Medieval Women's Choir 2008-2009 Concert Season
With expanded subscribers benefits!
- Reserved seating, in the best seats at each venue.
- Savings over single concert admissions.
- Bring friends to sit with you in reserved seating.*
- *When you buy extra admissions through MWC.
- Out of town for a concert? Exchange for an extra admission to a different concert.*
- *No exchanges into the December concert.
- Informal talks with Margriet about the programs and contexts of the music.
- A season preview party and post-concert receptions.
Subscriptions: $60 Adult (25-61), $50 Senior (62+), $30 Youth (-25)
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Learn more about each concert
- Songs for Saint Nicholas
- Saint Nicholas, Sinter Claes, Santa Claus (special family program)
- Wheel of Fortune
- A Peaceable Kingdom
Songs for Saint Nicholas
Saturday, December 6, 2008, 8 PM
St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Avenue, Seattle
On his feast day, December 6, we celebrate St. Nicholas, early medieval saint and patron of children and sailors, with medieval French and English and traditional Dutch songs. Percussionist Peggy Monroe and harpist Bill McJohn will enliven the sounds of the choir in the glorious acoustic of St. James Cathedral.
MWC is a St. James Cathedral Resident Ensemble.
Order season subscription (best seating reserved for subscribers)
Order individual passes (general seating reserved by advance donation)
General seating at the door: $25
Saint Nicholas, Sinter Claes, Santa Claus
Saturday, December 13, 2008, 11 AM & 2 PM
Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave N., Seattle
The life of a legendary saint will be brought to life through stories and songs in the intimate setting of Bethany Lutheran's sanctuary. A special family program, for the curious ages 6 through 106.
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Wheel of Fortune
Saturday, February 21, 2009, 8 PM & Sunday, February 22, 2009, 3 PM
Plymouth Congregational Church, 6th & University, Seattle
Celebrate a late Valentine's day with soprano Linda Strandberg and instrumentalist Shira Kammen, who join the choir in this program of songs and dances from the Carmina Burana. The poems, written in the 13th century, lament the whims of Lady Fortune and embrace the joys Lady Love distributes.
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Order individual tickets
General seating at the door: $25
A Peaceable Kingdom
Saturday, May 16, 2009, 8 PM
St. James Cathedral, 804 9th Avenue, Seattle
Songs of praise and peace from medieval Italy, with soprano soloists Marian Seibert and Stacey Sunde and an instrumental ensemble of Vicki Boeckman (recorder), Peggy Monroe (percussion), Bill McJohn (harp), and Margriet Tindemans (medieval fiddle). The program also includes modern settings of medieval Laude texts by Seattle composers Peter Seibert and Margriet Tindemans.
MWC is a St. James Cathedral Resident Ensemble.
Order season subscription (best seating reserved for subscribers)
Order individual passes (general seating reserved by advance donation)
General seating at the door: $25