Sunday, November 24, 2013

 
The best gifts under the tree are pre-assembled, with batteries included!
Leave it to us to take care of the music!
  
With All the Trimmings…

The Market Street Singers invite you to open your musical presents, all lovingly prepared and wrapped by some of Ballard’s most enthusiastic and energetic choristers. There will be something for everyone, evoking everything from the high Renaissance to the fire-lit mood of the Carpenters. Have a sample of warm pacific island treats or infectiously happy songs about Chanukah. Strike the harp and tune up the ukulele! There are plenty of presents to go around.  And, of course, there will be our usual holiday sing-along.  And why not take in the December Ballard Art Walk, while you’re at it?

Saturday, December 14, 7:30pm
First Lutheran Church Ballard
NW 65th & 20th NW
(across from Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ)
  
This is a free event. Contributions are gratefully accepted.
Chris Vincent, conductor
Ingrid Verhulsdonk, accompanist

The Market Street Singers, based in Seattle, is registered with the Washington State’s Charities Program as required by law. Additional information is available by calling the State Charities Program at 800-332-4483 or visiting  www.sos.wa.gov/charities.

Click this link for a map and directions to Ballard First Lutheran Church:
Directions to Ballard First Lutheran

Visit the Market Street Singers online:
www.marketstreetsingers.org

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Sunday, September 22, 2013


The Market Street Singers’ annual rummage sale will be held from 8 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, Oct. 19 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Ballard (5710 22nd Avenue NW).  That is across the street from Ballard Commons and one block north of the public library.   

Previous sales have included items such as:
  • books
  • clothing
  • linens
  • small tools and housewares
  • functional electronics
  • small working appliances
  • dishes
  • knickknacks
  • and more

Please come support your local singers.  We are a non-audition, volunteer community choir based in Ballard. In the eight years since our founding we have grown into a diverse group of 85 singers. We are proud of our inclusive, service-oriented vision. We seek to be an agent of change and community building through musical excellence and public outreach.  To find out more about the Market Street Singers, please visit www.marketstreetsingers.org.

This rummage sale is cash only and please don’t pay with big bills.  Hope to see you there!

Sunday, September 15, 2013

We're joining together

Yes, all the choirs of the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium including The Market Street Singers are joining together to make a joyful noise unto Seattle at Seattle Sings 2013! We start our new season on September 24th and, while we'll be working on pieces for our December holiday concerts, we'll also be preparing a few things to sing at the festival. This is going to be a great event bringing the many varieties of Seattle choral groups together under one big roof. Oh and the acoustics of that roof are amazing! We'll be performing Friday evening. Some of the "big name" choirs will be on Saturday. You'll probably want to come out for both. We'll see everybody there!



You can find more information and lineups at the Choral Consortium website or at MarketStreetSingers.org.

Sunday, August 25, 2013



The Market Street Singers present:
Nowhere I’d Rather Be
You really won’t want to be anywhere else!


Saturday, September 14
7:30pm
Ballard First Lutheran Church
(NW 65th & 20th NW)

It’s easy to think of places you want to be. Some of these are so nice you might not want to be anywhere else. Join us on a musical fantasy journey to the best places you can think of. These might include ”On the Street Where You Live,” or “Walking in the Air.” You might end up “Over the Rainbow,” or even in “Seattle.” No matter where you end up you can enjoy a stylistically diverse musical journey, from the Renaissance to Rent. The Market Street Singers are always happy to take you to that very special place.

This performance falls during the Ballard Art Walk. This is a free event. Contributions gratefully accepted.

For more information, please visit our website at www.marketstreetsingers.org or find us as Market Street Singers on facebook!

Sunday, April 14, 2013

Our Upcoming Concert - May 2013


The Market Street Singers present:
 
Sounds Like Music
A concert about what our ears love to hear
 
Saturday, May 18, 7:30pm and Sunday, May 19, 3:00pm
 
at Ballard First Lutheran Church (NW 65th & 20th NW, across from Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ)
 
It’s what we do; it’s what we love. Our concerts are always about things we know best: love, life, the world and its strange and fascinating ways. We often sing about a wide range of subjects but a concert all about music itself is not common. We have prepared a diverse selection all about this beloved pastime. We’ll be singing about how we feel about music, how we make music, and how music symbolizes significant things in our lives. There will be music that is serious and fun, traditional and contemporary, new and familiar. We’ll hear music by composers such as Henry Purcell, George F. Handel, William Billings, William Schuman, Carole King, and Leonard Cohen. Even if you have had no experience as a music maker, you will find things to love in this program. And perhaps you’ll leave with a deeper feeling about how important music is to you.
 
This is a free event. Contributions gratefully accepted.  We are a 501(c)3 organization. Your gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. We are based in Seattle and registered with the Washington State’s Charities Program. Additional information is available by calling the State Charities Program at 800-332-4483.

The Market Street Singers is a choral ensemble for Ballard that builds connections within diverse communities. Celebrating the joy of choral music among singers and listeners, we aspire to cultivate neighborhood pride with choral arts that are truly community identified.  For more information visit www.marketstreetsingers.org.

Friday, January 11, 2013

Community Choral Celebration

THE MARKET STREET SINGERS invite you to another… 
FESTIVAL OF FAVORITES: A COMMUNITY CHORAL CELEBRATION


Saturday, January 26, at 7:30pm
Ballard First Lutheran Church
NW 65th & 20th NW (across from Smokin’ Pete’s BBQ)

In the summer of 2011 The Market Street Singers presented a community sing-along event featuring favorite choral classics, familiar “chestnuts” which singers continue to love no matter how many times they sing them. This was such a huge success that we were requested to do this again at last year’s Folklife Festival. At the festival many people asked us to do it yet again, perhaps making it a regular thing. With such enthusiastic feedback we have decided to offer this as an ongoing annual event in late January.


We’ll provide the music, all you have to do is show up and enjoy the fun. Singers of all abilities are welcome, and non-singers are welcome to just show up and enjoy the music. A suggested donation of $10 will help cover the expense of this event.

There is no need to reserve a space, but if we run out of music scores, you may have to share with someone. But isn’t this a lovely way to make friends? There is nothing better than a large crowd of happy people singing music they love.

For more information visit www.marketstreetsingers.org.


You can look forward to singing things like: Billings “Africa” - Morley “April is in My Mistress’ Face” - Mozart “Ave Verum Corpus” - Biebl “Ave Maria” - Farrant “Call to Remembrance” - Billings “David’s Lamentation” - Farmer “Fair Phyllis” - Rutter “For the Beauty of the Earth” - Tallis “If Ye Love Me” - JS Bach “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring” - Lassus “Jubilate Deo” - Morley “Now is the Month of Maying” - Vittoria “O Magnum Mysterium” - Rene Clausen “Seat Me as a Seal” - Palestrina “Sicut Cervus” - “Sumer is a cumin in” - Brahms “Waldesnacht” - Bennet “Weep O Mine Eyes” - Vittoria “O Vos Omnes.


The Market Street Singers is a choral ensemble for Ballard that builds connections within diverse communities. Celebrating the joy of choral music among singers and listeners, we aspire to cultivate neighborhood pride with choral arts that are truly community identified.


We are a 501(c)3 organization. Your gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. We are based in Seattle and registered with the Washington State’s Charities Program. Additional information is available by calling the State Charities Program at 800-332-4483 or visiting www.sos.wa.gov/charities.