Northwest Voices Program Notes
This season’s final concerts highlight the work of composers with special ties to the Pacific Northwest. Some were born and grew up here, while others settled here after living in other states or...
View ArticleI Believe Program Notes
I Believe: Music of a Long Struggle Program Notes We have all heard the famous words of Martin Luther King that “the arc of the moral universe is long, but it bends toward justice.” Yes, the arc does...
View ArticleCAE Yuletide: Gloria Program Notes
Gloria in excelsis What better way to celebrate the holiday season than with “a joyful noise”- resounding voices, shimmering brasses, sonorous organ, thrilling percussion, and also the warmth of a lone...
View ArticleCAE Pops! The Great American Songbook
From roughly 1920 to 1960, the “Golden Age of American Song” drew on music from Broadway shows, Hollywood musicals, and Tin Pan Alley. Those years also saw the transformation of America’s entertainment...
View ArticleMirrored Voices Program Notes
The roots of polychoral music, with two or more choirs having distinct but complementary roles, may stretch back to the Psalms, since many of them use a form of call and response. Not coincidentally,...
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