Welcome to Choral Arts Northwest

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Mission

Choral Arts Northwest’s mission is to inspire, educate, and enrich our community through the transformational power of choral music. We seek to foster a world that is just and empathetic and that values creativity and diversity. We commit to actively engage with members of our community who have been historically marginalized, and use our platform to intentionally support important social causes and highlight the music of diverse groups as well as that of composers who identify as BIPOC, female, or LGBTQIA+. We dedicate ourselves to ongoing learning and listening, and to invite others to join us on that journey through programming, engagement, and collaborations.

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Announcements

Meet our Narrator for Dec 13/14/15 - A Christmas Carol

Sunam Ellis, Actor/Director/Narrator


Dec 15 - Gala Fundraiser Auction - Register now!

Our GALA Reception and Fundraiser is on Dec. 15th following the 3 PM concert at Plymouth Church. The reception will be in Hildebrandt Hall.

Join us for fun and frivolity after our last performance of Benedict Sheehans 'A Christmas Carol'. Enjoy food, drinks, caroling, and a delightful holiday cookie competition all in the name of supporting Choral Arts Northwest. This fun event will include bidding and raise the paddle opportunities to help us cover operating expenses for our incredible organization. There will be something for everyone at this festive gathering!

Register for the Gala HERE.

Can't be there? Schedule a donation now to help us thrive in the year ahead.

DONATE HERE

 

Staff

Timothy Westerhaus

Artistic Director

Serena Chin

Collaborative Pianist

Miriam Anderson

Choir Manager

Philip Tschopp

Managing Director

Robert Bode

Artistic Director Emeritus

Richard Sparks

Founding Artistic Director

Albums

Enjoy CANW's music any time!
Albums on CD and as MP3s for download are available now in our online store.

About

"Above all, we hope to bring people together through the unmatched power of singing." -- Robert Bode, Artistic Director Emeritus



Led by Artistic Director Timothy Westerhaus since June 2022, Choral Arts Northwest has garnered national recognition and critical acclaim for exquisite performances and creative, diverse programming. CANW won the Margaret Hillis Award for Choral Excellence (2010); and the American Prize for choral performance (community division) twice, placing first in 2010 and second in 2013. CANW has performed at the 2024 NW ACDA Conference in Spokane, WA, the 2018 ACDA NW Regional Conference in Portland, the 2015 ACDA National Conference in Salt Lake City, and the 2013 Chorus America National Conference. In December of 2015, Choral Arts Northwest accepted an invitation to perform at a White House Holiday reception and was selected to sing for a private audience with President and Mrs. Obama.

Made up of volunteer singers drawn almost exclusively from the Puget Sound region, CANW combines a deep sense of community with a passion for artistic excellence. While performing diverse repertoire from Renaissance polyphony through 20th-century masterworks, CANW retains an abiding commitment to new music and has commissioned and premiered new choral compositions annually since 2007. Our Composer-In-Residence and Finding Your Voice programs have produced important collaborations with composers such as Shawn Kirchner, John Muehleisen, Hyo-won Woo, Eric Barnum, Jake Runestad, Melinda Bargreen, Dale Trumbore, Jessica French, Reena Esmail, and John David Earnest.

In 2023-24, our 30th Anniversary season, we feature creative partnerships with the Sea Mar Museum of Chicano/a/Latino/a Culture, CANW alumni and our Founding and Emeritus Artistic Directors, Northwest composers including Morten Lauridsen, Korean composer Hyo-won Woo, the Morning Star Korean Cultural Center, and the NW ACDA Conference, Birds Connect Seattle and the Northwest Boychoir, regional High School choirs, and Cantabile from the Columbia Choirs organization. Along the way, our Artistic Director Timothy Westerhaus, has conducted workshops (or will conduct workshops in May) with high school ensembles from Ballard, Blaine, Bothell, Bellevue, Mt. Vernon, Newport, and Sammamish High Schools, the Apprentices from Northwest Boychoir and Cantabile from the Columbia Choirs organization. Performed music includes major works such as Tomás Luis de Victoria’s Requiem, Morten Lauridsen's Mid-Winter Songs, Adolphus Hailstork’s cantata I Will Lift Up Mine Eyes, Christopher Tin's The Lost Birds (Northwest premiere), and finally Reena Esmail's Malhaar: A Requiem for Water. Guest artists for the season include guitarist Elizabeth Brown, tenor Namarea Randolph-Yosea, Hindustani vocalist Saili Oak, Tabla artist Ravi Albright, and 2023-24 Composer-in-Residence Reena Esmail. Esmail's Malhaar: A Requiem for Water, a work bridging the worlds of Indian and Western classical music, concludes our season, offering the Northwest premiere of this landmark work premiered in 2022 by the Los Angeles Master Chorale.

We invite you to partner with Choral Arts NW as we forge ahead with exciting new ventures, cross-cultural artistic partnerships, and community-building enterprises supporting diversity, equity, and justice throughout our region and across the world.

CANW celebrates its 31st Season in 2024-2025!

Contact

Email us:info@choralartsnw.org  
Mail: PO Box 94124, Seattle WA 98124-6424
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