Oct 2024
Hold Fast to Dreams
Featuring Margaret Bonds’s Credo
Poetry by Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, & Youth Speaks Seattle
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- Sunday, October 13, 2024, 3 PM, Pre-concert discussion on stage at 2:30 PM
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, 104 17th Ave S, Seattle, WA 98144
- Sunday, October 13, 2024, 3 PM, Pre-concert discussion on stage at 2:30 PM
Ticket Sales are now closed for Oct 13th but they will be available at the door at the Full Price rate. See you there!
Highlights include:
- Margaret Bonds’s CREDO & Joel Thompson’s America Will Be!
- Poetical texts by Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, and more
- Recitations of original poetry by Youth Speaks Seattle
With Featured Artists:
- Myah Rose Paden, mezzo soprano
- Richard L. Hodges, baritone
- Serena Chin, collaborative pianist
- Youth Speaks Seattle
- Washington Voting Justice Coalition will be on-site to educate, inform, and register voters!
Visionary voices soar in pitch and poetry with bold aspiration toward the best of what we can be in community and as country. Margaret Bonds’s 1965 setting of W.E.B. Du Bois’s Credo powerfully expands his “I believe” texts, moving us towards a “life lit by a large vision of beauty and goodness and truth.” Our community partner, Youth Speaks Seattle, grounds us in the here and now with “I believe” responses by young poets, engaging with Du Bois’s Credo today in Seattle. Bonds’s longtime friendship with Langston Hughes comes alive in solo song settings of his poetry, sung by guest artists Myah Rose Paden and Richard L. Hodges. Hopeful settings of Langston Hughes by Atlanta-based composer Joel Thompson spur us to dream of a new dawn, to sing for the future, and to swear for all, “America will be!”
Tickets
- $60 Benefactor – includes reserved seating and invitation to CANW socials and special events
- Regular at the Door – $45
- Presale – $35
- Student at the Door – $25
- Presale – $15
Requests for group rates or complimentary tickets or may be made to info@choralartsnw.org
Dec 2024
A Christmas Carol
A New Choral Setting of Charles Dickens’s Beloved Classic
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- Sunday, December 15, 2024, 3 PM with Gala Fundraiser Reception to follow at 4:30 PM – Online ticket sales are now closed. Tickets are available at the door.
Plymouth Church, 1217 6th Ave, Seattle, WA 98101 - If you are attending the Dec 15th concert, you may still attend the post-concert Reception & Gala Fundraiser even if you haven’t registered. You will be able to register onsite – there is no required donation or fee. Come celebrate with us by simply heading up the stairs after the concert to Hildebrandt Hall.
- Buy Tickets for the Dec 15th LIVESTREAM below which will be available for viewing through Feb 1, 2025. (Note: Due to escalating costs, our December LIVESTREAM will only be accessible via a purchased ticket)
- Sunday, December 15, 2024, 3 PM with Gala Fundraiser Reception to follow at 4:30 PM – Online ticket sales are now closed. Tickets are available at the door.
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Highlights include:
- Retelling Dickens’s beloved holiday story through traditional and new carols
- Dramatic narration by writer/actor/director Sunam Ellis
Choral Arts NW presents a new setting of Charles Dickens’s seasonal story of goodwill and change of heart, with music by two-time GRAMMY® Nominee and American Prize-winner Benedict Sheehan. Narrator and choir interweave together the Christmas Carol tale of generosity with fresh arrangements of cherished carols that bring Dickens’s character alive, from the childlike yet ancient Ghost of Christmas Past (In dulci jubilo) to the jovial Ghost of Christmas Present (The Boar’s Head Carol). Scrooge’s transformation is seen through new eyes, with Tiny Tim and the Cratchits accompanied by The Coventry Carol. Newly composed music links the spoken text and carols, making a festive holiday treat for the whole family.
Gala – All patrons are invited to attend and you may register onsite. Donations are encouraged but not required. 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!
Can’t be there? Schedule a donation now to help us thrive in the year ahead.
Tickets
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- $60 Benefactor – includes reserved seating and invitation to CANW socials and special events
- Door Adult Full Price – $40
- Presale – $30
- Door Seniors and Educators – $35
- Presale – $25
- Door Student – $25
- Presale – $15
- Livestream – $10 single/$20 family
Requests for group rates or complimentary tickets or may be made to info@choralartsnw.org
LIVESTREAM TICKETS
March 2025
This Sacred Earth
Featuring Alex Berko’s Sacred Place
- Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 PM
First Congregation Church Bellevue, 11061 NE 2nd St, Bellevue, WA 98004 - Sunday, March 16, 2025, 3 PM
St. Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102
Buy Tickets – March 15 Buy Tickets – March 16
Highlights include:
- Alex Berko’s Sacred Place
- Music by Indigenous composers Sherryl Sewepagaham and Andrew Balfour
- Settings of poetry by Wendell Berry, John Muir, and Oregon’s poet laureate, William Stafford.
With Special Guests:
- Serena Chin, piano
Focusing on themes of care for nature, climate change, and the sense of belonging and place, Choral Arts NW presents Alex Berko’s Grammy-nominated Sacred Place, with musical settings of poetry by Wendell Berry, John Muir, and Oregon’s poet laureate, William Stafford. Stafford’s poetry grounds us in the feeling that we belong to the earth, that we are enough: “The earth says have a place, be what that place requires.” This program leans into the ways nature reorients us to be present and expands our heart through expansive horizons. Music by Indigenous composers Sherryl Sewepagaham and Andrew Balfour invite a spirit of listening to the land, caring for the earth, and gratitude for its nurture of our minds and hearts.
Tickets
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- $60 Benefactor – includes reserved seating and invitation to CANW socials and special events
- Door Adult Full Price – $40
- Presale – $30
- Door Seniors and Educators – $35
- Presale – $25
- Door Student – $25
- Presale – $15
Requests for group rates or complimentary tickets or may be made to info@choralartsnw.org
Buy Tickets – March 15 Buy Tickets – March 16
May 2025
Far From Sight, Near At Heart
A Mosaic of What We Hold Dear, through Filipino, Austronesian, & European Music
- Saturday, May 17, 2025, 7:30 PM
First Congregation Church Bellevue, 11061 NE 2nd St, Bellevue, WA 98004 - Sunday, May 18, 2025, 3 PM
St. Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102
Buy Tickets – May 17 Buy Tickets – May 18
Highlights include:
- Choral music from Southeast Asia, Europe, and the U.S.
- Compositions by Nilo Alcala, Saunder Choi, Ily Matthew Maniano, Tracy Wong, Tsai Yu-Shan, Johannes Brahms, and Carol Barnett,
- J. S. Bach’s Singet dem Herrn and Claudio Monteverdi’s Ecco mormorar l’onde
With Special Guests:
- Serena Chin, piano
- Northwest Boychoir (May 18 only), directed by Ben Kromholtz and Taylor Hyde
Choral music from Southeast Asia, Europe, and the U.S. converge to celebrate who and what we cherish in life, from childhood play to lifelong love. This musical journey spans from the Italian Renaissance, through the Baroque and Romantic eras, to acclaimed composers living in the Philippines, U.S., and Taiwan. Music for double chorus by J. S. Bach (Singet dem Herrn) and Saunder Choi (Can you hear me?) invokes a joyful spirit of listening and dialogue. We find delight and comfort in nature’s winds, rustling in Claudio Monteverdi’s Ecco mormorar l’onde and Ily Matthew Maniano’s Amihan, a season of the refreshing trade winds. We relish in harvest and home in Taiwanese Indigenous folksongs arranged by Tsai Yu-Shan and music of safe dwelling by Johannes Brahms. Children’s games tease us and young love sparkles in settings by Maniano, Choi, and Carol Barnett. And sublime choral beauty suspends us, as we hold our loved ones near at heart, with Nilo Alcala’s setting of his mother’s poetry, “I am here with you always.”
Tickets
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- $60 Benefactor – includes reserved seating and invitation to CANW socials and special events
- Door Adult Full Price – $40
- Presale – $30
- Door Seniors and Educators – $35
- Presale – $25
- Door Student – $25
- Presale – $15
Requests for group rates or complimentary tickets or may be made to info@choralartsnw.org