As part of the cathedral’s music program, the Music Series is called to offer its musical riches to the wider community so that all can experience the unique acoustical environment, superb pipe organs, and talented musicians dedicated to making music in a sacred space. Concerts have both in-person and livestreamed ticket options.

Please note: the spaces of the cathedral building are frequently made available to community and touring groups as a performance venue. Such events are NOT listed on this page—the Saint Mark's Music Series is an annual series of concerts organized and presented by the cathedral itself. Public performances by outside groups can often be found on the cathedral Events Calendar.

TO ATTEND OR WATCH A CONCERT:

Links to purchase either an in-person or livestreamed concert ticket are available soon through Eventbrite below. Tickets may be purchased at the door as well. After you purchase your ticket, the link to watch the livestream will be emailed to you as the time of the concert approaches, or sometimes included in your confirmation email.

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Make a one-time donation by donating here, via Venmo (@SaintMarksCathedralSeattle), or by mailing a check (memo: Music Series). Become a Friend of the Music Series and give annually to sustain the series, making it possible for Saint Mark’s to share its musical riches with the wider community at very modest ticket prices. If you wish to sponsor upcoming events please contact Canon Michael Kleinschmidt. Thank you for your support!

Organ by Night

These informal mini-concerts have introduced generations of Seattleites to the power and beauty of a real pipe organ. All are welcome to listen in the nave, or join the organist in the loft to see what playing an instrument of this size is really like. (The radio program The Organ Loft, which airs on KING-FM immediately following Compline each week, was inspired by this tradition.)

Now presented under the auspices of the Saint Mark's Music Series these recitals were relaunched as Organ by Night and are offered once a month, on the third Sunday of each month. Attendees may listen from the nave or join the organist in the loft. A Q&A with the organist follows the performance. Find the schedule of upcoming recitalists here.

NOTE: The decision to include these informal presentations on the compline video livestream is left to the discretion of each organist. Some prefer not to, for a variety or reasons. The choice whether or not to livestream Organ by Night will not typically be announced in advance.

2025–26 MUSIC SERIES: CONCERTS

Individual concert tickets will be available mid-July

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 24, 2025, 7:30 P.M.

Mass Appeal

Capella Romana with the Portland Youth Philharmonic Camerata
David Hattner, guest-conductor

Brace yourself for a sonic experience that stirs the soul and lifts the roof. Stravinsky’s Mass is bold, modern, cool—utterly mesmerizing. Bruckner’s Mass answers with lush, soaring harmonies and awe-inspiring grandeur, featuring double choir, reeds, and brass. Performed in collaboration with the Portland Youth Philharmonic's chamber orchestra, Camerata PYP. This isn’t just a concert—it’s a cathedral of sound. An electrifying concert that will move both heart and soul.

 

On the program:

  • Mass for choir and double wind quintet by Igor Stravinsky
  • Mass in E minor for double choir, reeds, and brass by Anton Bruckner

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 2025, 3 P.M.

Peace & Thanksgiving

Skyros Quartet

Skyros Quartet returns to Saint Mark's Music Series presenting music contemplating peace and thanksgiving through string quartets by Ludvig van Beethoven and living Latvia composer Pēteris Vasks. Violinists Sarah Pizzichemi and Brandon Vance, violist Justin Kurys, and cellist Timothy Pizzichemi will fill Saint Mark's nave with exquisite string music in anticipation of Advent.

 

 

On the program:

  • String Quartet No. 15, Op. 132 by Ludvig van Beethoven
  • String Quartet No. 3 by Pēteris Vasks

 

 

 

 

 

 

SATURDAY, JANUARY 17, 2026, 3 P.M.
SUNDAY, JANUARY 18, 2026, 3 P.M
(TWO IDENTICAL PERFORMANCES)

Organ Plus in Thomsen Chapel

Henry Lebedinsky, organ & Brian Shaw, trumpet

Music for organ and trumpet will enliven Thomsen chapel with works spanning the centuries, from the Baroque to Modern times, featuring Henry Lebedinsky on the Marion Camp Oliver organ and Brian Shaw on trumpet

On the program:

  • Selections to be determined

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 22, 2026, 3 P.M.

Encountering the Divine: A Musical Expression of Faith

Keith Kirchoff, piano

Boston-based pianist Keith Kirchoff presents a program exploring the richness of the Christian faith through eight musical expressions and denominations, through works from Frescobaldi to Liszt, Messiaen to the present day.

 

 

 

On the program:

  • Ave Maria by Franz Schubert, arranged by Franz Liszt
  • Messa della Domenica by Girolamo Frescobaldi
  • Le baiser de l'Enfant-Jésus by Olilver Messiaen
  • Three Spirituals by R. Nathaniel Dett, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, and Margaret Bonds
  • Reflections on Christ of Saint John of the Cross by Steven Ricks

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, MARCH 22, 2026, 3 P.M.

Flentrop Organ Concert

Stephen Price, organist

University of Washington Fritts Faculty Fellow, organist Stephen Price will perform a variedc program by living composers, with his "absolutely superb" and "beyond exciting" artistry -- a perfect match for the mighty Flentrop Organ

On the program:

  • Selections to be determined

 

 

 

 

 

 

WEDNESDAY, APRIL 15, 2026, 7:30 P.M.

Sing my Soul: Five Hundred Years of European Sacred Choral Music

Choir of Magdalen College, Mark Williams, choir director

The choir of Magdalen College, Oxford, founded in 1480, will bring their men and boy's chorus tradition which has been developed over a more than five-hundred year history to Saint Mark's unique and resonant acoustic under the direction of Mark Williams

On the program:

  • Selections to be determined

 

 

 

 

 

 

SUNDAY, MAY 15, 2026, 7:30 P.M.

All Bach on the Flentrop Organ

Renée Anne Louprette, organ

Renée Anne Louprette will perform Saint Mark's annual All-Bach concert. Described as "technically nimble and dynamic," and "among the greatest performers of our time" she has garnered acclaim for her recording of Bach Chorales.

On the program:

  • Selections by J. S. Bach to be determined

 

 

 

 

 

 

2025-2026 MUSIC SERIES: LITURGIES

There is never an admission fee to liturgies at Saint Mark's. 

CHORAL EVENSONG

FIRST SUNDAYS, OCTOBER–JUNE, 4:30 P.M., in the cathedral nave, and livestreamed

Choral Evensong is a treasure among Christian liturgies in the Anglican tradition. Saint Mark’s Evensong Choir comprises an adult subgroup of the Cathedral Choir and advanced teens and younger choristers of the Saint Mark’s Cathedral Choir School. In August of 2022, this choir sang daily Evensong as choir-in-residence for one week each at Chichester and Bristol Cathedrals, England. They previously had served residencies at Ely Cathedral and Saint Paul’s Cathedral, London, in the summer of 2018. Learn more about the Evensong Choir here.

OCTOBER 5, 2025 - The Seventeenth Sunday after Pentecost

NOVEMBER 2, 2025 - The Feast of All Saints and Commemoration of All Souls

DECEMBER 7, 2025 - The Second Sunday of Advent

JANUARY 4, 2026 - The Second Sunday after Christmas

FEBRUARY 1, 2026 - The Eve of Feast of the Presentation in the Temple 

MARCH 1, 2026 - The Second Sunday in Lent

APRIL 5, 2026 - Easter Day - No Evensong

MAY 3, 2026 - The Fifth Sunday of Easter

The "O" Antiphons: Advent Procession with Lessons and Carols

Sunday, November 30, 2025, 7 p.m.

This beloved annual liturgy of music and pageantry celebrates the beginning of Advent—the season of longing, vigilance, and expectation in preparation for Christmas. Sung by the Cathedral Choir, The Compline Choir, and Senior Choristers of Saint Mark’s Choir School. Offered in person in the cathedral nave and livestreamed.

The Pageant of the Nativity

Wednesday, December 17, 2025, 7 p.m.

Choir School choristers, the Evensong Choir, and the young children of Saint Mark’s join forces with guest instrumentalists, costumes of cathedral finery, and visual art set within soaring architecture to create a Christmas pageant like no other—a reflection and meditation on the Nativity story as told in Holy Scripture. Join in hymns and carols of the season, both familiar and new, and hear choir anthems ranging from medieval chant to 21st-century world premieres.