EVENTS CALENDAR
Featured Event:
Title: The Great American Songbook
Location: Kirkland Performance Center, 350 Kirkland Ave, Kirkland WA 98033
Sunday March 15, 2015 - 2:00
Duration: 2 hours
Description: Revel in an afternoon with Master Chorus Eastside as they present smooth, jazzy, romantic, unforgettable tunes by top craftsmen of the 20s through the 50s in The Great American Songbook. Tap your toes to Harold Arlen s That Old Black Magic and Get Happy and Duke Ellington s Satin Doll and It Don t Mean a Thing, bask in the glow of the Gershwin brother s Love Walked In and Love is Here to Stay, and embrace the sentimental with As Time Goes By and Singin in the Rain. Guest artist Mary Jo DuGaw adds her own special voice in solo renditions of classic numbers of the period, and in combination with the Chorus. These numbers have become a part of America s art song tradition, says conductor Dr. Linda Gingrich. The poetry is sophisticated, the music is top quality, and they work together to tell a romantic story just as surely as European art songs do. They are wonderful expressions of our culture.
Tickets are $15-20. For tickets call 425-893-9900 or visit kpcenter.org
Past events
Title: Christmas in the Northwest
Location: Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715-228th Ave SE, Sammamish, 98075
December 6, 2014 - 7pm; December 14, 2014 - 7pm
Duration: 2 hours
Description: Weighed down by the rains of December?
Brighten the season
with Master Chorus Eastside s Christmas in the Northwest, a concert of
holiday carols old and new, many by some of the Northwest s finest
composers. Glory in the beauty of Silent Night, by Cornish
composer Bern
Herbolsheimer, and Ave Maria by University of Washington composer
Giselle
Wyers. Enjoy a Celtic inspired Christmas work by Seattle composer
John
Muhleisen. Revel in the rustic jollity of the early American carol
Let Us
Be Merry by Seattle composer Chris Fraley, and the early French carol
Masters In This Hall by MCE s conductor Linda Gingrich, and more.
The
Northwest is blessed with some of the finest choirs in the nation,
says
Gingrich, and with highly skilled composers who write for them.
It s what
makes a Northwest Christmas special, and it s our pleasure to present
these
wonderful works to our audience.
Join us a half-hour before each concert for a composer's forum, led by
Artistic Director Linda Gingrich, as Seattle composers Chris Fraley,
John
Muhleisen and Giselle Wyers discuss the whys and wherefores of their
pieces.
Tickets are:
General Admission $20;
Senior/Youth/Veteran $15;
Children 9 and under, free;
Family $44
Tickets available by phone at
(425)
392-8446(425)
392-8446
or online at
www.brownpapertickets.com
Title: Out of Africa
Location: Pine Lake Covenant Church, 1715 228th Ave SE, Sammamish, WA 98075
Sunday May 18, 2014 - 3:00 PM
Duration: 2 hrs
Description: Master Chorus Eastside presents Out of Africa, a celebration of the infectious choral music of Africa and the music of the Americas that grew out of the unique marriage of African and European music. Revel in the contagious rhythms and percussive beat of South African freedom songs and other numbers as well as our own African-inspired music: jazz, gospel, spirituals, samba, and more, side-by-side with a hot percussion ensemble. "The music of the Americas is fascinating, and owes much to the music the enslaved people brought to this continent," says conductor Dr. Linda Gingrich. " It was a terrible time of suffering, but a great musical gift flowered from this influence that is unique in the world. And all Americans are the beneficiaries!"
Tickets are $15-20. Special pricing for family and groups. Call 425-392-8446 for more information.
Title: Masterworks: Vivaldi's Gloria
Location: Bellevue Presbyterian Church
March 16, 2014 3:00 PM
Duration: 2 hrs
Description: Combine the warm resonance of Master Chorus Eastside, the mighty tones of Bellevue Presbyterian Church s great organ and the soaring sounds of a string ensemble, then unite them in some of the most delightful masterworks of the ages for an unforgettable concert experience. MCE will explore the miniature masterworks of Mozart, Haydn, Schütz, Bach and Fauré, culminating in Vivaldi s vibrant Gloria in D major, among the most beloved works of all time. One of the things that makes this Gloria so interesting is that Vivaldi wrote it for young women in an Italian charitable institution that was famous all over Europe for the quality of their music making, says artistic director Dr. Linda Gingrich. And yet the piece was written for an SATB choir! It s a bit of a mystery. The concert includes the keyboard wizardry of MCE accompanist Cori Belle, the vocal artistry of soprano Mary Jo Dugaw and Kathryn Weld, and, as always, conductor Linda Gingrich s lively, entertaining concert commentary, which will reveal some possible answers behind the vocal mystery of the Gloria.
Featured Event:
artEAST
Saturday, November 5, 6–9pm:
Art Center & UpFront Gallery
95 Front Street N.
Issaquah, WA 98027