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The Gesangverein Arion's purpose is to nurture and promote German choral singing. To reach this goal, the choir holds regular rehearsals (Monday nights), presents concerts (Fall and Spring) and places itself in service to the public. The Organization is non-partisan and neutral with regard to religion. (Read More)
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November 19–25, 2018
Kick off the Christmas season with a festive program from Renaissance Germany. This program features a variety of German Christmas carols, chorales, and motets by Michael and Hieronymus Praetorius, Hans Hassler, Heinrich Schütz, and Franz Gruber.
Men young and old, come and learn how to sing well! Capture Your Voice is a six-week free program devoted to learning techniques for better singing. You will receive coaching from an expert vocal coach with many years of public performance experience: breath control, techniques for better vocal production, and guidance in "telling the story" as an essential part of good singing. These sessions are designed for both beginning and experienced singers, solo and ensemble. Tuesdays, 10/30-12/4
sing! Sing! SING! (SSS) is Northwest Sound’s program of providing free a capella singing training for men of the community. Participants are given free group music lessons, sheet music and training media, participation in chorus rehearsals, and an opportunity to perform with the chorus in one of our annual shows.
November 26 – December 2, 2018
When the earth stills, and lights shine in the darkest skies, we take time to rejoice and reflect. Music is a moving, powerful force for reminding us what matters in life, what brings us joy, what connects us to each other. Our concert celebrates the hope, peace, warmth and reflection that music brings to our lives.
The Norwegian Ladies Chorus annual Christmas concert is held the first Sunday in December at 3 pm at Our Redeemers Lutheran Church, 2400 NW 85th Street, Seattle, WA 98117. This year's concert will be December 2, 2018 at 3 pm. A reception with great cookies and coffee follows the concert.
Continuing our romp through music history, Redmond Chorale enters the Classical Era (c. 1750 to 1830). This is a time of refined elegance. This promises to be a season of gorgeous and important choral repertoire with some anachronistic juxtapositions thrown in for good measure (pun intended).
Snuggle up and get cozy—Choir of the Sound has something under the tree for everyone this December. Our gifts of song will include familiar carols, your favorite holiday pop songs, and some shiny new surprises! We’ll wrap them up with costumes and sets, and trim them with skits and dances. Kick off your holiday season by sharing our special brand of comfort and joy!
Gospel Mass by Robert Ray, plus Seasonal and other Spiritual carols. With its driving rhythms and soulful melodies, this music connects us to our American past and urges us to a brighter future. Seasonal carols speak to the heart.
Your senses will come alive with favorites like “Do You Hear What I Hear” and “Cool Yule,” intricate arrangements from Israel, France, Spain, and India, and settings of winter poems by Shakespeare and Poe. Join our advanced choirs in an evening that will set the tone for a beautiful holiday season.
Featuring Amabile, Vivace, Amore, and Ensemble.
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Traditional O Come Immanuel
Haydn Awake the Harp
Mendelssohn Behold a Star
Handel Recitatives
Rachmaninoff Bogoraditse Devo (Ave Maria)
Elgar Lux Aeterna
Bach Chorus: Hear King of Angels
Faure Cantique de Noel (de Jean Racine)
Gjeilo The Rose
Ticheli Earth Song
Lauridsen Sure on This Shining Night
Bach Dona Nobis Pacem
In this holiday concert, we explore the guiding light of stars with carols Rise Up Shepherds and Follow, Star in the East and I Wonder as I Wander plus works by Mendelssohn, Praetorius, and McDowall. Also included are Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars by Jonathan Dove with organist Joel Bevington, Three Kings by Healey Willan, and Only in Sleep by Eriks Ešenvalds. Enjoy sing along carols Go Tell it on the Mountain and Silent Night with NWCC Director Mark Kloepper.
Kirkland Choral Society's beloved holiday concerts feature J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio (Cantata IV) with orchestra partners Philharmonia Northwest, and soloists Heather Arnold, Carmen Nemeth, Stephen Rumph, and Charles Robert Stephens. The concert also features great antiphonal choir music, as well as many audience holiday favorites.
Welcome to Bellevue Youth Choirs' Greatest Holiday Hits concert, the first formal MainStage performance of 18-19. As we embark on our 7th season we have collected quite the substantial repertoire library and have decided to revisit staff, chorister and crowd favorites for the majority of our season. Our December MainStage performance will feature holiday favorites, some with twists, from around the world. As is tradition, our audience will join in the festivities for our sing-a-long numbers.
This concert showcases music from our Fall session.
A concert to transcend the rush and invite the wonders of the season featuring the Everett Chorale under the direction of Jennifer Rodgers for the first time. Featuring guest artists from the University of Washington and the Everett musical community.
The Offbeats Vocal Jazz Ensemble will be performing jazz tunes from Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker to Thelonious Monk under the direction of internationally acclaimed Seattle jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson and accompanied by the accomplished Seattle jazz pianist, John Hansen.
A choral celebration of the Christmas season. Classic favorites mingle with lesser-known beauties, including works by Palestrina, Mendelssohn, Bruckner, Distler, Barber, Walton, Britten, and others. Plus works by local composers Rick Asher, Joy DeCoursey-Porter, Bronwyn Edwards, and Christopher Lee Fraley.
Songs Include:
Do You Hear What I Hear?
Lully, Lulla, Lully
Jing-a Ling, Jing-a -Ling
O Nat Lux (Lauridsen)
The Very Best Time of Year (Rutter)
And featuring John Rutter's Gloria with the Holiday Brass Ensemble and Organ.
A special encore piece in also planned along with some audience sing-a-longs!
Featuring:
The Mill Creek Chorale; Sean Berg, conductor; Jeremy Young, pianist
The Holiday Brass Ensemble
Special Guests: The First Presbyterian Church Chancel Bells
Emerald City Women's Chorus will sing some of their holiday music at the Phinney Neighborhood Association's Winter Festival and Craft Fair.
Men young and old, come and learn how to sing well! Capture Your Voice is a six-week free program devoted to learning techniques for better singing. You will receive coaching from an expert vocal coach with many years of public performance experience: breath control, techniques for better vocal production, and guidance in "telling the story" as an essential part of good singing. These sessions are designed for both beginning and experienced singers, solo and ensemble. Tuesdays, 10/30-12/4
sing! Sing! SING! (SSS) is Northwest Sound’s program of providing free a capella singing training for men of the community. Participants are given free group music lessons, sheet music and training media, participation in chorus rehearsals, and an opportunity to perform with the chorus in one of our annual shows.
December 3–9, 2018
When the earth stills, and lights shine in the darkest skies, we take time to rejoice and reflect. Music is a moving, powerful force for reminding us what matters in life, what brings us joy, what connects us to each other. Our concert celebrates the hope, peace, warmth and reflection that music brings to our lives.
This program of secular prayers includes the world premiere of Joseph Gregorio’s cycle Prayers. We’ll sing There will come soft rains and Places, like music by Don Skirvin; My cathedral and Discovery by Christina Whitten Thomas; When I close my eyes I dream of peace by Swedish composer Karin Rehnqvist, setting the title phrase in 12 languages; Mason Bates’ Observer in the Magellanic cloud setting a Maori entreaty to the night sky; and Eric Banks’ At all times.
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Northwest Associated Arts proudly presents our annual Christmas tradition, ChristmasSounds in Burien. Five choruses of over 100 singers, ages 9 to 90, come together to sing in the season, delighting audience members of all ages! From beloved favorites like Silent Night to modern classics like Irving Berlin's Christmas, these matinee holiday shows are perfect Christmas fun for the whole family!
BlueStreet is back with their fifth annual Cool Yule Holiday Party and Concert! Join us as we celebrate the holiday season in style in Seattle’s Wallingford neighborhood at the historic Good Shepherd Center (with great parking!) Enjoy free desserts and cash bar as you listen to swingin' jazz and holiday tunes from one of Seattle's premier vocal jazz groups. This is the holiday party you won't want to miss!
CHRISTMAS PROGRAM
Traditional O Come Immanuel
Haydn Awake the Harp
Mendelssohn Behold a Star
Handel Recitatives
Rachmaninoff Bogoraditse Devo (Ave Maria)
Elgar Lux Aeterna
Bach Chorus: Hear King of Angels
Faure Cantique de Noel (de Jean Racine)
Gjeilo The Rose
Ticheli Earth Song
Lauridsen Sure on This Shining Night
Bach Dona Nobis Pacem
Bring the whole family for a joyful concert of traditional carols, holiday stories, and an audience sing-along.
Students from area schools will join us in this one-hour concert that’s perfect for children and their families!
Location: The Overlake School, 20301 NE 108th St, Redmond
Hear the bells, see the twinkling lights, taste the holiday treats, and feel the snow under your feet — through song! This energetic and heartwarming concert is your one chance this year to hear all 270 singers, grades 1-12, on stage together!
Featuring Prep Choir, Fresca, Amabile, Vivace, Amore, and Ensemble.
In this holiday concert, we explore the guiding light of stars with carols Rise Up Shepherds and Follow, Star in the East and I Wonder as I Wander plus works by Mendelssohn, Praetorius, and McDowall. Also included are Seek Him that Maketh the Seven Stars by Jonathan Dove with organist Joel Bevington, Three Kings by Healey Willan, and Only in Sleep by Eriks Ešenvalds. Enjoy sing along carols Go Tell it on the Mountain and Silent Night with NWCC Director Mark Kloepper.
Yes, Handel’s beloved oratorio, as he conceived it! Join Master Chorus Eastside, a baroque-style orchestra and soloists, rounded out with Dr. Linda Gingrich’s historical expertise, for a first-time-ever Issaquah/Sammamish area performance!
This Christmas our gift to you will be a concert that we hope will rejuvenate and refresh you, with an emphasis on meditative texts and beautiful harmonies – and a generous helping of Christmas favorites and perky seasonal songs. Throughout the concert we’ll also go “deep” literally, as we welcome a pair of bassi profundi guests. These professional bass singers will anchor our bass section, providing rumbling low notes and the occasional dramatic solo turn. We predict you’ll be moved!
A concert filled with lively fun music tempered with Ola Gjeilo’s Dreamweaver. Dreamweaver is based on parts of the well-known Norwegian medieval folk poem Draumkvedet. The protagonist, Olav Åsteson, falls asleep on Christmas Eve and sleeps for thirteen days. He wakes up and rides to church to describe his dreams to the congregation about his brave, beautiful, terrifying, and ultimately redeeming journey through the afterlife.
We promise 2+ hours of locking chords and beautiful harmonies from Northwest Sound, consistently among the top 20 Barbershop Harmony Society chapters. With guests Amplitude, Renewal and Pacific Ring. It's great entertainment for the whole family.
Choral concert featuring hand-picked pieces for this special time of year: secular favorites, fresh new arrangements of holiday standards, and beautiful new compositions. Highlights include 6 pieces by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo. Joining us for this outstanding concert is the Cantare Chamber Orchestra and pianist Elisabeth Ellis.
SMC is ringing in the season with a high-spirited celebration that brings together all your favorites: beloved carols, fresh takes on holiday classics, and show-stopping dazzlers that will have you on your feet! Featuring “Silver Bells,” “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and many more moments of pure Holiday joy. Be there with bells on!
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We celebrate the 200th anniversary of the song "Silent Night" with organ, brass, and audience sing-along. Also featured are the Magnificat by Charles Theodore Pachelbel, three choral premieres by local composer/arrangers, and plenty of music to capture the spirit of the season. Expect some surprises!
An evening of the most beautiful Nordic Christmas music in the acoustically-lovely Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church. Come help us celebrate the season!
Our annual holiday program of choral gems has been an audience favorite for more than ten years, and once again, offers a reflective 60-minute program, uninterrupted by applause. Favorite works by Benjamin Britten, Stephen Paulus, Rick Asher, Jessica French, and Melinda Bargreen are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Robert McCaffery-Lent. The result is an oasis of choral beauty amid December’s hectic pace.
Opus 7, conducted by Loren Pontén, presents Advent and Christmas works featuring settings of the “Great O Antiphons” from Eastern Europe and the United States, including two by Seattle composers. Four settings—by Tadja Vulc, Rihards Dubra, Melissa Dunphy, and Kile Smith—are Northwest premieres. Other works include Scheidt’s “A Child is Born in Bethlehem”; Georg Schumann’s “Vom himmel hoch”; Łukaszewski’s “Ave Maria”; two Christmas works by Georgy Sviridov; and “O nata lux” by Morten Lauridsen.
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2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the end of WWI, the “war to end all wars.” Our concert is inspired by the Christmas truce in 1914 during which roughly 100,000 English, French, and German troops ceased hostilities to offer holiday greetings, mingle, and even exchange gifts. We celebrate this spirit of peace with carols and holiday music from England, France, and Germany.
Pre concert lectures will be at 2:00pm and 6:30pm.
ChoralSounds Northwest returns to the Eastside this December to perform a festive stand-alone concert at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Bellevue. Celebrating the 200th anniversary of the treasured carol Silent Night, this show features new arrangements of the beloved Christmas song, as well as newly composed pieces on this picturesque poetry of the season.
On December 9th, at 7:30 pm, make the last night of Chanukah one to remember! Please join us as the Seattle Jewish Chorale performs a unique and fun filled concert featuring Sephardic music. "Spice and Light: A Sephardic Chanukah Celebration" will feature Abe Kaplan's famous work "Eight Days of Chanukah," as well as other classic pieces in Ladino.
Choir and brass? It must be Christmastime! Come hear these four magnificent works for large chorus, brass, and organ, ranging from John Rutter's spikily joyous "Gloria" to Cecilia MacDowall's carol-infused "A Winter's Night". Daniel Pinkham's "Christmas Cantata" and an anthem by Vaughan Williams round out a grand and bright evening of Christmas music.
Northwest Chorale, directed by Lynn Hall, will present its winter concert entitled A Very Choral Christmas - a musical feast of carols and sacred works which has a little something for everyone. Anchoring the program is the fabulous Poulenc Gloria. 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!
Spend a delightfully festive evening with the Northwest Firelight Chorale this holiday season! Our not-to-be missed program will include spectacular arrangements of seasonal favorites sung by the stars of the '50s and '60s. Who can forget Johnny Mathis’ “Winter Wonderland,” Andy Williams’ “Do You Hear What I Hear?” or Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby”? Enjoy these and more as we perform for you with the flair and flavor of that enticing era. It’s just our way of wishing you the merriest!
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Join Columbia Children's Choirs (Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi, Lyrica, Bel Canto) and Cantabile Vocal Ensemble in two afternoon concerts celebrating the music of the holidays. Experience the cheerful faces and ringing voices of the Columbia Choirs singers in the beautiful Bellevue First Congregational Church.
1PM Concert: Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi, Bel Canto
4PM Concert: Lyrica, Bel Canto, Cantabile
Men young and old, come and learn how to sing well! Capture Your Voice is a six-week free program devoted to learning techniques for better singing. You will receive coaching from an expert vocal coach with many years of public performance experience: breath control, techniques for better vocal production, and guidance in "telling the story" as an essential part of good singing. These sessions are designed for both beginning and experienced singers, solo and ensemble. Tuesdays, 10/30-12/4
sing! Sing! SING! (SSS) is Northwest Sound’s program of providing free a capella singing training for men of the community. Participants are given free group music lessons, sheet music and training media, participation in chorus rehearsals, and an opportunity to perform with the chorus in one of our annual shows.
December 10–16, 2018
When the earth stills, and lights shine in the darkest skies, we take time to rejoice and reflect. Music is a moving, powerful force for reminding us what matters in life, what brings us joy, what connects us to each other. Our concert celebrates the hope, peace, warmth and reflection that music brings to our lives.
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Come celebrate with us as we sing for the residents of the Norse Home. A festive reception to follow!
This holiday season, the Seattle Choral Company, directed by Freddie Coleman, returns to Saint Mark’s Cathedral for their 11th annual Cathedral Christmas concert tradition, which this year is titled December Dreams. Once again this year, listeners will flock to Saint Mark’s Cathedral to take a break from holiday stress and activity and hear a reflective program of choral beauty. Concert at 8:00pm. Preview talk at 7:00pm. Carol sing-along with the Flentrop organ at 7:30pm.
Join us for our annual holiday, under the new direction of Allan J. Andrews! Singing songs about the season, the Seattle Metropolitan Singers will be at the Rainier Arts Center in Columbia City. Refreshments to follow.
The Family Holiday concert is a shorter version of the full Bainbridge Chorale holiday concert, suitable for children or anyone who may not wish to attend a two-hour concert.
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.
Come & enjoy music of the holidays. Our Gift of Song.
Enrich your holidays with the resplendent sounds of the master composers of the 16th – 18th centuries. Featuring Antonio Vivaldi’s exciting and ever-popular Gloria (with chamber orchestra and soloists Natalie Ingrisano, soprano, and Melissa Plagemann, mezzo-soprano), the program also includes the stirring Magnificat of Giovanni Pergolesi, and other jubilant works by Heinrich Schütz, Hans Leo Hassler, and Jan Sweelinck. Come help us celebrate our 35th anniversary season!
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
The explosive joy that washed across Europe on Christmas is summed up in this one exclamation. “Hodie”--or “Today”--is the word that begins many of the sacred texts sung on that day: Today Christ is born! Today the Savior appeared! Today on earth the angels sing! After weeks of waiting through the penitential season, the faithful then celebrated with 12 days of dancing, processions, and feasts. The Medieval Women’s Choir unleashes its joy of the season from cathedral, court, and countryside.
All donations to benefit memory loss programs at the senior center
"Come to the Music" is a tribute to all aspects of music as each selection pays homage to all the ways we enjoy this beautiful art form. Genres include folk, jazz, spirituals, and pop music along with holiday tunes that will make your heart sing. Come join us for an evening of beautiful music!
A delightful concert of Holiday music for the whole family, with a generous dose of Barbershop harmony. Enjoy great music in the wonderful acoustics of the Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church. Other groups performing at the two shows will include Sweet Adelines Choruses, high school choral ensembles, and two Northwest Girlchoir choruses. And don't be surprised if a sing-along breaks out! An annual SeaChordsmen tradition that is an audience favorite. Tickets available from Brown Paper Tickets.
SMC is ringing in the season with a high-spirited celebration that brings together all your favorites: beloved carols, fresh takes on holiday classics, and show-stopping dazzlers that will have you on your feet! Featuring “Silver Bells,” “Do You Hear What I Hear,” “Jingle Bell Rock” and many more moments of pure Holiday joy. Be there with bells on!
HANDEL Messiah (unabridged performance)
Join Concord Chamber Choir and Con Brio Women's Concert in an afternoon concert exploring the music of the holidays with selections accompanied by members of the Northwest Symphony Orchestra. Experience the voices of the Columbia Choirs singers ring in the beautiful Bellevue First Congregational Church.
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Your family's seasonal soundtrack with NWRS includes cherished masterworks, newly-minted favorites, sumptuous settings with harp and cello, and twinkling pieces with four-hand piano duet—plus carols for audience and choir. NWRS welcomes Kyle S. Haugen in his first concert as artistic director; with Marjorie Skreen, accompanist; Brianna Spargo, piano and harp; and Tom Walworth, cello. Works by Victoria, Poulenc, Britten, Moses Hogan, Ola Gjeilo, Abbie Betinis, Kyle Haugen, and more.
2018 marks the 100 th anniversary of the end of WWI, the “war to end all wars.” Our concert is inspired by the
Christmas truce in 1914 during which roughly 100,000 English, French, and German troops ceased hostilities to
offer holiday greetings, mingle, and even exchange gifts. We celebrate this spirit of peace with carols and
holiday music from England, France, and Germany.
Pre concert lectures will be at 2:00pm and 6:30pm.
Northwest Chorale, directed by Lynn Hall, will present its winter concert entitled A Very Choral Christmas - a musical feast of carols and sacred works which has a little something for everyone. Anchoring the program is the fabulous Poulenc Gloria. 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!
Spend a delightfully festive evening with the Northwest Firelight Chorale this holiday season! Our not-to-be missed program will include spectacular arrangements of seasonal favorites sung by the stars of the '50s and '60s. Who can forget Johnny Mathis’ “Winter Wonderland,” Andy Williams’ “Do You Hear What I Hear?” or Eartha Kitt’s “Santa Baby”? Enjoy these and more as we perform for you with the flair and flavor of that enticing era. It’s just our way of wishing you the merriest!
KCC presents a Winter concert of songs from Heart and Hearth, featuring Olalla Elementary Honor Choir.
Come enjoy a program of classic American Holiday songs and carols, and celebrate the warmth of coming Home for the Holidays!
The Offbeats Vocal Jazz Ensemble will be performing jazz tunes from Duke Ellington to Charlie Parker to Thelonious Monk under the direction of internationally acclaimed Seattle jazz vocalist Kelley Johnson and accompanied by the John Hansen Trio. In addition, a number of the talented members of the ensemble will be performing solos with the band. Come enjoy an evening of jazz, wine, and holiday joy!