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 listed 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.

2024–25 MUSIC SERIES: CONCERTS

FRIDAY, JANUARY 17, 2024, 7:30 P.M.

SUNDAY, JANUARY 19, 2024, 3 P.M.

(TWO IDENTICAL PERFORMANCES; RECHEDULED FROM OCTOBER 2024 DUE TO ILLNESS)

Organ Plus in Thomsen Chapel

Laura Loge, soprano & John Stuntebeck, organ

Due to illness, these concerts have been rescheduled from October to January. Please see the updated dates above.

Soprano Laura Loge and Saint Mark’s Associate Organist John Stuntebeck will bring Scandinavian church music to Thomsen Chapel exploring ancient Norwegian stevtoner, Danish organ works, Swedish church arias, folk song and hymns, and settings of religious texts up to the present.

View the Organ Plus Program Here

FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 2025, 7:30 P.M.

Flentrop Organ Concert

Isabelle Demers, organ

French-Canadian organist Isabelle Demers, described as playing with “precision and flair...” with “unalloyed musical joy” will offer a varied program that unites her virtuosity and musicality with the power and versatility of the Flentrop organ.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, MARCH 7, 2025, 7:30 P.M.

Mystery of Winter Skies

James Falzone, clarinet & penny whistles, Luke Fitzpatrick & Kimberly Rosenberg, violin, Erin Wight, viola, & Rose Bellini, cello

James Falzone brings his unique style back to Saint Mark’s with a sonic exploration of the expansive beauty of creation, through James' own new musical compositions for penny whistles and string quartet.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PALM SUNDAY, APRIL 13, 2025, 4:30 P.M.

Seven Last Words of Christ

Sarah Pizzichemi & Brandon Vance, violins, Justin Kurys, viola, & Willie Braun, cello

Skyros Quartet will perform Joseph Haydn’s own arrangement for string quartet of his Seven Last Words of Christ — a meditation on Jesus’ utterances from the cross, excerpted from each of the four gospels — in observance of the coming Holy Week.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

FRIDAY, MAY 9, 2025, 7:30 P.M.

All Bach on the Flentrop Organ

Jonathan Moyer, organ

Jonathan Moyer will perform Saint Mark’s annual All-Bach concert. Described as “ever expressive, stylish, and riveting,” Moyer’s innumerable performances on historical organs across Europe give him distinctive insight into Bach’s music.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

PAST 2024–25 MUSIC SERIES CONCERTS

SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 2024, 3 P.M.

Shaker Harmonies

Celebrating 250 Years of the Shakers in America

with The Tudor Choir, Doug Fullington, director, and the Women’s Compline Choir, Rebekah Gilmore, director

The Saint Mark's Music Series presented the Tudor Choir, directed by Doug Fullington, and the Women’s Compline Choir, directed by Rebekah Gilmore, performing arrangements of Shaker hymns spanning the last 250 years in acclaimed, sensitive arrangements by Compline Choir alumnus Kevin Siegfried, in a celebration of their music, and their continuing peaceful, artistic, and all-welcoming movement.

A pre-concert talk was led by scholar of the Shakers Dr. Carol Medlicott and composer Kevin Siegfried at 2:25 p.m. in the Compline Corner.

View the Shaker Harmonies Program Here

NOTE: In conjunction with this concert, Dr. Medlicott will also be presenting a Wednesday evening "Cathedral Commons" forum on Shaker Music and Community on Wednesday, November 6, 6:45–8:15 p.m. in Bloedel Hall or via Zoom. Optional Community Dinner beforehand at 6 p.m. Learn more here.

 

 

 

 

 

 

2024-2025 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.

SEPTEMBER 15, 2024 - Seating of the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Olympia

OCTOBER 6, 2024 - The Twentieth Sunday after Pentecost

NOVEMBER 3, 2024 - The Feast of All Saints, observed

DECEMBER 1, 2024 - "O" Antiphons replaces Evensong this day

JANUARY 5, 2025 - The Eve of the Feast of the Epiphany

FEBRUARY 2, 2025 - The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple (Candlemas)

MARCH 2, 2025 - The Last Sunday after Epiphany

APRIL 6, 2025 - The Fifth Sunday in Lent

MAY 4, 2025 - The Third Sunday of Easter

JUNE 1, 2025 - The Feast of the Visitation, observed

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

Sunday, December 1, 2024, 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 18, 2024, 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.