Pacific Musicworks, the American Handel Society, St. James Cathedral, and Sweet Bird Classics are bringing the 30-year-old American Handel Festival to Seattle in March 2011. This is a three-week, citywide festival, incorporating some 18 concerts and a host of lectures, symposia, and educational activities. The festival was founded at the University of Maryland in 1981 and [...]
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The American Handel Festival in Seattle begins March 11, 2011 with the Seattle Symphony Orchestra, conducted by Nicholas McGegan and ends March 27, 2011 with Seattle Baroque Orchestra, directed by Ingrid Matthews. Seattle opera conductor Stephen Stubbs will direct the Boston Early Music Festival production of Acis and Galatea on Friday, March 25th. Then on Saturday [...]
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HANDEL IN SEATTLE presents a full schedule of educational activities — lectures, theater works, a short course on Handel, a choral workshop, master classes, workshops for students, visual arts events and more. See the full festival schedule.
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COME SING HANDEL CHORUSES! The Handel Festival is pleased to offer a four-day Handel Chorus Workshop, Mar. 23-26, open to student and adult singers, led by conductors James Savage (St. James Cathedral), Karen P. Thomas (Seattle Pro Musica), Doug Fullington (Seattle’s Tudor Choir), and renowned Handel scholar Donald Burrows (Open University, UK), with an orchestra made up of local professional musicians. Read more…
Beginning March 11, 2011 Seattle will host more than 2 dozen concerts and recitals of music by Handel and his contemporaries. The Seattle Symphony Orchestra opens the festival with conductor Nicholas McGegan and soprano Isabel Bayrakdarian. The festival ends with Pacific Musicworks’ performance of Esther, Boston Early Music Festival’s production of Acis and Galatea, and Seattle Baroque Orchestra. Continue reading for the full schedule: Read more…
The American Handel Society invites submissions of abstracts for papers to be given at the American Handel Festival, March 24-27, 2011, in Seattle, Washington, in conjunction with performances of Acis and Galatea by the Boston Early Music Festival, and Esther by Pacific Musicworks. We invite proposals on any topic connected to Handel’s life and work, but especially encourage submissions related to the works to be performed. Abstracts of no more than 500 words may be sent by November 15, 2010 to Wendy Heller, AHS Program Chair,wbheller@princeton.edu.
For more about the American Handel Society, or to become a member, go to http://americanhandelsociety.org/.
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