Classical Music
Seattle Pro Musica: When Thunder Comes, with composer Mari Esabel Valverde
Trinity Lutheran Church 119 Texas St., Bellingham, WA, United StatesSpecial guest Mari Valverde comes to Seattle for our New American Composers Series and the world premiere of Up/Rising Into, her powerful love song for trans youth. Student singers from local schools will join us for Mari’s When thunder comes, a tribute to the work of social justice leaders. Come hear Mari’s music, meet Mari […]
Music from Ireland and Neighboring Isles
Grace Lutheran Church, 1408 Washington St/. Wenatchee WA 1408 Washington St., Wenatchee, WA, United StatesGrace Lutheran Church’s Friday Night Out concert series presents "Music from Ireland and Neighboring Isles" on Friday, March 14 at 7:00pm. The concert features six regional musicians: Connie Celustka, Kathryn Castrodale, Kara Hunnicutt, Sherry Krebs, Mark Boersma and Ruth Anderson. Come hear great music on a variety of instruments, including hammered dulcimer, harp, piano, cello, […]
Whatcom Chorale presents Come Away
St Paul's Episcopal Church Bellingham 2117 Walnut Street, Bellingham, WA, United StatesRevel in the energetic cadences and emotive melodies of life and love as Whatcom Chorale presents rousing song cycles rooted in Roma folk music. Works by Johannes Brahms, Franz Schubert, and Robert Schumann expand on and immortalize the playful and heartfelt traditions of the European countryside. Treat yourself to the lush harmonies and intricate rhythms […]
SONGS FOR THE SOUL; Benefit recital for St. Paul’s music program
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, 2117 Walnut St., Bellingham WA, United StatesAcclaimed soprano, Sherrie Kahn, presents a solo recital in support of Music-St. Paul's. She will be joined by pianist and vocal coach, Jay Rozendaal, of Seattle Opera, WWU and St. Paul's. The program will include works of Barber, Brahms, Mozart and a special world premiere by Scott Henderson, "We Sing." This concert is a benefit […]
The Early Moderns – Quicksilver Baroque Ensemble
First Church of Christ, Scientist (1205 Pandora Ave) 1205 Pandora Avenue, Victoria, BC, CanadaThe Early Moderns – Vienna’s Rise The brilliant American ensemble Quicksilver — “Revered like rock stars within the early music scene” (New York Times) — performs music reflecting the music in Austria in the early Baroque period, the first great period of Viennese music. The program features the instrumental sonatas of composers including Schmeltzer, Kerll, […]
Mendelssohn ELIJAH
Christ Church Cathedral, Victoria Quadra at Rockland, Victoria, British ColumbiaFew oratorios reach the dramatic heights of Felix Mendelssohn's biggest choral work, with battles between rival deities and the prophet's ascent to heaven in a choral chariot of fire. Peter Butterfield conducts the Victoria Philharmonic Choir, orchestra and a roster of noted Canadian soloists. Renowned operatic baritone Russell Braun has a distinguished career on leading […]
Pacific Northwest Opera Presents Dvořák’s “Rusalka”
McIntyre Hall Performing Arts Center 2501 E. College Way, Mount Vernon, WA"Rusalka" is based on Hans Christian Andersen’s “The Little Mermaid”. Disney adapted and changed the original story to have a happy ending unlike the original. Although mostly known by American audiences as the composer of the stirring “New World Symphony”, Antonin Dvořák was a prolific composer of opera and "Rusalka" is among the most frequently […]
Auburn Symphony: Visions of America
Auburn Performing Arts Center 702 4th St NE, Auburn, WA, United StatesJourney with the Orchestra through the breadth and depth of the American landscape. From the quiet beauty of rural America in Aaron Copland’s The Tender Land Suite, to the joyful praise break of a church in Carlos Simon’s Four Black American Dances, to the inspirational march of a band in William Walton’s Spitfire Prelude and […]
Eh bien, dansez maintenant ! – Doulce Mémoire
Denford Hall, Glenlyon Norfolk School 781 Richmond Avenue, Victoria, British Columbia, CanadaImagine yourself in the elegant royal court of the French Renaissance, attending a ball with the elite of courtly society. That colourful world will be captured by the French ensemble Doulce Mémoire and dancer Hubert Hazebroucq. Very far from the image we have of ancient dance – hierarchical, starched, solemn – dance in the 15th […]
Auburn Symphony: Ode to Joy
Federal Way Performing Arts and Events Center 31510 Pete von Reichbauer Way South, Federal Way, WA, United StatesIn a world increasingly more divided, music brings us together. No piece does that better than Ludwig van Beethoven’s iconic Symphony No. 9, dedicated to all humankind. The familiar Ode to Joy theme uplifts and empowers us, calling on us to “sing more cheerful songs, more full of joy!” Similarly, Mason Bates’ Philharmonia Fantastique: The […]
