J.S. Bach's Magnificat, Britten's Ceremony of Carols, plus works by Jocelyn Hagen and others.

Sisters of the Common Life, Brothers of the Common Life: These were terms used in the Middle Ages to refer to religious communities who lived apart from the world. They followed a movement called the Devotio Moderna, a new style of devotion that emphasized individual experience and spiritual fulfillment, and in which music played a crucial role in generating and supporting the piety and emotion needed for adequate faith. But this was nothing new. The music may have been different, but the role of music in the devotional life, be it modern or traditional, was well established, and it led to some of the most inspiring musical creations of the time. Join us as we celebrate the holiday seasons of Advent and Christmas by exploring the musical traditions of Devotio in all its aspects.

Wellspring will be sharing the stage with our friends, Resonate, an amazing octet from the Maple Valley area. Inspiring to be like Voces8, this group will not disappoint!

We will also be sharing the stage with Shorecrest High School and Auburn Riverside Highschool

Seattle’s holiday tradition is back with glitter, lights and carols! Deck the Halls with more fa-la-la than ever. Come out for nostalgia, hilarity, a Christmas Conga and an unforgettable sing-along.

Looking for Christmas music imbued with mystery and majesty? Search no further than France. Seasonal music by mid-twentieth-century composer Francis Poulenc is richly imbued by harmonies and phrasing that convey a unique sensibility. Sacred works by his prominent contemporaries, Duruflé and Messiaen, further paint the harmonic picture. And this special sound didn’t spring from nowhere. One can even hear it in early Renaissance masters such as Dufay, Ockeghem, and Josquin. This concert mixes the sacred and the secular to bring a broad view of French holiday music. Come to hear the special sounds of a French Christmas.

Peace on earth and goodwill to all. Come join us for our first MainStage concert of the season, "Goodwill" where we celebrate the season of joy and giving. This performance features our Prima, Intermezzo, and Coda choirs. We kindly ask that audience members share in our goodwill offering by bringing a non-perishable food item to share. These items will be donated to Food Lifeline.

The Northwest Chorale, directed by Lynn Hall, will perform Handel's "Messiah" on December 3, 6:00 pm at Eastside Church in Bothell and December 10, 7:00 pm at First Free Methodist Church, Seattle. The Chorale will be joined by professional soloists and orchestra.

Admission is complimentary; free will offering will be taken, with all proceeds to be donated to food banks in our region. December 3 performance may be shortened to accommodate the church's schedule.

Join us to celebrate this beloved holiday tradition and support local food banks.

Adults $22, Senior, Student and active military $18

~~ Sail with us on a sea of stars, where the moon shines brightly, and every darkness is forgotten. ~~
Mark your calendars and SAVE THESE DATES (Dec 2 & 3) to join two of Bellingham's newest choral groups, VOX PACIFICA and CHOIR OF THE SALISH SEA for Sea & Stars, an intoxicating musical journey that will include works by Joan Szymko, Randall Thompson, Jake Runestad, Philippe Nicolai, Trond Kverno, Duncan Tuomi, Amy Beach and more....

SEA & STARS will be directed by Wendy Bloom and Kevin Allen-Schmid.

After 17 years of leadership, our Music Director Mark Kloepper will conduct his final season with the Northwest Chamber Chorus. This December, we’ll take a look over our shoulder at our traditions, our families, our memories. In our music and in our community, where have we been? Who has taught us? What families have nurtured us? Where have we drawn inspiration?

Featured composers will include Melanie DeMore, Eleanor Daley, Susan LaBarr, Randall Thompson, Benjamin Britten, Eric Whitacre, Claudio Monteverdi, Jake Runestad, and George Shearing.

12/4 Livestream: https://youtu.be/0kqH7daRSL0
12/10 Livestream: https://youtu.be/SIGsifPDreI

In the final concert of our 29th season, The Esoterics will commemorate THE WANDERERS of our Solar System – known in ancient Greek as πλάνητες (plānetes) – with the West Coast premiere of Timothy Takach’s choral sojourn, Helios. This fifteen-movement, concert-length work begins in the outermost reaches of the Solar System, with Pluto, and travels inward, to our Sun. The libretto of Helios is a combination of published and commissioned poems from contemporary writers as well as translations of ancient texts, and the theme of each planetary movement is inspired by the mythology or science of its namesake.

Positioned at the nexus of science, faith, and humanity, Helios includes a narrative of control and chaos, exploring that which is within our control, that which is not, and showing that we have the power to change our trajectory. The music provides a constantly changing landscape of textures, soundscapes, vocal techniques and harmonic language.

To accompany his astronomical work, Tim commissioned a series of visual projections that will run simultaneously with the concert. He collaborated with Deborah Johnson (aka CandyStations), an interdisciplinary artist and designer who has created projections for Sufjan Stevens, Sofi Tukker, St Vincent, Kronos Quartet, and Wilco.

The Esoterics will be treating our audience to the Pacific Northwest premiere of Helios with these new projections. Please join us!

Featuring Con Brio and Concord, the two adult choirs of Columbia Choirs, this concert will explore the theme of Gratitude with works ranging from A La Media Noche, a traditional Puerto Rican song arranged by Joan Szymko, to Domine Fili Unigenite by Antonia Vivaldi. This concert will also feature a combined performance of George Chung's choral setting of "North", a contemporary song written by indie rock band Sleeping at Last.

Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Awake the Harp - Mozart
Alleluia - R. Manuel
The Heavens Are Telling - Hadyn
Stars I Shall Find - Dickau
Rejoice and Be Merry - J. Rutter
This Little Babe - Britten
Ding Dong Merrily On High - Wilberg
Silent Night - Forrest

Our December concert celebrates beginnings: the birth of a baby, first steps on a journey, or tiny shoots hidden in the snow. Beginnings are filled with hope, with excitement, and maybe even a bit of trepidation. Seattle Children’s Chorus embraces the beginnings with curiosity to learn more and with vigor to face challenges. 11am-Younger Concert, 2pm-Youth Concert

Behold the Star is the holiday concert of our New American Composers series, featuring composer Shruthi Rajasekar. Composer and vocalist Rajasekar explores identity, community, and joy.

Our poignant adaptation of Charles Dickens beloved classic A Christmas Carol, for chorus and readers theater, is back! Encounter the true spirit of Christmas in this timeless tale of redemption and joy: with David Ketter and John Deveney returning once more as the Narrator and Scrooge.

Annual Christmas concert collaboration between our two adult choirs.

The Lake Washington Singers invite you to celebrate the holidays with a festive evening of seasonal music, including special guest performance by the Redmond High School Concert Choir. During intermission, enjoy cookies, punch or coffee, and a chance to win one of two wonderful baskets of happy holiday goodies. Get your tickets today and join us for a jolly good night of music!

The Family Holiday Concert is a shorter (approximately one hour long) concert, comprised of selections from the same repertoire as the full-length Peace and Joy concert, appropriate for all ages.

The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 44th annual presentation of A Festival of Lessons & Carols this December. These holiday concerts showcase the 80-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 90-minute classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by traditional carols performed by the choir.

Children five years of age and older are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. Out of respect to all patrons, please no babes in arms.

“Of the three wise men
Who followed the star,
One was a brown king
From afar.”

Langston Hughes

This special annual holiday event will amplify messages of diversity and hope for
this festive season. The Ballad of the Brown King, a Christmas cantata composed
by Margaret Bonds, in collaboration with poet Langston Hughes, will be
performed in Seattle for the first time. Written in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr,
Bonds’ nine-movement choral work focuses on Balthazar, the “Brown King” of
the Three Kings, who traveled to Bethlehem to witness the nativity scene.
Seasonal works composed and arranged by musicians of color round out this
family holiday tradition. As always, a candlelit rendition of Silent Night concludes
the concert.

Pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. with SCC Director Freddie Coleman

Magnolia Chorale invites you to join us for our December concert series, "Good Tidings–A Global Celebration." Our new music director Joseph To has created a lush repertoire that celebrates love, laughter, and togetherness in the songs of many cultures—from the African Noel, to songs for Hanukkah, to medieval carols, and more. The program will feature a string quartet. We are also honoring the people of Ukraine with three pieces that create a vision of stars amidst the snow. ​

Redmond Chorale presents their 2022 Holiday season with carols of Western & Eastern Europe as well as some contemporary favorites.

Seattle’s holiday tradition is back with glitter, lights and carols! Deck the Halls with more fa-la-la than ever. Come out for nostalgia, hilarity, a Christmas Conga and an unforgettable sing-along.

Seattle Girls Choir is partnering with our Volunteer Park SDA Church to hold a fundraising concert for the students of Lowell Elementary, our neighborhood public school just a few blocks away from the choir center. Lowell Elementary serves a high population of housing insecure students, and tries to provide the services these students need within a very limited budget. The goal of this fundraiser will be to hold a festive and fun holiday concert featuring Dolcine, Prime Voci, and Sorella, while also raising awareness for the needs of this school and its students. Community members are invited to attend the concert free of charge, with the opportunity to make a donation towards Lowell during or after the event.

Six RYC ensembles perform accompanied by professional instrumentalists. RYC's eclectic repertoire of traditional and contemporary styles promises a 'TLC' -Tear, Laugh, Chill Bump) holiday experience.

Bring the whole family to join in the audience sing-a-longs and holiday fun. Enjoy great musical variety from medieval to contemporary selections from many cultures sung by these dynamic singers under the direction of an award-winning staff of experienced choral directors.

These groups perform separately and in different combinations that keep audiences engaged from start to finish: Primo Voce, grades 2-4, directed by Brittney Clegg and Brad Wills; Bella Voce, grades 5-6, directed by RYC Founder and Artistic Director, Leora Schwitters; Colla Voce, grades 6-8, directed by Jackie Grant; Consonare, grades 9-12, directed by Brian Hoskins.

Applications are being accepted now to join in January at RainierYouthChoirs.org

Join us in celebration of our 50th anniversary, 50 Seasons of Song!

Opening our 2022–2023 season of live concerts, Whatcom Chorale and Sinfonia return to the Mt. Baker Theatre with a powerful and uplifting presentation of George Frideric Handel’s Messiah! Messiah stands as a pinnacle of choral composition, overshadowing virtually everything else the baroque master wrote during his fifty-year career. Beginning with its Dublin debut in 1742, critics rhapsodized over the oratorio’s captivating effect on the listener. As reported in The Dublin Journal: “Words are wanting to express the exquisite Delight [Messiah] afforded to the admiring crowded Audience. The Sublime, the Grand, and the Tender, adapted to the most elevated, majestic and moving Words, conspired to transport and charm the ravished Heart and Ear.” The reviewer’s enthusiastic praise still rings true, for in 280 years of presentations by all manner of ensembles, grandiose, intimate, professional, and improvised, this glorious work has retained its popularity and quite possibly ranks as the most performed piece of classical music in history.

For our Friday evening concert, we are joined by soloists Serena Eduljee, soprano; Sherrie Kahn, mezzo soprano; Jason Parker, tenor; and Michael Drumheller, bass. Soloists Eduljee and Drumheller, both favorites in the Pacific Northwest opera and classical music scenes, will be remembered for their incomparable performances in our 2019 presentation of Messiah. We are especially proud to feature two of our own Chorale singers, Kahn and Parker, as soloists in this concert. Both are well known to local audiences, Kahn as a frequent soloist with Whatcom Chorale and for her benefit recitals, and Parker as co-director of the Summer Musical Institute for all Bellingham High Schools, presenting “Mamma Mia,” and soloist in the Chorale’s presentation of Beethoven’s Choral Fantasy in May 2022. Whatcom Chorale Sinfonia members, a talented and dedicated group of regional instrumentalists joining us for this concert, round out this not-to-be-missed event.

The Northwest Chorale, directed by Lynn Hall, will perform Handel's "Messiah" on December 3, 6:00 pm at Eastside Church in Bothell and December 10, 7:00 pm at First Free Methodist Church, Seattle. The Chorale will be joined by professional soloists and orchestra.

Admission is complimentary; free will offering will be taken, with all proceeds to be donated to food banks in our region. December 3 performance may be shortened to accommodate the church's schedule.

Join us to celebrate this beloved holiday tradition and support local food banks.

Opus 7 is delighted to present our second concert of our 30th-anniversary Year of Celebration - music for Advent and Christmas with harp, handbells, choir & soloists - December 10th at St. James Cathedral.

Celebrate the Joy and Mystery of the season at Seattle's most iconic sacred space.

MAGNIFICAT -
a sparkling work for soprano soloist, solo treble trio, and mixed choir by Belgian composer Rudi Tas

HYMN TO THE THEOTOKOS -
world premiere of this Orthodox hymn setting by Los Angeles-based composer Michael Paraskevas

Music for harp and choir, including
The First Miracle from This Night by John Muehleisen
Two works for choir and harp by Bern Herbolsheimer

More Advent and Christmas music by Herbert Howells, Morton Lauridsen, John Tavener, Steven Martland, and Zolton Kodaly

Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble
Loren Pontén, founder & artistic director
Clarice Alfonso, soprano
Alison Austin, harp

Saturday, December 10th 8:00 p.m.
St. James Cathedral
804 Ninth Ave, Seattle

Note regarding the covid protocol:

Proof of vaccination is no longer required for Opus 7 events. The CDC and King County Public Health continue to strongly recommend you wear a mask at large indoor events. While not required, we encourage all concert attendees to wear masks while community spread continues. We ask that all audience members be respectful of each other's choices. This policy is subject to change following local health and CDC guidelines.

This Christmas, the Vashon Island Chorale celebrates the 150th birthday of the English composer Ralph Vaughan Williams. His Fantasia on Christmas Carols has been a favorite for over a century, and his less-well-known Benedicite provides suitable panache. Amid shorter, seasonally appropriate Vaughan Williams works, we’ll also present music by his two dear friends, Gustav Holst and Gerald Finzi, including the latter’s Christmas scene, In terra pax. The Chorale will be joined by a string orchestra of local players plus soloists Jennifer and Andrew Krikawa.

The Bainbridge Chorale presents Peace and Joy, featuring works by a variety of composers and styles spanning the centuries, from the Renaissance to the 21st century, culminating in the world premiere performance of a new work by the Chorale’s Artistic Director Michael Austin Miller.

"Peace On Earth" is exactly the concert your spirit needs. Included in the evening performance is the premier of our commissioned work, "Voices Still Can Rise," with text inspired by members of the chorus during the recent dark months of the early pandemic. Choosing to be light, and choosing to sing light in even the darkest of times, is why we exist. Join us on December 10th and allow us to sing for you. ASL interpretation services provided by The Language Exchange. Parking is available at the First Presbyterian Church lot at the corner of Garden and East Laurel streets. Overflow parking is in the Central Lutheran Church lot at the corner of North Forest and East Laurel streets. Masks are optional but encouraged. Singers are all vaccinated and will be tested for COVID within 24 hours of the concert.

Olympia Youth Chorus proudly presents, "A Season of Peace" featuring the music of our Dolce, Bel Canto, Coro Voce and Cantabile ensembles performing seasonal favorites and music with a message of peace. Admission is free with donations accepted for a designated local nonprofit organization.

Join the Northwest Firelight Chorale as we delight in the wonder of this special time of year! Our festive program of seasonal favorites and contemporary holiday gems reflects the magic made by celebrating time-honored traditions and creating new ones with friends and family. We can’t wait to share the spirit of the season with you as we present songs bursting with emotion, gorgeous melodies, and the signature Firelighter choralography you know and love!

After 17 years of leadership, our Music Director Mark Kloepper will conduct his final season with the Northwest Chamber Chorus. This December, we’ll take a look over our shoulder at our traditions, our families, our memories. In our music and in our community, where have we been? Who has taught us? What families have nurtured us? Where have we drawn inspiration?

Featured composers will include Melanie DeMore, Eleanor Daley, Susan LaBarr, Randall Thompson, Benjamin Britten, Eric Whitacre, Claudio Monteverdi, Jake Runestad, and George Shearing.

12/4 Livestream: https://youtu.be/0kqH7daRSL0
12/10 Livestream: https://youtu.be/SIGsifPDreI

Holiday fun for the whole family! A 45 year old community choir, the Cascade Foothills Chorale, is grateful and excited to connect to the community with a festive, live choral concert this year.

We're so glad to be back in person for our holiday concert this year. Please join us as we present our all-voices holiday concert, "We're Back for the Holidays!"

Also featuring: Sound Harmony Chorus, Ballard High School Chamber Choir, Ballard High School Tenor/Bass Ensemble, Quartets

Featuring the four youngest ensembles of Columbia Choirs - Prima, Melodia, Harmonia, and Ragazzi - this concert will celebrate the spirit of Gratitude through performance of a wide variety of pieces including The Moon by Andy Beck, Parade of the Wooden Soldiers by Greg Gilpin, and Sesere Eeye, a traditional song and dance from the Torres Strait Islands.

Featuring the three youth ensembles of Columbia Choirs - Lyrica, Bel Canto, and Cantabile - this concert will explore a multitude of interpretations of Gratitude through choral works such as Goodnight Moon by Eric Whitacre, Canto de Pilón by Cristian Grases, and more.

Ave Verum Corpus - Mozart
Awake the Harp - Mozart
Alleluia - R. Manuel
The Heavens Are Telling - Hadyn
Stars I Shall Find - Dickau
Rejoice and Be Merry - J. Rutter
This Little Babe - Britten
Ding Dong Merrily On High - Wilberg
Silent Night - Forrest

Join Northwest Girlchoir singers and several new artistic staff members as we celebrate songs of the winter season. Featured are historical songs from French composer Claude Debussy and anonymous manuscripts from 14th century Spain and 15th century England; songs from folk traditions in Puerto Rico, England, and early American shape note singing communities; traditional Chanukah songs, including an arrangement by long-time NWGC friend Valerie Shields; and contemporary and traditional Christmas favorites.

We are thrilled to announce the return of the audience singalong during these concerts, so masks will be required of all concertgoers.

Behold the Star is the holiday concert of our New American Composers series, featuring composer Shruthi Rajasekar. Composer and vocalist Rajasekar explores identity, community, and joy.

Ensign Symphony & Chorus invites you to our Christmas concert, Blessings in Bethlehem. Featuring Christmas favorites, this will be a musical celebration of the birth of Jesus Christ, complete with audience participation. This is sure to be a favorite and we hope it becomes an annual tradition for you and your family.

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

Listen as Seattle Girls Choir expertly performs Benjamin Britten’s stunning choral masterpiece, A Ceremony of Carols, for harp and treble voices. You'll also be treated to some familiar (and perhaps some not as familiar) carols that are sure to provide space for reflection and hope as we make our way through the darkest nights of the winter.

Featuring Prime Voci of Seattle Girls Choir and Juliet Stratton on harp.

The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 44th annual presentation of A Festival of Lessons & Carols this December. These holiday concerts showcase the 80-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 90-minute classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by traditional carols performed by the choir.

Children five years of age and older are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. Out of respect to all patrons, please no babes in arms.

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 winter songs for treble voices featuring all seven of its auditioned choir levels. Along with familiar tunes, you’ll be introduced to some new songs that are sure to become holiday classics. Join us as we fill Town Hal with a lovely selection of holiday music sure to delight everyone!

Harmonia’s signature piece, we once again present our raucous rendition of this beloved masterwork. With the spirited interplay of our two double harpsichords, our commitment to singing and playing every single note of the score, and a number of special interpolations and traditions, you haven’t experienced Messiah until you’ve heard Harmonia perform it.

After our joyful return to McIntyre Hall for our 2022 spring concert, we’re excited to have our first Christmas concert with a live audience since 2019. We’ll revisit some of our Christmas favorites and yours, too, and bring back the audience sing-alongs, including our long tradition of singing “Peace, Peace” to close our concert.

Seattle’s holiday tradition is back with glitter, lights and carols! Deck the Halls with more fa-la-la than ever. Come out for nostalgia, hilarity, a Christmas Conga and an unforgettable sing-along.

Join Sno-King Community Chorale as it presents music perfect for the holidays. Prepare to hear beautiful contemporary arrangements of some of our favorite Holiday melodies like: "The First Nowell", "O Little Town of Bethlehem", "Do You Hear What I Hear" and more. In addition to these delightful tunes there will be songs that remind us that light conquers the darkness, including our very own commissioned piece, "The Light of Future Things", the result of Zoom sessions where our choir members submitted their thoughts, feelings, and poetry to our lyricist and composer, a bright star aimed at the pandemic's dark shadow. SKCC now presents that uplifting work of art to our audiences during our night of Hope for the Holidays.

The Chorale will be accompanied by Ms. Debra DeMiero, an adjunct professor at Edmonds College and highly regarded pianist throughout the area, and other instrumentalists, featuring Luis Nenninger on violin.

$20 General admission
$18 Senior/Student I.D.
Under 13: Free

Illuminations: Holiday Music from the Americas showcases composers, texts, or melodies with ties to the Americas. Each piece is selected by our Artistic Director, Kyle Haugen, to provide tidings of comfort, hope, and inspiration this season. Highlights include Canadian composer Sarah Quartel’s stunning treatment of a medieval English carol, This Endris Night; composer Roland Carter’s masterful settings of Mary Had a Baby and Go, Tell It on the Mountain; and the beloved A la Nanita Nana and ¡Fum, Fum, Fum! from Conrad Susa’s acclaimed collection of Hispanic carols. We are delighted to introduce you to local author Paul Hoffman’s poignant Night of Wonder set to music by Karen Black, and our concert’s theme finds special meaning in I Will Light Candles this Christmas, with poetry by American civil rights leader Howard Thurman and music by Norwegian composer Kim André Arnesen.

$20 General admission
$18 Senior/Student I.D.
Under 13: Free

Seattle Mannskor, with members of Everett Norwegian Male Chorus and featured guests Laura Loge and Steven Luksan of the Northwest Edvard Grieg Society, present an evening of holiday music.

During the blue nights of winter, Choral Arts Northwest presents music that captures the magic of this season,
warming our spirits with music that invokes imagery of night and light, feelings of joy and peace. Music includes a rich
variety of cultural traditions, marking solstice, the beginning of the Festival of Lights, and Las Posadas, with music
from Mexico, Argentina, and Venezuela. This concert features Reena Esmail’s new work, The Winter Breviary, which
traces a journey through the solstice and combines new texts by Rebecca Gayle Howell with Hindustani raags for the
night and morning light hours. Music by Northwest composers Emily Lau, Andrew Jacobson, and Katerina Gimon
capture a spirit of wonder, and interludes for piano and oboe seamlessly weave together this concert experience.

Join the Northwest Firelight Chorale as we delight in the wonder of this special time of year! Our festive program of seasonal favorites and contemporary holiday gems reflects the magic made by celebrating time-honored traditions and creating new ones with friends and family. We can’t wait to share the spirit of the season with you as we present songs bursting with emotion, gorgeous melodies, and the signature Firelighter choralography you know and love!

Come enjoy the holiday season with the Northwest Sound Men's Chorus and Northwest Mix and our quartets!

We invite you and your family to an evening of non-secular and secular holiday music.

Ring in the holidays with a spirited performance of early American music from Appalachia and New England. Powerful, rousing shapenote tunes and lively Shaker songs bring the cheer of Christmas to life. These uniquely American music traditions are part of a vibrant cultural heritage, passed down through oral traditions, singing schools, and community practice. Shaker and shapenote music beautifully showcase the simple power of communal singing – in fact, the most common shapenote book, the Sacred Harp, is named after that sacred musical instrument given to us at birth: the human voice. Join Radiance for this festive, joyful celebration!

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PROGRAM

Jeremiah Ingalls: Redemption

Joseph Stephenson: Anthem from Luke

Frederick William Evans - Sweetest Music Softly Stealing

William Walker - The Babe of Bethlehem

Sister Patsy Roberts Williamson - Pretty Home

Eldress Paulina Bryant - This is Jesus' Birthday

John McCurry - Raymond

Himes' - Joys Seven

Timothy Swan - Rainbow

Mt. Lebanon - Give Good Gifts

arr. Kevin Siegfried - Rolling On

arr. Jordan Sramek - Morning Dawn

arr. Jordan Sramek - Bozrah

William Billings - Bethlehem

Come celebrate the joy of winter and the holidays with Joyful! Noise at our concert “A Winter Lullaby.” Hear songs by Sara Bareilles, Ola Gjeilo, Coldplay and Marc Cohn, and many more as we reflect on what makes this season so special and fills the heart. We can’t wait to see you there!

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

Listen as Seattle Girls Choir expertly performs Benjamin Britten’s stunning choral masterpiece, A Ceremony of Carols, for harp and treble voices. You'll also be treated to some familiar (and perhaps some not as familiar) carols that are sure to provide space for reflection and hope as we make our way through the darkest nights of the winter.

Featuring Prime Voci of Seattle Girls Choir and Juliet Stratton on harp.

The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 44th annual presentation of A Festival of Lessons & Carols this December. These holiday concerts showcase the 80-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 90-minute classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by traditional carols performed by the choir.

Children five years of age and older are welcome at all performances with a purchased ticket. Out of respect to all patrons, please no babes in arms.

Seattle’s holiday tradition is back with glitter, lights and carols! Deck the Halls with more fa-la-la than ever. Come out for nostalgia, hilarity, a Christmas Conga and an unforgettable sing-along.

For the kid in us all!

*GA seating, 60 minute holiday spectacular for children of all ages! Enjoy a one-time only, dance centered performance with an extended sing-along.

Seattle’s holiday tradition is back with glitter, lights and carols! Deck the Halls with more fa-la-la than ever. Come out for nostalgia, hilarity, a Christmas Conga and an unforgettable sing-along.

Come celebrate the joy of winter and the holidays with Joyful! Noise at our concert “A Winter Lullaby.” Hear songs by Sara Bareilles, Ola Gjeilo, Coldplay and Marc Cohn, and many more as we reflect on what makes this season so special and fills the heart. We can’t wait to see you there!

At Christmastide 1400, King Henry IV of England received at his court Byzantine (Eastern Roman) Emperor Manuel II, who was on a quest through Europe seeking aid against the Ottomans.

Manuel enjoyed lavish entertainment from his English hosts, who were in awe at his devotion to daily services chanted in Greek during his visit.

We celebrate this historic East-West encounter at London’s Eltham Palace—between the singers of the two royal chapels—with a newly researched program in Greek and Latin for Christmas and Epiphany.

BRISTOW When Music Sounds [world premiere]
KECHLEY Hard Times: Antiphonal Conversations [world premiere]
BACH Magnificat in D major, BWV 243

“When music sounds, gone is the earth I know, and all her lovely things even lovelier grow.” That line from the poet Walter de la Mare forms the core notion of Sheila Bristow’s new work, which celebrates the many gifts music bestows upon us. Another of our lockdown-era commissions, this piece was written in the hope of a return to the very art form that brings us all together.

Bob Kechley’s Hard Times, also a pandemic project, explores some of the darker sides of living in a time of turmoil: disagreement, conflict, and acrimony. But in the end, this work — a “concerto” scored for a unique lineup of two harpsichords and three chamber ensembles — seeks reconciliation and enlightenment.

Bach’s Magnificat is a perennial favorite, one of the major delights of the Baroque repertoire. The shortest of Bach’s major choral works, the Magnificat displays just how much variety can fit into a small package.

It’s Seattle Women’s Chorus’ 20th Birthday! Come out and Get the Party Started with songs from Lesley Gore and Pink and inspiring music from Nina Simone and Lizzo! Our anniversary show includes tunes from female-identified composers that celebrate where we’ve been and where we’re going.

The Market Street Singers is finally back to perform for their friends and families, with a diverse program of our usual old, new, and eclectic. Although this is a free concert, contributions are gratefully accepted. Our singers will be masked and distanced from each other and the audience. We strongly encourage the audience to mask, as well.

Lake Union Civic Orchestra has invited the treble voices of Wellspring Ensemble to join them while they perform Holst's The Planets!

The centerpiece of the program is English Renaissance composer John Sheppard’s Media vita (In the midst of life), written during London’s most deadly influenza epidemic, which likely took the life of Sheppard himself. Accompanying this 20-minute masterpiece are music by Arvo Pärt, Eric Whitacre’s setting of When David Heard, and John Tavener’s Song for Athene.

Singers will be unmasked. We will not be checking vaccine cards and masking for the audience is optional. While we will not require masks, we will respect your choice to continue wearing one for your own health and comfort. (Subject to change based on local public health orders).

New Colossus is the fourth of our New American Composers concerts, featuring composer Saunder Choi. Some of Choi’s most profound works focus on the experiences of immigrants.

For his Seattle Pro Musica commissioned work, Saunder has chosen to address the issue of gun violence in America.

A KPC Community Choir Concert showcasing the new Kirkland Performance Center education program and in collaboration with the Wintergrass Music Festival.
Tickets are $9

Note: (This concert has been rescheduled from January 28 to February 18) .Drawing from the phrase sic transit gloria mundi (thus passes the glory of the world) Transient Glory explores some of the ways we encounter, experience, and call on beauty and magnificence. In a concert that embraces almost entirely living composers, Ancora sings texts from Gerard Manley Hopkins, Garcia Lorca, and Wendell Berry, as well as works from Sheila Bristow, Stephen Smith, Frank Ticheli, and Christine Donkin. Interleaved into this “new” music is the startling text from the Tenebrae Responses of Thomás Luis de Victoria, “O vos omnes” (O ye people), taken from the first chapter of Jeremiah. We are proud to also offer a world premiere of “All my Songs for You,” on a text by Sarah Teasdale, written for Ancora and Artistic Director J. Scott Kovacs by celebrated Seattle composer Donald M. Skirvin.

Vox & Friends: Uncorked, our annual benefit for Vox Pacifica, is a high-energy evening of lively, provocative, and engaging tunes directed by Wendy Bloom.

This year’s cabaret will include songs by Sondheim, Loesser, Porter, Dolly Parton, local Bellingham, WA musician Linda Allen, and many others performed by our choral ensemble, along with solos, duets, and small group numbers. Admission includes a delicious beverage of your choice. Limited seating for each show – we suggest purchasing tickets for your preferred date early! Hope to see you there!

Welcome to Sine Nomine’s final concert of the season, 'By Request: 15 Years with Sine Nomine'! Anne Lyman will be conducting, with Gary Cannon, Founding Director, guest conducting Thule. Join us as we explore some of the Renaissance era’s most popular topics—Love, Death, Loss, and Joy—in this grab-bag of singer favorites from over our illustrious fifteen-year history with Early Music Seattle at Seattle’s historic Trinity Parish Church. We are excited to share our anniversary celebration with you!
-- The concert will not be offered livestream, nor on demand afterward. --

PROGRAM:
INTROIT - William Byrd, Sing joyfully
LOVE - Vittoria (Raffaella) Aleotti: Dicesti anima mea | Thomas Weelkes: Thule, the period of cosmography | Jacob Clemens non Papa (not the Pope): Ego flos campi
DEATH - Carlo Gesualdo: Sento che nel partire | Duarte Lobo: Audivi vocem de caelo | Thomas Tallis: Suscipe quaeso Domine
- intermission -
LOSS - Josquin des Prez/ Pierre de la Rue: Absalon fili mi | Thomas Tomkins: When David heard | Johann Hermann Schein: Zion spricht
JOY - Johannes Ockeghem: Alma redemptoris mater | Tomás Luis de Victoria: O magnum mysterium | Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina: Surge Illuminare
SENDING - Thomas Tallis: If ye love me

- NOTE: All are cordially invited to a reception at Trinity immediately following the concert to celebrate our first 15 years!
- COVID policy: Singers are vaccinated, with masks optional. Proof of vaccination is no longer required for audience members. Masks are optional and welcome. If feeling sick, or household members do/may have COVID-19, please stay home.

Online concert
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Choir of the Sound and Thalia Symphony return to Saint Mark’s Cathedral to present Karl Jenkins’ powerful "The Armed Man: A Mass for Peace".

Using the structure of the Latin mass and the ancient tune "L’homme armé," Jenkins confronts the horrors of war before demanding a recommitment to peace.

Don’t miss the opportunity to experience this rarely performed work.

The organ delivers power and majesty, its expansive tones embracing the multi-faceted choral voice in Louis Vierne's Messe Solennelle. Special guest
organist Dongho Lee joins Whatcom Chorale to present this 19th century tour de force and additional works from the French tradition. Proceeds from this concert support restoration of the organ at St. Paul's Church and Whatcom Chorale.

We are excited to bring to you this innovative collaboration with the shadow-puppet troupe Paper Puppet Opera. Their imaginative, narrative performances will be accompanied by Bach’s “Der Geist hilft unser Schwachheit auf,” BWV 226, “Komm, Jesu, komm,” BWV 229, and “Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden,” BWV 230. Modern, Baroque-influenced works by Bryars, Nystedt, Sixten, and others will also be featured.

Unearth a treasure trove of choral music, sourced right here in the Pacific Northwest! Our program features a wealth of talented composers, including Giselle Wyers, Morten Lauridsen, John Muehleisen, Karen Thomas, and Joan Szymko. Come laugh at the absurdity of life, enjoy odes to beauty and music, and revel in the stars!

Life is about the journey and the story. Let’s spend some time together exploring music that honors the journey. Whether it be through fantastical mountains, love, wild frontier, or any of life’s other wildcards; life is an open road. How can I keep from singing?

This concert is the farewell performance for our director of the past fifteen years, Randy Spitzer.

This concert features works by Giselle Wyers and Laurie de Lionne, both accomplished composers and choral directors here the the Pacific Northwest. We will perform "And All Shall Be Well" by Wyers and "Fragile" by de Leonne, both set for choir and chamber orchestra.

On our Friday concert only, we welcome to our program the 2022 Cora Voce School Grant recipient, the South Colby Elementary School Choir, directed by Amanda Partsch.

Our March concert focuses on growing together. The core of happiness is knowing that we have a place in a community. The message of a single voice is amplified with a choir of voices. We sing our feelings so that we connect more deeply. Music teaches us to resolve tension with gorgeous harmonies. Through unified song, we create an ephemeral ring of beauty that shines light on our wider community.

The Northwest Chamber Chorus and The Sound of the Northwest will share the stage this March. Continuing our journey through time, we take stock of where we are currently. What do we cherish, and how do we find strength to keep moving forward? How do we preserve our traditional musical heritage while seeking unity with other cultures?

We will combine our voices for selections by Jester Hairston, Undine Smith Moore, Vanessa Bruce, Raymond Wise, and Cora Jackson. Each choir will also perform their own selections.

The Offbeats are really looking forward to presenting our favorite songs in a new format featuring our talented singers! We'd love to see you. Plenty of parking and great prices on food and cocktails!

Join Olympia Youth Chorus for an afternoon of inspiring choral music, celebrating the moods and emotions music can express. Melodies may often communicate where words alone cannot- in joy, sorrow, fear, happiness, and even grief. This concert will feature four talented youth choirs representing various musical genres as they showcase the gift of “Musical Moods.” The quartet, SOGO MOJO, from Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia will also be featured in this afternoon program which is suitable for all ages. Come and support our local young musicians!

Tickets are available at the Box Office, online, or by calling (360)-753-8586

Northwest Girlchoir’s 50th Anniversary Season is year of reflection as we honor our past, celebrate our present, and dream about our future – as individuals and as an organization. Reflections features all six choirs singing music that explores who we are and who are becoming. Concert selections include contemporary compositions from Estonia, China, Canada, and the United States; folk music from Scotland and Newfoundland; and historical music from the 16th through 19th centuries.

For Mirinesse's 17th season, we begin our program in solitude, in the lingering darkness of the past several years. Through the darkness, light emerges, the light of music. We follow that light, guided by the wisdom of ancient goddesses and honoring the urgency of action in our current world, ending in a celebration of our common ability to make beauty and art as a community of voices.

Hear Mozart's beloved masterwork, complete with soloists and string orchestra!

“The fruit of silence is prayer,
The fruit of prayer is faith,
The fruit of faith is service,
The fruit of service is peace.”

Mother Teresa of Calcutta

In March, winter gives way to spring and our mid-season concert features three works on a theme of darkness giving way to light.

Widely recognized by musicians worldwide, John Rutter is beloved for his lush melodies and orchestrations. Rutter’s Requiem is unmistakably optimistic in its message of hope and solace, expressed through uplifting musical themes and beautiful texts in both Latin and English.

Bob Chilcott’s Canticles of Light exudes comfort, and the texts, sung at the service of Compline in the evening and Matins in the morning, ask for God's light to protect us through the night and to allay our fears.

In 2013 Latvian composer Pēteris Vasks set Mother Teresa’s universal prayer of peace to music, creating a hauntingly beautiful atmosphere that has become a staple for choirs around the world.

Pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m. with SCC Director Freddie Coleman

The Glimmer is the last of our New American Composers concerts, featuring composer Jerod Impichchaachaaha’ Tate. Tate, a citizen of the Chickasaw Nation in Oklahoma, and is dedicated to the development of American Indian classical composition.

For his Seattle Pro Musica commissioned work, Jerod is setting the poem The Glimmer by Washington state poet laureate Rena Priest.

Our spring concert features music from Hawaii, Indonesia, Malaysia and familiar tunes from Southern California in the 1960's.

The Northwest Chamber Chorus and The Sound of the Northwest will share the stage this March. Continuing our journey through time, we take stock of where we are currently. What do we cherish, and how do we find strength to keep moving forward? How do we preserve our traditional musical heritage while seeking unity with other cultures?

We will combine our voices for selections by Jester Hairston, Undine Smith Moore, Vanessa Bruce, Raymond Wise, and Cora Jackson. Each choir will also perform their own selections.

Celebrate the beginning of spring with delightful medieval music regarding love, nature, frolicking, food & drink, with a handful of opportunities for the audience to take part in song and dance. The greening world, flowering plants, and return of good weather have been cause for celebration in all cultures, and the medieval English & European world are rich with beautiful music expressive of the season. We’ll present secular music from the 12th-15th centuries, both of the court and the country, as well as a few settings of folk ballads that fit with the theme.

Opus 7, directed by Loren W. Pontén, presents a powerful collection of choral music for the Lenten season expressing mercy and hope. Contemplate the solemnity of the season at Seattle's most iconic sacred space with lush romantic works by Mendelssohn, Rheinberger, Georg Schumann, Pizzetti, Szymanowski and Villette; the crystalline, plaintive melodies of Henry Purcell; and American composers William Albright, Gwyneth Walker, and Seattles Peter Hallock. The central work is Krzysztof Pendereckis setting of the traditional Agnus Dei.

In the very first concert of its 30th season, The Esoterics will perform two brand-new choral compositions by the Los Angeles-based composer, Rex Isenberg.

For his first piece, If we have wisdom, Isenberg sets the text of a letter written by George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in Newport, Rhode Island, in 1790. After a flourishing Jewish community in the American colonies fled during British occupation, any left during the British occupation, the Jewish community in Newport had only begun to recover its former prominence at the time of George Washington's visit in August 1790 . This letter holds much significance for many American Jews as a testament to their rights to religious freedom and self-determination – right from the founding of this country. This letter is framed in the home of Rex’s husband’s parents, and his family reads it annually on Passover. The Esoterics is honored to be singing this text for the first time in the world premiere of this composition!

In the second, more extensive work of our performance, Messiahs false and true, Isenberg explores the perennial predicament of the “messianic leader” in human history. This work is composed for choir with accompaniment of organ and percussion, as well as a spoken oratorio. During periods of crisis or cultural upheaval, societies tend to gravitate toward those individuals who promise salvation and elevate them to power. We may be seeking hope, guidance, salvation, or a sense of purpose in our lives. Messianic figures have played an important role in shaping human history, and their influence continues to be felt today. Some of these figures become our greatest heroes, others, our most hateful villains.

Rex’s Messiahs examines this phenomenon through a tour of messianic figures - heroic and horrific - and the narrative of the piece follows society’s common response to such figures: anticipation, jubilation, disappointment, condemnation, and grief. The spoken narration of this piece consists of a collage of texts from various messianic leaders, as well as their admirers and critics. This narration is paired with biblical passages from Handel’s Messiah that is sung by the choir, which responds to the narration. At the end of this journey, the final words of the piece ask us to rely less on imperfect saviors, and to have faith in the strength of our collective will to forge a better tomorrow.

Born in Philadelphia, Rex holds a BA in Music from Yale University and Masters and Doctorate degrees in composition from the Manhattan School of Music. Isenberg’s artistic works often explore the complexities of human relationships across different times and societal settings. He is also devoted to expanding and enriching the catalog of Jewish liturgical music by creating compositions that remain faithful to the original text but also resonate and renew meaning with modern audiences

To perform Messiahs, The Esoterics will be joined by organist Wyatt Smith, percussionist James Doyle, and our narrator, the Reverend Kelle Brown, senior pastor at Plymouth Church in downtown Seattle. The Esoterics is excited to welcome Rex to the Pacific Northwest for these performances of his works. We hope you can join us for this fantastic concert!

For Mirinesse's 17th season, we begin our program in solitude, in the lingering darkness of the past several years. Through the darkness, light emerges, the light of music. We follow that light, guided by the wisdom of ancient goddesses and honoring the urgency of action in our current world, ending in a celebration of our common ability to make beauty and art as a community of voices.

Since the earliest days of civilization, the ocean has captured the imagination. What is on the other side? And how can one possibly get there? Terra australis, a new work by local composer Bronwyn Edwards, recalls those Europeans who first ventured to her native Australia, incorporating didgeridoo into the choir. Her Leonosa recounts an actual shipping vessel that brought lumber from Washington to California in the 1840s. Another local composer, Michael Austin Miller, also rejoices in the ancient explorers.

Of course, not all such exchanges were peaceful. Horizons, by the South African composer Peter Louis Van Dijk, movingly tells of native life slaughtered by European conquerors. Jaakko Mäntyjärvi’s Canticum calamitatis maritimae vividly depicts another tragedy: the sinking of the MS Estonia during a storm at sea in 1994. But rest assured that all is not dark. For example, Benjamin Britten extols St. Cecilia, the patron saint of music, who emerged from the sea. And with much lighter fare as well—particularly Across the sea from the Wailin’ Jennys—the joys of the ocean are ever near.

A Cappella Northwest is hosting the first ever Bellevue Youth Choral Festival at Sammamish High School in Bellevue for high school and youth choirs on April 1, 2023. This event, which will be totally free to participants and their schools, is open to all high schools and youth choirs on the east side of the Puget Sound, will give music students the opportunity to share what they have learned from their music educators and to add skills taught by world class clinicians, Donny and Amy Rose.

The one-day event will feature a free public evening performance in which the choirs perform individually and together, as well as by the teaching quartet, the current Barbershop Harmony Society Evergreen District champion quartet, In Voice.

Directors, please register at http://www.northwestsound.org

We invite you to join Ensign Symphony & Chorus for Rise Into Spring. Spring is a special season as we bid adieu to winter and look forward to the renewal of the earth. Just as earth goes through a renewal each year, we each rise and are renewed when we turn to Christ. Come be uplifted by songs of renewal and hope in our Savior.

Visit the event website for more information →

Collaborative Concert with the Rainier Chorale.

Collaboration with the Rainier Chorale

Come join us and Alexandra Bradbury in celebrating songs of working people and 25 years of the Seattle Labor Chorus. A silent auction will be live two weeks before this event, and we will be selling raffle tickets for our quilt - more information on our web site, http://seattlelaborchorus.org. This event is supported in part by the Abe Keller Peace Education Fund.

This concert of choral favorites is set up as a series of dialogues pairing works that resonate with one another, either because of their history, a personal connection between their composers, their subject matter, or some other connection that resounds across the ages.

Join us for an evening of swinging vocal jazz featuring The Offbeats and our stellar singers accompanied by the John Hansen Trio. Tonight will feature a special appearance by guest female jazz vocalist, Alex Baird! Alex is a new young musician on the Seattle scene who lent her voice to The Offbeats for a short bit during Covid and we are excited to showcase her talent and give her a chance to shine and inspire! Come join us for this special concert.

Let Us Entertain You!
The Community Chorus is singing Broadway tunes this spring! From the Gershwin Brothers, Rodgers and Hammerstein and Lerner and Loewe to Styne, Sondheim, ABBA and Lin-Manuel Miranda: we'll have something for everyone.

In the 19th century Mozart’s Requiem became the most famous musical setting of the Mass for the Dead, and was sung at memorial services for Haydn, Beethoven, Weber, Chopin, and Napoleon. Don’t miss Masterworks performance of this timeless masterpiece performed with orchestra.

The collection of music for this Everett Chorale concert is about how music comes along with us as we journey through all aspects of our lives. Songs bring back special memories and feelings and our own personal “soundtracks” accompany major events through our experiences.

Celebratory and reflective songs from Scotland, Brazil, Lithuania, Estonia and other countries highlight special events and traditions. We will also focus on the Shaker and folk song traditions from the United States with the Shaker Songs arrangements by Kevin Siegfried and a beautiful arrangement of Amazing Grace by John Rutter.

What are the songs that make up the soundtracks of your lives? Songs you sang in elementary school music classes? The song from your prom? The song that was sung at your wedding or played at a dear family member's funeral? These songs make us remember and reflect and become a part of our traditions.

Featuring Italian Renaissance composer Palestrina’s famous Missa Papae Marcelli, music by Orlando Lassus, and Spanish composer Tomás Luis de Victoria.

This free-to-the-public a cappella event, hosted by Song of Seattle Chorus, features barbershop harmony music and eight women's quartets from around the Greater Puget Sound region and Western Washington area.

If nighttime is beautiful, then surely nighttime overlooking water is doubly so. The Vashon Island Chorale celebrates the various moods of an evening at the water. Highlights include the acclaimed settings of James Agee's Sure on this shining night by Samuel Barber and Morten Lauridsen. Arrangements by Aaron Copland of traditional American tunes join William Averitt's dramatic and optimistic The Song We Sing. At the Water's Edge, a suite by Kevin Seigfried on texts of Sarah Orne Jewett, reflects on a Maine seaside village, just as Bronwyn Edwards's Seashore depicts the coast of our own Vashon Island.

With a nod to Earth Day, this unique repertoire celebrates the wonders of our favorite planet. Director Joseph To has assembled a moving group of pieces, including Chinese and Japanese songs. Everyone is welcome at no charge. We count on your good-will offerings to support the Chorale.

Kirkland Choral Society and Philharmonia Northwest join forces to present two masterful choral-orchestral works. Gabriel Fauré's Requiem is a beloved meditation on eternal rest and consolation. Jocelyn Hagen's new 'multimedia symphony' brings the drawings, inventions, and words of Leonardo Da Vinci to life using chorus, orchestra, and video projections. Don't miss this Seattle-area premiere!

The Bainbridge Chorale presents a program of works that celebrate the joys and trials of the human experience, including the premiere of a commissioned piece, Fragile Blue, by local composer Genevieve Douglass Persen, for mixed choir and baroque flute.

Here are the pieces we plan to sing:
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
The Road Not Taken, Frostiana
Hallelujah, Amen
Make Our Garden Grow
Under the Willow Tree
Sing Me to Heaven
i carry your heart with me
The Ground

Evergreen Ensemble presents a program centered on the beauty of creation, a lament for the ways we have and continue to harm our world, and a message of hope for the future, featuring music by Rosephanye Powell, Jake Runestad, Kevin Siegfried, Christopher Tin, Henry Purcell, Frank Tichelli, Alice Parker, and Philip Stopford, as well as world premiere compositions by Artistic Director, David Hendrix, and Grammy®-Nominated composer, Benedict Sheehan.

Down to Earth is a celebration of the diverse beauty of our planet, Earth, and an opportunity to inspire action toward protecting her. We will honor the natural beauty of our world while also acknowledging the urgent need to address the ongoing climate crisis.

Through spoken word pieces, classic protest songs that have been used to advocate for environmental causes, and climate anthems that reflect our current challenges, the vast range of artistic involvement in this concert brings a unique and powerful perspective to the issue of climate change.

For anyone who loves and wants to protect our home, this show is for you. You belong here with us.

Lobgesang (Hymn of Praise)- Felix Mendelssohn
Northwest Symphony Orchestra with ChoralSounds Northwest, Seattle Pacific University Choirs and West Side Presbyterian Church Chancel Choir
Alexandra Picard, and Lauren Kulesa, soprano soloists, Brendan Tuohy, tenor soloist
Anthony Spain, NWSO Music Director conducts

Here are the pieces we plan to sing:
Hark, I Hear the Harps Eternal
The Road Not Taken, Frostiana
Hallelujah, Amen
Make Our Garden Grow
Under the Willow Tree
Sing Me to Heaven
i carry your heart with me
The Ground

We're excited to be preparing for a pair of spring concerts taking place once again at Mcintyre Hall in Mount Vernon on May 6 and 7. A string quartet will add a sonorous accompaniment to our choral sound on pieces like Gabriel Fare's "Cantique de Jean Racine", Johann Sebastian Bach's "Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, and Aaron Copland's rousing old American song, "Zion's Walls." Newer favorites will include Eric Whitacre's passionate "Five Hebrew Love Songs" and the angelic, soaring composition by superstar Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo, "The Ground," which will also feature our piano accompanist Peter Garbes. Our choristers will be polishing up their foreign-language diction as we work on pieces in French, Latin, Hebrew, and even Estonian for the anthemic "Ta lendab mesipuu poole." We'll also be honored to premiere a special commission from Dr. Giselle Wyers, Professor of Choral Music at the University of Washington and a well-respected composer. Dr. Wyers has composed a new string quartet accompaniment for her existing choral setting of the Theodore Roethke poem, "The Waking", which tells of a delightful summer stroll out in nature, and the Skagit Valley Chorale is proud to be presenting the premiere of this arrangement in our May concerts.

GARCIA Vast Array
PRICE Song of Hope [West Coast premiere]
BEETHOVEN Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 (“Choral”)

Our season closes with Beethoven’s transcendental ninth symphony, a work that broke new ground in many respects, not the least of which is that, in it, Beethoven put his own music in dialogue with itself, recalling several passages of earlier movements as a prelude to the great “Ode to Joy” theme.

Before the “Ode to Joy” though, we’ll present the West Coast premiere of a piece by Florence Price, her Song of Hope for chorus, soloists and orchestra, only recently rediscovered in 2016 at her country home in Illinois. The concert opens with a reprise performance of a 2019 Harmonia commission, Carlos Garcia’s Vast Array.

Seattle Ladies Choir is ready to sing for you in our season 20 concerts! Get excited to hear choral versions of songs by Audioslave, Billie Eilish, Tina Turner, Lady Gaga, 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.

Spotlight Concert Choir presents a moving mix of secular and sacred pieces celebrating love, new beginnings, beauty of the universe, and enduring power of music. Genres include African American Spiritual, the Great American Songbook, musical theater, contemporary choral repertoire. The highlight of the program is Bob Chilcott's Nidaros Jazz Mass, a rousing fusion of the traditional Mass texts and jazz.

Created by a Korean composer, Hyo-won Woo (Seoul, South Korea), and her artistic partner, Dr. Mee-Ae Nam (Eastern Michigan University), Ari Project – Spring 봄offers a world-premiere choral drama celebrating the sights, sounds, and colors of spring. Through music and dance expressing abundance and renewal, Woo’s drama takes us on a journey of historical and contemporary reminiscences, invoking the symbols and spirits of Spring 봄 in South Korea. The dancers and musicians of Morning Star Korean Cultural Center join CANW onstage, creating a kaleidoscope of song, folk dance, and storytelling, in Korean and English, accompanied by piano, strings, and traditional Korean instruments.

Join us for Ari Project – Spring 봄, an unforgettable tapestry of sound, color, and movement.

The Northwest Chorale will present two performances of Schubert's rarely performed Mass in A-Flat Major, with the original extended fugue in the Gloria section, 4:00 pm May 13 at Woodinville Community Church and 4:00 pm May 20 at Edmonds United Methodist Church, with full orchestra and soloists Catherine Haight, Sharon Buck, Steven Rumph, and David Wadden. Program also includes Brahms' Motet "Schaffe in mir, Gott" and pieces by Stephen Paulus and Dan Forrest. Admission complimentary -- free will donation will be take to benefit Northwest Harvest.

Since its inception, Opus 7’s name has been synonymous with musical artistry, technical ambition, and the elevation of the unheard story. Culminating thirty years of historic choral innovation, this final concert of the 30th-Anniversary Series will feature works by Felix Mendelssohn, Bern Herbolsheimer, Charles Griffin, Alf Houkom, Urmas Sisask, and our own composer-in-residence, John Muehleisen.

The main feature of our anniversary event is the world premiere of John Muehleisen’s Pilgrim Beatitudes, a major work commissioned by Opus 7 for choir, chamber orchestra, and tenor and baritone soloists. Muehleisen’s score illuminates the thought-provoking text by famed Scottish-Welsh librettist Euan Tait. We invite you to join us in exploring the journey from stranger to friend, from unknown to seen in this dramatic vivid retelling of the Beatitudes. Pilgrim Beatitudes implores the listener to remember the continuing relevance of this profound text from the Gospel of Matthew—a call to notice and care for those treated as unwanted strangers among us. Virtuosic tenor soloist Zachary Finkelstein and baritone Zachary Lenox bring to life the colorful and complex roles of the Stranger and the Pilgrim.

It is our privilege to celebrate this anniversary with you, our community who has travelled with us on this magnificent journey.

"Lenox in particular has a broad, resonant baritone that is exquisitely controlled throughout his entire range."—The Boston Musical Intelligencer

"Finkelstein immediately displayed his golden tone and poetically lyrical phrasing during his opening, and calmly delivered Comfort ye, my People before bursting into Ev’ry Valley, in which he unleashed his vocal pyrotechnics."—Winnipeg Free Press

Join Seattle Girls Choir's Prime Voci as they celebrate 1,000 years of compositions by female composers! Unsung Voices will feature works from the 12th century through to the present day, and demonstrate the depth and breadth of repertoire by female composers that are musically extraordinary, and often extraordinarily overlooked. Hear music from Hildegard von Bingen, Amy Beach, Rosephanye Powell, Caroline Shaw, and many more. This is a concert you don't want to miss!

Available for in-person AND virtual broadcast viewing!

Girl groups and sister acts topped the charts since Billboard Hot 100 began. From the Go-Go’s infectious beats to the Spice Girls’ “girl power” anthems, these vocal groups created the intoxicating soundtrack to love, life, and social change. Seattle Women’s Chorus celebrates these powerhouse pop legends. Featuring songs from the biggest ensembles to grace the charts, including “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “Cruel Summer,” “Wide Open Spaces,” and “Survivor.” Timeless tunes will get every generation moving to We Got the Beat.

Experience the evolution of love through time: from youthful infatuation and heartbreak, to a philosophical look at companionship. Eric Whitacre’s “Five Hebrew Love Songs” are the centerpiece of the concert, alongside the premiere of our “Love is Love” composer competition, which supports the use of inclusive language for all kinds of love regardless of identity, orientation, or gender.

The entire Seattle community is invited to help us celebrate our graduating choristers. Enjoy senior solos, the “senior song,” and performances by Amore and Ensemble. Free admission with a cake reception to follow.

Selections inspired by the fun, heart, soul, and culture of the great city of New Orleans.

Tickets for the Kulshan Chorus May 20 performance of “Considering Matthew Shepard” at the Mt. Baker Theater are on sale now. This beautiful, moving work celebrates the life of Matthew and all those who have been victims of hate crimes. While parts might be triggering for some, the oratorio is ultimately an uplifting celebration of the power of light over darkness and love over fear. We hope you will join us for this healing experience of hope and joy!

Down to Earth is a celebration of the diverse beauty of our planet, Earth, and an opportunity to inspire action toward protecting her. We will honor the natural beauty of our world while also acknowledging the urgent need to address the ongoing climate crisis.

Through spoken word pieces, classic protest songs that have been used to advocate for environmental causes, and climate anthems that reflect our current challenges, the vast range of artistic involvement in this concert brings a unique and powerful perspective to the issue of climate change.

For anyone who loves and wants to protect our home, this show is for you. You belong here with us.

Join us for an evening of swinging jazz featuring The Offbeats Vocal Jazz Ensemble, our stellar singers and our special guest vocalist, Ron Stilwell. Long ago, an alumnus of The Offbeats, Ron is a gorgeous singer and stylist you won’t want to miss on this night guaranteed to leave you Feelin’ Good! Under the artistic direction of internationally acclaimed Seattle jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson and accompanied by the world class jazz pianist John Hansen, and his trio.

Born to Hungarian Jewish parents on 28 May 1923 in Transylvania (then in Romania, now in Hungary), György Ligeti was to become one of the most innovative and influential figures of the avant-garde and contemporary concert music in the latter twentieth century.

Best known in cinematic circles as the composer of Lux aeterna from Stanley Kubrick's film, 2001: A space odyssey, György Ligeti also wrote music that is featured in 2010, The shining, Eyes wide shut, Shutter Island, Heat, the 2014 remake of Godzilla, The killing of a sacred deer, and the radio series based on The hitchhiker’s guide to the galaxy.

His early choral music (from 1946 to 1956) is mostly modal or tonal, inspired by Hungarian folk texts, and is replete with polyphonic patter and verse forms. Beginning in 1966 with his Lux aeterna, one is able to witness a second stage in Ligeti’s creative life – in which he employs arhythmic canons and modernist tone clusters to create fragmentary fantasies, extraordinary etudes, and a set of post-modern “nonsense songs.”

In this concert, The Esoterics will peform ALL of Ligeti’s music for a cappella mixed chorus – from his earliest work in 1946 to his last in 1993. Please join us for this extraordinary choral event on the weekend before Ligeti’s 100th birthday!

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The Northwest Chorale will present two performances of Schubert's rarely performed Mass in A-Flat Major, with the original extended fugue in the Gloria section, 4:00 pm May 13 at Woodinville Community Church and 4:00 pm May 20 at Edmonds United Methodist Church, with full orchestra and soloists Catherine Haight, Sharon Buck, Steven Rumph, and David Wadden. Program also includes Brahms' Motet "Schaffe in mir, Gott" and pieces by Stephen Paulus and Dan Forrest. Admission complimentary -- free will donation will be take to benefit Northwest Harvest.

Saturday May 20, 2023 | 7:00PM
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle
Guest artists: Ingraham High School &
Seattle Children's Chorus Alumni Ensemble

Sunday May 21, 2023 | 4:00PM
Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma
Guest artists: Graham-Kapowsin High School

Why do we sing? For faith, for love, for our communal strength, for joy, and for the future. Concert-goers can look forward to some of our all-time favorite composers and arrangers: Salamone Rossi, Elliot Z. Levine, Coreen Duffy, Robert Bolyard, Leon Sher, and so many more. We are grateful to have so much beautiful Jewish music to share with you! In this concert, the Seattle Jewish Chorale explores the many different reasons that lead people to song. People across the world sing for love, for faith, for joy, and for many other reasons. This concert features Jewish choral repertoire from the late Renaissance to present day that illustrates the many uses and purposes for joining others in song.

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 women composers unequal to their male counterparts. Seattle Pro Musica hails this stunning and seldom-heard piece as more than equal.

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Spring Concert of Emerald City Women's Chorus with guest musicians.
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"Stage and Screen" is the final concert of our 27th Season, featuring the talents of our young singers in Dolce, Bel Canto, Coro Voce, and Cantabile choirs performing well-loved tunes from Broadway and film. Join us for an unforgettable afternoon of joy-filled music, suitable for all ages.

All RYC ensembles perform, combining for Narverud's 'Sisi Ni Moja,' 'Seize the Day' from Newsies, 'We Are One' from Lion King 2, 'We Are the World for Haiti 25 Years' by M. Jackson and L. Ritchie. Other selections include RYC's usual eclectic line up of folk, world, contemporary, traditional, and sing-a-long songs providing great variety and enjoyment for all ages.

With this spring 2023 concert Vox Pacifica concludes what is only our second full season of performances – and – our Five Year Anniversary!

We’ve come such a long way since our inception in 2018. AGELESS WISDOM will be a celebration of life experiences: joy, outrage, sorrow, compassion, adventure, and more. In the midst of this wonder of life, we find – – ourselves! The common thread is the music that helps keep us grounded, sung from varying perspectives of age, gender, and cultural origins. We look forward to sharing this music with you! Please save the dates and join us!

EARLY BIRD DISCOUNT only thru APRIL 30
In celebration of Vox Pacifica’s 5th Year Anniversary – we are offering $5 OFF every general admission ticket between now and APRIL 30. Select your dates, and the cart will automatically take $5 off the price of EACH general admission ticket. Thank you!

Down to Earth is a celebration of the diverse beauty of our planet, Earth, and an opportunity to inspire action toward protecting her. We will honor the natural beauty of our world while also acknowledging the urgent need to address the ongoing climate crisis.

Through spoken word pieces, classic protest songs that have been used to advocate for environmental causes, and climate anthems that reflect our current challenges, the vast range of artistic involvement in this concert brings a unique and powerful perspective to the issue of climate change.

For anyone who loves and wants to protect our home, this show is for you. You belong here with us.

The Seattle SeaChordsmen are again scheduled to perform a handful of songs during the Northwest Folklife Festival. Directors Elizabeth Davies and Melanie McGuire will also teach the audience a little about Barbershop singing and the crowd will join in to sing several tags (short phrases at the end of songs). Join us!