Seattle Symphony: Handel Messiah

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Exquisite choral writing and an exultant “Hallelujah” chorus make Handel's Messiah a matchless December tradition.

$24-$89

Breath of Aire: Winter Wonderland of Song

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Aurora Community Church, Shoreline, WA, United States
Breath of Aire presents a holiday concert with classical stylings of contemporary and traditional arrangements for the season.

$17

Northwest Boychoir: A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Our Lady of the Lake Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a 90-member chorus, this holiday tradition consists of traditional carols performed by the choir, and other carols sung by the choir and audience.

$11-$35

Symphony Tacoma: Messiah

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Charles Borromeo Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Handel’s Messiah has transcended its time and place to become a “work of the people” shared by audiences and musicians around the world.

$30-$48

Music at St. James Cathedral: A Service of Readings & Carols

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
In the soft glow of candlelight, readings from Holy Scripture tell of the coming of Christ’s birth while Cathedral musicians perform music for the Advent season, illuminating and elevating the story.

Free (Free)

West Seattle Community Orchestras with the Chief Sealth Choir

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
A special evening featuring WSCO’s Intermediate Orchestra and Wind Symphony and the Chief Sealth High School Choir in a performance of Silent Night, an exquisitely serene Ave Maria, and Bach’s popular Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.

Free (Donations welcome)

Breath of Aire: Santa's Castle Benefit Concert

Wednesday, December 12, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Landmark Convention Center, Tacoma, WA, United States
Breath of Aire presents a holiday concert with classical stylings of contemporary and traditional arrangements for the season.

Free

Consonare Amici at PLU

Tuesday, December 11, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
A student-led chamber choir performing a variety of choral selections.

Free

Music Center of the Northwest: 'Messiah' Sing & Play-along

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A participatory, festive event where vocalists and instrumentalists come together to perform Handel's monumental Messiah.

Free

Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Works by Paulus, Britten, Kverno, and Howells are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent, resulting in an oasis of choral beauty.

$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)

The Esoterics: ADŌRŌ | The reimagined prayer | The wish within silence

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
Contemporary choral music by Donald Skirvin, Christina Whitten Thomas, Karin Rehnqvist, Mason Bates, Eric Banks, and Joseph Gregorio.

Suggested donation $25 / $18 ($22 / $15 in advance)

Market Street Singers: More than a Silent Night

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the moods and mysteries of the season with a feature of Silent Night, new works by local composers, and much more!

Free

Vashon Island Chorale: A Very Brassy Christmas

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
John Rutter – Gloria
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA

$20 ($15 seniors / $5 students)

Seattle Pro Musica: Family Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
The Overlake School, Redmond, WA, United States
Traditional carols, holiday stories, and an audience sing-along with Seattle Pro Musica.

$5-$20

South Sound Classical Choir: Light of Christmas

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. Patrick Catholic Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Franz Josef Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, George Frideric Handel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Edward Elgar, Ola Gjeilo, and more.

Free

City Cantabile Choir: A Celtic Magnificat

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An imaginative theatrical setting of legendary Irish harper Turlough O’Carolan meeting J.S. Bach along with Irish songs, carols, and jigs.

$20

Seattle Symphony: Holiday Pops

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Seasonal classics, traditional favorites, and that holiday cheer you love.

$30-$96

Hope Dawns

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PST)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Worship Through Music, from the intimacy of a cappella to the grandeur of chorus and orchestra, including Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium," Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Christmas Carols," and more carol arrangements to bring hope to a weary world.

Free (Free)

A Choral Collaboration: Bach's 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (PST)
Sand Point Community United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the combined choirs of Sand Point United Methodist Church and First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach with orchestra and soloists as they perform this classic by Johann Sebastian Bach.

Free

The Esoterics: ADŌRŌ | The reimagined prayer | The wish within silence

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Contemporary choral music by Donald Skirvin, Christina Whitten Thomas, Karin Rehnqvist, Mason Bates, Eric Banks, and Joseph Gregorio.

$25 / $18 ($22 / $15 in advance)