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Mark Powell: A Passion for Pärt
I was in college in 1988. At some point that year I made one of my reasonably frequent visits to the Tower Records near the Space Needle in Seattle. In the Classical Room (remember those!?) there was some amazing music playing, and I stood in silence not really knowing what I was hearing, but intuitively…
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San Francisco Classical Voice Praises Cappella Romana’s Rachmaninoff: All-Night Vigil Performance
More to Come From Cappella Romana November 13 & 14, 2026Portland & SeattleCappella Romana PresentsThe Tudor Choir: These Stones Remain December 4–6, 2026Portland, Seattle & San FranciscoOld Saint NickSaint Nicholas in the East and West January 22 & 23, 2027Portland & SeattleEpiphanyMystical Chant from Old and New Rome March 5 & 6, 2027Portland & SeattleKassiaMusic…
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Cappella Romana Seeks Music Director
Job Title: Music Director Cappella Romana seeks an innovative leader to serve as Music Director, acting as the ensemble’s chief artistic visionary, principal conductor, and researcher. The primary focus of this role is to lead performances of medieval Byzantine chant and, either leading or curating guest artists to lead related Orthodox liturgical music and rarely…
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Alexander Lingas Introduces the 2025–26 Season
As Founder and Musical Director of the vocal ensemble Cappella Romana, it brings me great joy to introduce It’s About Time, our 2025–2026 season of concerts in the Pacific Northwest. Traversing time and space, we perform music ranging in mood from quiet contemplation to joyful ecstasy, capped off by a return visit from our amazing friends The Tallis Scholars.…
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Tallis Scholars
Tallis Scholars Mysteries and Miracles The Tallis ScholarsPeter Phillips, director Experience the wonder of miracles through music that stirs the soul. Tracing the life of Christ, from the mystery of his birth to his radiant resurrection, hear storms calmed and demons cast out in vivid motets. Two of Arvo Pärt’s modern masterpieces complete the program,…
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Hope and Light
Hope and Light Mystical Chamber Music by Arvo Pärt, Tikey Zes, and More Cappella Romana Soloists45th Parallel UniverseAlexander Lingas, music director In Arvo Pärt’s transcendent Stabat Mater and Tikey Zes’s luminous Hymn of Kassianí, voices and strings are united in their mystical vision of compassion and redemption. Other works open a window into the eternal, including…
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Leadership: Staff and Board
The leadership staff and board of Cappella Romana is comprised of highly talented musicians, artists, professionals, and community members. Get to know us, listen to our recordings, join us at a concert. Mark Powell, Executive Director Mark Powell has served Cappella Romana in multiple capacities, as a singer since 1995, as president of its board…
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