Posts tagged feb20
Join us February 28 for Taiko Drumming: Sounds from Japan

“Head for Japan” this February as BPA’s Cultural Outreach Series brings the powerful and beautiful tones of Japanese Taiko Drumming and other Japanese instruments to the BPA stage. This concert is created and led by Japanese professional Taiko performers, Ringtaro Tateishi and Asako Tateishi. Since 2009, the two have led Taiko programs at the Seattle-based CHIKIRI & The School of TAIKO. Recommended for ages 5 and older.

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Constellation Choir and Bridges present Awakening February 15

Constellation Choir and Bridges, a string orchestra, come together to present “Awakening,” a winter concert of works for choir and strings at BPA. The featured work on the program will be Sunrise Mass by Norwegian composer Ola Gjeilo. Conducted by Mario Alejandro Torres, the work takes us on a journey through lyrical, lush, evocative, and stirring moments. The concert will also include works performed separately by Constellation Choir and Bridges.

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BSO presents Women of Power! with pianist Yuka Sasaki Feb. 8 & 9

Join us for a unique concert filled with great and powerful works composed exclusively by women. These “Women of Power” went to great lengths to ensure that they had the same rights to work and to be acknowledged in the same way as their male counterparts. Works by Elfrida Andrée, Amy Beach, and Louise Farrenc yield a glimpse of the extraordinary, but often overlooked, contributions of women to orchestral music.

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