Festival of Concerts and Where to Find Them
Every year around this time, Seattlest gets a little backlogged with things to do. Maybe it's the season, maybe it's the fact that we're leaving town, or maybe it's a conditioned feeling left over from our experiences in middle and high schools. Every year, we subjected ourselves to a litany of winter and "holiday" concerts with all of the various musical groups we were a part of. (Excuse us while we re-repress that memory.)
Regardless of where this feeling comes from, we're glad that we're not performing ANYthing this weekend. All we have to do is crank out a good 20 dozen cookies, but at least we don't have to do it standing in heels under hot lights in front of lots of people. We'll leave that to other folks.
So we're happy to present you with this somewhat long, nowhere near comprehensive, list of holiday-esque concerts taking place this weekend and into next week. If you're looking for something to give that hard-to-buy-for person on your list, consider tickets to one of these shows. You know, along the lines of that "Give experiences Instead of stuff" idea.
Schedules after the cut...
Seattle Symphony
Handel’s Messiah
December 16 at 8 p.m.
December 17 at 1 p.m. and 8 p.m.
December 18th at 2 p.m.
Featuring: Alasdair Neale, conductor
Cyndia Sieden, soprano
Brian Asawa, counter-tenor
Stanford Olsen, tenor
Jan Opalach, bass
Seattle Symphony Chorale
Tickets are $25 to $55.
Northwest Girlchoir
Winter Concert
December 17 at 2:00 p.m.
Meany Theatre, University of Washington
Tickets are $12 to $20.
Seattle Girls’ Choir
Advent Lessons & Carols
December 17 at 7:30 p.m.
Blessed Sacrament Church
5050 8th Ave. NE, Seattle
$15 adults
Seattle Baroque Orchestra
December 17 at 8 p.m.
December 18 at 3 p.m.
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall
Featuring an all-Bach program, including the Christmas Oratorio and Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring.
Tickets are $10 to $34.
Seattle Men’s Chorus
Holly Jolly Holiday
December 22 at 8 p.m.
December 23 at 2 p.m. and 8 p.m.
Benaroya Hall
Featuring Silent Night, Ave Maria, and a new Icelandic/Nordic piece. Also: 220 of Santa’s elves onstage at the same time!
Tickets are $15.50 to $65.
Seattle Women’s Chorus
Babes in Toyland
December 17 at 8 p.m.
December 18 at 2 p.m. and 7 p.m.
Featuring Prokofiev’s Peter & the Wolf and a buncha kids onstage.
Tickets are $17.50 to $50.
Northwest Boychoir and Vocalpoint! Northwest
Festival of Lessons & Carols
December 17 - 21
Various locations and times throughout Seattle; see their website for more details.
