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May 20–26, 2019 (Past)
Vocalpoint! Seattle presents, “Boogie Fever” - an evening of 70’s Funk, Disco and Soul! “Boogie Fever” features the vocal, dance, and dramatic talents of the 40-member Vocalpoint! Seattle ensemble, a select group of high school men and women from throughout the Puget Sound region.
All performances will take place at Broadway Performance Hall at 1625 Broadway Avenue on Capitol Hill. Performance times are 7:30 pm Thursday through Saturday, and 2:30 pm on Sunday. The production closes on Sunday,
May 27 – June 2, 2019 (Past)
I Lift Up Mine Eyes: Finding the Light
Seattle Jewish Chorale Spring 2019 concert!
In this concert, the choir first looks to past experiences with darkness. Following this reflection, the choir uses music as a means of dealing with pain and, going further, as a way of building a better tomorrow.
Join us on our musical journey.
Come join the Lake Washington Singers as we revisit our favorite songs from seasons past. These beloved songs will surely touch your heart and bring a smile to your face. Repertoire will include folk, jazz, musicals, spirituals, and pop selections. Enjoy a delicious meal, a dessert dash, fantastic soloists, and an evening of music that will keep your feet tapping all the way home!
The Seattle Choral Company, led by their founding director, Freddie Coleman, concludes their 37th season with “Cantata Fest”—a concert of choral cantatas spanning three centuries.
Saturday, June 1, 2019 – at 8:00 p.m. with pre-concert talk at 7:00 p.m.
Seattle First Baptist Church, 1111 Harvard Avenue, Seattle
The program will include three works for choir and string orchestra:
“Cantata No. 4, Christ lag in Todesbanden" by Johann Sebastian Bach (1685-1750)
“Cantata, Wer nur den lieben Gott lässt walten" by Felix Mendelssohn (1809-1847)
“Triptych Cantata" by Tarik O’Regan (b. 1978)
The concert will feature members of the North Corner Chamber Orchestra, led by Victoria Parker, soprano soloist Rebekah Gilmore, and organist Wyatt Smith.
A cantata is usually a vocal composition with instrumental accompaniment in multiple movements. It is often based on a poem or gospel text of which each verse is separately set to music. One movement can be a chorale, the next a recitative, the next an aria or duet.
Canto General, composed by famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, setting the poetry of Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda, is a powerful choral masterpiece, accompanied by three flutes, classical guitars, double bass, two pianos, and a vast array of exotic percussion instruments. This epic piece features contralto and baritone soloists. Neruda wrote his epic poem in 1939, broadening an earlier work to become a hymn to all of South America.
Last July we had the amazing opportunity to visit and perform in Ireland while on tour, and now we're excited to share her evocative music with you! You'll hear stunning arrangements of “Danny Boy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme.” You’ll move in rhythm to joyful, rollicking jigs and reels, and enjoy stirring selections from Ireland’s famed groups, Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder. And of course, the evening would not be complete without a good ol’ Irish pub sing-along!
Grateful for Life!
As Seattle Children’s Chorus concludes this 30th Anniversary Year , we will gather at Benaroya to celebrate in song the beautiful accomplishments of an organization that has been blessed by young lives for 30 years. The concert will celebrate life! The wonder of life all around us, the beauty of helping young lives grow, the powerful impact of music to form and shape healthy young lives and the beauty and joy and rhythm of life expressed through choral music! New commissions
We celebrate the multifaceted nature of joy, including the exuberance of William Walton's "The Twelve", the sober devotion of Kevin Siegfried's "Shaker Songs", and the rich variety within Bach's "Jesu, meine Freude". As an added bonus, you'll hear three works by our Composer-in-Residence, the eponymous Joy DeCoursey-Porter.
Music by Josquin Desprez, J. S. Bach, and others.
The final MainStage performance of the year
Featuring choristers from all BYC choirs
The 2018-2019 season was full of exciting changes for Bellevue Youth Choirs. The biggest change of all was merging Bellevue Boychoir and Bellevue Girlchoir fully under the umbrella of Bellevue Youth Choirs. To celebrate this marriage-like merger, the Bellevue Youth Choir choristers have prepared a variety of joyful songs, some of which are *old* from our choral library and some of which are *new* to the BYC choral library, including a brand-new piece written in January of 2019. BYC rounds out the old marriage saying by featuring a few pieces that are *borrowed* from friends of the choir and there is even a song or two with a tint of *blue*.
We hope that you will come celebrate this transformation with Bellevue Youth Choirs on June 1, 2019, 3:00pm at Bellevue Presbyterian Church.
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This concert showcases music from our Spring session.
Northwest Sound, the Pacific Northwest's premier barbershop chorus and top-20 International competitor with the Barbershop Harmony Society, takes you on a journey through the years with music from Irving Berlin and the Mills Brothers to Cindy Lauper and Randy Newman, all done in distinctive, tight, a capella harmonies. We are really excited to have Rooftop Records, a top-10 International quartet headlining the show! Additional guests will be announced closer to the performance date.
Western art music has always been dominated by men. But women have also made significant contributions despite the societal barriers stacked against them. In “Unsung Voices: 1,000 Years of Female Composers,” SGC’s Prime Voci will explore some of these overlooked gems, including works by Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, Clara Schumann, Amy Beach, and Imogen Holst. Also featured will be pieces by contemporary Pacific Northwest composers.
Etta. Dolly. Aretha. Barbra. Cher. Whitney. Beyoncé. Gaga. These are just some of the amazing divas that Choir of the Sound will be highlighting in our spring pops show! Please join us as we celebrate the womxn singers, songwriters, and performers that have lifted us up, moved us to tears, and made us dance. Who Run the World?!
June 3–9, 2019 (Past)
Cascade Foothills Chorale celebrates American History with a salute to those who have served or are serving our country. Fun folk music, beautiful patriotic arrangements, and gorgeous anthems of peaceful times!
This concert highlights the diversity of lived experience among "We, The People" who call the United States home. Through music and poetry, we view our beloved land in all of its beauty, idealism, struggles, failings, colors, joy and pain both past and present
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Canto General, composed by famed Greek composer Mikis Theodorakis, setting the poetry of Nobel Prize laureate Pablo Neruda, is a powerful choral masterpiece, accompanied by three flutes, classical guitars, double bass, two pianos, and a vast array of exotic percussion instruments. This epic piece features contralto and baritone soloists. Neruda wrote his epic poem in 1939, broadening an earlier work to become a hymn to all of South America.
Last July we had the amazing opportunity to visit and perform in Ireland while on tour, and now we're excited to share her evocative music with you! You'll hear stunning arrangements of “Danny Boy” and “Wild Mountain Thyme.” You’ll move in rhythm to joyful, rollicking jigs and reels, and enjoy stirring selections from Ireland’s famed groups, Celtic Woman and Celtic Thunder. And of course, the evening would not be complete without a good ol’ Irish pub sing-along!
Under the direction of Allan J. Andrews, the Seattle Metropolitan Singers present songs from Seattle to Ireland and the United Kingdom. Now more than 45 members strong, we invite you to come hear songs by Seattle composers and arrangers, in addition to traditional songs from the British Isles. $10 - $20 suggested donation per person. Refreshments to follow.
Chorus sings Morten Lauridsen’s Lux Aeterna for choir and orchestra with members of NW Sinfonietta. "Let perpetual light shine on them" says this incredible masterwork by one of the great American choral composers of our time. Adding to this program are Northern Lights by Ola Gjeilo, Light Everlasting by Olaf Christiansen, and Jim Clements’ lush arrangement of Kate Rusby’s Underneath the Stars.
Based on the Victor Hugo novel and songs from the Disney film and broadway play.
The Seattle Chamber Singers seeks qualified singers of all voice types to join us for our 2019-2020 season. This is our 50th year making music in Seattle!
Potential members should have choral singing experience (school/college choir, church choir, symphonic choir.) The audition includes a prepared selection of your choice, vocal exercises, and a bit of sightreading.
Questions? Email info@osscs.org or visit our web site.
June 10–16, 2019 (Past)
It happens that one of the earliest and largest written sources of polyphonic music—music for multiple voices—is wholly dedicated to the Feast of St. James as it was celebrated at his great pilgrimage shrine, the Cathedral of Santiago de Compostela. The Codex Calixtinus was an international effort, but it has been housed in Santiago since the 12th century. The choir and soloists are pleased to bring this music from the Saint’s cathedral in Spain to his Cathedral in Seattle.
North, South, East, West, wherever I roam HOME will always be best. Please join us at our final concert of the season honoring the blessings of God, family, home and freedom.
Our end-of-season concert features pieces which highlight the writings of acclaimed women authors. We are proud to present the world premier performance of commissioned work by Justin Hansen, entitled "The Myth," inspired by the poetry of Emily Dickinson and accompanied by string quartet.
Take a journey with Northwest Girlchoir through some of the most beautiful and beloved songs we’ve ever performed, such as “Homeward Bound,” “Untraveled Worlds,” “900 Miles,” and “Wayfarin’ Stranger.” We’ll feature a variety of pieces about travel, journeys (physical, emotional, spiritual), and the experience of having to leave one’s country for another. Our choristers will take these songs with them as they travel the world on tour this summer.
Featuring Fresca, Amabile, Vivace, Amore, and
BlueStreet presents its signature show of the year, “Nice N' Easy”. Join us at The Triple Door, the swankiest and most comfortable nightclub in town! The Triple Door is renowned for its classy cocktails, Pan-Asian Wild Ginger menu, starlit stage, and amazing sound system! This makes for a truly special night out! Come on down to The Triple Door where it's "Nice N' Easy" every time!
A wonderful celebration and culmination of hard work done throughout the season. Join us for a lovely concert featuring all choir levels. We are thrilled to be returning to Town Hall for this concert!
Join Columbia Children's Choirs (Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi, Lyrica, Bel Canto) and Cantabile Vocal Ensemble in two afternoon concerts celebrating the culmination of a year of singing in choir. Experience the cheerful faces and ringing voices of the Columbia Choirs singers in the beautiful Bellevue First Congregational Church.
1PM Concert: Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi, Bel Canto
4PM Concert: Lyrica, Bel Canto, Cantabile
Powerful and poignant music about the meaning of home with our collected voices raised for those in need of food and shelter. Presented in partnership with local food and housing service organizations.
June 17–23, 2019 (Past)
Say goodbye to the UK Touristers as they depart for their international tour!
All are welcome to attend this free concert.
Presented by singers of the 2019 Tacoma Early Music Workshop (Anne Lyman, Artistic Director), ‘Canticum Canticorum’ offers a cappella music of the High Renaissance, based on excerpts from the book ‘Song of Songs’, or ‘Song of Solomon’ in the Old Testament: by Palestrina, Victoria, Lassus et al.
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Woodstock. The moon landing. Vietnam. Stonewall. In the summer of 1969, current events churned into a psychedelic era of rebellion and change. SMC transports us back to this vibrant year through the chart-topping, culture-defining music that blared through turntables and transistor radios. Joining with a coalition of LGBTQ choruses across the country, we also present a thrilling new musical theater work that tells the stories of the Stonewall riots and the struggle to live life out loud.
June 24–30, 2019 (Past)
No MCE season would be complete without our popular tribute to Independence Day in Issaquah’s historic Pickering Barn, with lots of sing alongs, historical commentary, and all-American music. This year’s theme: America’s First Ladies.
Welcome to the SeaChordsmen's 70th year anniversary of performing barbershop harmony for audiences in Seattle! Come help us celebrate! We will be sharing the stage with both directors of our past and friends of the present. To start, we'll be sharing the stage with "Sound Harmony", our director Elizabeth Davies' own Sweet Adelines Chorus that will be performing music from the last seven decades, all sung in the unique barbershop style. Additionally, we have special quartet headliners: International qualifying quartet Impact, which features our past director Ted Chamberlain, and SAI Regional Champions Quartet Wink, which features our other director Melanie McGuire. It will be a joyful musical event! Come celebrate with us!!
July 1–7, 2019 (Past)
Tickets and more information available at www.nwboychoir.org or (206) 524-3234
The Grammy-nominated Northwest Boychoir conducted by Music Director Joseph Crnko will present its Tour Kick Off Concert in Seattle on July 5 at Plymouth Church, followed by six public concerts in California July 8 – 14 as part of its two-week 2019 California Concert Tour. The highly acclaimed, 34-member Northwest Boychoir will present a program that will include classical choral works, folk songs and Americana.
July 8–14, 2019 (Past)
Dvořák, Brahms, Elgar, Burleigh, and Kodály share an evening with current composers Greg Bartholomew, Stephen Chatman, Steve Danielson, Donald Skirvin, Karen Thomas, and Mari Valverde to explore humanity’s relationship to its surrounding world, considering how to develop this connection responsibly and unitedly.
Are you interested in joining our team? Choir of the Sound is holding auditions for all voice parts (particular need for tenors and basses) for its 2019-2020 season beginning at 6:30 p.m. on Monday, July 8, and at 6:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 9, at Terrace View Presbyterian Church, 4700 - 228th St. SW., Mountlake Terrace, WA 98043. Other dates are available by special arrangement.
To schedule an audition, please e-mail auditions@choirofthesound.org or call 206-528-9990.
Audition process:
• Your audition will begin with an extended warm-up to display the range and qualities of your singing voice.
• You will be quizzed on intervals, rhythm, and pitch retention.
• You will be asked to sight-read a short musical excerpt.
• You will be asked to sight-read your voice part on a standard four-part chorale.
No prepared piece is required.
For more information about Choir of the Sound, please visit our website at www.choirofthesound.org.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
July 15–21, 2019 (Past)
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
The SeaChordsmen welcome you to our bi-annual Guest Night! Come and see what a cappella singing all is about; let us share with you the fun of singing Barbershop music, an original American art form.
Join members of the Bainbridge Chorale and other area choruses to read through the Mozart Vespers (Vesperae solennes de confessore) directed by Laurie Betts Hughes, Artistic Director of the Redmond Chorale and G# Choir of Google, vocalist and composer.
Participants will have an opportunity to sing the solo sections as well as the choral movements.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
July 22–28, 2019 (Past)
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
A day of interactive vocal workshops and master classes hosted by the Everett Chorale's Artistic director Jennifer Rodgers. Morning and afternoon classes will focus on the anchors of vocal technique with "labs" so singers can practice what they learn. There will also be an open master class featuring 5 to 6 soloists/singers. Come and get in shape for the concert season! All are welcome!
Join members of the Bainbridge Chorale and other area choruses to read through the Fauré Requiem under the baton of Matthew Melendez, Artistic Director of the Great Bend Center for Music. Participants will have an opportunity to sing the solo sections as well as the choral movements.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
July 29 – August 4, 2019 (Past)
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
Join members of the Bainbridge Chorale and other area choruses to read through Brahms's German Requiem, (Ein deutsches Requiem) under the baton of Dr. Gary Cannon, Artistic Director of Cascadian Chorale, Vashon Chorale and founder of the Emerald Ensemble.
It’s a Sing-Along! Join four established Eastside choirs in the thrill of singing great works of choral music in July 2019. Choirs from Bellevue, Kirkland and Issaquah present the Eastside Sings program.
July 8-Schicksalslied, Nänie
July 15-Rutter Gloria
July 22-Peaceable Kingdom
July 29-B minor Mass
August 5–11, 2019 (Past)
Grades 3-5 Choir, directed by Amy Ballard, will sing "Route 66" and "Take the 'A' Train"; Grades 6-9 Choir, directed by Brian Hoskins, will sing "Can You Imagine That?" and "Bonse Aba"; Consonare, directed by Hoskins and Leora Schwitters will sing "Aladdin Medley" and "You Will Be Found"; combined groups will sing "Kwela, Kwela" and "This is Me".
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
RYC's 8th annual choir camp for grades 3-9, M-Th 9:30am to 2pm with a free camp concert on Thursday at 7pm.
August 12–18, 2019 (Past)
Eastside Midday Singers and G# Choir of Googlers present music from the American Parlor. From Broadway, to Art Song, to Ragtime, Bellevue's newest choral ensemble highlights music for intimate spaces with special guest Tatiana Kruse and Lambros Lambrou.
Wellspring Ensemble is excited to be a part of the music scene by establishing itself on the cutting edge of new music in the choral arts. Featuring accompanied and a capella music, the set will be painted with both recognized composers and new composers alike! Sperry, Balmforth, Green, Schreiner, Bunch, Whitacre, Meader, Asher--these composers are sure fill your evening with beauty.
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
Auditions
Auditions for Opus 7 will be held on August 17th and throughout the year. If you are interested in auditioning, please email Loren Ponten at loren@opus7.org.
Audition Process
Please bring a prepared selection to the audition that highlights the best qualities of your voice. This can be an art song, hymn or a selection from a choral piece that you know. Be prepared to sing this a cappella.
Test of your vocal range
Test of your sight-reading abilities
Schedule comparison & discussion of commitment level with Loren Pontén
Logistics
People have joined Opus 7 to rehearse in detail and perform with excellence the most challenging and beautiful works of the a cappella choral repertory. Opus 7 singers are good to excellent sight-readers. Those that don’t have good sight-reading skills spend whatever time is needed outside of rehearsals learning their parts on their own. To that end, it is understood that when singers commit to a project, they are expected to know their part by the second rehearsal.
Rehearsals occur normally on Wednesdays from 7:15 – 9:45 p.m. with occasional rehearsals on the weekends especially the week of the concert.
Opus 7 prides itself in excellent ensemble singing. We all know that this depends on everyone’s attendance, and that every rehearsal for a given concert requires each member’s full priority. By committing to a concert, it is understood that members will attend every rehearsal for that project.
Vox Pacifica is seeking experienced singers - sopranos in particular - to join our new ensemble of 27 alto and soprano voices. Vox Pacifica is a new women's choir based in Bellingham, WA under the artistic direction of Wendy Bloom. We rehearse weekly on Wed. evenings 7-9pm. Our first rehearsal will be on Wed Sept. 11, 2019. Loads more info about us can be found at https://voxpacifica.org.
Auditions for fall 2019 season will be on WED AUGUST 14, 6pm-8pm, by appointment with Wendy Bloom. Please visit https://voxpacifica.org/auditions for audition expectations and to setup a time directly with Wendy. This is a fun, intimate new group that has already had a very successful debut season. We're very excited to get started on Season Two!
August 19–25, 2019 (Past)
In 1614, Sad sack noble Sir William Leighton published The Teares and Lamentatacions of a Sorrowfull Soule, featuring 55 of his poems set by 21 different well-known composers of the day, including William Byrd, John Wilbye, John Ward, Thomas Weelkes, Orlando Gibbons, and Francis Pilkington. This program showcases a number of these works, performed alongside madrigals by the same composers—both famous and obscure—that focus on faraway lands and legendary figures from mythology.
The Seattle Chamber Singers seek talented, qualified vocalists of all voice types to join us for our Monumental 2019-2020 season. The ensemble, which is celebrating its 50th season, is part of a unique vocal-instrumental partnership with Orchestra Seattle.
Highlights of the upcoming season include Handel's Messiah, Bach's Saint Matthew Passion, and Ravel's Daphnis & Chloe in Benaroya Hall.
This is a fast-paced choir, and singers must be able to read music. Previous choral experience (church, school, or symphonic choir) and formal vocal training are desirable, though not obligatory.
Those interested in auditioning who are unavailable on August 24 should contact info@osscs.org to schedule a different time.
BlueStreet Voices has an opening for a lead soprano to join the ensemble. Auditions will be held August 21 - 22nd in N Seattle. Email bluestreetseattle@gmail.com for more information.
BlueStreet Voices is a 16-voice jazz-vocal ensemble offering unique arrangements of standards, contemporary jazz and popular favorites, the group and its outstandingrhythm section have sold out venues such as The Triple Door in Seattle.
The Seattle Metropolitan Singers is looking for treble voices - adults who sing SSAA - to join us for the 2019-2020 season. We really need altos, but are auditioning all parts. We have a busy season, so plan on hitting the ground running! Contact Jenny Murray at gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com' target='_blank' rel='noowner'>gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com for more information.
Bellevue Chamber Chorus is holding auditions for its upcoming 2019-2020 season in August and September by appointment.
Auditions will be conducted by the new Bellevue Chamber Chorus Artistic Director. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditioners will be expected to:
- Sing a prepared piece of their choice, preferably from the classical tradition
- Demonstrate vocal range
- Demonstrate musical proficiency via ear training, aural memory, and sight-reading exercises.
Bellevue Youth Choirs is now accepting new choristers to sing for the 2019-20 season! Youth in Pre-K-2nd grade are not required to audition, while youth in grades 3-12 audition for placement into one of our 7 different choral ensembles. Auditions are 1/2 hr with our artistic director, getting to know your child and their singing range. Visit https://bellevueyouthchoirs.org/audition for more info about auditions.
Auditions will be completed on 8/19 and by appointment.
Now in our 38th year, the Seattle Choral Company is a mixed voice ensemble that performs both a cappella and accompanied masterworks. If you are an experienced singer looking for a choir that performs a wide repertory with excellence, please contact us! Summertime is the perfect time to make a personal appointment for an audition with the director. Our new season includes:
December 7, 2019 O Yule Full of Gladness: Christmas In Scandinavia
March 14, 2020 Schubert's Mass No. 6 in E-Flat & other works
June 6, 2020 Rachmaninoff's Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrystostom
Meridian Ensemble, a SATB chamber choir, is offering spots in all sections and holding auditions for the 2019-2020 season on Wednesday August 21st from 6:00 till 9:00 PM at St. Clement's Episcopal Church located at 1501 32nd Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144.
To schedule your audition slot, to get more information, or to request alternative audition date, please send a message to Artistic Director Yuly Kopkin at YULYK@UW.EDU or call 206-866-8819. Acceptable audition pieces are art songs; arias from large works such as oratorio, cantata or opera; the Great American songbook, classical musical theater. Thank you for your interest in Meridian Ensemble!
Join Northwest Chamber Chorus! Auditions by appointment are being held on Sunday, August 25 at Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church in Seattle from 1:00 to 4:00pm. Please contact us by email if you’d like a 15-minute appointment to sing for Music Director Mark Kloepper that day. During the audition, Mark will ask you to sing a song of your own choosing. Please bring a copy of your music for our piano accompanist. Your audition piece does not need to be memorized. He will also ask you to sight-read some music excerpts as part of the audition and will work with you to determine which voice part in our choir might fit you best. Include info about your choir background and what voice part you prefer to sing in your email.
Audition for Seattle Pro Musica! Are you an experienced, adventurous musician with a passion for great choral music? Seattle Pro Musica is looking for extraordinary singers of all voice types to join us for our 2019-20 Season! Great singers and great people are always welcome.
We have exciting concerts planned this season—in December we share warm, joyous choral music from winter traditions around the world; in March 2020 we celebrate the music of American women past and present as we honor the adoption of Amendment XIX to the United States Constitution; and in May we pair groundbreaking British composer Ethel Smyth’s stunning and seldom-heard Mass in D for choir, orchestra, and soloists with Mozart’s beloved “Great” Mass in C minor.
Our 2019-20 auditions will take place on August 19, 20, and 21; please see our auditions page (http://www.seattlepromusica.org/auditions) for more information and email auditions@seattlepromusica.org to schedule your appointment!
The OK Chorale joins up with All Present song circle for people with memory loss. We ride the 12:40 PM Edmonds ferry to Kingston and back, singing all the while. We've got classic rock and roll, standards and folk songs on the program. We provide song sheets so anyone can sing along.
August 26 – September 1, 2019 (Past)
AUDITION CALL for VOCAL JAZZ:
Calling Altos and Baritones/Basses for The Offbeats Vocal Jazz Ensemble!
If you want to swing, love crunchy harmony, and can hit that jive jack, this is your chance to be part of an evolved and groovy group of humans who laugh and sing, enjoy getting it right, and play and perform beautifully together. Thursday rehearsals 7:30-9:30 pm in West Seattle. Shows in fancy places, solo opportunities, a feisty director, and a killing band.
Auditions are by appointment on August 27 & 28 from 6-9 pm.
Email us at offbeats@kelleyjohnson.com to schedule an audition.
The Seattle Metropolitan Singers is looking for treble voices - adults who sing SSAA - to join us for the 2019-2020 season. We really need altos, but are auditioning all parts. We have a busy season, so plan on hitting the ground running! Contact Jenny Murray at gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com' target='_blank' rel='noowner'>gleeful.jenny.murray@gmail.com for more information.
Please contact webmaster for an audition time and with any questions.
Auditions for KCS' 2019-2020 season, including:
Celestial Lights - J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and music of the season with Philharmonia Northwest.
True Colors - Songs of Community and Love, featuring local guest artists and composers.
Beethoven's 250th - featuring the glorious Mass in C and the triumphant Choral Fantasy with Philharmonia Northwest and renowned pianist Craig Sheppard at Benaroya Hall.
Seattle Jewish Chorale is holding auditions for our 2019-2020 season. Auditions will be held in the evenings of August 28th in Bellevue and September 4th in Seattle. Those interested should email Inez Caspi (inez.caspi@gmail.com) to get more specific information on locations and times. Auditionees should come prepared to sing a short a capella song of any style. Seattle Jewish Chorale is open to participants of all religions.
We are a non-audition women's choir that has been sharing music with the community since 1952. This kickoff is the time to greet returning singers and meet prospective members! You'll hear about plans for the upcoming season, discuss the fall musical repertoire and rehearse select pieces.
After this, the next rehearsal will be two weeks later on Monday, Sept. 9 from 7:00-9:00pm. The season concludes with our Holiday concert on Saturday 12/15/19 in Kirkland, WA.
visit our website at www.lakewashingtonsingers.org
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September 2–8, 2019 (Past)
Bellevue Chamber Chorus is holding auditions for its upcoming 2019-2020 season in August and September by appointment.
Auditions will be conducted by the new Bellevue Chamber Chorus Artistic Director. An accompanist will be provided.
Auditioners will be expected to:
- Sing a prepared piece of their choice, preferably from the classical tradition
- Demonstrate vocal range
- Demonstrate musical proficiency via ear training, aural memory, and sight-reading exercises.
If you're a guy who
• loves to sing
• wants to build on your talents as a singer and performer
• and all while increasing your joy quotient astronomically and being part of a friendly and fabulous wide-ranging community? What are you waiting for?? It's time to join The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Additional audition times not listed are also available. All auditions take place in Ballard. Contact Bigdsparkles@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE: Auditions are scheduled individually, even though GSCC schedule lists a single date and time.
Fall rehearsals start September 11. Please contact director Deeji Killian bigdsparkles@yahoo.com for more info.
Auditions for KCS' 2019-2020 season, including:
Celestial Lights - J.S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio and music of the season with Philharmonia Northwest.
True Colors - Songs of Community and Love, featuring local guest artists and composers.
Beethoven's 250th - featuring the glorious Mass in C and the triumphant Choral Fantasy with Philharmonia Northwest and renowned pianist Craig Sheppard at Benaroya Hall.
Seattle Jewish Chorale is holding auditions for our 2019-2020 season. Auditions will be held in the evenings of August 28th in Bellevue and September 4th in Seattle. Those interested should email Inez Caspi (inez.caspi@gmail.com) to get more specific information on locations and times. Auditionees should come prepared to sing a short a capella song of any style. Seattle Jewish Chorale is open to participants of all religions.
Seattle Peace Chorus auditions day on Sunday, September 8th. This is the last big audition day before the start of the season the following day on September 9th.
Auditions will be scheduled and held from 1pm to 7pm on September 8th.
You must submit an audition request online at http://seattlepeacechorus.org/join/audition-request/ if you are available and interested so that we can contact you and schedule your audition time slot.
Do you enjoy singing in a community setting? Are you thinking about joining a choir this season? Would you like to get to know ChoralSounds Northwest better? Mark your calendars for our annual FREE Summer Sing!
Adults ages 17 and up are invited to meet our director, learn about our upcoming season, join in a community sing with choir members, and perhaps even schedule an audition. Summer Sing is the perfect way to get to know ChoralSounds Northwest without any cost or pressure. We hope to see you there!
We open our rehearsal season with a social and information session. Come greet new and returning singers, hear about plans for the upcoming season, schedule an audition with our Artistic Director, and get all you need to join us for the Fall Quarter. The first rehearsal is the following Monday, Sept. 9 from 7:00-9:30pm.
Come rehearse for Christmas Magic with us! Our Holiday 2019 season kicks off on September 5th from 7 to 9 PM at Enumclaw Middle School's Choir Room! CFC is non-audition, and membership dues are $40.
If you’re interested in singing with us, rehearsals start Sunday, September 8, 2019. Join us for our opening potluck at 6 p.m. in Magnolia. Please go to http://www.magnoliachorale.org/join-us.html for more details about singing with us.
September 9–15, 2019 (Past)
This concert celebrates two Scandinavian musicians who were born in Sept 1919: Johan KVANDAL, and Sven-Erik BÄCK. Kvandal developed his own “modern tonality” influenced by Norwegian folk and international contemporary music. Bäck’s choral music sets conservative Biblical texts in decidedly non-traditional treatments. In this sacred program, The Esoterics will perform all twelve of Bäck’s Motets for the church year in Swedish, and all of Kvandal’s sacred works for unaccompanied choir.
If you're a guy who
• loves to sing
• wants to build on your talents as a singer and performer
• and all while increasing your joy quotient astronomically and being part of a friendly and fabulous wide-ranging community? What are you waiting for?? It's time to join The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Additional audition times not listed are also available. All auditions take place in Ballard. Contact Bigdsparkles@yahoo.com
PLEASE NOTE: Auditions are scheduled individually, even though GSCC schedule lists a single date and time.
Fall rehearsals start September 11. Please contact director Deeji Killian bigdsparkles@yahoo.com for more info.
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music. Rehearsals begin on September 9th, 2019 and take place Monday nights
7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation is $75 per person for the Winter Season, and $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting season includes a feast of choral Christmas works by a variety of composers, our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along, and Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
Come sing with us!
Our 2019-20 Kick Off is on Sunday, September 15 at 6:00 p.m. We are excited to add new members!
Discover Seattle's only French Choir during the Open House for the Alliance Française de Seattle Choir, held annually during the first session of the Fall. All are welcome!
Please note that our Choir has limited availability and tends to fill up quickly. If you already know that you wish to enroll for the 2019/2020 season, we recommend doing so before the first session.
Date: Monday, September 9 at 7.30pm
Location: Good Shepherd Shepherd Center, room 204
Free parking available.
We are a women's choir that has been sharing music with the community since 1952. Currently, we are looking for new members who enjoy singing, improving their vocal skills, performing and having lots of fun. Under the direction of our new director, Allison Renn, our group is continuing to grow.
No audition is required, however, an ear for music and willingness to practice is essential. It is helpful but not necessary to be able to read music. To supplement the music itself, we also have online tools to help you learn your part.
We enjoy singing a wide variety of music: contemporary, Broadway, folk, gospel, classical, jazz, etc.
Please come to our rehearsal on Monday, September 9th. The season concludes with a holiday concert on Saturday, December 14th.
As well as our main concerts, we also perform several "mini" concerts each season at retirement centers and various community events primarily on the Eastside.
Revenue from performances along with modest monthly dues ($30/mo) enable us to purchase music, cover expenses and present annual scholarships to local high school vocal students.
We rehearse Monday evenings at from 7-9 at Emerald Heights in Redmond, in their Emerald room.
10901 176th Circle NE
Redmond, WA 98052-7218
For more information please visit our website: www.lakewashingtonsingers.org
Join us for our second rehearsal! Registration closes the last Thursday in September!
First rehearsal. Singers for all parts (SATB) welcome. Most music is in German.
September 16–22, 2019 (Past)
reSound is honored to be featured as Port Gardner Bay Music Society’s opening concert for their 2019-2020 Season. The concert will celebrate local composers, featuring the music our own Composer-in-Residence, Michael Austin Miller. The program will also include music by our Music Director, Dr. Stephen Marshall-Ward, and reSound member Claudia Walker.
More information is available on PGB Music Society’s site, http://www.pgbmusicsociety.com/.
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music. Rehearsals begin on September 9th, 2019 and take place Monday nights
7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation is $75 per person for the Winter Season, and $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting season includes a feast of choral Christmas works by a variety of composers, our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along, and Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
Registration ends the last Thursday in September! Join us for our Holiday Season!
September 23–29, 2019 (Past)
September 28, 2019 @ 2 pm
92nd Street Church of Christ
4226 2nd St NE, Marysville, WA
Seattle Shores Chorus BENEFIT Performance for Operation Smile
Co-sponsored by Seattle Seachordsmen Chorus (SPEBSQSA)
Additional guest performers will be Harmony Northwest Chorus (SAI)
This is a free concert to raise funds for Operation Smile.
Just $240 can cover the cost of surgery for one child, and every donation helps to bring health and hope to young lives. We have been able to sponsor 170 operations in the past 6 years.
For further information, contact Ellen Brockman, tenrduck@msn.com, (425) 319-1112
Kids & teens ages 18 and under are free; college students with ID $10; senior ages 65 and over $18; general admission $20.
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music. Rehearsals begin on September 9th, 2019 and take place Monday nights
7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation is $75 per person for the Winter Season, and $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting season includes a feast of choral Christmas works by a variety of composers, our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along, and Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
Fund raiser for Operation Smile (https://www.operationsmile.org/) sponsored by the Seattle Shores. The SeaChordsmen have participated for the past five years.
The last day to join us for our holiday 2019 season! It will be a blast!
September 30 – October 6, 2019 (Past)
Our season begins with a journey through heavenly mysteries inspired by the writings of Johannes Kepler (Music of the Spheres – Kevin Siegfried) alongside choral masterworks such J.S. Bach’s motet for double chorus (Komm, Jesu, Komm – BWV 229) and rarely heard works by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko. Join us as we embark on our 27th season in a one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks.
Our 50th season begins with music of creation. Hear trailblazing composer Carol Sams’ epic masterpiece, The Earthmakers, an oratorio that recounts creation stories from a multitude of world cultures. We also feature La création du monde, a jazzy work by Sams’ teacher, Darius Milhaud, as well as the world premiere of local composer Carlos Garcia’s fanfare, Vast Array.
The Emerald Ensemble is honored to be the first performers to broadcast live from Classical KING-FM's new studio! Featuring Britten's Five Flower Songs, Lauridsen's Les chansons des roses, and works by Billings and local composer Jeremy Kings. This performance will promote the forthcoming GSCC Seattle Sings festival the following weekend.
The live audience is by invitation only, but all can listen at 98.1 FM in Seattle, or worldwide at king.org.
In the tradition of "miscast" cabarets, members of SPM and Karen P. Thomas will dazzle you with unlikely pairings of songs and singers. You’ll enjoy novel takes on Broadway choruses and cabaret solos along with delicious food and drink from Wild Ginger. Get ready for an evening of surprising match-ups and unexpected delights!
Two shows! October 5, 2019 - 7 PM and 9:30 PM
apx. 80 minutes, no intermission
full menu and bar available
October 7–13, 2019 (Past)
Join us for the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium’s fourth biennial Seattle Sings Choral Festival, showcasing 35 dynamic choirs of all types and styles from around the Puget Sound region: medieval to barbershop, jazz to classical, men’s and women’s and SATB choirs, heritage choirs and more.
This year we welcome Northwest composer, Ethan Sperry, as the festival’s composer-in-residence. Mr. Sperry has been commissioned by the GSCC to compose this year’s festival anthem and will be present to conduct participating choirs and audience in the festival anthem periodically throughout the festival.
Friday evening will honor Northwest composer Morten Lauridsen for his many years of service to choral music, and will feature six choirs presenting a retrospective of his works. Lauridsen himself will be in attendance and to cap the evening will lead the audience and choirs in one of his most beloved works, “Sure On This Shining Night.”
Opening our 15 year anniversary season is a program featuring Renaissance music for large vocal forces, including Thomas Tallis's 40-part "Spem in alium" and Robert Carver's 19-part "O bone Jesu." Accompanying these masterpieces are some of our favorite motets from all over Europe, featuring music by Giovanni Gabrieli, William Byrd, and Alonso Lobo.
October 14–20, 2019 (Past)
Our first, informal performance of the year for all six ensembles singing together and separately. Audience sing-a-longs are always a favorite part of this event. The stunning finale (Kwela, Kwela) involves all RYC singers in 4 part a cappella harmony with percussion and movement. Selections by Naverud, Papoulis, PinkZebra, Unterseher, Kellman, and Route 66!
This program will encourage us to find peace in accepting the truth, to avoid deceit, to find comfort in the unanswered question, and to trust good thoughts, words, and deeds. Singing texts from various sources, HONESTY will feature music by Abbie Betinis, Michael Bussewitz-Quarm, Samantha Fernando, Ted Hearne, Anna-Karin Klockar, Forrest Pierce, Fahad Siadat, Dale Trumbore, Trevor Weston, Julia Wolfe, and world premieres by this year’s POLYPHONOS winners: David Ho-yi Chan, Katherine Pukinskis, and Scott Senko.
The Ensign Symphony & Chorus opens their seventh season, In His Light, with a spectacular collaboration with singer Nathan Pacheco. Nathan has been amazing audiences around the country with his smooth tenor voice and his wide stylistic range. In addition to the collaboration, the chorus and symphony will continue to impress with Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque and the world-premiere of Stephen Weatherford’s arrangement of Be Still My Soul.
Come listen to the Seattle Ladies Choir sing in perfect harmony at our Season 17 Concerts, including choral versions of songs by Janelle Monáe, Damien Rice, Dolly Parton, Mumford & Sons, and more!
We will be performing three shows at Broadway Performance Hall on Capitol Hill. The hall is easily accessible via light rail and bus, and a 500-spot parking garage is located near the venue. All shows are wheelchair accessible. Doors open 30 minutes prior to concert time; tickets available at the door, subject to availability, prices may vary. Drinks and merchandise will be available for purchase before the show and during intermission.
Outstanding women's a cappella vocal ensemble, Latvian Voices shares a wonderful afternoon of music with the Seattle-based Baltic women's ensemble, Mägi Ensemble and the Inglemoor High School Chamber Choir Women's Ensemble. Pre-concert lecture with Laura Jēkabsone and Guntis Šmidchens at 2pm.
Only two spots left! (Soprano 2 and Alto 1) Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
October 21–27, 2019 (Past)
Opus 7 begins its 28th season with a celebration of the moon and the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing. In the 20th century, nations raced to conquer it, while lovers basked in its moody, silvery light. Opus 7 will be performing works by a stellar group of composers who have lent their considerable talents to compositions revolving around the moon. You will hear works by Morten Lauridsen, Ildebrando PIzzetti, Antonín Dvořák, David Hamilton, Stephen Chatman, Bob Chilcott, Daniel Elder, Meredith Monk, Kile Smith, and Opus 7's Composer-in-Residence John Muehleisen.
Christina Siemens, piano
William Berry, trumpet
Roger Burnett & Amie Stewart, horn
Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.
Preferred Seating: $40 in advance; General Seating: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Seniors: $20 in advance, $24 at the door
Students: Pay as able at the door with student ID
Opening our inaugural season is a program featuring Shaker arrangements by American composers and British partsongs.
SIEGFRIED Shaker songs
SHAKER Gentle Words
SHAKER Paradise
POSTON Jesus Christ The Apple Tree
THOMSON My Shepherd Will Supply My Need
RUTTER Loving Shepherd of Thy Sheep
SHAKER The Harvest
COPLAND Simple Gifts
SHAKER The Pure Fountain
VAUGHAN WILLIAMS The Call
arr. KASTANAS Old Churchyard
SIEGFRIED At the water's edge
SHAKER In Yonder Valley
HAMMOND The Humble Heart
WATTS Blooming Vale
SIEGFRIED Angels Hovering 'Round
IRELAND The Hills
Join Sine Nomine, with Guest Conductor Sheila Bristow, for our fall concert ‘Laus Trinitati: In Praise of the Divine’. We will feature Renaissance works from various countries, early to late, which employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity. The concert is framed by a dip into the medieval period with Hildegard of Bingen’s chant ‘Laus Trinitati’, and concludes in the contemporary world with American composer Frank Ferko’s motet, based on Hildegard’s chant.
Vocalpoint! Seattle presents, “The Name Game” - a high energy music revue, featuring some of rock’s greatest name songs by artists from the 1960s, 70s & 80s! Featuring music by The Beach Boys, Manhattan Transfer, Bruce Springsteen, Three Dog Night, Rickie Lee Jones, The Turtles, Fleetwood Mack, The Hollies, The Righteous Brothers, and many others. “The Name Game” features the vocal, dance, and dramatic talents of the 34-member Vocalpoint! Seattle ensemble, a select group of high school men and women from throughout the Puget Sound region.
Join us for a sneak peek of the season’s repertoire, featuring a sampling from each of our five auditioned choirs, including our traditional round showing how girls’ voices grow and mature. Free admission and cookie/cider reception to follow.
Featuring Fresca, Amabile, Vivace, Amore and Ensemble.
Only two spots left! (Soprano 2 and Alto 1) Ancora is currently seeking new members. Rehearsals are Thursdays, 7:15-9:30pm, on Capitol Hill.
Ancora is a chamber choir under the direction of Freddie Coleman. We sing at a high level in a variety of genres but our main staple is art “classical" music with a large amount of a cappella songs. Ancora sings with a clear tone, without vibrato.
If you are interested in auditioning, please submit an audition form via our website: www.ancorachoir.org
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
October 28 – November 3, 2019 (Past)
Join us for the world premiere of Huntley Beyer’s Circumference, an oratorio written in memory of OSSCS founder George Shangrow. Also featured are Jennifer Higdon’s blue cathedral, composed to honor her late brother, and Ludwig van Beethoven’s Eroica symphony, written “to the memory of a great man.”
A pilgrimage through life…to rest and peace.
An All Saints Day meditation on life’s journeys, featuring reSound, a Northwest Chamber Ensemble.
The Northwest Boychoir is now scheduling tryouts for boys who love to sing!
Boys who are ages 6-9 years old are invited to audition and no previous music training is needed. Classes for new members begin in January and are located at the University Heights Center in Seattle. Auditions are free of charge.
For more than 40 years, the Choirs have helped young people discover the joy of singing, self-discipline and teamwork. The Northwest Boychoir is proud to be an inclusive and equitable organization and is firmly committed to assisting families with financial aid. The Northwest Boychoir offers the perfect blend of music training and Serious Fun!
Audition appointments are scheduled through the Northwest Choirs office by calling 206-524-3234 or at www.nwboychoir.org. Auditions are private and low-key, designed to make the boys feel comfortable and relaxed. They last about 15 minutes, and parents are strongly encouraged to be present.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 4–10, 2019 (Past)
The Sound Singers Japanese Choir celebrate their 10th anniversary. Appearances and reminiscences from old friends, retrospectives, and lots of great music. We also feature our awesome Japanese bake sale prior to the concert.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 11–17, 2019 (Past)
Because of the limited number of seats available at these venues, ticket prices are $30 at the door; $25 in advance; $23 seniors, students, and special needs.
A program of songs of the sea. For this program RainShadow Chorale is proud to be hosting composer Jake Runestad, who will conduct two of his compositions: The Secret of the Sea and Let My Love Be Heard.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 18–24, 2019
Selections from Schütz’s Psalmen Davids frame this program of beginnings. The tracing of Jesus’ ancestry back to Adam, Pärt’s hypnotic “Which was the son of…,” serves as the centerpiece linking settings from the Genesis creation narrative with German chorales and Latin motets for Advent—the beginning of the church year.
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Concert of German Music, a Light meal, and Dancing to a live band afterwards. See flyer for ticket and parking info.
Meridian Ensemble's new program ‘The Gravity of Beauty’ provides the Seattle area audiences with a rare opportunity for the Seattle area audiences to hear some of Russia’s finest secular choral repertoire created by such leading Russian composers of choral music in late 19th – early 20th centuries as Kalinnikov, Arensky, Kui, and Rachmaninov. The program also features a few gems by European masters of choral music – Saint-Saent, Brahms, Reger, Elgar – who developed artistic ties with Russia and greatly enriched cultural exchange between Russia and the West during that era.
Saturday 11/23, 7:00 PM, Magnolia United Church of Christ, Seattle
Sunday 11/24, 2:00 PM, Saint Clement's Episcopal Church, Seattle
Tickets are available at door and at: https://meridianensemble.net/events
John Rutter's beautiful double-choir motet, Hymn to the Creator of Light, was written for the dedication of the Herbert Howells memorial window in Gloucester Cathedral in 1992. Few music teachers in twentieth-century Britain were more influential than Howells, who greeted his first class at London's Royal College of Music in 1920 and his last over 50 years later. Rutter (b. 1945) carries Howells' torch in his dual roles as a prolific choral composer and conductor of the superb Cambridge Singers. As always, Rutter is sensitive to the text, but he does especially lovely work here with the word 'light'.
Because of the limited number of seats available at these venues, ticket prices are $30 at the door; $25 in advance; $23 seniors, students, and special needs.
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
November 25 – December 1, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
The Byrd Ensemble and Seattle Baroque Orchestra join forces once again for a performance of Bach's "Wachet auf" and "Magnificat," at the newly renovated Town Hall in Seattle.
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December 2–8, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
Doors open at 2:40pm. Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
We are excited to have Doug Fullington as guest conductor for AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS, a fun and lively performance of early American music from New England, Appalachian, and Shaker traditions. AN AMERICAN CHRISTMAS is a perfect performance for families, friends, and children to celebrate the holiday season. Raucous tunes in the shapenote tradition; simple, heartfelt Shaker melodies; and the proud and vigorous New England "primitive" style will take the audience on a journey discovering holiday fare from the variety of traditions that combine to create America's vital and inspiring musical heritage. This narrated performance features songs and carols for Thanksgiving, Christmas, and the New Year.
PROGRAM
William BILLINGS: O praise the Lord of heaven
Nehemiah SHUMWAY: Schenectady
William WALKER: Sweet prospect
Joseph STEPHENSON: Anthem from Luke
Edward FRENCH: New Bethlehem
Jeremiah INGALLS: Redemption
BILLINGS: Judea
BILLINGS: Shiloh
STEPHENSON: Milford
SHAKER: I will bow and be simple
SHAKER: Love is little
SHAKER: Lay me low
SHAKER: New Year’s greeting
TRADITIONAL: I saw three ships
TRADITIONAL: Joys Seven
TRADITIONAL: The cherry tree
Daniel READ: Sherburne
You are invited to join the Mill Creek Chorale for their annual Holiday Concert at Bothell United Methodist Church, conveniently located next to Bothell High School and Downtown Bothell.
This holiday concert will feature Sacred and Secular music with titles that include -
Away in a Manger - Ola Gjeilo
Festival First Nowell - Dan Forrest
Wexford Carol - Elaine Hagenberg
I wish you Christmas - John Rutter
His Light in Us - Kim André Arnesen
Ain't That-A Rockin' - Stacey V. Gibbs
Christmas on Broadway, Childhood Christmas Favorites, and Baby, It's Cold Outside...
Our beloved holiday concerts feature J. S. Bach's Christmas Oratorio with Philharmonia Northwest, plus contemporary choral delights focusing on the guiding light of sun, moon, and stars. For many, this concert has become a favorite annual tradition.
Dylan Thomas’ unforgettable ode to his childhood Christmases is a perfect setting for songs of the season. We have chosen outstanding arrangements of traditional carols to be sung interspersed with Thomas’ joyous storytelling as narrated by well-known actor David Pichette. Thomas' idyllic memories of childhood features exaggerated characters whose antics connect strongly with a broad audience. In this concert we’ll sing favorite music of the season from both sides of the pond. You'll hear contributions by Eleanor Daley, Melinda Bargreen, John Taverner, Hubert Bird and others in this delightful holiday program.
Our poignant adaptation of Charles Dickens’ beloved classic A Christmas Carol, for chorus and readers theater, is back by popular demand! Encounter the true spirit of Christmas in this timeless tale of redemption and joy; with David Ketter and John Deveney returning once again as the Narrator and Scrooge.
A fun romp through revamped Christmas Classics, with a Rousing Raffle to follow!
Join us for a musical feast of carols and sacred works that has a little something for everyone. We are also excited to feature several pieces by local composer Robert Kechley.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
These delightful arrangements will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Come help us celebrate this festive season!
ChoralSounds Northwest and VocalSounds Northwest are delighted to return to the Eastside this December to perform a festive concert at St. Margaret’s Episcopal Church in Bellevue, featuring a guest string quartet in a special performance of beautiful holiday music. The dreamy sounds of composer Ola Gjeilo are a highlight in this concert that also includes works by Eric Whitacre, Edward Elgar, and many more!
Traditional Carols and Songs from Finland, Norway, Sweden, Denmark and Iceland.
This year's Magnolia Chorale December concert will also feature the Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag directed by Martha Levenson. This group of young musicians from age 8 to 18, play traditional Scandinavian folk music in the greater Seattle area.
Two Concerts | Two Venues!
Saturday, December 7, 2019 | 2:00pm
First Free Methodist Church, 3200 3rd Ave W, Seattle
Featuring Amabile, Vivace, and Amore
Sunday, December 8, 2019 | 2:00pm
Town Hall Seattle, 1119 8th Ave, Seattle
Featuring Fresca, Vivace, and Amore
From beautiful settings of the Magnificat and L’dor Vador, to gems like “Winter Wonderland” and “Children, Go Where I Send Thee,” to songs from the Phillipines, Norway, and Greece, you’ll hear exciting repertoire that honors family traditions and music that have been passed down through the generations. We’ll be joined on stage by generations of treble-singing family members and alums to perform our concert finale, “Catch the Spirit, Share the Magic.” Stay tuned on how you can get involved!
Come see our winter concerts featuring cheery Christmas classics ranging from choral art music to gospel. Our large work this year is "Carols and Lullabies" by Conrad Susa which is a collection of Spanish folk songs from a variety of Spanish cultures and dialects set to harp, guitar, and marimba and vibraphone. Come celebrate with us!
We're expanding our concerts to THREE performances! Evening concerts on Friday and Saturday (perfect for date night!) with a matinee on Sunday. Get your tickets online ASAP because we're sold out at 200 tickets per night!
Don't forget, we will also be hosting a silent auction to raise funds for next year's music! Come support us and get a basket of yummy treats!
Get your tickets HERE https://sonoro-great-joy.brownpapertickets.com/
Join Bellevue Youth Choirs for an afternoon celebrating the beauty and wonder of Heaven and Earth. Works by Gwyneth Walker and John Rutter will joyfully welcome you and your family to the holiday season! Our choristers will also invite the audience to join in a sing-a-long of our favorite winter songs.
Featuring the Prima, Intermezzo, Schola Voce, Cantare, Cambiata, and Premier Choirs.
Our annual December concert is a delightful blend of seasonal and holiday favorites, both new and old. It is an enjoyable time for all. You'll even have a chance to stretch your own vocal cords with our sing along time. We look forward to seeing you there!
Bring in the holiday season with traditional Norwegian songs and new favorites!
After the concert, enjoy a lovely dessert buffet!
Everett Chorale will be presenting its annual Holiday concert around the theme of Joy! Welcome the season with the sound of brass and shades of joy from triumphant to quiet ecstasy. Featuring The Pinkham Christmas Cantata with Brass Quintet and music from Beethoven, Bach and Lauridsen.
Christmas concert with Chamber Orchestra and piano accompaniments.
Coming home at Christmas means a return to the heart, a return to the memories that shaped us, a return to the possibilities of making a new and better future while honoring the past. In this concert, we celebrate being wherever home is at Christmas.
We are also very excited to premier a new work by a local student composer, the prize-winner in our recent Student Composition Competition. Come join us in celebration of this new work, and of our eternal journey home.
An elegant prelude to the holiday season Lessons and Carols is a wonderful English tradition dating back to 1880, but popularized by the Choir of King’s College, Cambridge in 1918. The general format is a reading from the bible (usually the King James version, as it is an Anglican tradition), starting with younger members of the chorus and progressing “up” through the group. The reading is followed by a song by the choir related to the reading, followed by a carol sung by the whole audience.
Allegra has been invited to join the Byrd Ensemble to present this Lessons and Carols program. The Byrd Ensemble is a highly acclaimed Seattle-based professional ensemble that performs regularly in the region and internationally.
Ring in the holiday season with Seattle Girls Choir! Join Prime Voci and Cantamus as they sing classics celebrating winter and the holiday season, and sing along with some of your favorite carols. A great concert for the whole family!
In medieval Europe, the Christmas season was always celebrated in a big way. The harvest was in, and the short, cold days of winter were all the inducement needed to stay close to the fire and busy oneself with feasting, merriment and song. One type of song, the carol, was so frequently written with Christmas gatherings in mind that today we can hardly imagine any other kind. The joy of Christmas imbued church music as well with the same tuneful glow. The Medieval Women’s Choir tours England and the Continent to bring you the most inspiring music of the season.
Scandinavia has contributed many traditions that we see celebrated in the United States, such as Advent wreaths, candles, and calendars. Christmas seals were first seen in Denmark. And the Scandinavian culture in turn adopted other European Christmas traditions, such as the German Christmas tree and the Dutch Santa Claus. The musical traditions are equally charming. Scandinavian Christmas music, often based on folk songs, blends cheer and melancholy into a unique sound.
The Seattle Choral Company will present a broad range of music from this region, from simple folk song arrangements to sophisticated classical settings of traditional and modern texts, including these works:
“Advent” by Otto Olsson
“Forunderligt at sige” by Carl Nielsen
“Jul Jul, Strålande Jul” by Gustav Nordqvist
“Det hev ei rose sprunge” by Ola Gjeilo
“Ave Maris Stella” by Edvard Grieg
“Gaudete” Suite arr. by Anders Öhrwall
“En etsi valtaa loistoa” by Jan Sibelius
“Sankta Lucia” arr. by Barlow Bradford
“Marjatan Jouluvirsi” by Einojuhani Rautavaara
Pre-concert talk @ 7:00 pm
Family carol sing-along @ 7:30 pm
Concert begins @ 8:00 pm
The choirs of Seattle Children’s Chorus will celebrate the season through their performances of glorious choral anthems and carols, telling the extraordinary story of “One Starry Night”, the night heaven came to earth. The skies over Bethlehem were lit up with unforgettable light, including one particular star that captured the attention of humble shepherds and traveling kings. The sights and sounds filling the heavens that night have been the inspiration of composers for over two thousand years.
Our 1:00p.m. concert features our younger choirs including: Poco a Poco, Brio and Intermezzo. This concert will sing the story from a younger child’s perspective. The celebration will be an interactive and family friendly performance.
Our 4:00p.m. performance featuring Arioso, Camerata and Coro Vivo presents the story in a more formal concert setting.
Come celebrate the wonders of this season through the angelic sounds of our SCC Choirs.
The choirs of Seattle Children’s Chorus will celebrate the season through their performances of glorious choral anthems and carols, telling the extraordinary story of “One Starry Night”, the night heaven came to earth. The skies over Bethlehem were lit up with unforgettable light, including one particular star that captured the attention of humble shepherds and traveling kings. The sights and sounds filling the heavens that night have been the inspiration of composers for over two thousand years.
Our 1:00p.m. concert features our younger choirs including: Poco a Poco, Brio and Intermezzo. This concert will sing the story from a younger child’s perspective. The celebration will be an interactive and family friendly performance.
Our 4:00p.m. performance featuring Arioso, Camerata and Coro Vivo presents the story in a more formal concert setting.
Come celebrate the wonders of this season through the angelic sounds of our SCC Choirs.
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Celebrate the Christmas season with traditional carols, plus less common fare. Featuring works by area composers Bern Herbolsheimer, Greg Bartholomew, Joy Porter, and Andrew Jacobson. Also music by Stephen Paulus, John Rutter, Dale Trumbore, Sean Kirchner, and others.
Holiday classics and contemporary songs, all with delightful barbershop harmony. The SeaChordsmen will be joined by two Sweet Adelines (women) Choruses and Ballard High School youth choruses in a festival of a cappella music for the season. And audience sing-alongs will probably break out. Past shows have sold out, so get your tickets as soon as you can. And check back regularly for updates.
Rediscover traditions as we bridge past and present with contemporary holiday tunes, classic Victorian chestnuts, and Benjamin Britten's "A Ceremony of Carols."
We will be singing the following pieces in our Fall Concert Series of four concerts.
Brightest & Best - Shawn Kirchner
Sure on this Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen
Sicut Locutus Est - Bach
Magnificat in C Major - Schubert
Glory to God in the Highest - Pergolesi
For Unto Us a Child is Born - Handel
Silent Night - arr. Dan Forest
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
The Ground - Ola Gjeilo
Seattle Girls Choir Bringing in some Holiday Cheer. Showcasing 3 of our younger choir levels Dolcine 1st & 2nd grade, Vivissimmi 3rd & 4th Grade and we will be introducing Entrata our newest choir level.
Entrata is the new entry point for new choristers in grades 3-5. This choir will have slightly more emphasis on core musicianship and literacy skills. At the end of this year long program Entrata choristers will move into Vivissimi or Allegra (girls 10 yrs or older).
Wintersong offers an evening of reflection on our world and our place in it. In this performance that opens our second season, Vox Pacifica, directed by Wendy Bloom along with Emily Gantt on piano, will address the themes of home, peace, and connection through the music of Ola Gjeilo, Joan Szymko, Gwyneth Walker, and Stephen Paulus. The choir will also perform Benjamin Britten’s much beloved ‘Ceremony of Carols’ with guest soloist Teresa Lenssen, accompanied on harp by Alishia Joubert, along with several traditional Hanukkah songs beautifully arranged by Charles Baker. Please join our family of singers for this special December program.
Expect old favorites and new wonders, in a truly inclusive take on the meaning of our holiday traditions. And, of course, there will be an audience sing-along of holiday favorites.
This concert will feature our Melodia, Harmonia, Ragazzi and Lyrica choirs.
This concert will feature out Bel Canto Children's Choir and Cantabile Vocal Ensemble.
The Met is participating in the annual Figgy Pudding Caroling Competition to benefit the Pike Place Market Senior Center and Food Bank. Come enjoy great holiday music and vote for us to be the People's Choice award winner this year!
Northwest Sound holds a free six-week workshop once or twice every year called sing! Sing! SING! to teach singing in the barbershop style.
It's a easy and fun way to see what it's like to sing on the risers with Northwest Sound, one of the top 20 barbershop choruses in the world. Program graduates are encouraged to join the chorus on stage for our holiday shows in December!
Men and women of all sizes and shapes are welcome to join us for our fall program, starting 7:00 p.m., October 23rd at Temple B'Nai Torah, 15727 NE 4th St, Bellevue, WA
We are honored to have been chosen to perform at the Chijuly Garden and Glass Museum at Seattle Center this holiday season. Museum attendees will have the opportunity to enjoy beautiful voices in the museum's Seasonal Sundays in December.
December 9–15, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
City Cantabile Choir performs the Gospel Magnificat with Gospel composer Kent Stevenson paired with traditional Celtic music. See the dance dialogue of step and tap dancers on the same stage.
We invite you for an elegant and reflective concert celebrating the holiday season.
The program includes Benjamin Britten’s stunning choral masterpiece, A Ceremony of Carols, for harp and treble voices. You'll also hear beautiful new settings of ancient carols by John Rutter, Paul Carey, and Sarah Quartel.
Featuring Prime Voci of Seattle Girls Choir, Juliet Stratton on harp, and Susanna Valleau on piano.
Dylan Thomas’ unforgettable ode to his childhood Christmases is a perfect setting for songs of the season. We have chosen outstanding arrangements of traditional carols to be sung interspersed with Thomas’ joyous storytelling as narrated by well-known actor David Pichette. Thomas' idyllic memories of childhood features exaggerated characters whose antics connect strongly with a broad audience. In this concert we’ll sing favorite music of the season from both sides of the pond. You'll hear contributions by Eleanor Daley, Melinda Bargreen, John Taverner, Hubert Bird and others in this delightful holiday program.
Hugo Distler’s Die Weihnachtsgeschichte (“The Christmas Story”) is one of the rare large-scale masterpieces for unaccompanied chorus to emerge from the twentieth century. Composing in mid-century Germany, Distler integrated elements of medieval style into his nevertheless modern musical language. Die Weihnachtsgeschichte recounts the Biblical story with a featured role for solo tenor. The other shorter works on this concert give glimpses of the Christmas story with an unusual twist, whether it be from the point of view of Joseph, an adolescent Jesus teased by other children, the shepherds regretting the holy family’s departure, or worshipful oxen in their Victorian stable.
Join us for a musical feast of carols and sacred works that has a little something for everyone. We are also excited to feature several pieces by local composer Robert Kechley.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
These delightful arrangements will put a smile on your face and a song in your heart. Come help us celebrate this festive season!
Northwest Associated Arts proudly presents our annual Christmas tradition, ChristmasSounds in Burien. Five choruses totaling nearly 150 singers, ages 9 to 90, come together to sing in the season, delighting audience members of all ages! We invite you to enjoy beloved favorites like Grown-Up Christmas List and The Wexford Carol, combined with the sing-along joy of White Christmas and Deck the Halls. This festive show is perfect Christmas fun for the whole family and promise to leave you filled with the spirit of the holidays!
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Join us on Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 10am to 2pm for our annual holiday Christmas market! For the second year, l’Alliance Française de Seattle has partnered with Goethe Pop Up Seattle to bring you a true European Christmas Market experience, featuring handmade arts, crafts, and products from local artisans and businesses. Discover typical French and German holiday drinks, food and delicatessen, enjoy French and German choir performances and make sure not to miss Santa’s visit!
The Christmas Market will take place in the Chapel Performance Space (4th floor) in the Good Shepherd Center in Seattle (4649 Sunnyside Ave N, Seattle, WA 98103).
The Christmas Market will benefit educational and cultural programs of l’Alliance Française de Seattle in 2020.
The Family Concert is a shorter, one-hour-long performance including much of the repertoire featured in the full-length Bainbridge Chorale holiday concert, designed to appeal to all ages. Bainbridge Youth Choir singers will sing some holiday songs as well.
The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 41-year tradition with the presentation of its 2019 A Festival of Lessons & Carols concert series featuring eight regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
Celebrate the joy of the season with Seattle Girls Choir as they share A Gift of Song. SGC will ring in the season with a variety of seasonal songs for treble voices featuring all auditioned levels. Along with familiar tunes, you'll be introduced to some new songs that are sure to become holiday classics.
A timeless classic and a Seattle tradition. Join OSSCS as we once again present the region’s only performances of Handel’s full and unabridged score.
Linda Tsatsanis, soprano
Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
José Rubio, baritone
A timeless classic and a Seattle tradition. Join OSSCS as we once again present the region’s only performances of Handel’s full and unabridged score.
Linda Tsatsanis, soprano
Nerys Jones, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
José Rubio, baritone
Fun and lively Chanukah Concert. 4 pm on Sunday December 15th at Temple Beth Am. Some new arrangements along with some old favorites. And, of course, our traditional bake sale with Challah and goodies galore. Families welcome. Ticket discount available for Seniors and Children. No one will be turned away for the cost of a ticket. So come and start your Chanukah celebrations at the Seattle Jewish Chorale’s December 15th Concert.
Nothing says “Happy Holidays” quite like Christmas lights twinkling off the brassy bell of a tuba! This Christmas we’re inviting a whole set of brass players to join us, also including trumpets, French horns, and trombones, plus a cohort of percussionists! We’ll give a nod to the brass-and-vocal choirs of the late Renaissance and to the British colliery (brass band) tradition, add a sprinkling of familiar Christmas tunes, and cap the concert with John Rutter’s thrilling Gloria.
The Chorale celebrates the past ten years under the baton of Artistic Director Michael Austin Miller with a retrospective of singer and audience favorite holiday works, as well as some new selections by Eric Whitacre, John Rutter and Christopher Tin. Join us to hear our favorites and sing some Christmas carols, too!
Our performances are sure to live up to this reminiscent name! Featuring fun and energetic selections such as “You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch” and “Feliz Navidad,” this concert will entertain the whole family. We will be accompanied by the region’s top instrumentalists forming a rockin’ quartet, including our very own Debbie DeMiero. And, with musical offerings from Hanukkah and Kwanza, we are excited to celebrate the entire holiday season with you. It’s a time for coming together, being merry, and most of all, it’s a season for singing. Bring the whole family and be enriched together.
Prum! Ding-Dong! Pat-a-pan! Allelulia! Come see the ladies of The Lake Washington Singers as they regale you with sounds of the season throughout the world. Travel with us as we sing holiday repertoire from England, Russia, Liberia, Ukraine, Mexico, Germany, and more. Genres include classical, folk, spirituals, jazz, and pop and include compositions from Mozart, Britten, P.D.Q. Bach, and more. With such a varied program, your toes will be tappin', smiles will be happen'n, and you are guaranteed to leave hummin' a tune.
This program will convey our desire for emotional simplicity. We’ll consider the origins of humility as a result of hiding, surrender, sorrow, or gratitude, and will explore contexts in which we find ourselves humble: while tenderly in love, or in need, or witnessing the majesty of nature. HUMILITY will feature writings from many sources, set to music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Stacy Garrop, Anna-Karin Klockar, David Lang, Forrest Pierce, Sarah Rimkus, Sarah Riskind, Augusta Read Thomas, and Dale Trumbore.
Kitsap Community Chorale presents the 2019 winter concert featuring special guests from the Olalla Elementary Choir.
Coming home at Christmas means a return to the heart, a return to the memories that shaped us, a return to the possibilities of making a new and better future while honoring the past. In this concert, we celebrate being wherever home is at Christmas.
We are also very excited to premier a new work by a local student composer, the prize-winner in our recent Student Composition Competition. Come join us in celebration of this new work, and of our eternal journey home.
Join us in celebrating this most joyous time of year as your local Nordic heritage choirs come together to sing their most beautiful carols and hymns. There will be fika (cookies and coffee) afterwards!
Northwest Sound is excited to present its annual holiday shows with a stirring mix of new songs and popular favorites, featuring outstanding quartets from within the chorus, introducing our new mixed voice chorus Northwest Mix, and special guests Emerald City Voices who showcase a unique blend of music and humor.
Celebrate the true holiday spirit of joy and peace with Choral Arts NW’s annual offering of traditional carols paired with intimate interludes by Seattle guitarist Robert McCaffery-Lent. Highlights this year include charming Appalachian carols by CANW Composer in Residence Kevin Siegfried, Silly Shepherds by NW composer Bern Herbolsheimer, and enchanting choral gems by Purcell, Howells, and Susan LaBarr. You won’t want to miss this treasured opportunity to step away from the bustle and into a realm of rarified beauty that is CANW’s Not One Sparrow is Forgotten.
Join us for two separate performances. Our younger choirs, Dolce and Bel Canto perform at 5:30 p.m.; our older choirs, Coro Voce, Cantabile and Forza perform at 7:30 p.m.
For centuries, humans have reveled and sought comfort in festivals of light during the darkest time of year. Join us for afternoon and evening concerts of warm, joyous choral music from winter traditions around the world. Along with cherished solstice, Christmas, and Hanukkah music, we’ll share choral works from other festivals of light.
St. James Cathedral Resident Ensemble Opus 7 welcomes the holiday season with a stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas. This concert features Gerald Finzi’s Magnificat, selections from Frank Ferko’s Hildegard Motets and Benjamin Britten’s Christ’s Nativity, John Rutter’s Hymn to the Creator of Light, Wisconsin composer Nancy Wertsch’s Antiphon for God the Father, and music by Czech composer Bohuslav Martinů. Pacific Northwest composers will be represented by Jessica French, Peter Hallock and Opus 7’s own composer-in-residence, John Muehleisen. Please join us as we present sublime choral sounds of the season with Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble under the baton of Artistic Director Loren Pontén.
Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.
Reserved Seating is available by advance donation.
Suggested donation is $40 in advance for Preferred Seating, $25 in advance, $30 at the door for General Seating, $20 in advance, $24 at the door for Seniors and students donate as able at the door with student ID.
Brighten up your holidays with this festive concert from The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Our ever popular holiday program will include stunning arrangements of seasonal favorites, a glorious gospel showstopper, a festive sing-along, and the kind of joyful surprises that we are known for!
We will be singing the following pieces in our Fall Concert Series of four concerts.
Brightest & Best - Shawn Kirchner
Sure on this Shining Night - Morten Lauridsen
Sicut Locutus Est - Bach
Magnificat in C Major - Schubert
Glory to God in the Highest - Pergolesi
For Unto Us a Child is Born - Handel
Silent Night - arr. Dan Forest
O Magnum Mysterium - Morten Lauridsen
The Ground - Ola Gjeilo
Join us for wonderful holiday and seasonal songs at Seattle First Baptist Church. $20 suggested donation. Refreshments to follow.
December 16–22, 2019
Kick off the holidays with the merry voices of SMC! We come a-caroling with a rocking and rolling celebration for the jolliest time of year. It’s everything you know and love about this naughty and nice annual tradition. Featuring "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree," "Good King Wenceslas,” and “Santa Claus Got Stuck in My Chimney.”
We invite you for an elegant and reflective concert celebrating the holiday season.
The program includes Benjamin Britten’s stunning choral masterpiece, A Ceremony of Carols, for harp and treble voices. You'll also hear beautiful new settings of ancient carols by John Rutter, Paul Carey, and Sarah Quartel.
Featuring Prime Voci of Seattle Girls Choir, Juliet Stratton on harp, and Susanna Valleau on piano.
The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 41-year tradition with the presentation of its 2019 A Festival of Lessons & Carols concert series featuring eight regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
With a mix of the fun and the sublime, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus celebrate the Christmas season with an uplifting look at this festive season. Come to hear your Christmas favorites, be touched by tenderness, be taken on a musicological journey through the twelve days of Christmas, and experience an audience sing-along.
Savor the rich culture of the Americas in this program featuring over a dozen different North, Central, and Southern American composers. Argentinian composer Fernando Moruja’s rarely heard Piezas Sacras sets the stage with a message of light and hope. Several pieces with percussion as well as Spanish and Haitian creole holiday texts will get the audience tapping their feet. North American composers Barnum, Lauridsen and Runestad offer prayers for victims and for immigrants. We offer this concert in solidarity, with messages of hospitality, light, love, and hope for a better tomorrow!
The OK Chorale is joined by All Present, a song circle for people with memory loss to celebrate the holidays with songs.
For centuries, humans have reveled and sought comfort in festivals of light during the darkest time of year. Join us for afternoon and evening concerts of warm, joyous choral music from winter traditions around the world. Along with cherished solstice, Christmas, and Hanukkah music, we’ll share choral works from other festivals of light.
Brighten up your holidays with this festive concert from The Northwest Firelight Chorale! Our ever popular holiday program will include stunning arrangements of seasonal favorites, a glorious gospel showstopper, a festive sing-along, and the kind of joyful surprises that we are known for!
Quickly becoming an audience favorite, this annual holiday program of choral gems is designed to relax the soul in what is sometimes called the busiest time of year. You don't want to miss this comforting set of both sacred and secular music for wintertime. Bring a cozy loved one and watch your stress melt away.
December 23–29, 2019
The Northwest Boychoir celebrates its 41-year tradition with the presentation of its 2019 A Festival of Lessons & Carols concert series featuring eight regional performances in December. These holiday concerts showcase the 90-member combined chorus of the Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Seattle.
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, A Festival of Lessons & Carols is a holiday tradition for thousands of families in the Puget Sound region. This classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
This holiday program is sure to delight and bring a smile! Opus 7 performs a concert of light and fanciful settings of Christmas carols and holiday favorites. The program will include selections of Alfred Burt carols and arrangements by Sir David Willcocks, William Walton, Lajos Bárdos, Stephen Paulus, and many others. Please join us for this journey through Christmas traditions around the world.
Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.
Preferred Seating: $40 in advance
General Seating: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Seniors: $20 in advance, $24 at the door
Students: Pay as able at the door with student ID
Take part performing Handel's Messiah on Dec. 28th at our annual Messiah Sing and Play Along! All are welcome to participate (or just listen!) in this fun and joyful annual event. Come sing or play through the entire piece with fellow music lovers in the community. Refreshments and snacks will be available.
A suggested donation of $15 per person at the door helps raise funds for the Chorale’s future performance costs, allowing us to continue the honor of offering concerts with complimentary admission.
Scores will be available for loan, or please bring you own if you have one (Schirmer or Watkins Shaw compatible).
Instrumentalists, please bring you own stand, and contact our director in advance at 206-362-5731 if you'll need to borrow a score.
December 30, 2019 – January 5, 2020
Kulshan Chorus takes the stage at the Mount Baker Theatre on January 4, 2020. Our performance, "Light is Returning" shows how hope transcends even the darkest hour. Artistic Director, Dustin Willetts, has chosen several songs which present stories of triumph over adversity. Join us as we sing works by award winning-composer Jake Runestad, alongside fabulous others such as Craig Hella Johnson, Pentatonix, & Gawthrop. It will be an uplifting evening to remember!
The Seattle Chamber Singers will hear auditions for all voice types on Saturday morning, January 4, 2020 from 10:00 am to noon, at Faith Lutheran Church. Please email auditions@osscs.org to set up an appointment.
Repertoire for the remainder of our season includes Bach's "Saint Matthew Passion" and Ravel's "Daphnis et Chloe", both performed with our partner, Orchestra Seattle, as well as an a program of choral works by Seattle-area composers in partnership with Columbia Choirs.
See http://www.osscs.org/members/scs for details of our rehearsal and concert schedule.
January 6–12, 2020
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music.
Spring Rehearsals begin on January 6th, 2020 and take place Monday nights (no rehearsal on MLK Day) 7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting spring season includes the Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
January 13–19, 2020
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music.
Spring Rehearsals begin on January 6th, 2020 and take place Monday nights (no rehearsal on MLK Day) 7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting spring season includes the Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
January 27 – February 2, 2020
This concert features the best Franco-Flemish composers of the Renaissance. The centerpiece of the program Orlando Lassus's mass setting "Missa super Bell' Amfitrit' altera," scored for eight voices. Accompanying the mass, are two motets by Josquin and Gombert, based on King David's lament over his beloved son Absalom.
SWC rocks the vote with a timely and rousing concert that marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and decries the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people. Featuring “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” “R.O.C.K. in the USA,” and The Beatles’ “Revolution.” Plus, a new commission, “Lifting as We Climb,” inspired by the words of suffragist Mary Church Terrill, charter member of the NAACP.
If you are looking for a place to sing that will challenge and satisfy you at the same time, NW Chorale may be just the place for you. The Chorale currently averages 60 singers from the greater Seattle area. Members come from all walks of life, but have one thing in common – a love of music.
Spring Rehearsals begin on January 6th, 2020 and take place Monday nights (no rehearsal on MLK Day) 7:00-9:30 PM at Lamb of God Lutheran Church, 12509 27th Ave. NE, Seattle. Dues/donation $75 per person for the Spring Season (scholarships available, inquire at front desk). Dues assist us with the costs of concert and rehearsal venues, orchestra, soloists, etc.
This exciting spring season includes the Bach Mass in B Minor.
Due to the nature of the music, members are expected to be able to read music, blend with their section, and keep up with practicing and rehearsals. Auditions are held informally (so you are just singing with your section!).
Even if you haven’t sung since your high school or college choral days, never fear - we are a friendly, inclusive, and active organization. So ... come and sing with us!
February 3–9, 2020
SWC rocks the vote with a timely and rousing concert that marks the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment and decries the continued struggle for free and fair voting rights for all people. Featuring “The Times They Are A-Changin’,” “R.O.C.K. in the USA,” and The Beatles’ “Revolution.” Plus, a new commission, “Lifting as We Climb,” inspired by the words of suffragist Mary Church Terrill, charter member of the NAACP.
You are cordially invited to Your Mixtape, a night of dinner, music, and fundraising at our 12th annual Cabaret and Silent Auction! Indulge in the Dessert Dash, participate in the Wine Pull, and bid on your favorite auction packages while members of all NWAA choirs perform their favorite solos, duets, and ensemble numbers from the days of making mix tapes in the 80s and 90s! We hope you can join us for this stellar evening of raising funds for the performing arts in our community! (Seat reservations for this event will open in January 2020 via phone only.)
February 10–16, 2020
Quinn MASON, A Joyous Trilogy [world premiere]
MOZART, Clarinet Concerto
STRAVINSKY, Le sacre du printemps
A world premiere by young composer-conductor Quinn Mason, a performance of Mozart’s exquisite clarinet concerto by SSO principal clarinetist Ben Lulich, and Igor Stravinsky’s epochal The Rite of Spring make this a concert for the ages.
The Everett Chorale will be performing with other choirs at this special event at Benaroya Hall. Please contact an Everett Chorale member for tickets or call
978-502-5351
Music of struggle, death, and renewed hope.
PROGRAM
RUNESTAD Fear Not, Dear Friend
BARBER Agnus Dei
ELDER - Shadows Will Fall
DIORIO - I Am
SHORT/WILBERG The Dying Soldier
TICHELI There will be rest
TICHELI Earth Song
BARBER The Virgin Martyrs
BARBER Let Down The Bars, O Death (Op. 8)
Celebrate Ancora's 16th anniversary year of singing beautiful, diverse, challenging music with the very people who support and nurture us along the way! Come and be our Valentine and enjoy beautiful music in a party atmosphere while supporting our future!
February 17–23, 2020
Emerald Ensemble and the National Nordic Museum present music from Sweden. Traditional favorites by Stenhammar, Olsson, Wikander, and Alfvén will stand beside more modern works by Lundvik, Sixten, Jan and Sven-David Sandström, and others.
Join KCS and friends for a timely celebration of community and love, featuring local guest artists and composers. Complimentary chocolate and wine are a bonus feature of this joyful event.
The image of the Phoenix rising out of the ashes comes originally from Egyptian mythology but was taken over by the early Christians as a symbol of the resurrection of Christ from the dead. From its opening bars, this work, with its unique combination of instruments and voices, succeeds in transporting both performers and listeners. Indeed, this transcendence to a "resurrection experience," the essence of this piece, is captured so vividly through the musical medium as the drama of the text unfolds.
February 24 – March 1, 2020
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
March 2–8, 2020
Welcome to a musical and spiritual journey that takes a deeper look at what it means to “belong”, from our role in the larger global family (It Takes a Whole Village), to a more intimate look at our identity as supported by those whom we love (Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child). The concert closes with several pieces that challenge our sense of belonging by offering various ideals on how to live one’s life, re-envisioning “home” not as a place or a group of people, but rather “home” as a state of mind. From Paul Simon to Johannes Brahms, everyone will find something to love in this concert!
The Ensign Youth and Children’s Choirs join the adult chorus for a program highlighting music from Broadway and movie scores. Along with their serious works of choral and symphonic excellence with an uplifting message, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus will present a collection of their favorite songs that are sure to get stuck in your head.
2020 marks 100 years since the adoption of Amendment XIX to the United States Constitution. With this program, we honor the work and achievements of women who fought for the right to vote a century ago. We also honor those who have labored ever since to make this right a reality for all American women.
Join us as we celebrate the music of American women past and present, including recent music by Pulitzer Prize winner Caroline Shaw (from Roomful of Teeth), Reena Esmail, Rosephayne Powell, and Meredith Monk.
Opus 7 is one of Seattle’s most critically acclaimed choirs, known for performing at “the highest level of artistry” and “one of the most esteemed musical groups anywhere”(Seattle Times, Seattle P-I). Our traditional Lenten concert presents powerful choral music for the Lenten season, including works by Howells, Parry, Szymanowski, PIzzetti, Penderecki, Imogen Holst, Lennox Berkeley, and others. Loren Pontén conducts this annual concert for the penitential season of Lent.
Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.
Reserved Seating is available by advance donation.
Suggested donation is $40 in advance for Preferred Seating, $25 in advance, $30 at the door for General Seating, $20 in advance, $24 at the door for Seniors and students donate as able at the door with student ID.
Seattle Children’s Chorus has been profoundly privileged to represent our city at home and abroad for over 30 years as singing ambassadors. We have celebrated Seattle as a magnificent, flourishing city for the arts. This season, we are choosing to address a heartbreaking reality impacting a great number of youth in our city: homelessness. This problem of teens, youth and young adults making Seattle’s streets their only homes is growing at an alarming rate. We have a powerful story to tell through our music. We want our choristers, audiences and supporters to join us as we look at this population of vulnerable youth. With special guests, “The Pilgrims”, a men’s chorus dedicated to performances that benefit the plight of homeless youth, we will take an honest look at the problem and sing our hopes for a brighter future.
March 9–15, 2020
Join us for the final concert of our inaugural season; a collaboration of local groups performing local choral music.
If you are interested in being a part of this concert please reach out by emailing info@radiance.org
In March, Choral Arts NW continues our tradition of annual masterworks by offering the most sublime and sumptuous setting of late 19th century French style – Fauré’s magnificent Requiem. We pair this icon of beauty with a bevy of glorious guest artists, our brilliant chamber orchestra, and two modern masterworks – Kevin Siegfried’s Songs for the Journey, a modern tribute to Fauré’s masterful setting, and Robert Moran’s Trinity Requiem, written in honor of the tenth anniversary of the September 11 attacks on New York city. Combined with the splendor of CANW voices, this concert promises the finest of choral music-making celebrating the abiding themes of human experience – love, loss, and renewal.
Thirty years ago, Margriet Tindemans founded the Medieval Women’s Choir on the premise that medieval music is as accessible as it is inspiring. She believed that any choral singer could learn to sing and to love this extraordinary repertoire and, through it, gain an appreciation and understanding of the culture that created it. Three decades on, Margriet’s choir, and her vision, continue to thrive. To celebrate our 30th season, we will revisit some of medieval repertoire most closely associated with the choir, as well as new pieces written for us over the years by Seattle composers Karen Thomas and Peter Seibert; by long-time MWC collaborator Shira Kammen; and by Margriet Tindemans herself.
Home can mean different things to different people: a place, a time, heaven, a loved person. Join MCE as we explore home, and journeys toward home, through folk songs, early American hymns, spirituals, madrigals and more. It will make your heart ache for home!
Biographers gasp in wonder at Schubert’s productivity during the final year of his life. He completed the “Symphony No. 9 in C Major” (“The Great”) as well as the “C Major String Quintet,” one of the greatest chamber works ever composed. He penned six songs that wound up in the song cycle “Schwanengesang” (“Swan Song”), the three “Piano Pieces” and the last three piano sonatas.
Finally, Schubert completed his greatest choral work, the “Mass No. 6 in E-flat Major” and two related shorter anthems, the “Tantum ergo in E-Flat” and the “Offertory in B Flat,” all of which will comprise our concert program on March 14. The “Mass No. 6 in E Flat,” not performed until a year after his death, was his most ambitious work, employing his own subjective romantic feelings, and the influence of Mozart, Beethoven and Bach.
Concert will feature:
“Mass No. 6 in E-Flat, D. 950”
“Tantum ergo in E-Flat, D. 962”
“Offertory in B-Flat, ‘Intende voci,’ D. 963”
With guest artists:
Members of the North Corner Chamber Orchestra
Jennifer Bromagen, soprano
Sarah Mattox, mezzo-soprano
Zach Finkelstein, tenor
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
Charles Robert Stephens, baritone
SGC’s annual fun parent night out and fundraiser with performances by Prime Voci, Sorella and so much more!
Get your kicks on Route 66, leave your heart in San Francisco, and start spreadin' the news because you are invited to join us on a musical journey across the lower 48…dinner-theater style! Our annual fundraiser program will feature iconic songs inspired by the cities and states we know and love! Spend an evening supporting our mission with an elegant catered dinner, silent auction, wine bar and more.
March 16–22, 2020
Featuring the five choirs of Olympia Youth Chorus, this program will include favorite pieces our singers have loved performing over the last 25 years. We will also highlight our student soloists competing at the State level. This is an afternoon program suitable for all ages!
Love and hope can’t be constrained behind closed borders but sometimes they need a helping hand. Dramatic and inspiring stories of escape are joined by pop sounds of LGBTQ artists from across the globe including Freddie Mercury, Ricky Martin and k.d. lang.
Featuring a world premiere commission inspired by the lives of LGBTQ Muslims who settled in North America after years of seeking asylum. With music from Caldwell and Ivory, Hannah Fidler, Amir Rabiya, Mari Esabel Valverde, and Bonnie McKee, songwriter for pop music’s biggest stars.
Our youngest two choirs will delight you with songs that tell great stories, or that come from great stories, including Newfoundland folk ballads, a medley of classic Disney tunes, and hand-picked choral music to bring a children’s book to life.
Featuring Prep Choir and Fresca.
This program features Renaissance and contemporary motets dedicated to the Virgin Mary. Music by Renaissance composers Josquin, Tomás Luis de Victoria, and Palestrina are juxtaposed with music by contemporary composers Arvo Pärt and Gabriel Jackson. The centerpiece of the program are two settings of the Salve regina: the first by Renaissance English composer William Cornysh, and Gabriel Jackson's setting, based on Cornysh's setting.
Gene Stenger, Evangelist
José Rubio, Jesus
Arwen Myers, soprano
Laura Beckel Thoreson, mezzo-soprano
Brendan Tuohy, tenor
Zachary Lenox, baritone
The music of J.S. Bach has been at the core of OSSCS’s repertoire since its inception 50 years ago. Now hear a new generation interpret this supreme masterpiece.
This special concert features a collaboration with a local artist or musician, making this a don't-miss occasion! You'll hear fine choral music as well as creative collaboration with the artist. This year's partner will be announced soon!
Our advanced choirs will tell stories through song, with selections from fairy tales and folklore, books and opera, and songs that underscore the importance of each person’s story. You’ll hear Douglas Wagner’s ode to beloved children’s books “Stories of My Life,” Elizabeth Alexander’s “Let it Matter,” a call to let in other people’s stories and build relationships, Caldwell & Ivory’s “If Wishes Had Wings” about Hiroshima paper crane folder and peacemaker Sadako Sasaki, and one of the orchestra-to-vocal arrangements from Margaret Dryburgh’s prisoner-of-war choir.
Featuring Amabile, Vivace, Amore and Ensemble.
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In the Northwest, we enjoy gazing into the incredible spaces around us. Whether on the edge of a bluff looking out over the Sound, on a ferry looking toward the city, on a bridge, a Space Needle or a beach, we have dramatic and beautiful vistas all around us. As our vision stretches toward the horizon, our thoughts are free to wander. The open spaces we'll sing about in this program might be real or imagined, topographical or psychological. Join us as we journey together with The Bike Let Loose, by Edie Hill and Light of a Clear Blue Morning, written by Dolly Parton (Yep, Dolly Parton), with an evocative arrangement by Craig Hella Johnson. Featured composers also include Eric Whitacre, William Hawley, Frederick Delius, Renaissance masters John Farmer and Thomas Morley plus others.
Suspend any doubts you may have about classical choral “crossover”: Carol Barnett’s The World Beloved: A Bluegrass Mass is tremendously powerful music, doing justice to both its parental musical styles. Incorporating bluegrass instruments, Barnett adapts the ancient Mass text for a modern sensibility, dealing with issues of social conscience and building community.
As Barnett blends two musical worlds, so do the composers featured in the first half of the concert. Harry Burleigh and William Dawson were among the pioneers who transferred African-American spirituals into a choral guise, a tradition later carried by Moses Hogan. Kevin Siegfried dresses nineteenth-century American Shaker tunes in sumptuous modern harmonies. Writing in the mid-twentieth century, Frenchman Maurice Duruflé went back even further for inspiration: to medieval chant.
Get your kicks on Route 66, leave your heart in San Francisco, and start spreadin' the news because you are invited to join us on a musical journey across the lower 48…dinner-theater style! Our annual fundraiser program will feature iconic songs inspired by the cities and states we know and love! Spend an evening supporting our mission with an elegant catered dinner, silent auction, wine bar and more.
March 23–29, 2020
A concert that follows the history, people, and events unique to Everett from the foundations of flight and a life by the water, to famous figures, to current loves and landmarks. We will feature local artisans at the performance hall, local musicians on stage with the Chorale, and a rich partnership with the Everett Museum of History.
January 27, 2020, marks the 75th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz-Birkenau. Diverse settings of Psalm 137, “By the waters of Babylon...,” by Bach, Schein, Sweelinck, Rossi, and others, introduce the West Coast premiere of Austrian composer—and Auschwitz victim—Marcel Tyberg’s Mass in F major.
A performance of Spring repertoire of these 2 choirs ages ranging from 5th to 8th grade. Directed by Alex Gagiu & Sarra Sharif
"In 1984 I was very fortunate to visit Uganda, where a dream maker made me a beautiful drum with a snakeskin head. I'll never forget sitting in the place to come home and seeing by chance the baggage handlers loading my drum with incredible respect and care. The drum to them is a living spirit.
The poems I set are a celebration of how that spirit is brought to life. The piece enacts the ritual of constructing the drum, whose component parts are drawn from the surrounding nature - a nature that gives of itself almost sacrificially. We hear how the goat is killed for its skin, how the tree, which bleeds cedar-dark when cut, bestows the drum's body, and how the sticks and rattles are taken, all to begin a new life as companions to the gods, music and the dance." Bob Chilcott
In the Northwest, we enjoy gazing into the incredible spaces around us. Whether on the edge of a bluff looking out over the Sound, on a ferry looking toward the city, on a bridge, a Space Needle or a beach, we have dramatic and beautiful vistas all around us. As our vision stretches toward the horizon, our thoughts are free to wander. The open spaces we'll sing about in this program might be real or imagined, topographical or psychological. Join us as we journey together with The Bike Let Loose, by Edie Hill and Light of a Clear Blue Morning, written by Dolly Parton (Yep, Dolly Parton), with an evocative arrangement by Craig Hella Johnson. Featured composers also include Eric Whitacre, William Hawley, Frederick Delius, Renaissance masters John Farmer and Thomas Morley plus others.
March 30 – April 5, 2020
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This spring, SilverSounds Northwest is thrilled to celebrate its 10-year anniversary with I Love Rock & Roll! What better way to commemorate a decade of fun than by revisiting their greatest hits! Favorites by The Righteous Brothers, Bob Seger, The Four Seasons, Billy Joel, and The Beach Boys are guaranteed to have your toes tappin’. And, of course, no SilverSounds show would be complete without the dancing, storytelling, and hijinks for which they are known! This year, SilverSounds extends an invitation to former members to join them onstage for several beloved favorites. It’s going to be a weekend you don’t want to miss!
April 13–19, 2020
KCS and Philharmonia Northwest join forces at Benaroya Hall to celebrate Beethoven's 250th anniversary year, featuring the glorious Mass in C, and the triumphant Choral Fantasy with renowned pianist Craig Sheppard. Also featuring the Seattle premiere of Jake Runestad's stunning Beethoven tribute "A Silence Haunts Me."
Selections from Aaron Copland's Old American Songs form the backbone of this concert celebrating musical Americana. Local composers Morten Lauridsen, Tim Drewes, and Marc Fitchette sit alongside historical greats William Dawson and Leonard Bernstein. Also featured will be At the Water's Edge, a cycle by Kevin Siegfried on texts by Sarah Orne Jewett.
April 20–26, 2020
From Earth to the far reaches of the universe, let the Ensign Symphony illuminate the darkness with fun and exhilarating and music. Inspired by a talk given by Latter-day Saint apostle and former fighter pilot, Dieter F. Uchtdorf, you will be leaving the concert with a heroic torch of inspiration.
The variety you loved on our first American Journey last spring just scratched the surface of American music, but was enough to whet our appetite for more! We’re going back on the road to sample yet more styles, including Broadway, vocal jazz, spirituals, and good old a cappella. Join us to continue our tour of places and genres in our nation’s inexhaustible musical melting pot.
April 23-25, 2020 - Emerald City sings! (SEATTLE) - a program of Ēriks Ešenvalds' music with Dr. Richard Nance serving as the Guest Conductor will include two fun and educational days of rehearsals with Dr. Nance and composer-in-residence Ēriks Ešenvalds, along with plenty of free time to enjoy the beautiful city of Seattle performing selected works by Ēriks Ešenvalds under the direction of Dr. Richard Nance, along with a performance by the Choir of the West!
April 27 – May 3, 2020
KECHLEY, Psalm 100
BOULANGER, Psaume XXIV
WHITE, Psalm 46, Op. 14 [West Coast premiere]
RAVEL, Daphnis et Chloé
We close our 50th season in grand style at Benaroya Hall with jubilant psalm settings by Robert Kechley, Lili Boulanger and OSSCS music director William White. The grand finale is a rare performance of the complete score of Maurice Ravel’s dazzling “symphonie choréographique,” Daphnis et Chloé.
April 30-May 2, 2020 - Emerald City sings! (SEATTLE) - a program of Jake Runestad's music with Jake also serving as the Guest Conductor will include two fun and educational days of rehearsals with composer-in-residence Jake Runestad, along with plenty of free time to enjoy the beautiful city of Seattle performing selected works by Jake Runestad, under his own direction.
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May 4–10, 2020
Pre-Concert Lecture 7:00 pm; 8:00 pm Concert
Please join Opus 7 as we celebrate the musical contributions of some of our region’s most prominent choral composers. This popular bi-annual event features choral works by Northwest composers, including Bern Herbolsheimer, Reginald Unterseher, Morten Lauridsen, Peter Hallock, Sean MacLean, and Opus 7’s Composer-in-Residence John Muehleisen. Opus 7 will also perform the winning compositions from this season’s Robert Scandrett Memorial Student Composer Competition.
Please visit opus7.org and our Facebook page: Opus7Seattle for more information.
Preferred Seating: $40 in advance
General Seating: $25 in advance, $30 at the door
Seniors: $20 in advance, $24 at the door
Students: Pay as able at the door with student ID
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Please join us for a performance of this beloved masterpiece of J. S. Bach. Directed by Lynn Hall.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
May 11–17, 2020
We conclude our 27th season with an epic journey through the American songbook, featuring traditional and new hymnody and rousing spirituals. We welcome our 2019 Poet in Residence, Michael Dennis Browne, as we explore both text and sonority through readings of his poetry between our musical offerings. This ‘bright ring of words’ concludes with a world premiere collaboration between composer Kevin Siegfried and poet Michael Dennis Browne sung with joy and gusto by the inimitable Choral Arts Northwest.
The entire Seattle community is invited to help us celebrate our graduating choristers. Enjoy senior solos, the “senior song,” performances by Amore and Ensemble, and a cake reception. Free admission.
Featuring Amore and Ensemble.
Please join us for a performance of this beloved masterpiece of J. S. Bach. Directed by Lynn Hall.
Admission is complimentary and a free will offering will be taken to benefit Northwest Harvest.
Johannes Brahms’ towering masterpiece has been called a human requiem, a requiem for the living, not the dead. It runs the gamut of emotions: sorrow, comfort, hope, triumph, and finally, peace. Don’t miss Master Chorus Eastside and festival orchestra in one of the truly great works of all time.
This spring, ChoralSounds Northwest will take the audience on a musical journey from 1920 to today, as we highlight the hits of popular genres in American music. Join us as we celebrate 100 years of favorite tunes, including Tin Pan Alley, the stages of Broadway, the songs that defined the changing decades in the mid-century, and the cultural anthems at the turn of the century, culminating in the recent years of recognizable chart-toppers. Hindsight is 2020 promises to be an exciting narrative of our identity and evolution as we look back on 100 years of favorite music!
With the 2020 Summer Games right around the corner, what better way to get in the mood than with an artistic international event? Famous and acclaimed poets from seven countries are featured in this cultural celebration exploring the quintessential relationship between words and music in the choral artform. James Bassi’s Harpsonnets (Four Shakespeare Sonnets for Chorus and Harp) are a rare gem in an eclectic program that takes us from Chile to Canada, and from the U.S. to India. You won't want to miss this exotic collection of texts by some of history’s greatest wordsmiths!
British composer Ethel Smyth’s Mass in D for choir, orchestra, and soloists is a monumental achievement. Written in the mid-19th century, it was dismissed by critics who deemed female composers unequal to their male counterparts. Seattle Pro Musica hails this stunning and seldom-heard piece as more than equal.
We pair this groundbreaking work with Mozart’s beloved “Great” Mass in C minor for one performance only in the magnificent acoustic of St. James Cathedral.
This May, YouthSounds Northwest is excited to return to the stage at Glendale Lutheran Church for a Saturday afternoon performance kicking off spring in the Northwest! You won’t want to miss the delightful innocence and joy of our youngest singers as they perform this entertaining program, showcasing a wide variety of their musical skills. We hope you’ll join us and welcome the sunshine with a song and a smile!
Let us serenade you in our last performance of the year. More details to come.
Our final concert of the 25th Anniversary Season will feature all five choirs of Olympia Youth Chorus singing popular favorites from Disney, Broadway and Pop genres. Suitable for all ages!
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
This, our 11th annual gala event, will be an amazing evening of celebrating our mission to: "inspire, enrich and educate." Wonderful music and entertainment will be provided by members of Cora Voce and special guests. The evening includes a dinner buffet, both live and silent auctions, plus other opportunities to support Cora Voce. Cocktail attire is recommended for this special event. Doors will open at 5:30 pm.
May 25–31, 2020
We learn from the creativity and imaginations of children. We watch children at play and wonder over their brilliant, inventive young minds. Music, both singing and movement, seem to flow without restraint from young children. As we close our season, we present “Flights of Fancy”, a concert that invites each of our choirs to be playful, light-hearted, imaginative set to performers sharing choral settings by some of the great composers of our day. We will sing of imaginary creatures like Lewis Carroll’s Jabberwocky and tell of barnyards that come to life at nighttime and swings that send a child flying and planes that spin heavenward close enough to touch the face of God. You will not want to miss this experience! And like Charlie in the Chocolate Factory may I invite you to “Come with me and you’ll be in a world of pure imagination!”
Members of the Northwest Chamber Chorus have been singing for a long time. Most of us started in choir when we were in high school or earlier, and now, we truly can’t “Keep from Singing”. We'd like to pass that torch on to the next generation. In this program we are joined by students from the Tacoma School of the Arts (SOTA). We will sing side-by-side with these young musical spirits, and we expect that they will teach us as much or more than we teach them. Our collaboration includes one performance at Phinney Ridge Lutheran and one at Tacoma’s Rialto Theatre, just one block from SOTA. Featured composers will include Giselle Wyers, Margaret King, Sarah Quartel, Volckmar Leisring, Jake Runestad, Pärt Uusberg, and Randall Thompson. You’ll hear music from Zimbabwe, Estonia, South Africa, Venezuela, the German Renaissance, and Washington state. Join us as we celebrate the progress and the talents of tomorrow’s singers.
The hills are alive with the music of Rodgers and Hammerstein! You cain't say no to some of your favorite things; we promise you'll be whistling a happy tune after this show!
From The Andrews Sisters’ boogie-woogie beats to the Spice Girls’ “girl power” anthems, these supremely talented vocal groups have been the intoxicating soundtrack to life and love. Featuring songs from twenty of the biggest ensembles to grace the charts, including “Stop! In the Name of Love,” “Cruel Summer,” “Wide Open Spaces,” and “Survivor.”
June 1–7, 2020
Ever since the earliest days of human 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, our Composer-in-Residence this season, recalls those Europeans who first ventured to her native Australia, incorporating didgeridoo into the choir. Her Leonosa recounts an actual shipping vessel that took lumber from Washington to California in the 1840s. Another local composer, Michael Austin Miller, 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 that became 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 always near.
All endings bring the hope of renewal. Musical descriptions of the Last Judgment and the Archangel Michael’s final defeat the devil include works of Scheidt, Vulpius, Gumpelzhaimer, and the Sacred Harp tradition. Jonathan Dove’s thrilling cycle, The Passing of the Year, closes our season with Tennyson’s words, “Ring in the thousand years of peace!”
For the fifth concert in our Masterworks series, ChoralSounds Northwest and VocalSounds Northwest collaborate with Northwest Symphony Orchestra to celebrate 250 years of Beethoven by performing his powerful and exquisite Mass in C, Op. 86. This earlier setting of his two masses shows Beethoven’s respect for Mozart and Haydn in this genre but also displays his own unique voice that continues to astound listeners two and a half centuries later. This performance will be offered in Burien and Bellevue.
Sergei Rachmaninoff composed two major a cappella choral works—the “Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom” and the “All-Night Vigil”—that displayed his Orthodox faith in a manner that was innovative and fresh. In 1910 he turned to the sacred service of his church and with amazing speed composed the monumental “Divine Liturgy.” Afterward he said, “Not for a long time have I written anything with such pleasure."
Less well-known is Rachmaninoff’s early choral work, “Concerto for Choir,” written in 1893. It was both a culmination of a great tradition and a starting point for so much of what followed in Russia. Such “concertos” were popular in the eighteenth century as additions to the Orthodox divine service.
The “Three Sacred Hymns” from the Orthodox liturgy were composed in 1983 by Alfred Schnittke. The Russian conductor Valery Polyansky had requested an a cappella work for his choir, and though at first Schnittke seemed reluctant, he apparently woke in the middle of the night and wrote down these three pieces, and handed the manuscript to Polyansky the following day. The work was only published posthumously.
Featured works:
“Divine Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom, Op. 31” by Sergei Rachmaninoff
“Concerto for Choir, The Grave and Death Could Not Hold the Mother of God” by Sergei Rachmaninoff
“Three Sacred Hymns” by Alfred Schnittke
A fun concert to start your summer travels! We will take a road trip across the country, featuring quirky sites, car songs and regional favorites along the way. Learn some fun facts about local music traditions and flavors!
Accustomed as we are to our bustling, secular lives, it can be difficult to imagine the richness of the world that developed behind the walls of the medieval cloister. Although they were under the absolute authority of the church, women there enjoyed an agency and self-direction that were hard to come by on the outside. Their most meaningful personal relationships and an often-profound spiritual renewal were tied to that community, and this autonomous life spawned religious practices and unique musical repertoires that are little-known today. Through their music, the MWC takes you behind the walls to experience the metaphysical landscape of the sequestered life.
Our spring program is inspired by the rich cultural heritage of our choir. We’ll be performing music from Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and more as we embrace a world united by song. Join us for an intimate evening of uplifting and moving music born in the far away lands of our ancestors.
This is our most light-hearted concert of the year! Join us for a selection of memorable and fun music performed by the chorus as well as individual members.
June 8–14, 2020
Ticket prices are $27 at the door; in advance, ticket prices are $22 for general admission, $20 for seniors and people with special needs, and $10 for students.
All 270 singers of Northwest Girlchoir, grades 1-12, take the stage at Benaroya Hall to celebrate how good it is to be in, and to sing in, a community, with diverse repertoire including the Jewish hymn “Hine Ma Tov,” Joan Szymko’s anti-bulllying piece “Words,” and Baroque composer Antonio Vivaldi’s multi-movement Gloria with chamber orchestra, written for and first performed by the select girl pupils of the Venetian Ospedale. We’ll conclude with Jim Papoulis’ Juntos, in collaboration with projected photography from the artists of Youth in Focus.
Featuring Fresca, Amabile, Vivace, Amore, and Ensemble.
Festival seating; season ticket holders get preferred seating.
To close out the season, the Ensign Symphony & Chorus will be celebrating freedom, life, and light from throughout the world by highlighting music from many different lands and cultures.
Our spring program is inspired by the rich cultural heritage of our choir. We’ll be performing music from Europe, South America, Africa, Asia, and more as we embrace a world united by song. Join us for an intimate evening of uplifting and moving music born in the far away lands of our ancestors.
June 15–21, 2020
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In the 1960s, a little record label out of Detroit released a new musical sound onto the airwaves, launching the careers of some of the most successful black artists of the 20th century and forever changing America. This concert is a celebration of the greatest hits of the Motown sound and the pop, R&B and soul music that grew in its wake.
June 22–28, 2020
No MCE season would be complete without our popular tribute to Independence Day in Issaquah’s historic Pickering Barn, with lots of sing alongs, historical commentary, and all-American music. It’s on Friday evening this year, so come early, bring the family, and order dinner through an on-site food truck! This year’s theme: Washington state history.
Join the Mill Creek Chorale and they visit iconic and historical sights in Scotland and Ireland, either as a singer or non-singer. Contact us for more information about the available package, provided by Sechrist Travel, and join us for the musical, experience, fun, and fellowship - June 28-July 9 with an extension to London, England, returning July 12!