Music at Epiphany

04/26/2024

We're just a few hours away from concert number 1!

Rehearsals have been sounding AMAZING! This is sure to be a concert you won't want to miss!

There are still a few tickets left if you've yet to get yours.

We look forward to seeing you soon!

04/23/2024

After a full day of singing, members of the choir rolled up their sleeves and helped to get everything ready for this weekend’s concerts. If you haven’t yet purchased your ticket make sure to get them soon because they’re going fast!

04/17/2024

We hope you'll join us for next week's concerts featuring Bach's Magnificat, Handel’s Gloria, and Charpentier’s Te Deum. These concerts are a rare opportunity to hear masterworks by three of the Baroque era’s greatest composers, each work representative of their unique style.

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03/01/2024

Today's the day! 7.30PM! It's going to be a wonderful concert you won't want to miss.

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Among some of the more familiar instruments you'll see at tonight's concert is one that's, perhaps, unfamiliar. It's called a theorbo and it's the baroque mash-up between a lute (close relative to the modern guitar) and a bass. The theorbo will be masterfully played tonight by John Lenti.

John Lenti specializes in music of the seventeenth century and has made basso continuo improvisation on lute, theorbo, and baroque guitar the cornerstone of a career that encompasses baroque and modern orchestras, chamber music, recitals, and opera. He plays for the Metropolitan Opera, Seattle Symphony, Seattle Opera, and many other orchestras both modern and baroque. He has recorded, with various ensembles, some nice albums you can find on the various streaming services. He noticed that Yeats doesn’t shy away from repeating words within a line and so John just used the word “various” twice in that last sentence for aesthetic reasons. His primary artistic influences are Vladimir Horowitz and T.S. Eliot though he doesn’t really write poetry or play the piano and nothing he’s ever done would remind anybody of either of those guys. He studied lute with Nigel North, Jacob Heringman, and Elizabeth Kenny. His favorite authors are Jorge Luis Borges and Nancy Mitford, though Mona Awad and E. Lily Yu are knocking his socks off lately. When John’s not on the road he’s mostly a stay-at-home dad in Seattle. John likes cheap wine, fancy sausage, and mid-level cheese.

02/29/2024

Morning early-music magic happening how!

Tickets are going fast but there's still time if you haven't yet purchased yours.

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02/28/2024

Rehearsals have begun and things are already sounding wonderful! This will surely be a concert you won’t want to miss!

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Meet Zachary Lenox, a soloist for this week’s concert!

Viewed as “a broad, resonant baritone that is exquisitely controlled throughout his entire range,” Zachary Lenox has performed leading roles across North America. Notable roles include “Silvio” in Pagliacci, “Marcello” in La Bohème, “Papageno” in Die Zauberflöte, “Count Almaviva” in Le nozze di Figaro, “El Dancaïro” in Carmen, “Marullo” in Rigoletto, “Guglielmo” and “Don Alfonso” in Così fan tutte, “Father” in Hansel and Gretel, “Sid” in Albert Herring, “Gianni Schicchi” and “Betto” in Gianni Schicchi, and “Dick Deadeye” in H.M.S. Pinafore.

Mr. Lenox has appeared with Portland Opera, Oregon Symphony, Eugene Opera, Orpheus PDX, Tacoma Opera, Opera Parallèle, Opera Bend, Pacific Music Works, Harmonia Seattle, Cascadia Chamber Opera, Portland Opera in the Park, Portland Chamber Orchestra, Portland Concert Opera, and Eugene Concert Choir.

Concert appearances include “Bass Soloist” in Bach’s St. Matthew Passion, Coffee Cantata, Christmas Cantatas, as well as BWV 56, Handel's Messiah, Samson, and Judas Maccabeus, Mozart's Requiem, Verdi Requiem, Faure Requiem, Beethoven's Symphony No. 9, Haydn's Lord Nelson Mass, Schubert's Mass in G, and Orff's Carmina Burana.

Zachary is a past winner of the Pacific Northwest Sings competition as well as the MONC Idaho/ Montana District Auditions. He received his B.M. and M.M. from the Crane School of Music at SUNY Potsdam.

02/27/2024

Did you know today is National Retro Day? What's more retro than hearing music composed in 1680?! You have an opportunity to do just that THIS FRIDAY!

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Meet one of this Friday's concert performers!

Multi-instrumentalist Adaiha MacAdam-Somer is highly sought after as a teacher, chamber and orchestral musician across the United States and Europe. She splits her time and passion equally between cello, baroque cello, and all branches of the viola da gamba family. From her home base in Portland, Adaiha performs with a variety of ensembles including Amadeus Chamber Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Seattle Baroque Orchestra, 45th Parallel, Sound Salon, Gallery Concerts, Voices of Music, Voice of the Viol, Eugene Opera, and various other chamber and vocal ensembles across the states. As an educator she maintains a studio of private students, coaches the Bridgetown Baroque Ensemble, Trillium Baroque Orchestra, substitute teaches for youth orchestras and chamber ensembles across the Pacific Northwest, and is a regular guest instructor of workshops nationwide.

Miss MacAdam-Somer holds degrees from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Her principal teachers include Jean-Michel Fonteneau, Elisabeth Reed, Uri Vardi, and Laszlo Varga. In the summer you can find her performing with various festivals and teaching chamber music and cello at Kinhaven Music School. Adaiha is forever grateful to Indre Viskontas and Adam Bristol for facilitating the acquisition of her bass viol, made by master luthier Francis Beaulieu.

02/20/2024

Seen in Capital Hill!

02/02/2024

We hope you'll join us!

Dietrich Buxtehude’s rarely performed Membra Jesu Nostri is a sacred choral masterpiece consisting of seven cantatas, each dedicated to a different part of Christ’s crucified body. Click here to get your tickets! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/buxtehude-membra-jesu-nostri-tickets-717437885027?aff=odcleoeventsincollection

Five soloists will join baroque instruments and chamber choir led by Epiphany’s Director of Music, Zach Hemenway, to present this deeply expressive and beautiful work. Natalie Ingrisano, soprano; Jenny Spence, soprano; John Garlid, countertenor; Carson Truett Lott, tenor; Zachary Lenox, baritone.

01/03/2024

What better way to ring in the new year than with music classes!

Several classes are starting soon and spaces are going FAST! Sign up today to secure a spot in one of these fantastic offerings!

To register, visit the Epiphany Music Academy website at www.epiphanymusicacademy.org.

12/15/2023

Ever wondered what it would be like to hear "the Record of John" sung by someone named John?? Join us this Sunday to find out! A service of nine lessons and carols will be offered in the evening.

We look forward to seeing you as the countdown to Christmas comes to a close!

Music for 17 December | Advent 3

Sung Eucharist | 8.45 & 11
• Psalm 126
• Gibbons: This is the record of John
• Anonymous: Rejoice in the Lord alway
• Hymns: 66, 56, 65
• Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 659
• Bach: Nun komm, der Heiden Heiland, BWV 661

Christmas Lessons & Carols | 5.30
• Ord: Adam lay ybounden
• Howells: A spotless rose
• 16th century: Gaudete
• Whitehead: The Seven joys of Mary
• Edwards: No small wonder
• Tavener: God is with us
• Rutter: What sweeter music

12/14/2023

12/07/2023

A full Sunday of most-excellent music coming up! We look forward to welcoming you in the morning and evening as we offer a service of lessons and carols for Advent!

Music for 10 December | Advent 2

Sung Eucharist | 8.45 & 11
• Psalm 85: 1–2, 8–13
• Manz: E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come
• Goldschmidt: A tender shoot
• Hymns: 76, 56, 63, 67
• Buxtehude: Ciacona in E minor, BuxWV 160
• Buxtehude: Praeludium in D minor, BuxWV 140

Advent Lessons & Carols | 5.30
• Palestrina: Matin & Vesper Responsories
• Ravenscroft: Remember, O thou man
• Goldschmidt: A tender shoot
• Palestrina: Canite tuba
• Howells: Magnificat (from Collegium Regale)
• Wood: O thou, the central orb
• Manz: E'en So, Lord Jesus, Quickly Come

12/01/2023

Fr. Doyt is excited for this weekend’s performances! Looking forward to welcoming you to partake in this holiday tradition!

12/01/2023

Final touches being put on. This weekend is sure to be very special! If you haven’t done so already, get your ticket now because you won’t want to miss this!

11/30/2023

Adaiha, a member of the orchestra, is excited for this weekend’s performances! We look forward to seeing you as we ring in the holiday season with this timeless classic!

11/30/2023

Ever wondered what it looks like to sing from the choir? Thanks to Jamie, a member of the choir, now you know!
Only a few tickets remain. See the link in our bio to purchase your ticket before they're all gone!

11/21/2023

‼️‼️Giveaway Announcement ‼️‼️

Music at Epiphany is excited to be giving away(!!) two tickets to one of this year’s performances of Handel’s Messiah!! The winners will be announced this Friday (11/24) and will have the option to select either the performance on the 1st or the 2nd.

How to enter the giveaway:
1. Comment on this post by tagging a friend (@(friend’s name).
2. Ask the person tagged to like this page if they haven’t already.

The winners will be selected by choosing a “tagger” at random along with their “tagee”

11/21/2023

Low ticket warning! Handel's Messiah is on December 1 & 2 and tickets are selling quickly for both nights! You won't want to miss it.

11/05/2023

Join us this evening at 5.30 as we remember the throngs of saints who have gone before us. The Choir will offer Fauré's setting of the Requiem throughout the Mass.

Almighty God, who hast knit together thine elect in one communion and fellowship in the mystical body of thy Son Christ our Lord: Give us grace so to follow thy blessed saints in all virtuous and godly living, that we may come to those ineffable joys which thou hast prepared for those who unfeignedly love thee; through the same Jesus Christ our Lord, who with thee and the Holy Spirit liveth and reigneth, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen. [Collect for All Saints’ Day, BCP]

11/02/2023

Join us this Sunday as we remember those who have gone before us. A wonderful feast of music in the morning rounded out by a Solemn Requiem featuring Fauré’s setting in the afternoon.

Wherever you are on your spiritual journey, you are warmly invited to these beautiful services.

Music for 5 November | All Saints’ Sunday

Sung Eucharist
Sung by the full Choir at 8.45 (with the Choristers) & 11

• Psalm 34:1–10, 22
• Bainton: And I saw a new heaven
• Victoria: O quam gloriosum
• Hymns: 287, 286, 620, 625
• Messiaen: Le banquet celeste
• Pierné: Toccata

Solemn Requiem | 5.30
• Setting by Fauré

11/01/2023

Thanks to everyone who made the first concert of the season such a success!

10/19/2023

Calling all Bach-lovers of Seattle!

Immerse yourself in the unmatched genius of Bach’s choral writing, performed by some of our region’s finest singers and continuo players. Bach’s motets are at once virtuosic and accessible to the audience. The concert will feature Bach’s profoundly spiritual setting of Jesu, meine Freude and his famed Singet dem Herrn for double choir, among other surprise works by Bach and his contemporaries performed by acclaimed soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah.

Tickets available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/.../bach-motets-in-madrona...

10/19/2023

We hope you’ll join us for a weekend of most-glorious music!

Music for 22 October | Proper 24

Sung Eucharist | 8.45 & 11
• Psalm 96
• Hancock: Judge Eternal
• Whitlock: Be still, my soul
• Hymns: 377, 412, 633, 665
• Hancock: Air
• Willan: Epithalame

Choral Evensong | 5.30
• Mantua: O Jesu Christe
• Neswick: Responses
• Psalms 114, 115
• Aston: Evening Service in F
• Briggs: O Lord, support us
• Hymns: 34, 429
• Alain: Variations sur un thème de Clément Jannequin

10/17/2023

🎶 Meet the Performer 🎶

Meet Ross Gilliland, a performer in our upcoming Bach concert on the 27th!

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Ross Gilliland performs regularly on modern and baroque bass and violone throughout the pacific northwest. He performs locally with period ensembled including the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Sound Salon (formerly the Byron Schenkman & Friends chamber music series), Epiphany Parish, Tacoma Back Festival, and Seattle Bach Choir. He also performs regularly on modern bass with the numerous ensembles including the North Corner Chamber Orchestra (NOCCO), Seattle Modern Orchestra, Pacific Northwest Ballet, Auburn Symphony, and Northwest Symphony Orchestra. He is also active freelancing in theater and studio sessions, recording soundtracks for feature films, pop, bluegrass, video games, and other ‘attractions’. A Madison, WI native, Ross has been a long-time and continuing performer with the Madison Bach Musicians, the Token Creek Chamber Music Festival, collaborating closely with famed composer and Bach interpreter John Harbison, the Madison Symphony Orchestra, Wisconsin Chamber Orchestra, and the Bach Dancing and Dynamite Society. He has been a featured soloist with Seattle's Mostly Nordic concert series and live on Wisconsin Public Radio. Mr. Gilliland holds degrees in music performance, physics, and environmental policy.

10/12/2023

The cold fall air has arrived in Seattle. Join us on Sunday for timeless music guaranteed to warm the heart and soul!

Music for 15 October | Proper 23

Sung Eucharist | 8.45 (with the Choristers) & 11
• Psalm 23
• Farrant: Lord, for thy tender mercy's sake
• Vivanco: O Quam suavis
• Hymns: 7, 51, 321, 556
• Gibbons: Fantazia of foure parts
• Buxtehude: Præludium in C, BuxWV 136

Choral Evensong | 5.30
• Roberts: I sought my God
• White: Responses
• Psalms 111, 112, 113
• Cooman: St. Paul's Cambridge Service
• Coxhead: My eyes for beauty pine
• Hymns: 36, 667
• Oldroyd: Conditor alme siderum

10/09/2023

🎶 Meet the Performer Monday 🎶

Meet Danielle Reutter-Harrah, soloist for our upcoming Bach motet concert!

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Danielle Reutter-Harrah, known for her “expressive, silvery voice and outstanding technical finesse” (Classical Sonoma) is a soprano specializing in baroque music. She most recently performed Monteverdi’s “Lamento d’Arianna” with the Boston Early Music Festival in Hamburg and Bremen. Danielle toured last fall with Boston Early Music Festival in their chamber opera series performing a lead role in Charpentier’s La Fête de Rueil and Lully’s Idylle sur la Paix. During the past year, she performed concerts of Schütz and his contemporaries with Early Music Vancouver, beautiful German baroque works with Whidbey Island Music Festival, and two Pacific MusicWorks shows entitled “Love and Revolution” and “Murder and Mayhem,” both of which were well-received.

Danielle performs frequently with Boston Early Music Festival, Pacific MusicWorks, Evergreen Ensemble, and Whidbey Island Music Festival. She is a founding member of Jarring Sounds with guitarist/lutenist Adam Cockerham.

Danielle received her BM from the University of Denver’s Lamont School of Music and her MM from the San Francisco Conservatory of Music. She lives in Seattle with her family.

10/06/2023

🎶 Meet the Performer 🎶

Music at Epiphany is thrilled to welcome Jillon Stoppels Dupree (harpsichord) as a performer on our Motets in Madrona program on October 27th.

Jillon Stoppels Dupree is acclaimed as “one of the country’s top baroque musicians, a superior soloist and top-ranked ensemble player . . . a baroque star!” (Seattle Times). She performs with the Seattle Baroque Orchestra, Portland Baroque Orchestra, Early Music Seattle, San Francisco Bach Choir, San Francisco Choral Artists, and Ensemble Electra; her chamber music collaborations include performances with numerous international soloists, as well as concert tours throughout Britain, Western Europe and Poland. Recent activities include concerts and master classes at both Stanford University and the University of Michigan.

Jillon received both Fulbright and Beebe Fund grants for study abroad, and her teachers were Gustav Leonhardt, Kenneth Gilbert, Edward Parmentier and Lisa Goode Crawford. An honors graduate of the Oberlin College Conservatory of Music and Masters recipient at the University of Michigan, Ms. Dupree has taught at both her alma maters, at Seattle’s Cornish College of the Arts, and at the University of Washington. She received the National Endowment for the Arts Solo Recitalist award, for performance of contemporary harpsichord music, and her world-premiere recording of Philip Glass’s Concerto for Harpsichord was heralded as “Superb!” by the New York Times; she recently performed the Glass concerto in its 20th-anniversary celebration.

Jillon co-founded Gallery Concerts, one of the premier early music concert series in Seattle. She can be heard on the Meridian, Decca, Orange Mountain, Wildboar and Delos recording labels. Her solo Bach CD from Centaur Records – J.S. Bach: Fantasy and Caprice - has been described as exemplifying “harpsichord musicianship at its best . . . expressive . . . passionate . . . and inspiring.” (American Record Guide). Jillon lives on Bainbridge Island, Washington.

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