History

Season

Year

Description

42nd

'24-'25

• It Could Be Beautiful
• Ode to Music
• Women Rock!

41st

'23-'24

• Fall Festival: Turn, Turn, Turn
• Making Spirits Bright
• Haydn’s “Mass in Time of War”
• Jukebox Classics

40th

'22-'23

• Highlights Concert: A Celebration of 40 years of Masterworks
• Carols and Bells with the Celebration Handbell Ensemble
• Mozart’s Requiem
• The Golden Age of Broadway

39th

'19-'22

• Kaleidoscope: Songs about Color
• A Mannheim Merry Christmas
• Spring Into Song
• Disney: A Wonderful World of Music

38th

'18-'19

• Sacred Elements: Earth, Air, Fire and Water
• Yuletide Celebration: A Holiday Concert
• Strength and Serenity: Leavitt’s Missa Festiva and Faure’s Requiem
• Torch Songs: Songs of Love

37th

'17-'18

• Way Out West: Beloved American Ballads
• Season of Light: A Christmas Celebration
• Hidden Musical Figures: Women Composers
• Naughty & Nice: Broadway’s Villains and Heroes

36th

'16-'17

• Transcendence: Songs About Love
• Life & Purpose, Jingle: A Christmas Celebration
• Outback Odyssey: Choral & Orchestral Music from Down Under
• Musical Comedy Cruise: Hijinks on the High Seas

35th

'15-'16

• Nothing’s Sacred: Humor in Music
• Mistletunes & Songflakes
• 35th Anniversary 
Concert
• Pop Icons

34th

'14-'15

• Songs Macabre
• Songs of Christmas (with Harstine Island Choir)
• Songs of the Sea
• Songs of Broadway

33rd

'13-'14

• Sing, Fiddle and Strum: Celtic Celebration
• Sing Glad Tidings: Holiday Choir and Bells (with Bells of the Cascades)
• Sing for the Cure (with Olympia Family Theater)
• Sing Sinatra: Music of Ol’ Blue Eyes

32nd

'12-'13

• Choral Classics
• A Joyful Noise
• Deo Gloria
• Pop Meets the Classics

31st

'11-'12

• For the Beauty of the Earth (Dana Lyons, guest artist)
• Wintersong (Bells of the Cascades, guest artist)
• Classical Voice Steel Drums (In the Shadows of the Forest with Gary Gibson’s steel drum band)
• World Music: Living Traditions (Ocho Pies, guest artist)

30th

'10-'11

• Love, Lament, Laughter and Light
• On a Winter’s Night
• Wingspan and Come, Union
• Your Hit Parade

29th

'09-'10

• Let Freedom Ring: Songs of Social Justice (Citizens Band, guest artist)
• Carols and Bells (Bells of the Cascades)
• “Circlesong” by Bob Chilcott, and Randall Thompson’s “Frostiana”
• Pops #26: Captain Fantastic-the Music of Elton John

28th

'08-'09

• Celtic Connections
• K. Lee Scott’s “The Incarnation”
• Willcocks’ “Lux Perpetua”
• Rutter’s “The Sprig of Thyme”
• Tony Award songs

27th

'07-'08

• Great Opera Choruses
• Holiday Concert with Bells (Bells of the Cascade)
• Mendelssohn’s “Elijah!”
• Carole King

26th

'06-'07

• The Main Attraction
• Here We Come A-Wassailing
• Magnificent Music of Russia (Rachmaninoff’s All-Night Vigil)
• The Music of Billy Joel

25th

'05-'06

• Songs of Social Justice
• Magnificat-a Christmas Canticle
• Commissioned work “Come, Union” by Vonda & Gary Witley
• Andrew Lloyd Webber

24th

'04-'05

• Capt. Smarty Pants
• The King’s Festival
• Rutter Mass of the Children & Handel’s Coronation Anthems
• Pops #21: Cole Porter

23rd

'03-'04

• Celtic Music
• Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter songs
• Beethoven Missa Solemnis
• Pops #20: Biggest Hits

22nd

'02-'03

• Glorious Music: the music of John Rutter
• Handel’s The Messiah and Robert Shaw’s The Many Moods of Christmas
• Rutter reprise at Corbet Theater in January
• American Folk Songs and Song of Wisdom of Old Turtle
• Pops #19: The 60s

21st

'01-'02

• Sing for the Cure
• Winter Festival (Christmas/Hanukkah/Kwanzaa/Winter songs)
• Swing reprise for grand opening of Corbet Theater in January
• Brahms Requiem
• Pops #18: Sondheim
• Summer Tour to Australia (Brahms Requiem)

20th

'00-'01

• Jewish Music
• Alleluia (Vaughn Williams Hodie & carols)
• 20th Birthday concert: Carmina Burana
• Commissioned works: Let Us Celebrate and Psalm 150 by Dr. Gloria Swisher
• Pops #17: Swing

19th

'99-'00

• M-Pact
• Seasonal Celebrations
• Haydn: The Creation
• Pops #16: The Gershwins

18th

'98-'99

• Sacred Latin
• Around World in Carols
• Poulenc: Gloria and Mendelssohn Psalm 115
• Pops#15: 15th Anniversary celebration!

17th

'97-'98

• German part songs: Brahms & Schubert
• Mozarts’ Messiah
• Vaughan Williams Folk songs
• Randall Thompson’s Testament of Freedom, & Alice Parker Folk Songs & Melodius Accord with Camerata Brass
• Pops #14: Hot Latin Nights

16th

'96-'97

• SoVoSó
• Christmas Rennaissance Faire
• Sing a Glad Song
• Pops #13: MGM Musical Magic

15th

'95-'96

• Shakespeare in Music
• Carols & Brass
• 15th Anniversary Concert & 3rd Commissioned Work (Psalm 150)
• Pops #12: Doo-Wop, Sha-Bop

14th

'94-'95

• African Choral Music
• Handel’s The Messiah
• Beethoven’s Mass in C
• A Calm Sea & the Choral Fantasy
• Pops #11: Best of Broadway 2 (musicals of the 80’s & 90’s)

13th

'93-'94

• A Night in Old Vienna
• Schubert Trio
• Christmas Revels
• Carmina Burana
• Pops 10th Anniversary Concert Celebration!

12th

'92-'93

• Women Composers
• Commissioned work The Gloves
• Carols and Brass
• Israel In Eqypt
• Pops #9: Pops Around the World

11th

'91-'92

• 10th anniversary concert/A cappella
• Northwest Girls Choir
• Handel’s The Messiah
• Bernstein & Copland
• Chichester Psalms
• Pops #8: Big Band

10th

'90-'91

• Folk Songs from the British Isles
• Magical Strings
• Carols & Brass with Emerald City Brass Quintet
• Mozart Requiem
• Pops #7: All That Jazz!

9th

'89-'90

• Vladimir Choir
• Centennial Concert & Kechley commissioned work
• Handel’s The Messiah
• Dvorak & Durufle
• Pops #6: Best of Broadway

8th

'88-'89

• Early Music Concert
• Saint-Saens Christmas Oratorio
• JS & PDQ Bach
• Pops #5: 100 years of American music

7th

'87-'88

• Faure Requiem Mass
• Carols & Brass with Emerald City Brass Quintet
• Mozart Vesperare Solennes
• Mendelssohn Psalm 42
• Pops #4: Cole Porter and Irving Berlin

6th

'86-'87

• Brahms’ Liebeslieder Waltzes
• Ford Hill
• COMPLETE MESSIAH!
• Haydn’s The Seasons (Fall & Winter)
• Soni Ventorum Woodwind Quintet
• Pops #3: Lerner & Loewe

5th

'85-'86

• Opening night at Washington Center for the Performing Arts
• Beethoven’s 9th Symphony with Olympia Symphony
• Charpentier Mass for Christmas Eve
• Haydn’s The Seasons (Spring & Summer)
• Pops #2: Gershwin

4th

'84-'85

• Renaissance/Baroque selections
• Washington Brass Quintet
• 300 years of Bach & Handel
• Party at the Pops #1: Rodgers and Hammerstein

3rd

'83-'84

• Handel Ode on St. Cecilia’s Day
• Olympia Baroque Ensemble
• Respighi Laud to the Nativity
• Thompson Frostiana
• Sacco selections

2nd

'82-'83

• Vivaldi Magnificat
• Oxford Carols
• Brahms Requiem with Olympia Symphony
• Schubert Mass in Eb
• Palestrina Pope Marcellus Mass

1st

'81-'82

• Haydn 3rd Mass
• V.William Mass G minor
• Bach Ein Feste Burg
• Britten Rejoice in the Lamb