About Sheila


Sheila Bristow is a composer, church musician, and collaborative keyboardist in Tacoma, Washington. She serves as Music Director & Organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge, and keyboardist for Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus. She is also an Affiliate Artist at Pacific Lutheran University.

Contact: sheilagailbristow@gmail.com

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Performance  Calendar

September

Puget Sounds Contemporary Music                                                                                                                                      Fri, Sept 12, 8:00 PM | Good Shepherd Center | Seattle                                                                                  collaborative pianist

October

Tacoma AGO & Salish Sea NACUSA joint meeting: commissioning & composing for the organ                                Sat, Oct 18, 10:00 AM | St. Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church | Tacoma                                                          presenter, composer

November

Angela Meade Vocal Competition                                                                                                                                        Sun, Nov 2, 3:00 PM | Lagerquist Concert Hall | Pacific Lutheran University | Tacoma                            collaborative pianist

Dances of Death | Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus                                                                                                            Sat, Nov 8, 7:30 PM | First Free Methodist Church | Seattle                                                                                orchestral keyboard

Composer Presentation | Sheila Bristow, Ellaina Lewis, and friends                                                                              Fri, Nov 21 | Jack Straw Cultural Center | Seattle                                                                                                  composer, collaborative pianist

Recent Compositions

Seattle Psalter | choir & organ, congregation | ongoing, Blessed Sacrament Church

Psalm 103 | SSA choir | premiered August 2025, Women's Compline Choir at Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral

Three Variations on "Fisk of Gloucester" | solo organ | premiered July 2025, Wyatt Smith

Grimké Songs | song cycle for soprano & piano | premiered May 2025, Ellaina Lewis

At harbor, waiting for wind | SATB choir & piano | premiered March 2025, Harmonia Chorus

Winter Solstice | version for SATB choir & piano | premiered December 2024, Cascadian Chorale

Preces & Responses | SATB choir | premiered October 2024, Epiphany Parish

Psalm 84 | SSA choir | premiered August 2024, Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral

Winter Solstice | SATB choir, clarinet, harp, and vibraphone | premiered March 2024, Harmonia Chorus


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