The 2022 PNW champions, Verdant A Cappella, return to host our exciting annual a cappella competition featuring the best vocal talent in the Northwest. The Harmony Sweepstakes A Cappella Festival is the premier American showcase for vocal harmony music. The annual national competition is part of a national contest around the country with regional competitions …
The Olympia Musical Theatre Singers, under the direction of Troy Arnold Fisher, presents The Christmas Lights Are Shining Bright on Broadway, A Leiber & Stoller Christmas. These two artists wrote over 70 chart hits and were inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1985 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987. In addition to …
Masterworks and the Celebration Handbell Ensemble join forces to recreate two heartening musical traditions, the singing of Christmas carols and the ringing of handbells. Since the Victorian era, carols and handbells have lent their uplifting music to this traditional time of joy and devotion. Tonight you’ll hear traditional favorites as well as new songs that …
Join us as we start our 40th anniversary season with highlights and showstoppers celebrating our commissioned works, women composers, Celtic connections, social justice, sacred elements, humor in music and more!
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Choir director, composer, and teacher Terry Shaw has won a Governor’s Arts Award, to be presented Nov. 14. Shaw was named a Young Arts Leader, an award that recognizes his contributions to the arts and impact on the community. Shaw, who teaches wrestling and choral music at Timberline High …
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS This fall, Masterworks Choral Ensemble takes a break from traditional tunes to head for the Old West. The group’s next concert, Way Out West: Beloved American Ballads, surveys that “Home on the Range” — and yes, that tune is included — with music from the westward expansion or inspired …
by Molly Gilmore for OLY ARTS Masterworks Choral Ensemble’s Outback Odyssey, set for Saturday, will include the United States premiere of “Dreams & Visions,” a 50-minute piece by Australian composer John Peterson. A 10-piece string orchestra will accompany the choir for the concert, which focuses on contemporary choral and orchestral music of Australia. Commissioned by …