Upcoming Concerts

Opus 7 is thrilled to present Benjamin Britten’s A Boy Was Born this Christmas season. Written for eight-part choir and treble choir, this powerful set of theme and variations will feature the Jubilate! Young Women’s Ensemble of the St. James Cathedral Youth Music Program, directed by Stacey Sunde. Hear the Christmas story unfold through Britten’s music in the beautiful acoustics of St. James Cathedral.The program also includes seasonal choral works spanning more than a century, from Hugo Distler’s beloved Lo, How a Rose E’er Blooming and William Mathias’s joyful Hodie, Christus natus est to contemporary favorites such as Eric Whitacre’s Lux Aurumque, Stephen Paulus’s Splendid Jewel, Per Nørgård’s Flos ut rosa floruit, Steve Martland’s Make We Joy, and the world premiere of Seattle composer Robert Duisberg’s A Tender Shoot.

Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble – Loren W. Pontén, founder & artistic director

Jubilate! Young Women’s Ensemble, Stacey Sunde, director

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