Oct 2024

Hold Fast to Dreams

Featuring Margaret Bonds’s Credo
Poetry by Langston Hughes, W.E.B. Du Bois, & Youth Speaks Seattle

    • 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

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

    • 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)

  • LIVESTREAM TICKETS

    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.

    DONATE HERE

    Tickets

      • $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 15 & 16, 2025

This Sacred Earth: Reverberations of Land and Place

Featuring Alex Berko’s Sacred Place

In partnership with ECOSS.org

  • Saturday, March 15, 2025, 7:30 PM with 7 PM preconcert talk with Chiyo Crawford, Executive Director of ECOSS.org
    First Congregational Church Bellevue, 11061 NE 2nd St, Bellevue, WA 98004
  • Sunday, March 16, 2025, 3 PM with 2:30 PM preconcert talk with Chiyo Crawford, Executive Director of ECOSS.org
    St. Mark’s Cathedral, 1245 Tenth Avenue East, Seattle, WA 98102
  • March 16 – Music Educator “Sing In” – Register HERE
    Choral Arts Northwest invites all music educators to sing with us on March 16th.
    Sing 2 pieces with CANW on the concert
    Participating educators to receive complimentary admission to the concert
    Click HERE for details and to register by March 1st.

Tickets – March 15 Tickets – March 16

Highlights include:

  • Alex Berko’s Sacred Place
  • Music by Indigenous composers Sherryl Sewepagaham and Alex Vollant
  • Northwest nature poetry by Wendell Berry, M.L. Smoker, Marjorie Seiffert, John Muir, and Oregon’s poet laureate, William Stafford.
  • Regional Music Educators join us for Emil Adler’s Turn and Elaine Hagenberg’s By Night

With Collaborative Artists:

Inspired by nature’s splendor, Choral Arts NW presents Alex Berko’s Grammy-nominated Sacred Place, featuring poetry by Wendell Berry, John Muir, and William Stafford. Stafford’s verse reminds us we belong to the earth: “Have a place, be what that place requires.” Joined by piano, cello, and violin, this program invites us to “Listen to the Land” through expansive soundscapes and tone poems, and includes works by Indigenous composers Sherryl Sewepagaham and Alex Vollant which amplify reverence for land and place. Surround yourself with beauty as Choral Arts NW sings of the ancient-and-ever-present majesty of This Sacred Earth.

Tickets

    • $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

Tickets – March 15 Tickets – March 16

 

March 29, 2025

Annual Variety Show & Fundraiser

    • Saturday, March 29, 2025, 6:30 PM
      Old Log Cabin, 1417 Elliott Avenue West, Seattle, WA 98119

Variety Show Tickets

Experience the lighter side of the CANW community with clever and comic performances by our choristers! Join in on the fun with a raffle and our famous Dessert Dash. Tickets cover entry to a great show at the Old Log Cabin distillery, a catered dinner from Dantini (dairy-free and vegan but no gluten-free option…lots of flour in the pizzeria!) and include options for drink tokens for a selection of beers and wines. Don’t forget our custom Choral Arts cocktails which will be hand-crafted with incredible in-house spirits from Old Log Cabin. While the libations and pizza will be plentiful, this event will fill up quickly! Buy your tickets now!

Nonalcoholic beverages like sparkling water, soda, and a water station will all be free! Drink tokens for beer, wine, and cocktails may be purchased with the ticket, or as desired, at the event.

Guests are invited to bring a dessert for the Dessert Dash Fundraiser. For more information and to sign up, click HERE.

Note: This event is for ages 21+

See you there!

Variety Show Tickets

 

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

Tickets – May 17 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 Collaborative Artists:

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

        • $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

Tickets – May 17 Tickets – May 18