CHORAL ARTS SINGS WILLIAM HAWLEY
    Friday, October 1, 7:00pm, St. Mark's Cathedral, Seattle
    Saturday, October 2, 7:00pm, at Bastyr University Chapel, Kemore
Choral Arts will sing an entire night of music by American composer William Hawley, in preparation for recording a CD of this repertoire in January.  Conductor Robert Bode is taking each piece in its own merits to create a very diverse sound.  Hawley will also be present and speak about his works during the concert.  More information is available at www.choral-arts.org.

TUDOR CHOIR AT MOORE THEATER
    Saturday, October 16, 8:00pm, Moore Theatre, Seattle
The concert is entitled "Songs of War and Heaven".  Gary Cannon will sing once again Ingram Marshall's "Savage Altars", which Tudor Choir has recorded for New Albion.  There will also be music of Taverner, Sheppard, Pärt, and the Nesbett Magnificat.  More information is available at www.tudorchoir.org.
 

PETER PHILLIPS CONDUCTS TUDOR CHOIR IN PORTLAND AND SEATTLE
    Friday, October 22, 8:00pm, St. Mary's Cathedral, Portland
    Saturday, October 23, details TBC, St. James Cathedral, Seattle, by
invitation
We're very excited to work again with Peter Phillips, conductor of the world-renowned Tallis Scholars.  Repertoire will be the Victoria Requiem, plus music by contemporaries Lobo and Cardoso.  If you are interested in attending the Seattle benefit, please let Gary Cannon know and he will forward your request for an invitation to the powers-that-be. More information is available at www.tudorchoir.org.
 

NOVEMBER 2010
CASCADIAN CHORALE SINGS "AUTUMN"
    Saturday, November 6, 7:00pm, St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina
    Sunday, November 7, 3:00pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle
Thanksgiving, Oktoberfest, All Soul’s Day, back-to-school…cultural events litter the fall, and we will celebrate them with music. As befits an ensemble in the forested Pacific Northwest, we will present several works about our arboreal friends, including "I go among trees", a recent work by local composer Giselle Wyers. Brahms’s masterful motet "Warum ist das Licht gegeben dem Mühseligen?" captures the dark richness of autumn.  More information is available at www.cascadianchorale.org.

SINE NOMINE SINGS "L'HOMME ARMÉ: THE ARMED MAN"
    Sunday, November 14, 4:00pm, Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle
Gary Cannon conduct Sine Nomine in a composite Mass based on the Renaissance tune "L'homme armé", with each movement getting progressively more recent: Ockeghem, Busnois, Josquin, Palestrina, and Carissimi.  The second half features Renaissance music on a war theme, including works by Dufay, Encina, Morton, and others, and Janequin's "La Guerre".  More information is available at www.earlymusicguild.org.

NOVEMBER 2010
PLU CHORAL UNION
    Saturday, Nov. 13, Lagerquist Hall, PLU Campus, Tacoma
Cum Sancto Spiritu from Petite Messe Solenne (Rossini); A Heart in Hiding (Walker); Six Songs for Treble Voices (Rachmaninov); Four Lieder for Male Voices (Schubert); The Passing of the Year (Dove)
Featuring Amy Grinsteiner (piano) and Heidi Vanderford (mezzo-soprano)
For tickets, call (253) 535-7787.  General admission $15, Seniors $10, PLU Community/alumni $5

DECEMBER 2010
VASHON ISLAND CHORALE SINGS SAINT-SAËNS' "CHRISTMAS ORATORIO"
    Saturday, December 4, 7:30pm, Bethel Church, Vashon
    Sunday, December 5, 3:00pm, at Bethel Church, Vashon
Gary Cannon conducts the Vashon Island Chorale in "Noël: A French Christmas". The
grand highlight is Saint-Saëns' rarely performed "Oratorio de Noël".
The second half features other French Christmas music, and works by
Britten and Bruckner.  The concerts also include Gary's newly composed
miniature, "If Music", to a text by Shakespeare.  More information is
available at www.vashonislandchorale.org.

CASCADIAN CHORALE SINGS "WINTER"
    Saturday, December 11, 7:00pm, St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue
    Sunday, December 12, 7:00pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle
Snow, star-filled nights, wind…nature reserves some of her most touching and intimate moments for the winter. The Christmas season takes center stage with Holst’s Christmas Day and three carols by the comical genius, P.D.Q. Bach. This concert will feature Composer-in-Residence, Linda Gingrich, in several arrangements of seasonal favorites. John Rutter, Ástor Piazzolla, and Harold Darke will also contribute to our festival of the beauty and magic of winter.  More information is available at www.cascadianchorale.org.

CHORAL ARTS' CHRISTMAS TRADITION
    Friday, December 17, 7:00pm, Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma
    Saturday, December 18, 7:00pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle
    Sunday, December 19, 7:00pm, at Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle
For several years, Choral Arts has developed a tradition of Christmas music to calm the mind amid the Christmas rush.  This hour-long concert, with piano interludes and without intermission, aims for just that.  More information is available at www.choral-arts.org.

TUDOR CHOIR AFTER CHRISTMAS
    Sunday, December 26, 8:00pm, at Blessed Sacrament Catholic Church, Seattle
Another fine Christmas tradition.  Tudor Choir sings season music, mostly with an English bent.  More information is available at www.tudorchoir.org.

SEATTLE PRO MUSICA
    December 11, Bastyr Chapel
    December 18, Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church
Experience the warmth and sparkle of Christmas music from the British Isles. This evocation of a traditional English Christmas features seasonal favorites by Benjamin Britten, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Gustav Holst, William Walton, and Herbert Howells. Seattle Pro Musica’s Christmas concerts have been voted “top holiday concert” by Seattle audiences. (For more info, go to SPM web site)