites!
After the concert, enjoy a lovely dessert buffet!

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. Featuring The Pinkham Christmas Cantata with Brass Quintet and music from Beethoven, Bach and Lauridsen.

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.

Ring in the holiday season with Seattle Girls Choir! 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!

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.

Scandinavia has contributed many traditions that we see celebrated in the United States, such as Advent wreaths, candles, and calendars. Christmas seals were first seen in Denmark. And the Scandinavian culture in turn adopted other European Christmas traditions, such as the German Christmas tree and the Dutch Santa Claus. The musical traditions are equally charming. Scandinavian Christmas music, often based on folk songs, blends cheer and melancholy into a unique sound.

The Seattle Choral Company will present a broad range of music from this region, from simple folk song arrangements to sophisticated classical settings of traditional and modern texts, including these works:

“Advent” by Otto Olsson
“Forunderligt at sige” by Carl Nielsen
“Jul Jul, Strålande Jul” by Gustav Nordqvist
“Det hev ei rose sprunge” by Ola Gjeilo
“Ave Maris Stella” by Edvard Grieg
“Gaudete” Suite arr. by Anders Öhrwall
“En etsi valtaa loistoa” by Jan Sibelius
“Sankta Lucia” arr. by Barlow Bradford
“Marjatan Jouluvirsi” by Einojuhani Rautavaara

Pre-concert talk @ 7:00 pm
Family carol sing-along @ 7:30 pm
Concert begins @ 8:00 pm

The choirs of Seattle Children’s Chorus will celebrate the season through their performances of glorious choral anthems and carols, telling the extraordinary story of “One Starry Night”, the night heaven came to earth. The skies over Bethlehem were lit up with unforgettable light, including one particular star that captured the attention of humble shepherds and traveling kings. The sights and sounds filling the heavens that night have been the inspiration of composers for over two thousand years.

Our 1:00p.m. concert features our younger choirs including: Poco a Poco, Brio and Intermezzo. This concert will sing the story from a younger child’s perspective. The celebration will be an interactive and family friendly performance.

Our 4:00p.m. performance featuring Arioso, Camerata and Coro Vivo presents the story in a more formal concert setting.

Come celebrate the wonders of this season through the angelic sounds of our SCC Choirs.

The choirs of Seattle Children’s Chorus will celebrate the season through their performances of glorious choral anthems and carols, telling the extraordinary story of “One Starry Night”, the night heaven came to earth. The skies over Bethlehem were lit up with unforgettable light, including one particular star that captured the attention of humble shepherds and traveling kings. The sights and sounds filling the heavens that night have been the inspiration of composers for over two thousand years.

Our 1:00p.m. concert features our younger choirs including: Poco a Poco, Brio and Intermezzo. This concert will sing the story from a younger child’s perspective. The celebration will be an interactive and family friendly performance.

Our 4:00p.m. performance featuring Arioso, Camerata and Coro Vivo presents the story in a more formal concert setting.

Come celebrate the wonders of this season through the angelic sounds of our SCC Choirs.

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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.

Holiday classics and contemporary songs, all with delightful barbershop harmony. The SeaChordsmen will be joined by two Sweet Adelines (women) Choruses and Ballard High School youth choruses in a festival of a cappella music for the season. And audience sing-alongs will probably break out. Past shows have sold out, so get your tickets as soon as you can. And check back regularly for updates.

Old traditions take on new life, and new traditions take root in Choir of the Sound’s celebration of the holiday season. From the medieval melodies of Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols," to fresh arrangements of classic Christmas songs, to carols for the new millennium by Pentatonix and Tom Lehrer, this show will bridge past and present to revive your love of the winter holidays and get you in the mood to welcome Yule!

We will be singing the following pieces in our Fall Concert Series of four concerts.

Brightest & Best - Shawn Kirchner

Sure on this Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen

Sicut Locutus Est - Bach

Magnificat in C Major - Schubert

Glory to God in the Highest - Pergolesi

For Unto Us a Child is Born - Handel

Silent Night - arr. Dan Forest

O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen

The Ground - Ola Gjeilo

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).

Wintersong offers an evening of reflection on our world and our place in it. In this performance that opens our second season, Vox Pacifica, directed by Wendy Bloom along with Emily Gantt on piano, will address the themes of home, peace, and connection through the music of Ola Gjeilo, Joan Szymko, Gwyneth Walker, and Stephen Paulus. The choir will also perform Benjamin Britten’s much beloved ‘Ceremony of Carols’ with guest soloist Teresa Lenssen, accompanied on harp by Alishia Joubert, along with several traditional Hanukkah songs beautifully arranged by Charles Baker. Please join our family of singers for this special December program.

Expect old favorites and new wonders, in a truly inclusive take on the meaning of our holiday traditions. And, of course, there will be an audience sing-along of holiday favorites.

This concert will feature our Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi and Lyrica choirs.

This concert will feature out Bel Canto Children's Choir and Cantabile Vocal Ensemble.

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.

We invite you for an elegant and reflective concert celebrating the holiday season.

The program includes Benjamin Britten’s stunning choral masterpiece, A Ceremony of Carols, for harp and treble voices. You'll also hear beautiful new settings of ancient carols by John Rutter, Paul Carey, and Sarah Quartel.

Featuring Prime Voci of Seattle Girls Choir, Juliet Stratton on harp, and Susanna Valleau on piano.

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.

Hugo Distler’s Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (“The Christmas Story”) is one of the rare large-scale masterpieces for unaccompanied chorus to emerge from the twentieth century. Composing in mid-century Germany, Distler integrated elements of medieval style into his nevertheless modern musical language. Die Weihnachtsgeschichte recounts the Biblical story with a featured role for solo tenor. The other shorter works on this concert give glimpses of the Christmas story with an unusual twist, whether it be from the point of view of Joseph, an adolescent Jesus teased by other children, the shepherds regretting the holy family’s departure, or worshipful oxen in their Victorian stable.

Join us for a musical feast of carols and sacred works that has a little something for everyone. We are also excited to feature several pieces by local composer Robert Kechley.

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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Join us on Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 10am to 2pm for our annual holiday Christmas market! For the second year, l’Alliance Française de Seattle has partnered with Goethe Pop Up Seattle to bring you a true European Christmas Market experience, featuring handmade arts, crafts, and products from local artisans and businesses. Discover typical French and German holiday drinks, food and delicatessen, enjoy French and German choir performances and make sure not to miss Santa’s visit!

The Christmas Market will take place in the Chapel Performance Space (4th floor) in the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103).

The Christmas Market will benefit educational and cultural programs of l’Alliance Française de Seattle in 2020.

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.

The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 41-year tradition with the presentation of its 2019 A Festival of Lessons & Carols concert series featuring eight regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.

Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.

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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

Fun and lively Chanukah Concert. 4 pm on Sunday December 15th at Temple Beth Am. Some new arrangements along with some old favorites. And, of course, our traditional bake sale with Challah and goodies galore. Families welcome. Ticket discount available for Seniors and Children. No one will be turned away for the cost of a ticket. So come and start your Chanukah celebrations at the Seattle Jewish Chorale’s December 15th Concert.

Nothing says “Happy Holidays” quite like Christmas lights twinkling off the brassy bell of a tuba! This Christmas we’re inviting a whole set of brass players to join us, also including trumpets, French horns, and trombones, plus a cohort of percussionists! We’ll give a nod to the brass-and-vocal choirs of the late Renaissance and to the British colliery (brass band) tradition, add a sprinkling of familiar Christmas tunes, and cap the concert with John Rutter’s thrilling Gloria.

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!

Our performances are sure to live up to this reminiscent name! Featuring fun and energetic selections such as “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Feliz Navidad,” this concert will entertain the whole family. We will be accompanied by the region’s top instrumentalists forming a rockin’ quartet, including our very own Debbie DeMiero. And, with musical offerings from Hanukkah and Kwanza, we are excited to celebrate the entire holiday season with you. It’s a time for coming together, being merry, and most of all, it’s a season for singing. Bring the whole family and be enriched together.

Prum! Ding-Dong! Pat-a-pan! Allelulia! Come see the ladies of The Lake Washington Singers as they regale you with the sounds of the season from throughout the world. Travel with us as we sing holiday repertoire from England, Russia, Liberia, Ukraine, Mexico, Germany, and more. Genres include classical, folk, spirituals, jazz, and pop and include compositions from Mozart, Britten, P.D.Q. Bach, and more.

With such a varied program, your toes will be tappin', smiles will be happen'n, and you are guaranteed to leave hummin' a tune.

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, Sarah Riskind, 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!

Northwest Sound is excited to present its annual holiday shows with a stirring mix of new songs and popular favorites, featuring outstanding quartets from within the chorus, introducing our new mixed voice chorus Northwest Mix, and special guests Emerald City Voices who showcase a unique blend of music and humor.

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.

Join us for two separate performances. Our younger choirs, Dolce and Bel Canto perform at 5:30 p.m.; our older choirs, Coro Voce, Cantabile and Forza perform at 7:30 p.m.

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.

St. James Cathedral Resident Ensemble Opus 7 welcomes the holiday season with a stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas. This concert features Gerald Finzi’s Magnificat, selections from Frank Ferko’s Hildegard Motets and Benjamin Britten’s Christ’s Nativity, John Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of Light, Wisconsin composer Nancy Wertsch’s Antiphon for God the Father, and music by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. Pacific Northwest composers will be represented by Jessica French, Peter Hallock and Opus 7’s own composer-in-residence, John Muehleisen. Please join us as we present sublime choral sounds of the season with Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble under the baton of Artistic Director Loren Pontén.

Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.

Reserved Seating is available by advance donation.

Suggested donation is $40 in advance for Preferred Seating, $25 in advance, $30 at the door for General Seating, $20 in advance, $24 at the door for Seniors and students donate as able at the door with student ID.

Brighten up your holidays with this festive concert from The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Our ever popular holiday program will include stunning arrangements of seasonal favorites, a glorious gospel showstopper, a festive sing-along, and the kind of joyful surprises that we are known for!

We will be singing the following pieces in our Fall Concert Series of four concerts.

Brightest & Best - Shawn Kirchner

Sure on this Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen

Sicut Locutus Est - Bach

Magnificat in C Major - Schubert

Glory to God in the Highest - Pergolesi

For Unto Us a Child is Born - Handel

Silent Night - arr. Dan Forest

O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen

The Ground - Ola Gjeilo

Join us for wonderful holiday and seasonal songs at Seattle First Baptist Church. $20 suggested donation. Refreshments to follow.

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.”

We invite you for an elegant and reflective concert celebrating the holiday season.

The program includes Benjamin Britten’s stunning choral masterpiece, A Ceremony of Carols, for harp and treble voices. You'll also hear beautiful new settings of ancient carols by John Rutter, Paul Carey, and Sarah Quartel.

Featuring Prime Voci of Seattle Girls Choir, Juliet Stratton on harp, and Susanna Valleau on piano.

The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 41-year tradition with the presentation of its 2019 A Festival of Lessons & Carols concert series featuring eight regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.

Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.

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.

Savor the rich culture of the Americas in this program featuring over a dozen different North, Central, and Southern American composers. Argentinian composer Fernando Moruja’s rarely heard Piezas Sacras sets the stage with a message of light and hope. Several pieces with percussion as well as Spanish and Haitian creole holiday texts will get the audience tapping their feet. North American composers Barnum, Lauridsen and Runestad offer prayers for victims and for immigrants. We offer this concert in solidarity, with messages of hospitality, light, love, and hope for a better tomorrow!

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.

Brighten up your holidays with this festive concert from The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Our ever popular holiday program will include stunning arrangements of seasonal favorites, a glorious gospel showstopper, a festive sing-along, and the kind of joyful surprises that we are known for!

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.

The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 41-year tradition with the presentation of its 2019 A Festival of Lessons & Carols concert series featuring eight regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.

Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.

This holiday program is sure to delight and bring a smile! Opus 7 performs a concert of light and fanciful settings of Christmas carols and holiday favorites. The program will include selections of Alfred Burt carols and arrangements by Sir David Willcocks, William Walton, Lajos Bárdos, Stephen Paulus, and many others. Please join us for this journey through Christmas traditions around the world.

Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.

Preferred Seating: $40 in advance

General Seating: $25 in advance, $30 at the door

Seniors: $20 in advance, $24 at the door

Students: Pay as able at the door with student ID

Kulshan Chorus takes the stage at the Mount Baker Theatre on January 4, 2020. Our performance, "Light is Returning" shows how hope transcends even the darkest hour. Artistic Director, Dustin Willetts, has chosen several songs which present stories of triumph over adversity. Join us as we sing works by award winning-composer Jake Runestad, alongside fabulous others such as Craig Hella Johnson, Pentatonix, & Gawthrop. It will be an uplifting evening to remember!