Seattle Pro Musica 2024-25 Season Announcement

Seattle Pro Musica welcomes audiences to a new year of concerts and events celebrating the power of singing in harmony. They have lots in store this season to tantalize and inspire fans of top-notch choral music and newcomers alike.

Travel with SPM in December to the British Isles for Nowell, featuring works by rising young composers like Kerensa Briggs, Rebecca Dale, Joanna Marsh, and Lucy Walker, as well as audience favorites by Herbert Howells and William Walton.

In March, join SPM for When Thunder Comes with guest composer Mari Esabel Valverde. Valverde will visit Seattle for a week-long residency with local school choirs, who will then join the singers of SPM in a performance of some of her most powerful work.

SPM’s May concert The World Is Charged offers the rare opportunity to hear a concert combining choral singing with solo cello, featuring cellist Nathan Chan. A stellar musician and social media star, Chan embraces technology to introduce new generations to classical music. With repertoire chosen specifically for the amazing acoustic of St. James Cathedral, this will be a musical treat listeners won’t want to miss.

With these concerts plus fabulous fundraisers, including a new foray into musical storytelling, SPM continues to give audiences new ways to find something they’ll love.

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Nowell
Winter in the British Isles
Saturday, December 14, 2024 – 3pm & 7pm
Chapel at Bastyr University – Kenmore, WA
Pre-concert conversation at 2:30pm & 6:30pm

Saturday, December 21, 2024 – 3pm & 7pm
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA
Pre-concert conversation at 2:30pm & 6:30pm

Celebrate the holidays with enthralling choral music from the British Isles. Hear traditional favorites by Herbert Howells and William Walton, future classics from some of Britain’s rising female composers, and Roderick Williams’s gentle jazz-inspired setting of Now winter nights. Also featuring works by Kerensa Briggs, Rebecca Dale, Joanna Marsh, Lucy Walker, Gabriel Jackson, Philip Stopford, and more.

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Pairings
Stories and Songs
Saturday, February 8, 2025 – 7pm
Good Shepherd Center, Seattle

New this year: Pairings, a combination of music and storytelling that’s just in time for Valentine’s Day. Enjoy an intimate experience of love stories and songs, with optional wine and nonalcoholic beverage pairings!

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When Thunder Comes
with composer Mari Esabel Valverde
NEW AMERICAN COMPOSERS SERIES
Saturday, March 8, 2025 – 4pm
Seattle First Baptist Church – Seattle, WA
Pre-concert conversation at 3:30pm

Sunday, March 9, 2025 – 4pm
Trinity Lutheran Church – Lynnwood, WA
Pre-concert conversation at 3:30pm

Special guest Mari Valverde comes to Seattle for SPM’s New American Composers Series and the world premiere of Up/Rising Into, her powerful love song for trans youth. Student singers from local schools will join SPM for Valverde’s When thunder comes, a tribute to the work of social justice leaders. Hear Mari’s music, meet Mari herself, and be inspired by music that honors the fight for the rights of all peoples. Also featuring works by Rosephanye Powell, Dale Trumbore, Clara Schumann, Eric Whitacre, James Mulholland, Casey Rule, and more.

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The World is Charged
WITH CELLIST NATHAN CHAN
Saturday, May 17, 2025 – 8pm
St James Cathedral – Seattle, WA
Seattle Pro Musica is a resident ensemble of St James Cathedral.

St. James Cathedral provides the stunning acoustic backdrop for a concert that combines the glorious sounds of voices and cello. Classical music star Nathan Chan is Assistant Principal Cello of the Seattle Symphony, and he joins SPM for the electrifying world premiere of Karen P. Thomas’s The world is charged. Also featuring works by Roxanna Panufnik (All shall be well), Caroline Shaw (Its motion keeps), Franz Biebl (Ave Maria), Benjamin Britten (Hymn to Saint Cecilia), and Herbert Howells (Requiem).

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Streaming option: recordings of all 2024-25 season performances will premiere on YouTube after final performance and will be available on-demand for 30 days. Advance registration required; free access, donations gratefully accepted.

To learn more or purchase tickets, visit https://www.seattlepromusica.org/season