The Market Street Singers present...  Mysteries and Miracles

The Market Street Singers invite you to once again look at winter and the holiday season with joy and awe. Take a short detour away from the year-end rush to relax and savor what is special about this time. Whether it's a new way of looking at Christmas standards, reconsidering the beauty of the approaching winter season, or chuckling at some of the funny situations we often find ourselves in during the holidays, we promise to have plenty of good music for you to hear. Even Mr. Grinch can't hold us back. And like every year, we invite you to sing along now and then - conducted by Chris Vincent and accompanied by Ingrid Verhulsdonk.  We are also happy to present our special guests, The Sound Singers Japanese Choir.  And why not take in the December Ballard Art Walk, while you're at it? 

Saturday, December 12, 7:30pm
Ballard First Lutheran Church
(2006 NW 65th St at the corner of NW 65th & 20th NW)

This is a free event. Contributions are gratefully accepted.

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 1-800-332-4483 or visiting www.sos.wa.gov/charities.

The Market Street Singers’ annual rummage sale will be held from 9 AM to 4 PM on Saturday, Oct. 17 at St. Luke's Episcopal Church in Ballard at 5710 22nd Avenue NW (across the street from Ballard Commons and one block north of the Ballard Public Library). 

 

Previous sales have included popular 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 community choir based in Ballard. In the ten years since our founding we have grown into a diverse group of more than 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, visit www.MarketStreetSingers.org.  Sorry, the rummage sale is cash only.  Hope to see you there!

The Market Street Singers present…

Summer Lites

A short summer-time concert

Two performance times on

Saturday, Sept. 12th

3:00pm AND 7:30pm

at

Ballard First Lutheran Church

2006 NW 65th St, Seattle, WA 98117

(Corner of NW 65th St and 50th Ave NW)

The Market Street Singers wrap up their Summer 2015 season with a short performance, presented for the first time TWICE IN ONE DAY! Yes, you have your choice of hearing us in the afternoon at 3:00pm or in the evening at 7:30pm. Of course, you might want to hear us both times!

Expect to hear a wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics. We end our summer with music of many moods and a wide expressive palette. This day is also the day of the famous monthly Ballard Artwalk, so let us be your musical destination while you’re also taking in all that this exciting neighborhood has to offer. Visit the Market Street Singers online at www.MarketStreetSingers.org for more information about the event and the choir.

This is a FREE event. Contributions are gratefully accepted. The Market Street Singers is a 501(c)3 organization. Your gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Based in Seattle, we are 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.

The Market Street Singers present.....

Roll Over Beethoven!

Featuring Beethoven’s “Choral Fantasy”

With Ingrid Verhulsdonk, piano soloist

And for the first time, we’re performing in the U District at

University Christian Church

(4731 - 15th Ave NE)

on

Saturday, May 30 at 7:30pm

and

Sunday, May 31 at 3:00pm

After celebrating our tenth anniversary season with a musical retrospective of our first decade together, we greet 2015 by pushing new boundaries. We present a selection of new and rarely heard music, as well as Ludwig van Beethoven’s epically delightful Fantasy in C minor for Piano, Chorus, and Orchestra, commonly known as the “Choral Fantasy.” Our accompanist, Ingrid Verhulsdonk, is the featured piano soloist for this challenging work, with a festival orchestra brought together for this special production.

We proudly introduce two new works by area composers Mitchell Fund and David Reznick, along with a rarely heard choral piece by renowned American opera composer Carlyle Floyd. To this we add a new choral setting of a famous poem by Emily Dickinson and a lush arrangement of the Shaker song Simple Gifts. As a way to give voice to the downtrodden, we offer an early 17th century choral hymn from colonial era Peru, most likely composed by and for Andean native peoples and sung in the Quechua language. And we liven up the room with a rousing version of Lift Every Voice and Sing, often called the “Black American National Anthem.” This is a truly diverse concert with many surprises.

This is a FREE event. Contributions are gratefully accepted. The Market Street Singers is a 501(c)3 organization and your gifts are tax-deductible to the full extent allowed by law. Based in Seattle, we are registered with the Washington State’s Charities Program.

Visit the Market Street Singers online at www.MarketStreetSingers.org for more information and ideas for parking.

THE MARKET STREET SINGERS invite you to the 2015 edition of…
FESTIVAL OF FAVORITES: A COMMUNITY CHORAL CELEBRATION

Sunday, January 25, at 3:00pm
Ballard First Lutheran Church - Haavik Hall
NW 65th & 20th NW
(enter from parking lot to the west of the church sanctuary building)

Since 2011 The Market Street Singers has presented community sing-alongs featuring favorite choral classics, familiar “chestnuts” which singers continue to love no matter how many times they sing them. The success of these choral classics festivals has led us to offer them as ongoing events. There has recently been increased choral sing-along activity in the area and we are proud to be part of this exciting trend.

We 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 expenses.

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?

SPREAD THE WORD! There is nothing better than a large crowd of happy people singing music they love, or music they are falling in love with…

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” – Randall Thompson “The Road Not Taken”