Seattle Historical Arts for Kids (SHAK) – Past Concerts

Discover Seattle Historical Arts in this free, festive, drop-in afternoon event for kids, teens, and adults! Groups of students aged 7-17 i…

Antonio Vivaldi — Gloria in D major, RV 589 (selections)
George Frideric Handel — Messiah, HWV 56 (selections)
Giovanni Battista Pergolesi — Selected works
Johann Sebastian Bach — Jesu Joy of Man's Desiring

Johann Heinrich Schmelzer — Die Fechtschule ("The Fencing School")
Philipp Friedrich Böddecker — Sonata sopra 'La Monica'
Georg Philipp Telemann — Concerto for 4 violins in G major, TWV 40:201
Johannes Schenck — Viola da Gamba Suite in A minor, Op. 6, No. 6 ("IV. Sarabande. Adagio" & "IX. Boure")
Paul Peuerl — Pavan
Samuel Scheidt — Galliard Battaglia, SSWV 59

Arcangelo Corelli — Selected works
Antonio Vivaldi — Selected works

Arcangelo Corelli — Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 1
Antonio Vivaldi — Concerto for 2 Oboes in A minor, RV 536
Antonio Vivaldi — Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531

Students age 10-14 play ground basses from the 17th Century on recorders, violins, & cellos. With special guest artists John Lenti (theorbo) & Isaac Levin-Delson (lute)!

Longtime SHAK student & guest singers share a casual performance of catchy tunes from the 13th & 14th centuries — plus a live demonstration of calligraphy of the period.

Celebrate the anniversary of SHAK's 2010 album Merry It Is!: Songs & Dances of the 13th-18th Centuries with skilled young musicians in historical costume.

The SHAK Early Music Youth Academy brings 17th-century works by Salamone Rossi to life on period instruments.

Skilled students ages 13-17 play music of Diego Ortiz, Lucas Ruiz de Ribayaz, Orlando di Lasso, Salamone Rossi, Juan del Encina, and others, on violin, tenor & bass violas da gamba, harp, and lute.

Discover instruments and songs of long ago in this friendly discovery concert for adults and children of all ages.

A collection of fun and tuneful Latin songs will be sung and acted by students aged 7-18 and accompanied by SHAK's Early Music Youth Academy and faculty.

Shulamit Kleinerman plays the medieval fiddle, joined by soprano Linda Strandberg and Jacob Breedlove on hurdy-gurdy, percussion, and other instruments.

Courtly dances of the Renaissance accompanied by skilled teen musicians on instruments of the time. Appropriate for all ages.