Behold the Star

New American Composers Series

Seattle Pro Musica celebrates our 50th anniversary season by looking forward to our next 50 years, even as we remember our history. We have commissioned five exciting young composers to write new works for our milestone anniversary, and will feature them in a five-concert series this season.

Featured composer: Shruthi Rajasekar

Enjoy traditional holiday favorites and choral music for the winter season, including Shruthi Rajasekar’s 12 Drummers, a delightful play on The 12 Days of Christmas. Shruthi is an Indian-American composer and vocalist exploring identity, community, and joy. Chosen by The Guardian as a composer "who will enrich your life," Shruthi creates intersectional music that draws from her unique background in the Carnatic (South Indian classical) and Western classical idioms.

Program notes, texts, and translations

Saturday, December 10, 2022 - 3:00 pm
in person at Chapel at Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA; pre-concert conversation at 2:30pm

Saturday, December 10, 2022 - 7:30 pm
in person at Chapel at Bastyr University in Kenmore, WA; pre-concert conversation at 7pm

Saturday, December 17, 2022 - 3:00 pm
in person at Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA; pre-concert presentation at 2:30pm

Special thanks to our season and program sponsors for Behold the Star:

Listen to select excerpts from the program:

Twelve Drummers by Shruthi Rajasekar, as sung by Corvus Consort at St James’s Church Sussex Gardens

Here is the Little Door by Herbert Howells, as sung by the New College Choir, Oxford

Accessibility at our venues:

Chapel at Bastyr University is accessible for those with mobility issues - the church is on the same level as the large parking lot, and there is a passenger drop-off zone with a ramp located outside the main doors.

Seattle First Baptist Church is accessible for those with mobility issues - they may enter via the glass doors on Harvard (between Seneca and Spring) to use the elevator; there is also a passenger drop-off zone located just outside these doors. Once the choir has completed warmups in the sanctuary, the ramp from the parking lot on Seneca and Boylston may be used by any who need it and have tickets in hand.