Commission/Premiere – Past Concerts
Great Bend Chorale: I Was A Stranger
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Edward's Catholic Church, Shelton, WA, United States
John Muehleisen – Borders
Andrey Stolyarov – Out of the Depths (Psalm 130)
Andrey Stolyarov – Out of the Depths (Psalm 130)
$20 ($16 senior/military)
Seattle Girls Choir: Unsung Voices – 1000 Years of Female Composers
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Chapel of St. Ignatius (Seattle University), Seattle, WA, United States
Overlooked gems by Hildegard of Bingen, Francesca Caccini, and Imogen Holst, music by PNW composers Joan Szymko, Karen Thomas, Jessica French, a new work by Carol Sams, and more.
$15 / $10 / $5
Kin of the Moon: Wander & Wail w/ Soprano Emily Thorner
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Leanna Keith – Concerto for Tea Ceremony (world premiere)
Leanna Keith – Crow (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Funeral Sentences for Damaged Cells (world premiere)
Leanna Keith – Crow (world premiere)
Kaley Lane Eaton – Funeral Sentences for Damaged Cells (world premiere)
$5-$15 sliding scale
Cascadian Chorale: Joy!
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Gerald Finzi – My Spirit Sang All Day
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – There was the One
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Christi crux est mea lux
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – I shall not live in vain
Kevin Siegfried – Shaker Songs
William Walton – The Twelve
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, meine Freude, BWV 227
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – There was the One
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – Christi crux est mea lux
Joy DeCoursey-Porter – I shall not live in vain
Kevin Siegfried – Shaker Songs
William Walton – The Twelve
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Seattle Children's Chorus: Gratus Animus – Grateful for Life!
Saturday, June 1, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
New commissions by outstanding up-and-coming young composers will be featured as well as SCC's finest choral gems loved by both their choristers and conductors.
$35 ($25 senior/youth)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Heaven & Earth
Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Lili Boulanger – Psalm XXIV "La terre appartient à l'Éternel"
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Prokofiev – Terra Incognita Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Geoffrey Larson) – "Heiliger Dankgesang" from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Credo" from Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation Mass"
Igor Stravinsky – Symphony of Psalms
Gabriel Prokofiev – Terra Incognita Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Geoffrey Larson) – "Heiliger Dankgesang" from String Quartet No. 15 in A minor, Op. 132
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "Credo" from Mass in C major, K. 317 "Coronation Mass"
$25 / $20 / $15
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble – Reflected Duality
Friday, May 31, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An eclectic program performed on instruments ranging from toy piano to string quartets featuring music by Luke Fitzpatrick, Jeff Bowen, John Cage, György Kurtág, Robert Ashley, and La Monte Young.
$5-$15 donation
TORCH: Passages – A Fable in Six Cycles
Wednesday, May 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
A multimedia event commenting on contemporary anxieties about security and immigration through six circular loops of imagery and sound, with a heavy emphasis on slapstick humor and absurdity.
$25
Seattle Pro Musica: Passion & Resurrection
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Panta rhei (world premiere)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$38 / $28 / $21 / $12
Music of Remembrance: Tom Cipullo's 'The Parting'
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A daring opera focusing on an intimate exploration of the life and work of Miklós Radnóti, widely considered one of the most important poetic witnesses to the Holocaust.
$55
Seattle Pro Musica: Passion & Resurrection
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Panta rhei (world premiere)
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$38 / $28 / $21 / $12
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Springtime feat. John Rutter's 'Requiem'
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Free
Seattle Art Song Society: Voices of Mental Health
Friday, May 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring mental health and substance use through song, showcasing a more realistic view of mental health and substance use.
Free
Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment
Sunday, May 12, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Choral Arts Northwest: The Big Blue Marble – Music, Nature, & the Environment
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Songs of Nature, Op. 63
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
Jake Runestad – Settings of the poetry of Henry David Thoreau and John Muir
John David Earnest – World premiere
Rick Asher – World premiere
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Symphony Tacoma: Ode to Joy
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
World Premiere TBA
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125 'Choral'
$24-$78
Resonance Masters Series presents: Philip Glass' 'Annunciation' Premiere feat. Paul Barnes & Skyros Quartet
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Christoph Willibald Glück (arr. Alexander Siloti) – "Ballet" from Orfeo ed Euridice
Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes) – Selections from Orphée, Suite for piano
arr. Seraphim Dedes – Today is Suspended
Victoria Bond – Simeron Kremate
Traditional – Hristos anesti ("Christ is Risen")
N. Takis (from John Sakellarides) – Communion Hymn of the Annunciation
Philip Glass – Annunciation (Washington premiere)
Philip Glass (arr. Paul Barnes) – Selections from Orphée, Suite for piano
arr. Seraphim Dedes – Today is Suspended
Victoria Bond – Simeron Kremate
Traditional – Hristos anesti ("Christ is Risen")
N. Takis (from John Sakellarides) – Communion Hymn of the Annunciation
Philip Glass – Annunciation (Washington premiere)
$30 (students $15)
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Springtime feat. John Rutter's 'Requiem'
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Free
Pacific Sound Woodwind Quintet: Alyssa Morris' 'Melting Pot'
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Juanita Community Club, Kirkland, WA, United States
Alyssa Morris – Melting Pot (world premiere)
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
$10
Thalia Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Still, Rossini, Szőnyi, Vaughan Williams
Saturday, May 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
William Grant Still – Summerland
Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture
Erzsébet Szőnyi – Organ Concerto (Northwest premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony
Gioachino Rossini – William Tell Overture
Erzsébet Szőnyi – Organ Concerto (Northwest premiere)
Ralph Vaughan Williams – A London Symphony
$24 ($18 students/seniors)