2009 / 2010 Concert Season

The Road To 30

SMC 30th Anniversary Artwork

The Chorus

Letter from Dennis Coleman

Artistic Director

A laugh, a chill, and a tear…

Plenty of laughter.
The chill that only 200+ perfectly tuned male voices can bring.
And a tear that is shed as we share our common humanity through music and words. …

Photo: Seattle Men's Chorus by DAStephens © 2008

2009 / 2010 Season

Celebrating 30 years of touching hearts and changing minds through music.

Time flies when you're having fun. Thirty years young, Seattle Men’s Chorus is having as much fun as ever, and so will you when you join them and Seattle Women’s Chorus for the 2009-2010 Season. This anniversary season has holiday concerts that will fill you with merriment, a spring concert that will heat you up, and a joint concert in June that will have you bursting with pride. For these Choruses, the fun has just begun.

SMC Celebrates 30 years of choral excellence

Watch Seattle Men's Chorus' Artistic Director Dennis Coleman discuss the success of Seattle Men’s Chorus and their upcoming holiday performances on KING5 TV.
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LETTER FROM DENNIS COLEMAN

A laugh, a chill, and a tear…

Plenty of laughter.
The chill that only 200+ perfectly tuned male voices can bring.
And a tear that is shed as we share our common humanity through music and words.

It’s a simple formula that has produced Tony Award-winning Broadway shows, Oscar-worthy movies, and many memorable concerts by Seattle Men’s Chorus (SMC).

But sometimes we just want to have fun… which brings us to this spring’s SMC concert. Olé! Olé! Olé! will have you shaking your booty in the seats and aisles of McCaw Hall as we take you on a high-energy tour of Latin music in its many forms: salsa, mariachi, tejano, Latino pop, traditional folk, Latin rock.

Not to be confused with our upcoming blockbuster, “Olie! Olie! Olie” — the riveting music of Norwegian bachelor farmers — Olé! Olé! Olé! brings you fabulous rhythms and melodies from Latin and Central America, South America, and Spain. With an array of percussionists, bass, keyboard, trumpets, and guitars providing the accompaniment, los hombres of SMC will deliver the goods with a program that includes:

LET’S GET LOUD
OYE COMO VA
RHYTHM IS GONNA GET YOU
CONGA
BÉSAME MUCHO
ONE NOTE SAMBA
GRANADA

SPANISH EYES
VALENCIA
DE COLORES
EVIL WAYS
BLACK MAGIC WOMAN
IN THE HEIGHTS
(TONY-AWARD FOR BEST MUSICAL, 2008)

GUADALAJARA
GUANTANAMERA
I COULD FALL IN LOVE
COMO LA FLOR
THE CUP OF LIFE
LIVIN’ LA VIDA LOCA
LA LLORONA

It’s the hits of Ricky Martin, Gloria Estefan, Santana, Selena, Carmen Miranda, Ricky and Lucy, and the traditional folk music of cultures known for their love of rhythm, melody, and passion.

As for the formula, you will certainly laugh, and we guarantee that a chill of excitement will run down your back. I’m not sure about the tears this time (unless you’re a fan of Selena). But I guarantee you’ll have fun!