SEATTLE PRO MUSICA
1770 NW 58th Street, Seattle, WA 98107 seattlepromusica.org

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Organizations Filed Purposes: Seattle Pro Musica presented 19 performances of 8 different programs of music with a total estimated audience of 27,002. Live radio performances reached 330,000 listeners, for a total combined audience of 357,002. Our main concert series were presented in December, March, and May. In December we performed Winter Rose, celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e'er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells. (The "winter rose" - also called the "Christmas rose" or "snow rose" - is known for blooming during the darkest days of winter in the mountains of Central Europe.) Also in December '17, we reprised our annual Family Holiday Concert, a one-hour event featuring traditional carols, holiday favorites, and an audience sing-along for children and families. In March 2018, Seattle Pro Musica was joined by more than two dozen renowned performing arts organizations in a citywide celebration of William Shakespeare. Sou

Seattle Pro Musica presented 19 performances of 8 different programs for a live audience of 27,002. With live radio performances our total audience was 357,002. In December we performed Winter Rose, celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose as well as our annual Holiday Concert for children and families. In March we participated in a citywide celebration of Shakespeare. Sounds and Sweet Airs showcased choral settings of his poetry and prose, including commissioned world premieres from Northwest composers Jessica French, Don Skirvin, and Giselle Wyers. Our May program was Sacred Ground, with choral music that explored spiritual relationships in the natural world. The program included An Apostrophe to the Heavenly Hosts by Healey Willan, Canticle of the Sun by rising star Tonu Korvits and Hyo-Won Woo's Amazing Grace. We also performed with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra and with Andrea Bocelli.

Seattle Pro Musica presented 23 performances of 10 different programs of music with a total estimated attendance of 20,050. Live radio performances reached 330,000 listeners, for a total combined audience of 350,050. December 2016 - Star of Wonder; Our holiday program featured music from around the world selected to evoke the winter lights of the holiday season. The program covered over a thousand years of choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works. Centerpieces included the ethereally beautiful Stars by Eriks Esenvalds, Morten Lauridsen's O magnum mysterium, and Eric Whitacre's shimmering Lux Aurumque, as well as works by Judith Weir, John Rutter, and Gabriel Jackson. December 2016 - Christmas with Seattle Pro Musica, Family Holiday Concert; Traditional carols, holiday favorites, and an audience sing-along for children and families were featured in this one-hour concert. Our celebrity guest was storyteller and KING-FM announcer Lisa Bergman. February 2017 - Chichester Psalms; Bernstein's beloved Chichester Psalms was paired with James MacMillan's deeply moving Cantos sagrados in this concert of sacred music for choir and organ. Both works explore the theme of liberation -the desire of humankind to seek social justice and peace. Scottish composer MacMillan's riveting Cantos sagrados uses Latin American liberation theology poetry to address contemporary issues of government repression and the "disappearances" of political prisoners in Latin America. Bernstein's Chichester Psalms speaks eloquently of humanity's capacity for compassion and tolerance. May 2017 * Dona Nobis Pacem; Ralph Vaughan Williams' masterful cantata for soloists, choir, and orchestra, is one of the most important anti-war compositions of the 20th century. Written between World War I and II, Dona nobis pacem (Grant us peace) is one of Vaughan Williams' most significant works. We performed this impassioned plea for peace that blends Biblical text with the emotionally-charged anti-war poetry of Walt Whitman to create a searing indictment of the tragedy of war.

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