Recent News & Recordings
INTIMAS: Cultivating community
The Esoterics is thrilled to announce the release of our latest disc, INTIMAS. As we struggle to understand and overcome the challenges of living in a divided and divisive world, the concept of community is more important now than ever. In this time of conflict and dissent, The Esoterics offers a collection of choral works on the theme of community: to inspire reflection and respect, creation and renewal, inclusion and support. To purchase a copy or for more information, click the banner above.
Greater Seattle Choral Consortium
The Esoterics is proud to be a founding member of The Greater Seattle Choral Consortium, the non-profit organization that sponsors the Seattle Sings! Choral Festival. The GSCC is comprised of over sixty choral ensembles in the Puget Sound region each of whom have a unique mission, but a common love of singing and choral music. Please visit our "neighbor" choirs and see what the GSCC is doing for advocacy and support of choral music in our community at www.seattlesings.org.
SEASON 26 | 2019 | ELEMENTS of INTEGRITY
Eric Banks and his accomplished choral ensemble The Esoterics unveil their new season!
In times like these, when pride, prejudice, bullying, and lies have become more rampant in our public consciousness, we need to remind ourselves of the qualities that give us integrity, and often find such reminders in art. To this end, The Esoterics’ founding director has curated a season of four choral programs that explore poetry and music inspired by the virtues that we need to cultivate in our leadership, society, and world. These concerts – VULNERABILITY(in February), INCLUSIVITY (in May), HONESTY (in October), and HUMILITY (in December) – will not only nurture these “elements of integrity,” but will also feature the music of a new “majority.” Of the 33 composers that The Esoterics will feature this year, 20 of are women and of non-binary gender, and 12 are people of color. In addition to these four ‘themed’ concerts in 2019, The Esoterics will celebrate the centenaries of the Norwegian composer Johan Kvandal and Swedish composer Sven-Erik Bäck, with a single concert at St James Cathedral in September.
