St. John's Concert Series

05/11/2024

Olympia Peace Choir’s Community Concert is Saturday, May 11 at 7pm at St. John’s. Founded in 2010, the Olympia Peace Choir began their 14th season in September 2023.
The Olympia Peace Choir is an inclusive, all-ages, community chorus dedicated to using the power of song to create peace and promote social justice and environmental stewardship.
They sing music from diverse cultures and traditions and are dedicated to practicing the principles of equality, peace, respect, and cooperation

02/26/2024

Sunday, March 10, 3pm. Wyatt Smith will be performing works by living composers that celebrate Mother Earth and the environment on St. John’s 3,800-pipe Schlicker Organ. Composers include Craig Phillips, Margaret Sandresky, Aaron David Miller, Connor Chee, and Carson Cooman. All performances in St. John | San Juan Concert Series are supported by freewill donations. Recommended donation of $20 per person. All are welcome.

11/01/2023

The Washington National Cathedral presents an All Souls Requiem today, November 1st. Join us online as we commemorate all faithful departed at a Requiem Eucharist set to the music of Gabriel Fauré.

10/18/2023

Don’t miss The Esoterics Sunday, October 22 at 3pm at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Olympia.

“In the modern era, if there were a single American composer who represented the triumph of intuitive lyricism over systemic dogma, it would be Ned Rorem. Rorem, who died last November at age 99, never aligned himself with any particular composition school, and preferred to write music that he "wanted to hear." His published work includes over 500 art songs, candid diaries detailing his life and relationships in Paris and New York, and of course: choral music.”

05/23/2023

Susan Bloomfield-Spangler presents the final organ concert in this year’s season celebrating the completion of the Schlicker organ on Saturday, June 3 at 3pm. Bloomfield-Spangler will be presenting a concert of organ music by q***r and female composers such as Dame Ethel Smyth, Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti, and Florence B. Price.

Espanol:
Susan Bloomfield-Spangler presenta el último concierto de órgano en la temporada de este año celebrando la finalización del órgano Schlicker el sábado 3 de junio a las 3pm. Bloomfield-Spangler presentará un concierto de música de órgano de compositoras q***r y femeninas como Dame Ethel Smyth, Samuel Barber, Gian Carlo Menotti y Florence B. Price.

03/25/2023

We are thrilled to welcome back The Esoterics as they perform two brand-new choral compositions by the Los Angeles-based composer, Rex Isenberg. Sunday | 26 March 2023 | 3pm

02/26/2023

Dr. Paul Tegels presents an organ concert in this year’s season celebrating the completion of the Schlicker organ. Saturday, March 4 at 3pm. Suggested donation is $20 and all proceeds benefit the music program at St. John’s.

04/02/2022

Join us for the next performance in our Concert Series, the Esoterics' "As palmieras," which will be performed on Saturday, April 9 at 3 PM.

Commissioned for the RAMOS festival in Lisbon in 2018, The Esoterics' founding director Eric Banks composed As palmeiras ("The palms"). Cultures around the world and through various eras of human history have used the palm tree to symbolize royalty, salvation, bounty, luxury, fertility, and exile. Also, the worldwide demand for palm oil has resulted in an environmental crisis. For this concert-length cantata, Banks has collected poems, adages, proverbs, and articles – about the palm tree and its various fruits, and has presented these texts in various choral textures. "The Palms" almost traverses the entire globe (longitudinally) -- it starts in California, heads east, and ends in Tahiti. In 37 vignettes, Banks' composition sets texts from 33 countries in 24 different languages. It is a fascinating study of an unlikely subject, and creates a resounding, world-opening experience in concert.

In keeping with St. John's | San Juan's current policies, masking is strongly encouraged for all attendees while in the building.

All performances in St. John's Concert Series are supported by freewill donations. We would recommend a donation of $20 per person, $10 for seniors and students. We are able to accept donations by card on the day of the concert.

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11/12/2021

We are so pleased to welcome The Esoterics to Olympia for their first public performance in nearly 2 years. This program, entitled THE REWAKING, revisits some of the group’s favorite pieces from its 2019 season. That season’s theme, “elements of integrity,” explored the concepts of vulnerability, inclusivity, honesty, and humility, and featured newly-written choral music by living composers who comprised “the new majority” – women, transgender people, people of color, and members of the greater LGBTQIA+ community. St. John’s & The Esoterics hope that you can either join us in person, or online through our live-stream, for this contemporary choral contemplation of love, peace, renewal, togetherness, and gratitude.

As always, St. John's Concert Series is supported by donations. We will take a freewill offering during the concert, and suggest a donation of $20 per person ($10 for seniors and students). For those who are unable to attend in person, the live-stream of the concert is also supported by a freewill donation.

Attendees of St. John's Concert Series performances will be required to show proof of vaccination for Covid-19, or proof of a negative PCR test within 48 hours of the concert start time and masks must be worn.

Join us at 3:00 PM on November 20th at St. John’s Episcopal Church, 114 20th Street, Olympia, or online. The hyperlink for streaming is on the St. John’s website, www.stjohnsoly.org, or The Esoterics website, www.theesoterics.org.

11/07/2021

Hooray for the return of St. John's Concert Series on November 20 at 3 PM featuring the Esoterics. You can either come to the church to hear the concert, or sign up to view it online. We are excited to welcome back both the Esoterics and the concert series!

https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-esoterics-the-rewaking-tickets-203967190357?

04/16/2021

Weeeeee’re baaaaacccck!! This weekend will see the return of St. John’s Concert Series, with a program of love songs featuring Charles Robert Stephens, baritone, and Doug Cleveland at the piano. Reserve your seat today by emailing [email protected].