The Renaissance choir Sine Nomine, directed by Dr. Anne Lyman, is a Community Collegium ensemble, part of the community outreach program of Early Music Seattle (EMS). Founded in 2008 by conductor Gary D. Cannon and singer/manager Pamela Silimperi, Sine Nomine is a mixed-voice chamber choir specializing in the fine performance of early music, including sacred and secular works from all regions. The ensemble’s repertoire ranges from the late Medieval to the Baroque, with special emphasis on Renaissance works of the 15th and 16th centuries. Most of the participants in Sine Nomine also sing in other choruses, ranging from church choirs to semi-professional ensembles.

Sine Nomine is a proud member of the Greater Seattle Choral Consortium (GSCC).

A Formal Affair – Sacred & Secular forms throughout the Renaissance

Sunday, October 29, 2023 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Various — Selected works (polyphonic works from Italy, Spain, France, & Germany)
Orlando GibbonsO clap your hands
William Billings — Selected works

Free (donations gratefully accepted)

Her Majesty: Elizabeth I & II

Sunday, October 30, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States

Free (with free will donation)

Infinite Beauty: Passion & Eloquence in Cipriano de Rore

Sunday, May 1, 2022 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Cipriano de Rore — Selected works
Josquin des Prez — Selected works
Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina — Selected works
Tomás Luis de Victoria — Selected works

Free (donations gratefully accepted)

Sine Nomine: “The Master of the Notes” – Celebrating 500 years of Josquin des Prez

Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Sine Nomine marks the 500th anniversary of French Renaissance master Josquin des Prez with an all-Josquin program, celebrating his life & the great variety & scope of his work.

Free (Free)

Sine Nomine: WHAT’S IN A NAME? Celebrating Josquin des Prez & the ‘Missa Sine Nomine’

Sunday, June 6, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 6:40pm (EDT)
Online event
Pre-recorded performance featuring Josquin des Prez's Missa Sine nomine ("Mass without a name"), with selected movements from other composers' "Missa Sine nomines".

Free (Donations accepted)

Sine Nomine: The Lonely City – Lamentations from Renaissance Spain

Sunday, March 14, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (EDT)
Online event
Concert broadcast featuring Sine Nomine: Renaissance Choir & participants in their "The Lonely City – Lamentations from Renaissance Spain" course.

Free (Donations accepted)

Sine Nomine: Together Alone with William Byrd – English Renaissance Polyphony

Sunday, November 15, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (EST)
Online event
Live discussion & prerecorded performances from SN musicians. Featuring selections from William Byrd's Mass for Four Voices, as well as music by Thomas Morley, Thomas Tallis, John Wilbye, and others.

Free (Free)

Sine Nomine: Laus Trinitati – In Praise of the Divine

Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Plainchant, Renaissance, and modern works that employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity.

Free (Free)

Sine Nomine: Saintly Women

Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Motets and songs by composers Guillaume Dufay, Jean Mouton, Nicolas Gombert, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Francisco Guerrero, and Peter Philips plus selections from the rarely-performed Missa de Sancta Anna by Pierre de la Rue.

Free

Sine Nomine: Most Noble & Excellent Women

Sunday, March 24, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A cappella Renaissance music written by women and composers working for powerful women, including Sulpitia Cesis, Madalena Casulana, Raphaela Aleotta, and more.

Free (Free will offering)

Sine Nomine: Hail, O Queen of Heaven

Sunday, October 28, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Renaissance music for mixed voices, based on texts devoted to the Virgin Mary – including works by Hildegard, Ockeghem, Guerrero, di Lasso, and Victoria.

Free (Free)

Tacoma Early Music Workshop Concert: Weird & Wonderful

Saturday, June 30, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
A cappella Renaissance music by composers Palestrina, Byrd, Gesualdo, and more.

Free

Sine Nomine Renaissance Choir: 10th Anniversary Celebration!

Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Singers' favorites from Binchois to Byrd, from 15th to 17th centuries, representing England, Italy, Spain, Germany, Netherlands, Belgium and France.

Free will offering

Sine Nomine: Most Worthy Shepherd: Sacred Music of Heinrich Isaac

Sunday, October 29, 2017 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heinrich Isaac – Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen
Heinrich Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac – Missa Carminum
Heinrich Isaac – Optime pastor
Heinrich Isaac – Regina caeli laetare
Alexander Agricola – Regina caeli laetare
Antoine Brumel – Mater patris et filia
Josquin des Prez – Praeter rerum seriem

Free (Free)

Uniquely English: Gibbons & Tomkins – 17th century sacred & secular English music

Sunday, April 9, 2017 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert featuring 17th century sacred and secular English music.

Free will offering

Sine Nomine: Palestrina – Protector of Polyphony

Sunday, November 6, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Palestrina – Missa Papae Marcelli
Arcadelt – O pulcherrima mulierum
de Rore – Descendi in hortum meum
de Wert – Gaudete in Domino

Free will offering