About Sheila
Sheila Bristow is a composer, church musician, and collaborative keyboardist based in Tacoma, Washington. She serves as Music Director & Organist at St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge and is keyboardist for Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus. She is also an Affiliate Artist at Pacific Lutheran University, where she accompanies vocal competitions and masterclasses.
Contact: sheilagailbristow@gmail.com
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Calendar
September
Rehearsal pianist, Rossini's "La Cenerentola" - Kitsap Opera
Music Team, Consecration of Rev. Dr. Phil LaBelle Bishop of Diocese of Olympia
October
Sat, Oct 5, 7:30 PM "Salvation" - music of Bacewicz, Barber, and Bartok Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus, Shorecrest Performing Arts Center (orchestral keyboard)
Sun, Oct 13, 5:30 PM Premiere of "Preces & Responses" Choral Evensong at Epiphany Parish, Seattle (composer)
Music Team, Diocesan Convention - Episcopal Diocese of Olympia
November
Sat, Nov 23, 2:00 PM Harmonia Chamber Music Series, University Unitarian Church Premiere of "Grimké Songs" with soprano Ellaina Lewis (composer, pianist)
Sun, Nov 24, 2:00 PM St. Barnabas Episcopal Church, Bainbridge Island "Sound the Trumpet" - music of Buxtehude, Cozzolani, and Mendelssohn Organ recital with Emily Neer, soprano, and Rae Hyra, mezzo soprano (organist)
Recent Compositions
At harbor, waiting for wind - SATB choir & piano (premiere - March 2025, Harmonia Chorus)
Preces & Responses - SATB choir (premiere - October 2024 - Epiphany Parish)
Psalm 84 - SSA choir (premiered August 2024 - Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral)
Winter Solstice - choir, clarinet, harp, and vibraphone (premiered March 2024 - Harmonia Chorus)
"Evanescence" & "At April", from Grimké Songs (premiered November 2023 - Harmonia Chamber Series)
When Music Sounds - tenor, chorus, and orchestra (premiered February 2023 - Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus)
Waltz - solo guitar (premiered Nov 2022 - Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma)
I Arise - SSATBB choir (September, 2022 - CD release on PARMA)
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