Opus 7 – Past Concerts
Opus 7 presents: Here-We-Come-A-Caroling
Saturday, December 28, 2019 @ 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)
Opus 7 presents: Splendid Jewel
Sunday, December 15, 2019 @ 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: Chasing the Moon
Saturday, October 26, 2019 @ 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: Musical Family Ties
Saturday, May 18, 2019 @ 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: The King of Glory
Saturday, March 23, 2019 @ 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: O Rising Dawn
Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 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: In Search of America
Saturday, October 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
National award-winning Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble thought-provoking questions about American identity in a celebratory concert of musical Americana.
$20-$40
Music at St. James Cathedral: Mahler Symphony No. 2 ‘Resurrection’ with David Briggs, organist
Opus 7,
Illumni Men’s Chorale,
St. James Cathedral Choir,
Music at St. James Cathedral,
Seattle Pro Musica,
Jubilate! Young Women's Ensemble, and
David Briggs
Friday, October 19, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Mahler – Symphony No. 2 "Resurrection"
$25 suggested donation
Opus 7: All Northwest
Saturday, May 5, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
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: The Road of Mercy
Saturday, February 17, 2018 @ 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: Aye, Sing we now of Joy!
Sunday, December 17, 2017 @ 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: Twenty-Five Years!
Saturday, May 13, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
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: Blessed
Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 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: Peace in Our Time
Saturday, January 21, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring concepts of conflict, peace, and hope through works by Brahms, Vasks, Elgar, Van, Ives, Nystedt, Parry, and more.
$20-$24
Opus 7: My Spirit Rejoices
Saturday, December 17, 2016 @ 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: Phoenix
Saturday, February 27, 2016 @ 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
Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas
Sunday, December 6, 2015 @ 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
Seattle Sings! Choral Festival: Day 2
Opus 7,
The Market Street Singers,
Northwest Girlchoir,
City Cantabile Choir,
Northwest Boychoir,
Seattle Sings!, and
Joyful Noise Seattle
Friday, October 9, 2015 @ 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)
All Northwest
Saturday, October 11, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Morton Lauridsen – “Lament for Pasiphaë” from Mid-Winter Songs
Donald Skirvin – Sometimes, for eternity
Sean MacLean – Pange Lingua
Gerald Kechley – Pleasure It Is
Evan Ingalls – Ophelia Songs
Joan Szymko – “Until” from Where is the Door
Morten Lauridsen – O Love, Be Fed With Apples While You May
David White – Silver Swan
Reginald Unterseher – The Steady Light
Lorri Froggét – I dream of you to wake
John Muehleisen – “River Moons” from Two River Nocturnes
Reginald Unterseher – Sweet Rivers
Bern Herbolsheimer – Lovely William
John David Earnest – Sweet Betsy (Variations on an American Folksong)
Donald Skirvin – Sometimes, for eternity
Sean MacLean – Pange Lingua
Gerald Kechley – Pleasure It Is
Evan Ingalls – Ophelia Songs
Joan Szymko – “Until” from Where is the Door
Morten Lauridsen – O Love, Be Fed With Apples While You May
David White – Silver Swan
Reginald Unterseher – The Steady Light
Lorri Froggét – I dream of you to wake
John Muehleisen – “River Moons” from Two River Nocturnes
Reginald Unterseher – Sweet Rivers
Bern Herbolsheimer – Lovely William
John David Earnest – Sweet Betsy (Variations on an American Folksong)
Suggested donation $18 (student/senior pay as able)