Choral Arts Northwest: The Eyes Have It
Free (Pay-as-you-can, $25 suggested donation; RSVP required)
Shawn Kirchner — Selected works
Tõnu Kõrvits — Selected works
Jake Runestad — Selected works
Kim D. Sherman — Selected works
Felix Mendelssohn — Selected works
Artistic Director Finalist Dr. Richard Bjella and Choral Arts Northwest present a LIVE concert reflecting a world struggling to find balance and wholeness from the zeitgeist of pandemic isolation. In many cases we do not even know what our community looks like, because we see only their eyes. But these mirrors of the soul impart joy, love, oppression, neglect, melancholy, warning, and compassion. The Eyes Have It offers a musical depiction of different soul-mirrors from around the world and includes settings of texts describing the whole of human experience: ancient exile from Babylon to famine in present-day Africa; Greta Thunberg’s words to the United Nations in 2019, declaiming the state of the environment, to Ludwig van Beethoven's Heiligenstadt Testament from 1802, sharing his most personal agony over his own deafness. Through these texts, set by composers Palestrina, Shawn Kirchner, Tõnu Kõrvits, Jake Runestad. Kim D. Sherman, Felix Mendelssohn, and more, our music and poetry come to full life, reflecting all that our eyes have beheld in times ancient and modern.
COVID-19 Protocols: Mask and proof of vaccination required. CANW will be singing while wearing masks. Registration required as capacity is limited due to social distancing restrictions.
All CANW concerts are now 100% free to the public – but we ask that you consider making a donation to support this public benefit.