A cappella – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
SoundCity Social
Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Do the Extraordinary, Seattle, WA, United States
Friday night drinks, socializing, and folk/Baroque chamber music.
2 for $30 or 1 for $20
Pacific Lutheran University: PLUtonic/HERmonic
Saturday, November 9, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at PLU, Tacoma, WA, United States
An evening of music from Pacific Lutheran University's premiere men's and women's a cappella groups.
Free (Free)
Cappella Romana: Kastalsky Requiem
Friday, November 8, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Never performed during the Soviet era, this richly scored requiem for large a cappella choir receives its Northwest premiere led by guest conductor Steven Fox.
$32-$52
Corvid Ensemble presents: Quoth the Raven
Tuesday, October 29, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Like the crows of Seattle, we're smart, we do what we want, and we like shiny things.
$21.50 ($11.50 student / senior)
Sine Nomine: Laus Trinitati – In Praise of the Divine
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Plainchant, Renaissance, and modern works that employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity.
Free (Free)
Radiance: The Golden Harvest
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Shaker arrangements by British and American composers: Kevin Siegfried, Elizabeth Poston, John Ireland, Ralph Vaughan Williams, John Rutter, and others.
$25 / $20 / $15
PLU School of Music: Consonare Amici
Sunday, October 20, 2019 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A student-led chamber choir performing a variety of choral selections.
Free (Free)
The Esoterics: Honesty – The Strength of Sincerity
Sunday, October 20, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
Three world premieres, 12 composers, and all new music focusing on the value and strength of sincerity.
$22 / $15
The Esoterics: Honesty – The Strength of Sincerity
Saturday, October 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Three world premieres, 12 composers, and all new music focusing on the value and strength of sincerity.
$22 / $15
The Esoterics: Honesty – The Strength of Sincerity
Friday, October 18, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Three world premieres, 12 composers, and all new music focusing on the value and strength of sincerity.
$22 / $15
The Byrd Ensemble: Monuments of the Renaissance – Spem in alium
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Loquebantur variis linguis
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Robert Carver – O bone Jesu
Giovanni Gabrieli – Magnificat
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah II
Robert Carver – O bone Jesu
Giovanni Gabrieli – Magnificat
William Byrd – Tristitia et anxietas
Alonso Lobo – Versa est in luctum
Thomas Tallis – Spem in alium
$30 / $25 / $20 / $50
The Esoterics: Johan Kvandal & Sven-Erik Bäck – A double centennial
Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Johan Kvandal – Balladen om freden ("The ballad of peace")
Johan Kvandal – Tre motetter ("Three motets")
Johan Kvandal – Underet ("The miracle")
Johan Kvandal – Våkn op du som sover ("Sleepers, wake")
Sven-Erik Bäck – 12 Motetter för kyrkoåret ("Motets for the church year")
Johan Kvandal – Tre motetter ("Three motets")
Johan Kvandal – Underet ("The miracle")
Johan Kvandal – Våkn op du som sover ("Sleepers, wake")
Sven-Erik Bäck – 12 Motetter för kyrkoåret ("Motets for the church year")
$22 / $15
Emerald Ensemble: Songs of Nature
Thursday, July 11, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák’s V Přírodě, Op. 63 is the anchor for an evening of music celebrating the natural world around us.
$30
Bellevue Presbyterian Bon Voyage Tour Concert
Saturday, June 29, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Sacred choral music from America's colonial era to today, including the first published composition by an American woman and contemporary works by Stephen Paulus, Morten Lauridsen, and Dan Forrest.
Freewill offering
Tacoma Early Music Workshop: Canticum Canticorum ('Song of Songs')
Saturday, June 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A cappella music of the High Renaissance by Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Tomás Luis de Victoria, Orlando di Lasso, Jacobus Clemens non Papa, Francesco Patavino, Costanzo Festa, and Jacques Arcadelt.
Free
Cascadian Chorale: Joy!
Sunday, June 2, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, 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)
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 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
The Esoterics: Inclusivity – The Power of Togetherness
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A choral program unveiling the potential power of human togetherness, tracing the origins of “otherness” in our first moments of life, and advocating for hospitality and acceptance of strangers.
$22 / $15
OSSCS: Chamber Music III
Sunday, May 19, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Woodhouse Wine Estates, Woodinville, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – String Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 51
Various – OSSCS favorite a cappella selections
Various – OSSCS favorite a cappella selections
$25