In case some audience members may not be comfortable attending an in-person concert just yet, we will also make the concert available in a livestream broadcast. Here is the link for the livestream: It should be live by 3:00 pm on Sunday the 14th. If you can be there in person, we’d love to have you (be sure to bring […]
We are excited to present our first in-person concert since the beginning of the pandemic! A smaller sub-set of the choir has been rehearsing in person, with masks, social distancing, and portable air filters. It’s been…uh…interesting learning how to sing while wearing a mask, and having the closest fellow singer be 6 feet away. And on November 14th, we will […]
We are very excited to welcome our new accompanist, Dr. Xin Chang, to the Seattle Bach Choir! She will begin working with the choir this fall. Here is some information about her background and experience: Pianist Xin Chang is originally from China. She has performed and taught throughoutNorth America and Asia. As an active collaborative pianist, chamber musician, andpiano teacher, […]
Now that we have experienced putting together a virtual concert, we’re ready to do an even better one! We all have our mics and headphones plugged into our computers, and director Daniel Mahraun has started guiding us through another musical journey through Renaissance, Baroque, and much more recent choral music. We got a lot of positive feedback on our last […]
We hope you’ve enjoyed our November 2020 Virtual Concert/Recording Project! If not, there’s still time until midnight, December 31, 2020 (Pacific Time). Here is the link to buy tickets and to access the performance. Once you’ve bought a ticket, you can access the performance as many times as you want! Meanwhile, here is the complete project program, including texts and […]
To create our upcoming virtual concert, we have been using a platform called Soundtrap. In our Tuesday night Zoom meetings, we get specific instructions, marked scores, and recorded performances to use as reference. We are able to sing with everyone’s mic muted and rehearse under Dr. Dan’s leadership. After a few meetings rehearsing a portion of our repertoire, all of […]
For you fans and supporters of the Seattle Bach Choir, we have put up a Youtube channel with selected recordings of the choir. You can go there right now through this link and hear us singing once again. Included are both recordings from some of our past concerts and selections from our recent professionally recorded CD, My Spirit Sang All […]
To our singers, audience, and all choral music lovers: We grieve our inability to be, and sing, and listen together at this time. We long for the return to a physical community, sharing in this art form that we love. Our hearts go out to our friends and colleagues, the Skagit Valley Chorale, and their director, Adam Burdick, for their […]
Director Dr. Daniel A. Mahraun is a freelance choral conductor, lyric baritone, and editor/arranger of music for choirs. Since 2010, he has been a member of the early music group The Rose Ensemble. Both as a performer and transcriber/editor, he was instrumental in the production of their two most recent CDs, A Toast to Prohibition and Treasures from Baroque Malta. Mahraun has served […]