Songs for the People

New American Composers Series

Seattle Pro Musica celebrates our 50th anniversary season by looking forward to our next 50 years, even as we remember our history. We have commissioned five exciting young composers to write new works for our milestone anniversary, and will feature them in a five-concert series this season.

Songs for the People is the second of our New American Composers concerts, featuring composer Melissa Dunphy. Born to refugee parents and raised in Australia, Dunphy immigrated to the United States in 2003 and has since become an award-winning and acclaimed composer specializing in vocal, political, and theatrical music. 

Program notes, texts, and translations

Saturday, November 12, 2022 - 7:30 pm
in person at Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA; pre-concert conversation at 7pm

2022-23 season performances will also be livestreamed for free; donations will be gratefully accepted.

Special thanks to our season and program sponsors for Songs for the People:

Listen to select excerpts from the program:

Accessibility at our venues:

Seattle First Baptist Church is accessible for those with mobility issues - they may enter via the glass doors on Harvard (between Seneca and Spring) to use the elevator; there is also a passenger drop-off zone located just outside these doors. Once the choir has completed warmups in the sanctuary, the ramp from the parking lot on Seneca and Boylston may be used by any who need it and have tickets in hand.