The MAREKT STREET SINGERS present.......
FESTIVAL OF FAVORITES:
A COMMUNITY CHORAL CELEBRATION
Saturday, August 27, at 7:30pm
Ballard First Lutheran Church - Downstairs Social
Hall
2006 NW 65th Street
For five years The Market Street Singers has
presented community sing-alongs featuring favorite choral classics, familiar
“chestnuts” that singers continue to love no matter how many times they sing
them. The success of these “Festivals of Favorites” has led us to offer them as
ongoing events, at various venues, including NW Folklife. There has recently
been markedly increased interest in choral sing-alongs 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. This is not designed as a concert performance, but rather a
community music making event. Whereas singers of all abilities are welcome,
non-singers are welcome to show up to just enjoy listening to the music.
And singers, YOU
get to choose what music we do from a list of over 25 titles. Things like… Billings “Africa” and “David’s
Lamentation” - Mozart “Ave Verum
Corpus” - Biebl “Ave Maria” -
Farrant “Call to Remembrance” -
Farmer “Fair Phyllis” - Rutter “For the Beauty of the Earth” and “Blow, Blow Thou Winter Wind” - Tallis “If Ye Love Me” - JS Bach “Jesu Joy of Man’s Desiring” - Lassus “Jubilate Deo” - Morley “Now is the Month of Maying” and “April is in My Mistress’ Face” -
Vittoria “O Magnum Mysterium” and “O Vos Omnes” - Rene Clausen “Seat Me as a Seal” - Palestrina “Sicut Cervus” - “Sumer is a cumin in” - Brahms “Waldesnacht”
- Bennet “Weep O Mine Eyes” -
Randall Thompson “The Road Not
Taken” and “Alleluia” – Houston
Bright “Rainsong” – Jeffers “I Have Had Singing” – and Joseph Martin
“The Awakening.”
A
suggested participant donation of $15 will help cover expenses.
There is no need to reserve a space, in the unlikely event we run out of music
scores, you may have to share with someone. But isn’t this a lovely way to make
friends? We do, however, want to make sure we have enough chairs set up. If you
plan to attend we request you notify director@marketstreetsingers.org or call
206-465-3296.
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. Pure
choral joy. Almost as good as a choral jukebox! Visit the Market Street Singers
online for more information visit www.MarketStreetSingers.org
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.
The Market Street Singers is a recipient of the
Civic Partners Grant from the City of Seattle Office of Arts & Culture. We
are also 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.