Upcoming Concerts
Covid Policy
Following revised state guidelines, Canticus Vocal Ensemble will no longer require proof of vaccination for those attending our performances. Masks are encouraged but not required.
We continue to be concerned about the health and safety of our audience. To that end, members of the Canticus Vocal Ensemble and board of directors are fully vaccinated. The Canticus Vocal Ensemble will monitor the COVID-19 data in the Yakima Valley. We will update our policies in accordance with local, state, and federal guidelines.
Past Concerts
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
Audio Recordings
Jubilate Deo
A Ukrainian Prayer
A Glimpse of Hope
I Have Hope
A Chrysalis of Threefold Memories
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
Audio Recordings
Jubilate Deo
We Gather Together
Old Joe Clark
If Music Be The Food Of Love
A Ukrainian Prayer (CWU Chamber Choir and Canticus Vocal Ensemble)
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
Concert Fantasie, Op. 1
Praise to the Lord – Anne Schilperoot
Den Danske Sang, C. Nielsen
Two Scandinavian Folksongs, Lars Edlund
Lo, We Go Up To Jerusalem, Sven Erik Back
Onward, Ye Peoples, Jean Sebelius
Ah, Varmeland – Brittany Stahley
Be Still My Soul, Jean Sibelius
Transulaul, Veljo Tormis
Musika, Pert Uusberg
Här är gudagodt att vara, Gunnar Wennerberg
Aftonen (Evening), Hugo Alvén
Bogoroditse Devo, All-Night Vigil, Sergei Rachmaninoff
Heilig, Felix Mendelssohn
Little Tommy’s Choir, arr. Ken Berg
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
And The Glory of the Lord
And He Shall Purify
For Unto Us A Child Is Born
His Yoke is Easy
Surely, And With His Stripes, All We like Sheep
Lift Up Your Heads
Let Us Break Their Bonds
Hallelujah
Since By Man Came Death
Worthy Is The Lamb