PDX Choral Calendar

Choral concerts, singalongs, and choral workshops in the Portland (OR) area

Concerts – black    Singalongs – green   Choral workshops – brown

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2009

Messiah singalongs: see Nov 29, Dec 6, 18, 19.

Season's most popular concert title: Comfort and Joy: Dec 5, 19, 21.

Nov 6 [Fri 8:00] (PSU Choirs – First Congregational)

{Nov 6, 8 12, 14 [Fr Su Th Sa] Glass Orphėe (Portland OperaKeller Auditorium)}

Nov 7 [Sa 8:00] Renaissance Encounters: Greek East and Latin West (Cappella RomanaSt. Mary's Cathedral)

Nov 7-8 [Sa 7:00 Su 3:00] Brahms Requiem (Willamette Master ChorusWillamette Univ. Hudson Hall)

Nov 14 [Sa 7:30] Music of the Spheres (Consonare ChoraleWestminster Presbyterian)

Nov 15 [Su 3:00] Brahms Requiem (Portland Symphonic Choir Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)

{Nov 16-17 [Mo Tu] Lord of the Dance (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

Nov 18 [We 7:30] New Bridge of Song (Revalia Estonian Men's Choir / Unistus / Oregon Repertory Singers / Pacific Youth Choir / UO Chamber Choir – First United Methodist)

Nov 21 [Sa 7:30] Bach Magnificat (Novum Chamber SingersSt. Bart's Episcopal)

Nov 22 [Su 4:00] Songs for St. Cecilia's Day (Festival Chorale OregonMt. Angel St. Mary Catholic)

Nov 22 [Su 4:00] Autumn Concert (Portland Peace ChoirSt. David of Wales Episcopal)

{Nov 26 [Th] Thanksgiving}

Nov 27 - Dec 30 [Fr-We] Christmas Festival of Lights (many choirs – The Grotto)

Nov 29 [Su 2:00] La Velata in Song: an Italian Renaissance Woman (In Mulieribus – Portland Art Museum Whitsell Auditorium)

Nov 29 [Su 7:00] Handel Messiah singalong (Portland Baroque OrchestraFirst Baptist)

Dec 4-6 [Fr Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] Favorites (ISing Community ChoirBeaverton Bethel Congregational UCC)

Dec 5 [Sa 11:00a] Jingle Bear Concert (Portland Symphonic GirlchoirZion Lutheran)

Dec 5 [Sa 5:00] Comfort and Joy (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

Dec 5 [Sa 6:30] Festival of the Nativities (Cántico Portland Chamber SingersLDS Vancouver Stake Center)

Dec 5 [Sa 7:30] Mendelssohn Von Himmel Hoch (PLU Choir of the WestNewmark Theater)

Dec 5-6 [Sa 7:00 Su 7:30] Sybillene Prophecies (Oregon ChoraleTBD; Hillsboro St. Matthew Catholic)

Dec 6 [Su 3:00] Holiday Concert (UP Choral Union – Buckley Center Auditorium)

Dec 6 [Su 4:00] Pergolesi Magnificat (choirs of St. Luke's Lutheran, First Immanuel Lutheran, and St. John Fisher Catholic – St. John Fisher Catholic)

Dec 6 [Su 4:00] Handel Messiah singalong (Newberg First United Methodist)

Dec 6 [Su 6:30] Handel Messiah singalong (Reedwood Friends Church)

Dec 6 [Su 7:30] America Sings! Barber, Bernhard, Billings (Reed Chorus & Collegium MusicumKaul Auditorium)

Dec 6 [Su 7:30] Illuminations (Satori Men's ChorusThe Old Church)

Dec 6 [Su 2:00] Handel Messiah (Bravo Vancouver ChoraleVancouver St. Joseph Catholic)

Dec 7 [Mo 8:00] des Prez, Nesbett, Tallis, Byrd (Tallis Scholars / Friends of Chamber MusicSt. Mary's Cathedral)

Dec 8 [Tu 7:30] Christmas (Beati Chorum / Lower Columbia College ChoirLongview Rose Center for the Arts)

{Dec 11-19 [Fr-Sa] Hanukkah}

Dec 11 [Fr 7:00] Dawn of Redeeming Grace (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

Dec 11 [Fr 7:30] A Rose in Midwinter (In MulieribusSt. Philip Neri)

Dec 11 [Fr 8:00] 'Tis Winter Now (Cántico Portland Chamber SingersThe Old Church)

Dec 11-13 [Fr 7:30 Sa 7:30 Su 4:30] Winter Comes a New (Confluence ChorusPortland venue TBA; Salem First Congregational; Corvallis Unitarian Universalist)

Dec 11-13 [Fr Sa Su 7:30] Gospel Christmas (Oregon Symphony Orchestra / Northwest Community Gospel Chorus Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)

Dec 12 [Sa 5:00 Su 3:00] Christmas at the Cathedral (Trinity ChoirTrinity Episcopal)

Dec 12-13 [Sa 7:30 Su 2:30] Wintersong (Portland Symphonic Choir St. Mary's Cathedral)

Dec 12-13 [Sa 5:00 Su 3:00] Christmas at the Cathedral (Trinity Choir Trinity Episcopal)

Dec 12-13 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] A Tradition of Noels (Columbia Chorale of Oregon – Milwaukie Presbyterian; St. Helens HS)

Dec 13 [Su 6:00] Warmth of Winter (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

Dec 13 [Su 7:00] Heaven's Light (Glory SingersThe Old Church)

Dec 18 [Fr 7:30] Bach Christmas Oratorio (Parts 4-6), Vivaldi Gloria (Bach Cantata ChoirRose City Park Presbyterian)

Dec 18 [Fr 8:00] Handel Messiah singalong (Twietmeyer PropertiesCentral Lutheran)

Dec 18-20 [Fr 8:00 Sa 8:00 Su 2:00] Glory of Christmas (Oregon Repertory SingersFirst United Methodist)

Dec 18-20 [Fr Sa Su 7:30] Handel Messiah (Portland Baroque Orchestra / Cappella RomanaFirst Baptist)

Dec 18-20 [Fr Sa 8:00 Su 2:00] Holiday Traditions 2009 (Portland Gay Men's Chorus Kaul Auditorium)

Dec 19 [Sa 2:00] Handel Messiah singalong (Vancouver First United Methodist)

Dec 19 [Sa 2:00] Eclectic Mass and Magical Music (Portland Symphonic GirlchoirZion Lutheran)

Dec 19 [Sa 2:00 8:00] Comfort and Joy (Portland Mormon Choir and Orchestra – Vancouver Skyview HS Auditorium)

Dec 19 [Sa 5:00] Ih (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

Dec 19-20 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] An Olde English Christmas (Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland First Unitarian)

Dec 19-20 [Sa 7:00 Su 3:00 7:00] Vivaldi Gloria, Whitacre Winter (Willamette Master ChorusWillamette Univ. Hudson Hall)

Dec 20 [Su 7:00] Sing We Now of Christmas (Festival Chorale OregonChemeketa Community College Auditorium)

Dec 20 [Su 2:00 5:00] Christmas with the PYC (Pacific Youth ChoirTrinity Episcopal)

Dec 20 [Su 3:00] Christmas at St. Matthew Lutheran (Beati ChorumSt. Matthew Lutheran)

Dec 20 [Su 4:00 7:00] Calling on the Spirits (Aurora Chorus – St. Mary's HS Auditorium)

Dec 21 [Mo 7:30] Comfort and Joy (Oregon Symphony Orchestra / Pacific Youth ChoirArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)

{Dec 25 [Fr] Christmas}

{Dec 29-Jan 3 [Tu-Su] Rain: a Tribute to the Beatles (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

2010

Jan 3 [Su 3:00] Christmas Concert (Lutheran Choral Association – Peace Lutheran)

Jan 8 [Fr 8:00] A Byzantine Christmas (Cappella RomanaSt. Mary's Cathedral)

{Jan 12-17 [Tu-Su] Xanadu (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

Jan 23 [Sa] TBA (Portland Lesbian Choir – Bridgeport UCC)

Jan 24 [Su 2:00] Beethoven, Brubeck, and the Blues (Bravo Vancouver ChoraleVancouver St. Joseph Catholic)

{Feb 5, 7, 11, 13 [Fr Su Th Sa] Mozart Così Fan Tutte (Portland OperaKeller Auditorium)}

Feb 7 [Su 2:00] Bach Cantata 18, Monteverdi Ave Maris Stella (Bach Cantata ChoirRose City Park Presbyterian)

Feb 12 [Fr 8:00] Stevan Hristić Serbian Requiem (Cappella RomanaSt. Mary's Cathedral)

Feb 14 [Su 2:00] Heart and Soul: the Music of Love (Bravo Vancouver ChoraleVancouver St. Joseph Catholic)

{Feb 16-21 [Tu-Su] Legally Blonde (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

Feb 21 [Su 2:00] Hildegarde von Bingen Ordo Virtutum (FourScore / Lewis & Clark College Choirs – First Presbyterian)

Feb 27-28 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] Music from Down Under (Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland First Unitarian)

Feb 27-28 [Sa 7:00 Su 3:00] Rutter Mass for the Children (Willamette Master Chorus / Willamette GirlchoirWillamette Univ. Hudson Hall)

{Mar 5-14 [Sa-Su] Spring Break at UP}

Mar 5-7 [Fr 7:30 Sa 7:30 Su 4:30] Grooovin': Music of the '70s (Confluence ChorusPortland venue TBA; Salem First Congregational; Corvallis Unitarian Universalist)

Mar 6 [Sa 7:30] Brahms Requiem (Novum Chamber SingersSt. Bart's Episcopal)

Mar 6 [Sa 8:00] The Slavic Spirit (Yale Russian Chorus / Cappella RomanaSt. Mary's Cathedral)

Mar 6-8 [Sa 7:30 Su 7:30 Mo 8:00] Rossini Stabat Mater (Oregon Symphony Orchestra / Portland Symphonic Choir Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)

Mar 6-7 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] Porter Anything Goes! (Columbia Chorale of Oregon – Rainier HS; St. Helens HS)

Mar 7 [Su 7:30] Frink, Hindemith Songs for Travelers (Festival Chorale OregonSalem Elsinore Theater)

Mar 12-13 [Fr Sa] Best of the Northwest (Portland Vocal ConsortFirst Congregational; Longview Church of the Nazarene)

Mar 13 [Sa 7:30] Of Love & Beauty (Consonare ChoraleMontavilla United Methodist)

Mar 13 [Sa 8:00] Freedom's Song (Satori Men's ChorusThe Old Church)

Mar 13-14 [Sa Su 7:00] Dance! (Oregon ChoraleTBD Hillsboro)

{Mar 13-21 [Sa-Su] Spring Break at Reed and WSU Vancouver}

Mar 14 [Su 2:00] Allegri Miserere, Bach Cantatas 156 and 182 (Bach Cantata ChoirRose City Park Presbyterian)

Mar 14 [Su 5:00] Discovering the Spring (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

{Mar 23-28 [Tu-Su] Cats (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

Mar 20-21 [Sa 8:00 Su 2:00] ABBA Queen (Portland Gay Men's ChorusKaul Auditorium)

{Mar 20-28 [Sa-Su] Spring Break at PSU, PCC, Lewis & Clark, Concordia, Clackamas CC, George Fox, Linfield}

Mar 29 [Su 2:00] Haydn The Creation (Bravo Vancouver ChoraleVancouver St. Joseph Catholic)

{Mar 26, 28, Apr 1, 3 [Fr Su Th Sa] Bernstein Trouble in Tahiti (Portland OperaKeller Auditorium)}

{Mar 30 [Tu] Passover begins}

{Apr 4 [Su] Easter (Latin and Eastern Orthodox)}

{Apr 6 [Tu] Passover ends}

Apr 11 [Su 5:00] Reflections on the Water (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

{Apr 13-18 [Tu-Su] Dreamgirls (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

Apr 14 [We] TBA (Trio Mediaeval / Friends of Chamber Music St. Philip Neri)

Apr 17 [Sa 2:00] Spring Gala Concert (Portland Symphonic GirlchoirZion Lutheran)

Apr 17-18 [Sa 8:00 Su 2:00] SpringSong (Oregon Repertory SingersFirst United Methodist)

Apr 24-25 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] End of the Beautiful Fin de Siècle (Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland First Unitarian)

Apr 25 [Su 2:00] Rossi Halleluyah, Bach Komm, Jesu Komm (Bach Cantata ChoirRose City Park Presbyterian)

May 1 [Sa 7:30] Poulenc Gloria (Portland Youth Philharmonic / Pacific Youth ChoirArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)

May 1-2 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] Beethoven 9th Symphony (Salem Chamber Orchestra / Willamette Master Chorus Willamette Univ. Hudson Hall)

May 2 [Su 2:00] Salut Printemps (In MulieribusSt. Mary's Cathedral)

May 2 [Su 3:00] Magic Happens (Portland Symphonic GirlchoirThe Old Church))

May 2 [Su 5:00] Vermilion Harmony (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

May 3-4 [Mo Tu] TBA (Chanticleer / Friends of Chamber Music St. Philip Neri; Kaul Auditorium)

{May 7, 9 13, 15 [Fr Su Th Sa] Rossini Barber of Seville (Portland OperaKeller Auditorium)}

May 15 [Sa 2:00] Showcase Concert (Portland Symphonic GirlchoirZion Lutheran)

May 15 [Sa 7:30] Orff Carmina Burana (Festival Chorale OregonSalem Elsinore Theater)

May 16 [Su 2:00] Ellington Sacred Concert (Bravo Vancouver ChoraleVancouver St. Joseph Catholic)

May 16 [Su 5:00] Songs of Fire and Ice (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

May 22 [Sa 7:30] Life is a Cabaret, Old Friend (Novum Chamber SingersOur Savior's Lutheran)

May 22 [Sa 8:00] Satori Lightens Up (Satori Men's ChorusThe Old Church)

May 22-23 [Sa 7:30 Su 2:30] That's Entertainment (Portland Symphonic Choir Scottish Rite Auditorium)

May 22-23 [Sa Su 5:00] PYC Spring Concerts (Pacific Youth ChoirTrinity Episcopal)

{May 25-30 [Su-Tu] Cirque Dreams Illumination (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

May 30 [Su 5:00] Sapphire Skies (Beati Chorumvenue TBD)

Jun 4-6 [Fr 7:30 Sa 7:30 Su 4:30] New Day: Songs of Freedom (Confluence ChorusPortland venue TBA; Salem First Congregational; Corvallis Unitarian Universalist)

Jun 5-6 [Sa 7:00 Su 7:30] 25th Anniversary Concert (Oregon ChoraleTBD; Hillsboro St. Matthew Catholic)

Jun 5-6 [Sa 7:30 Su 3:00] Earthly Delights (Columbia Chorale of Oregon – St. Helens First Christian; St. Helens HS)

Jun 6 [Su 3:00] Praises for the World (Sound Circle / Portland Gay Men's ChorusFirst Congregational)

Jun 12 [Sa] TBA (Portland Lesbian Choir – venue TBA)

{Jun 16-Jul 11 [Tu-Sa] The Lion King (Broadway Across AmericaKeller Auditorium)}

Jun 19 [Sa 7:30] Music from the Heartland (Heartland Men's Chorus / Portland Gay Men's ChorusArlene Schnitzer Concert Hall)

Jun 20 [Su 7:30] All That Jazz (Bravo Vancouver ChoraleVancouver St. Joseph Catholic)

?Jun 26 [?Sa] Verdi Requiem (Oregon Bach Festival – venue TBA)

?Jul 10 [?Sa] Mendelssohn Elijah (Oregon Bach Festival – venue TBA)


Since 2004, I've maintained the above calendar to help Portland choral groups in planning season concert schedules. Please notify me of updates, corrections, concert schedules of choirs not listed, and schedules of the next concert season. Links to this page from your choir’s website are appreciated. Thank you.


Artistic Development Chair
Portland Symphonic Choir

Updated 6 Nov 2009


Portland-area choirs: Aurora Chorus; Bach Cantata Choir; Beati Chorum; Belle Voci Women's Ensemble; Bravo Vancouver Chorale; Bridge Town Sound; Cántico Portland Chamber Singers; Cantores in Ecclesia; Cappella Romana; Choral Arts Ensemble of Portland; Community Cantata Choir; Concordia University Concert Choir; Confluence Chorus; Consonare Chorale; David York Ensemble; Encore Women's Vocal Ensemble; Everybody Welcome Community Choir; Festival Chorale Oregon; Flash Choir; FPC Chamber Choir; Glory Singers; In Mulieribus; ISing Community Choir; Lutheran Choral Association; Male Ensemble Northwest; Northwest Community Gospel Chorus; Novum Chamber Singers; Oregon Adventist Men's Choir; Oregon Bach Festival; Oregon Chorale; Oregon Repertory Singers; Ovation!; Pacific Youth Choir; PDX Vox; Portland Boychoir; Portland Gay Men's Chorus; Portland Lesbian Choir; Portland Mormon Choir and Orchestra; Portland Peace Choir; Portland Symphonic Choir; Portland Symphonic Girlchoir; Portland Vocal Consort; PSU Chamber Choir; Reed Chorus & Collegium Musicum; Satori Men's Chorus; Trinity Choir; Trinity Consort; West Linn Community Chorus; Willamette Master Chorus; WSU Vancouver Community Choir

Other Portland-area musical organizations: Chamber Music Northwest; Early Music Guild of Oregon; Friends of Chamber Music; GoClassicalPDX; Oregon Symphony Orchestra; Pacific Crest Wind Symphony; Portland Baroque Orchestra; Portland Cello Project; Portland Chamber Orchestra; Portland Columbia Symphony Orchestra; Portland Opera; Portland Youth Philharmonic; Sinfonia Concertante; Vancouver Symphony Orchestra

Portland-area hosts and venues: Anglican Parish of St. Mark; Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall; Beaverton Bethel Congregational UCC; Celebration Works; Central Lutheran; Chemeketa Community College Auditorium; Colonial Heights Presbyterian; Community Music Center; First Baptist; First Congregational; First Presbyterian; First Unitarian; First United Methodist; Gethsemane Lutheran; Hillsboro All Saints Episcopal; Kaul Auditorium; Keller Auditorium; Montavilla United Methodist; Mt. Angel St. Mary Catholic; Newmark Theater; Our Savior's Lutheran; Pacific University; Parkrose United Methodist; Portland Center for the Performing Arts; Reedwood Friends Church; Rose City Park Presbyterian; Rose City Park United Methodist; Salem Elsinore Theatre; St. Bart's Episcopal; St. David of Wales Episcopal; St. James Lutheran; St. Mark Presbyterian; St. Mary's Cathedral; St. Matthew Lutheran; St. Michael & All Angels Episcopal; St. Michael's Lutheran; St. Philip Neri; St. Stephen's Catholic; Scottish Rite Auditorium; The Grotto; The Old Church; The Works at Leftbank; Trinity Episcopal; Tualatin Rolling Hills Community Church; Vancouver St. Joseph Catholic; Westminster Presbyterian; Willamette Univ. Hudson Hall; Zion Lutheran

Other regional choral calendars: Boston area; Chicago area; New York City area; San Francisco area; St. Louis; Berkshire-Hudson Region