Upcoming Concert

Alway Something Sings

Sunday, May 4, 2025
4:00pm

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
and guests:
CWU  Wildcat Chorus
Yakima High School Honor Choir

Englewood Christian Church
511 N. 44th Ave.
Yakima, WA 98902

Tickets:
$20 – Adults
$5 – Students

Canticus Vocal Ensemble will close its 10th Anniversary Season with a concert of choral music reflecting the welcome arrival of Spring’s warmth and light.

The concert, “Alway Something Sings,” will be at 4 p.m. on Sunday, May 4, at Englewood Christian Church, 511 North 44th Avenue. The concert’s title comes from a poem by one of America’s most celebrated poets, Ralph Waldo Emerson.

Besides highlighting the talented vocalists of Canticus, the May 4 concert will also feature the Central Washington University Wildcat Chorus and the Yakima High School Honor Choir comprised of singers from six high schools throughout the Yakima Valley.

Past Concerts

Connections: Our Earth, Ourselves

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
March 2, 2025

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
CWU Chamber Choir

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

A Canticus Christmas

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
December 15, 2024

Canticus Vocal Ensemble

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

10th Anniversary Concert

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
November 3, 2024

Canticus Vocal Ensemble

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Tis the Month of Maying

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
May 5, 2024

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
Yakima High School Honor Choir

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Music About America

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
March 3, 2024

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
The Camerata Club of Yakima

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Christmas With Canticus

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
December 10, 2023

Canticus Vocal Ensemble

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Music of the Stage

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
November 5, 2023

Canticus Vocal Ensemble

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Sing to the Future

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
May 7, 2023

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
CWU Vox Divina
CWU Wildcat Chorus

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Return, Renew and Revive!

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
March 5, 2023

Canticus Vocal Ensemble

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Christmas With Canticus! Together Again!

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
December 11, 2022

Canticus Vocal Ensemble

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Songs of Hope Concert

Englewood Christian Church
511 N 44th Ave., Yakima, WA
November 13th, 2022

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
CWU Chamber Choir

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist
Poster

Spring Quarter Choral Concert

Central Washington University
Hertz Concert Hall
May 15, 2022

Canticus Vocal Ensemble
CWU Chamber Choir

Dr. Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist

Download the program

Music of the Baltic Lands

Music of the Baltic Lands

Canticus Vocal Ensemble and Orchestra
March 7, 2020 – 1st Methodist Church, Ellensburg
March 8, 2020 – Englewood Christian Church, Yakima
Poster

Featured the beautiful sound of choral music from the nations that surround the Baltic Sea with a a wide variety of styles and tastes as a musical smorgasbord. Musical delicacies from Estonia, Sweden, Denmark, German, Russia and Finland by composers such as Hugo Alven, Jean Sibelius, Lars Edlund, Part Uusberg and Sven-Erik Back.

Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Anne Schilperoort, Accompanist
Aaron Hirsch, Organ
Brittany Stahley, Soprano

Audio Recordings

Handel’s Messiah

by George Frideric Handel
Canticus Vocal Ensemble and Orchestra
Englewood Christian Church, Yakima
December 15, 2019
Poster

Scott R. Peterson, Conductor
Julie Finch, Soprano
Melissa Schiel, Mezzo-soprano
Tor Blaisdell, Tenor
Micah Parker, Bass   (or was it Vijay Singh??)

Canticus Chamber Orchestra
Aaron Hirsch, Director

Video Recordings

Audio Recordings

Canticus Vocal Ensemble