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New Christmas
CD From SPU
Sacred Sounds of Christmas
A MUCH-ANTICIPATED CD OF Advent and
Christmas music performed by Seattle Pacific
University’s finest musicians is now available
to enjoy during the Christmas season. The
Sacred Sounds of Christmas features SPU’s
nationally recognized Concert Choir, Symphonic
Wind Ensemble, Women’s Choir,
Männerchor, and String Orchestra, along
with selected readings by University alumni,
faculty, and guests.
With 22 tracks and a total playing time of
73 minutes, the CD offers a collection of traditional
and lesser-known hymns, carols,
songs, and readings spanning several centuries.
Ranging from the awe-inspiring to the
lighthearted, from “Hodie Christus Natus Est”
to “I Saw Three Ships Come Sailing In,”
the repertoire was first performed in November
2005 to a sold-out audience in Seattle’s
Benaroya Hall, home of the Seattle Symphony
Orchestra. Creative director for both
the annual Sacred Sounds of Christmas concert
and the CD is Director of Choral Activities
David Anderson. Recording engineer Ron
Haight, who teaches advanced music technology
at SPU and serves as director of music at
First Free Methodist Church in Seattle, produced
the new release.
“Seattle Pacific’s Sacred Sounds of Christmas concert is one way we seek to fulfill our
vision to engage the culture with the gospel of
Jesus Christ,” says Seattle Pacific President
Philip Eaton, who hosts the annual event
with his wife, Sharon. “Both the concert and
this wonderful CD herald and celebrate the
extraordinary good news of an event that
happened 2,000 years ago in Bethlehem — an
event that forever changed the world.”
For more information
about the CD, including
sample audio tracks, visit
www.spu.edu/sacredsounds.
The cost for the CD is $10, and it may be purchased at the SPU Bookstore on campus. All proceeds
from the sale of the CD benefit Seattle
Pacific’s performing groups, which share their
talents with local and national audiences
throughout the year.
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