Mariachi Garibaldi de Jaime Cuéllar and Ballet Folklórico del Río Grande tell the story of a Mexican Christmas in music and dance: Mary and Joseph's journey, Las Posadas, the Reyes Magos and, of course, a piñata. The title carol, Campana Sobre Campana, rings through a program that's colorful enough to hold kids' attention and moving […]
Conductor and orchestrator Charles Floyd brings the Northwest Community Gospel Chorus together with the Oregon Symphony for a holiday concert built on big voices and soaring harmonies. It's part of the symphony's Sounds Like Portland festival, featuring some of the region's top gospel singers, and it's the warmest, most joyful of the season's orchestral shows. […]
The Oregon Symphony's big family holiday show fills the Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall with seasonal favorites, sing-alongs and a visit from Santa. Conductor Sean O'Loughlin leads the orchestra with the Oregon Chorale and Janice Martin, who plays violin and sings while suspended in the air. Three performances over one weekend keep planning simple: Saturday at […]
Clark County's own orchestra gets festive for a family-friendly holiday program under music director Ken Selden. The featured soloist is Noah Geller, concertmaster of the Seattle Symphony, which gives the afternoon a serious musical anchor between the seasonal favorites. Performances are at Skyview Concert Hall in north Vancouver, a lower-key alternative to a downtown Portland […]
The Kinsey Sicks, the drag a cappella group billed as America's favorite beautyshop trio, have been skewering everything in sight for more than 30 years. Their holiday show finds Angel, Winnie and Trixie trying to sell a manger before it's foreclosed on, with tight harmony on reworked holiday songs, political jabs and very adult humor. […]
The Seattle Symphony's annual Messiah brings the Seattle Symphony Chorale, a quartet of vocal soloists and Benaroya Hall's Watjen Concert Organ together for Handel's oratorio, the one that sends audiences to their feet for the Hallelujah chorus. Three performances fall the weekend before Christmas: Thursday evening, Saturday evening and a Sunday matinee. Of all Seattle's […]
Seattle's own Jinkx Monsoon and BenDeLaCreme have turned their holiday show into an annual tour, and this year it stops at Tacoma's ornate Pantages Theater on Broadway. The two drag performers bring their comedy and music to the season's traditions, and their chemistry as a duo is the draw. It's a grown-up night out, best […]
Nearly 300 tuba players fill Pioneer Courthouse Square with carols in a sound you feel in your chest. Musicians travel from all over Oregon and beyond for this 35th annual concert, and the crowd is invited to sing along. It's free, it runs an hour and a half on a Saturday afternoon, and it's one […]
The Seattle Symphony's annual Messiah brings the Seattle Symphony Chorale, a quartet of vocal soloists and Benaroya Hall's Watjen Concert Organ together for Handel's oratorio, the one that sends audiences to their feet for the Hallelujah chorus. Three performances fall the weekend before Christmas: Thursday evening, Saturday evening and a Sunday matinee. Of all Seattle's […]
The Seattle Symphony's annual Messiah brings the Seattle Symphony Chorale, a quartet of vocal soloists and Benaroya Hall's Watjen Concert Organ together for Handel's oratorio, the one that sends audiences to their feet for the Hallelujah chorus. Three performances fall the weekend before Christmas: Thursday evening, Saturday evening and a Sunday matinee. Of all Seattle's […]
Ring out the year with Beethoven's Ninth, the symphony that ends with the Ode to Joy. Associate conductor Su-Han Yang leads the Oregon Symphony, four soloists and singers from the Oregon Chorale, Pacific Youth Choir and Portland State University choirs. At about 65 minutes, it's a concert that still leaves time for a late dinner […]
Two big Northwest voices front the orchestra for New Year's Eve: Storm Large, the Portland singer known for her years with Pink Martini and her fearless cabaret shows, and Jimmie Herrod, whose soaring tenor turned heads on America's Got Talent and who also sings with Pink Martini. After the concert, the party moves into Benaroya's […]
