Giselle Wyers – Past Concerts

Choral settings of poetry and prose by the Bard of Avon – including world premieres from Northwest composers Jessica French, Don Skirvin, and Giselle Wyers.

Choral settings of poetry and prose by the Bard of Avon – including world premieres from Northwest composers Jessica French, Don Skirvin, and Giselle Wyers.

Choral settings of poetry and prose by the Bard of Avon – including world premieres from Northwest composers Jessica French, Don Skirvin, and Giselle Wyers.

A stunning program of European and American favorites including Poulenc’s dramatic "Quatre Motets pour le temps de Noël," Hugo Distler’s variations on “Lo How a Rose e’re blooming,” works by Giselle Wyers, Stephen Brozovich, John Muehleisen, Arvo Pärt, and more.

Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.

Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.

Music by Morten Lauridsen, Melinda Bargreen, Donald Skirvin, Vijay Singh, Giselle Wyers, John Muehleisen, Reg Unterseher, and Karen Thomas.

Sweet Honey in the Rock (arr.) – Breaths
Samuel Barber – The Coolin
James McMillan – The Gallant Weaver
Javier Busto – Ave Maria
Sedans Reinis – VINDO
Joan Szymko – River
Jake Runestad – New work
Greg Jasperse – New work
Giselle Wyers – A Field of Hosannas (world premiere)

Works by Bouzignac, Charpentier, Faure, Tormis, Idumean, Wyers, and others.

The final day of the Seattle Sings! choral festival features styles ranging from barbershop to some of Seattle’s professional and semi-professional choirs.

New music by Northwest composers, including Grammy nominee Morten Lauridsen and Eric William Barnum.

New music by Northwest composers, including Grammy nominee Morten Lauridsen, PLU Professor Brian Galante and Eric William Barnum.

Reginald Unterseyer – The Tyger, text by William Blake
Karen Thomas – Four Lewis Carroll Songs
Works by John Muehleisen, Vijay Singh, Donald Skirvin, Brian Galante, and Giselle Wyers

Galante – A Clear Midnight
Lauridsen – Amor io sento l’alma, Io piango
Singh – Rhapsody
Skirvin – Alchemy
Thomas – Four Lewis Carroll Songs
Unterseher – The Tyger
Wyers – Salve Regina
Bristow – Fair as a dove
Singh – Tutto il di piango
Muehleisen – There was an old man in a marsh
Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Thomas – Deep River
Unterseher – The Steady Light

It has been said that music is a language that expresses feelings that words alone cannot convey. They may be passionate, mournful, humorous, hopeful, languorous, desperate, or any number of subtle combinations. Such is the case for the music on this concert, which largely features music by local composers.

It has been said that music is a language that expresses feelings that words alone cannot convey. They may be passionate, mournful, humorous, hopeful, languorous, desperate, or any number of subtle combinations. Such is the case for the music on this concert, which largely features music by local composers.