Seattle Sings! Choral Festival: Day 2

Friday, October 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Sings! choral festival continues with the sounds of two of Seattle’s premier children’s choirs and modern choral music.

Free (Free)

Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas with Benjamin Britten’s brilliantly entertaining and moving cantata, Saint Nicolas.

$25-$30

Opus 7: Phoenix

Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning concert of dramatic choral music for the Lenten Season, including Phoenix by Seattle composer Peter Hallock.

$20-$25

Opus 7: My Spirit Rejoices

Friday, December 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Finnish composer Einojuhani Rautavaara’s a cappella choral masterpiece Magnificat; music by Northwest composers John Muehleisen, Bern Herbolsheimer, and Robert Scandrett; and music by Herbert Howells, Gerald Finzi, Benjamin Britten and others.

$20-$24

Opus 7: Peace in Our Time

Friday, January 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Exploring concepts of conflict, peace, and hope through works by Brahms, Vasks, Elgar, Van, Ives, Nystedt, Parry, and more.

$20-$24

Opus 7: Blessed

Saturday, March 18, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning concert of dramatic choral music for the Lenten season by Pacific Northwest composer Bern Herbolsheimer.

$20-$24

Opus 7: Twenty-Five Years!

Saturday, May 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Audience and singer favorites from around the world, plus works by winners of this year’s student choral composition awards program.

$20 in advance, $24 at the door

Opus 7: Aye, Sing we now of Joy!

Sunday, December 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of European and American favorites including Poulenc’s dramatic "Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël," Hugo Distler’s variations on “Lo How a Rose e’re blooming,” works by Giselle Wyers, Stephen Brozovich, John Muehleisen, Arvo Pärt, and more.

$20-$24

Opus 7: The Road of Mercy

Saturday, February 17, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An inventive and powerful concert of choral music for the Lenten season that includes Benjamin Britten’s great masterpiece, Cantata Misericordium for choir.

$20-$24

Opus 7: All Northwest

Saturday, May 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Choral music by Northwest composers, including Composer-in-Residence John Muehleisen, and performances of this year's Robert Scandrett Memorial Award winners.

$20 in advance; $24 at the door

Opus 7: In Search of America

Saturday, October 20, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
National award-winning Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble thought-provoking questions about American identity in a celebratory concert of musical Americana.

$20-$40

Opus 7: O Rising Dawn

Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas with music by Tadja Vulc, Rihards Dubra, Melissa Dunphy, Kile Smith, Samuel Scheidt, Georg Schumann, Paweł Łukaszewski, Georgy Sviridov, and Morten Lauridsen.

$20-$40

Opus 7: The King of Glory

Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The dramatic and moving Requiem (2011) by Tigran Mansurian, Armenia’s greatest living composer – a modern masterpiece dedicated to the victims of the Armenian Genocide – programmed alongside major works by Bern Herbolsheimer and John Muehleisen.

$20-$40

Opus 7: Musical Family Ties

Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral works by composers from the same family, including Clara and Robert Schumann (wife and husband); Fanny Hensel and Felix Mendelssohn (sister and brother); Gustav and Imogen Holst (father and daughter); and more.

$20-$40

Opus 7 presents: Chasing the Moon

Saturday, October 26, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the moon and the 50th Anniversary of the Apollo 11 moon landing with music by Morten Lauridsen, Ildebrando Pizzetti, Antonín Dvořák, David Hamilton, Stephen Chatman, Bob Chilcott, Daniel Elder, Meredith Monk, and more.

$20-$40 (students pay-as-able)

Opus 7 presents: Splendid Jewel

Sunday, December 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas.

$24-$40 suggested donation (students donate-as-able)

Opus 7 presents: Here-We-Come-A-Caroling

Saturday, December 28, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Light and fanciful settings of Christmas carols and holiday favorites by Alfred Burt, Sir David Willcocks, William Walton, Lajos Bárdos, Stephen Paulus, and many others.

$20-$40 (students pay-as-able)