Upcoming Performances

Lots of opportunities to hear your fellow students (and teachers) perform this month:

Thoroughly Modern Millie

From the Ingraham High website:

Thoroughly Modern Millie is a Tony Award-winning musical with music by Jeanine Tesori, lyrics by Dick Scanlan, and a book by Richard Morris and Scanlan. Based on the 1967 film of the same name, Thoroughly Modern Millie tells the story of a small-town girl, Millie Dillmount, who comes to New York City to marry for money instead of love – a thoroughly modern aim in 1922, when women were just entering the workforce. Millie soon begins to take to delight in the flapper lifestyle, but problems arise when she checks into a hotel owned by the leader of a white slavery ring in China.

Featuring fellow student Celia Buckingham as Millie, not to mention impressive sets, lots of fun musical numbers and some excellent tap dancing.

Friday, June 5th - 7 pm
Saturday, June 6th - 7 pm
Sunday, June 7th - 2 pm

Ingraham High School
1819 135th Street
Seattle, WA 98133

*****
Duet Recital featuring Shawna Avinger and Kristen Ramer Liang

UPDATE: This recital has been postponed to Saturday, August 8th, same time and place.

Come see your two favorite voice teachers sing classic Mozart duets, Schumann lieder, and a slew of musical theater numbers. We'll be joined by the talented Jeremiah Oliver at the piano.

Saturday, June 13th - 7:30 pm
Music Center of the Northwest
901 N 96th Street
Seattle, WA 98103

*****
Northwest Chamber Chorus presents
The American Spirit:
Songs of Faith in the Americas

From the NWCC website:

Sacred music has arrived in America from many different directions and places, and has developed from influences just as diverse. This is not a program of music of Christianity, but a celebration of the diversity of spirituality in America in the 21st century. We’ll trace the musical paths that have led us to where we are today. South American music will include Kasar Mie la Gaji (Earth is Tired) on a sub-Saharan African text set by Venezuelan composer Alberto Grau, Salmo 150 by Brazil's Ernani Aguiar, and Hanacpachap, arranged by Oscar Escalada and believed to be the first piece of music published in the New World. North America will be well-represented as well, with Magic Songs by trail-blazing Canadian composer R. Murray Schafer, Shaker Songs arranged by Kevin Siegfried, and Deep River arranged by Swedish composer Anders Paulsson for choir and soprano saxophone and featuring saxophonist Michael Brockman.

Saturday, June 13th - 7:30 pm
Green Lake United Methodist Church
6415 1st Avenue NE
Seattle, WA 98115

Sunday, June 14th - 3:00 pm
Plymouth Congregational Church
1218 6th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98101

*****
Adult Student Recital

Two voice studios combine with Vicki Boeckman's recorder students for a fantastic all-adult student recital. Featuring a set of Britten duets, a quartet, beautiful art songs and a little Broadway and jazz for good measure.

Sunday, June 21st - 6:30 pm

Music Center of the Northwest
901 N 96th Street
Seattle, WA 98103

*****
The Esoterics present
CONSTANTINESCU
Paul Constantinescu Centennial

From The Esoterics' website:

Virtually unknown to audiences in America, Paul Constantinescu (1909-1963) was one of Romania’s most cherished composers. A master of orchestral and vocal genres, Constantinescu was foremost among his generation of artists; as he infused the demands of Western counterpoint into the eccentricities of his native folk art, he breathed a new nationalism into Romanian classical music. Constantinescu’s fascinating blend of sacred, poetic, and folk influences shines through in each of his choral works.

For this concert, The Esoterics will be joined by Romanian conductor Gabriel Dumitrescu and pianist Kevin Johnson, to perform all of Constantinescu’s compositions for chamber choir – including his setting of the orthodox liturgy, ten folksong settings, and four madrigals.

Saturday, June 20th - 7:00 pm
Trinity Lutheran Church
6215 196th Street SW
Lynnwood, WA 98036

Sunday, June 21st - 3:00 pm
Christ Episcopal Church
310 N K Street
Tacoma, WA 98403

Saturday, June 27th - 8:00 pm
Holy Rosary Catholic Church
4139 42nd Avenue SW
Seattle, WA 98116

Sunday 28 Jun 3:00 pm
St Joseph's Catholic Church
732 18th Avenue E
Seattle, WA 98112