PEV and Dr. Nicolas Dosman celebrate the holiday season with a program of music to lift our hearts and souls together. From Schubert’s glorious “Magnificat” to Rosephanye Powell’s gospel-inflected “Still I Rise,” this concert offers works with messages of joy and hope in many musical genres. Traditional carols (with audience participation!) and a chamber ensemble of instrumentalists make this holiday concert something truly special to behold.

Full program:

Jacob Narverud: Ad Astra (To the Stars…)

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Estrela É Lua Nova (Traditional Brazilian)

Z. Randall Stroope: Inscription of Hope

Eric Whitacre: Lux Nova

Franz Schubert: Magnificat

Elaine Hagenberg: “Nox” from Illuminare

John Leavitt: Ose Shalom (Traditional Hebrew prayer)

Rosephanye Powell: Still I Rise

Ola Gjeilo: Northern Lights

Mark Butler: Witness

PEV and Dr. Nicolas Dosman celebrate the holiday season with a program of music to lift our hearts and souls together. From Schubert’s glorious “Magnificat” to Rosephanye Powell’s gospel-inflected “Still I Rise,” this concert offers works with messages of joy and hope in many musical genres. Traditional carols (with audience participation!) and a chamber ensemble of instrumentalists make this holiday concert - in a landmark Bernard Maybeck church - something truly special to behold.

Full program:

Jacob Narverud: Ad Astra (To the Stars…)

Heitor Villa-Lobos: Estrela É Lua Nova (Traditional Brazilian)

Z. Randall Stroope: Inscription of Hope

Eric Whitacre: Lux Nova

Franz Schubert: Magnificat

Elaine Hagenberg: “Nox” from Illuminare

John Leavitt: Ose Shalom (Traditional Hebrew prayer)

Rosephanye Powell: Still I Rise

Ola Gjeilo: Northern Lights

Mark Butler: Witness

PEV is thrilled to join forces with global a cappella superstar Deke Sharon to present Super Groups A Cappella!, a whole new take on PEV’s annual a cappella jazz & pop concerts! This will be a high-energy concert of distinctive a cappella arrangements of songs by your favorite groups from across the decades - ABBA, Beach Boys, Beatles, Blondie, BTS, Commodores, Destiny’s Child, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, Pointer Sisters, Police, Queen, Radiohead, Rascal Flatts … and more.

This all-ages concert truly has something for everyone!

We’re also excited to be making PEV’s debut at Sweetwater Music Hall in Mill Valley!

Get your seats today!

PEV is thrilled to join forces with global a cappella superstar Deke Sharon to present Super Groups A Cappella!, a whole new take on PEV’s annual a cappella jazz & pop concerts! This will be a high-energy concert of distinctive a cappella arrangements of songs by your favorite groups from across the decades - ABBA, Beach Boys, Beatles, Blondie, BTS, Commodores, Destiny’s Child, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, Pointer Sisters, Police, Queen, Radiohead, Rascal Flatts … and more.

This all-ages concert truly has something for everyone!

We’re also excited to be making PEV’s debut at The Freight in Berkeley! (Please note earlier start time for this Sunday concert.)

Get your seats today!

PEV is thrilled to join forces with global a cappella superstar Deke Sharon to present Super Groups A Cappella!, a whole new take on PEV’s annual a cappella jazz & pop concerts! This will be a high-energy concert of distinctive a cappella arrangements of songs by your favorite groups from across the decades - ABBA, Beach Boys, Beatles, Blondie, BTS, Commodores, Destiny’s Child, Devo, Fleetwood Mac, Kiss, Pointer Sisters, Police, Queen, Radiohead, Rascal Flatts … and more.

This all-ages concert truly has something for everyone!

We’re also excited to be performing this show in a new space: BATS Bayfront Theatre in Ft. Mason.

Get your seats today!

PEV’s spring concert, called “Music of the Elements: The Bonds We Share,” is led by guest conductor Jeff Howe. This uplifting program celebrates the power of music to activate our senses and our world at the most fundamental level - air, water, fire and earth. We’ll explore new and beloved music by California composers and luminaries like Sanford Dole, Randall Thompson, Stephen Paulus and more.

An accomplished Bay Area conductor and tenor, Jeff was PEV’s assistant music director from 2021-23 and was a featured soloist with the group. He is currently director of music ministry at San Ramon Valley United Methodist Church.

One night only!

PEV’s 2025 gala celebrates love in its many forms. (Because, as the song reminds us: What the world needs now is love, sweet love!) This cabaret-style event features fantastic wines, dinner and an intimate performance that showcases by PEV members and the whole group.

The program includes love songs from Broadway classics (Wicked, Hamilton, Waitress, Rent) to sultry South-of-the-border torch songs to rock/pop classics (Stevie Wonder, Queen, Stevie Nicks) and more!  

The fun includes a silent auction of unique experiences and indulgences. See highlights of the auction offerings here.

THE GALA IS SOLD OUT! THANK YOU! If you still want to support PEV, you can make a donation here.

PEV’s former longtime music director Dr. Lynne Morrow returns to the podium to conduct “Return to the Heart: The Promise of Peace.”

Lynne stepped down as PEV’s music director in 2020, following 15 years in that role. The pandemic lockdown prevented us from presenting what would have been Lynne’s farewell concerts in April 2020. Our holiday concert set this December will celebrate Lynne’s substantial artistic legacy with PEV, including pieces by Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, Dave Brubeck, Meredith Monk - plus African-American spirituals and traditional Afro-Cuban music round out the lively, lovely program.

Join us to welcome Lynne back for this holiday homecoming!

PEV’s former longtime music director Dr. Lynne Morrow returns to the podium to conduct “Return to the Heart: The Promise of Peace.”

Lynne stepped down as PEV’s music director in 2020, following 15 years in that role. The pandemic lockdown prevented us from presenting what would have been Lynne’s farewell concerts in April 2020. Our holiday concert set this December will celebrate Lynne’s substantial artistic legacy with PEV, including pieces by Leonard Bernstein, Samuel Barber, Dave Brubeck, Meredith Monk - plus African-American spirituals and traditional Afro-Cuban music round out the lively, lovely program.

Join us to welcome Lynne back for this holiday homecoming!

Grab your seats for PEV’s storied end-of-season concerts! Enjoy unique musical adaptations of songs from all your favorite genres - rock, pop, country, hip-hop, showtunes, barbershop and more. If you listen to it, we can sing it! This is definitely *not* your grandfather's choir concert (but he's still invited).

This year’s program features these songs written by and/or made famous by the following artists:

Jazz: Without a Song/Sinatra, Strange Meadowlark/Brubeck, Mood Indigo/Ellington, Smile/Charlie Chaplin

Pop/Rock:  Time/Pink Floyd, Never Look Away/Vienna Teng, Across the Universe/The Beatles, Lullabye/Billy Joel, Sorry Not Sorry/Demi Lovato, Vampire/Olivia Rodrigo, Fever/Peggy Lee, W.I.T.C.H./Devon Cole, When We Were Young/Adele, Used to Be Young/Miley Cyrus, Cecilia/Simon & Garfunkel

Country/Traditional: Truck Drivin’ Man/Buck Owens, Fat & Happy/Carsie Blanton, They’re Red Hot/Robert Johnson, Jolene/Dolly Parton, Scarborough Fair, In the Gloaming

Other: Pounded on a Rock/The Bobs, Atheist Don’t Have No Songs/Steve Martin, Johnny’s Room/The Bobs, Strip Polka/Andrews Sisters, Motherless Child/Miranda Ferriss Jones

Grab your seats for PEV’s storied end-of-season concerts! Enjoy unique musical adaptations of songs from all your favorite genres - rock, pop, country, hip-hop, showtunes, barbershop and more. If you listen to it, we can sing it! This is definitely *not* your grandfather's choir concert (but he's still invited).

This year’s program features these songs written by and/or made famous by the following artists:

Jazz: Without a Song/Sinatra, Strange Meadowlark/Brubeck, Mood Indigo/Ellington, Smile/Charlie Chaplin

Pop/Rock:  Time/Pink Floyd, Never Look Away/Vienna Teng, Across the Universe/The Beatles, Lullabye/Billy Joel, Sorry Not Sorry/Demi Lovato, Vampire/Olivia Rodrigo, Fever/Peggy Lee, W.I.T.C.H./Devon Cole, When We Were Young/Adele, Used to Be Young/Miley Cyrus, Cecilia/Simon & Garfunkel

Country/Traditional: Truck Drivin’ Man/Buck Owens, Fat & Happy/Carsie Blanton, They’re Red Hot/Robert Johnson, Jolene/Dolly Parton, Scarborough Fair, In the Gloaming

Other: Pounded on a Rock/The Bobs, Atheist Don’t Have No Songs/Steve Martin, Johnny’s Room/The Bobs, Strip Polka/Andrews Sisters, Motherless Child/Miranda Ferriss Jones

Grab your seats for PEV’s storied end-of-season concerts! Enjoy unique musical adaptations of songs from all your favorite genres - rock, pop, country, hip-hop, showtunes, barbershop and more. If you listen to it, we can sing it! This is definitely *not* your grandfather's choir concert (but he's still invited).

This year’s program features these songs written by and/or made famous by the following artists:

Jazz: Without a Song/Sinatra, Strange Meadowlark/Brubeck, Mood Indigo/Ellington, Smile/Charlie Chaplin

Pop/Rock:  Time/Pink Floyd, Never Look Away/Vienna Teng, Across the Universe/The Beatles, Lullabye/Billy Joel, Sorry Not Sorry/Demi Lovato, Vampire/Olivia Rodrigo, Fever/Peggy Lee, W.I.T.C.H./Devon Cole, When We Were Young/Adele, Used to Be Young/Miley Cyrus, Cecilia/Simon & Garfunkel

Country/Traditional: Truck Drivin’ Man/Buck Owens, Fat & Happy/Carsie Blanton, They’re Red Hot/Robert Johnson, Jolene/Dolly Parton, Scarborough Fair, In the Gloaming

Other: Pounded on a Rock/The Bobs, Atheist Don’t Have No Songs/Steve Martin, Johnny’s Room/The Bobs, Strip Polka/Andrews Sisters, Motherless Child/Miranda Ferriss Jones

Join us for a springtime afternoon of singing and drumming on the shores of Lake Merritt in Oakland.  PEV will perform selections from our Sound Garden of Love program alongside our friends from SoulBeatz drum circle. This is a free, fun, outdoor presentation for all ages. Bring your kids, your chairs and your dancing shoes!

No reservations necessary. No seating provided - BYO. Rain cancels.

Our spring program is a multicultural celebration of community, music and love for all. Ash’s inspiration for the program comes from William Blake’s famous poem of social and religious protest from 1794, Garden of Love, which you can read in its entirety on our blog here.

The music is wide-ranging, with works from the PEV archive of all eras. The program includes  Elgar’s Lux Aeterna, Monk’s Panda Chant, Dahlgren’s God’s Great Dust Storm, Dylan Tran’s If Music Be the Food of Love - plus our first live performance of Vienna Teng’s astonishing Hymn of Acxiom that we recorded during the lockdown. (Watch that video here.) Dynamic lighting and African-diaspora chants with drumming will have you - and us! - moving and moved. 

We’re excited to welcome special guests Soul Beatz, Oakland’s community drum circle, join us for this program.

This is the only performance of our full program, and space is limited at St. Mark’s, so grab your seats today!

Download the digital concert program here.

Travel back in time with us to celebrate our current decade! Be it the 2020s, 1920s or 1720s, we’re popping the corks and striking up the band for our annual gala fundraiser bash. This is a grand evening of drinks, dining, irresistible treats and experiences, unforgettable performances and celebrating our community of music makers and music lovers. You’re invited to be part of this intimate, lively affair.

This event is sold out. Thank you!

This year our holiday concerts explore and celebrate music of the Spanish diaspora, as well as other seasonal delights. The program opens in candlelight and features Argentinian, Basque and Mexican works in Spanish and Indigenous languages from across the Americas, and the music will include drums, guitar, piano and more! It will be a lively and joyous musical experience for everyone!

Frank LaRocca: Aue Maria from Mass of the Americas (with Ellie McKee, guest soloist)

Anonymous: Hanaq Pachap Kusikuynin (Quechua)

Jacobus Handl : Jerusalem Gaude (Latin)

Ariel Ramirez : Misa Criolla (Argentina/Spanish; with Claudia Landivar, mezzo-soprano; Isaac Perez, tenor; Paulino Contreras, piano; Richard Flores, guitar)

Josu Elberdin: Guar Akelarre (Basque)

Ken Lampl: Adon Olam (Hebrew)

Ruben Federizon: Gabaq an (Tagalog)

Traditional carols  and spirituals

This year our holiday concerts explore and celebrate music of the Spanish diaspora, as well as other seasonal delights. The program opens in candlelight and features Argentinian, Basque and Mexican works in Spanish and Indigenous languages from across the Americas and beyond, and the music will include drums, guitar, harpsichord and more! It will be a lively and joyous musical experience for everyone!

Frank LaRocca: Aue Maria from Mass of the Americas (with Ellie McKee, guest soloist)

Anonymous: Hanaq Pachap Kusikuynin (Quechua)

Jacobus Handl : Jerusalem Gaude

Ariel Ramirez : Misa Criolla (Argentina; with Claudia Landivar, mezzo-soprano; Isaac Perez, tenor; Paulino Contreras, harpsichord; Richard Flores, guitar)

Josu Elberdin: Guar Akelarre (Basque)

Ken Lampl: Adon Olam (Hebrew)

Ruben Federizon: Gabaq an (Philippines)

Traditional carols  and spirituals

Parking for this concert is available at St. Mark’s and across Gough Street in the lot at Cathedral of St. Mary’s.

The uncommon tradition from the Bay Area's Uncommon Chorus lives on! Enjoy the musical stylings of songs from all your favorite genres. This is definitely *not* your grandfather's choir concert (but he's still invited). The 2023 program features:

Jazz: Thunderclouds/Cecile McLorin Salvant, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Duke Ellington, Refresh/Kerry Marsh, One-Note Samba/Jobim, How About You/Burton Lane, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie/Vaughn Horton, Billy-a-Dick/Hoagy Carmichael, Gold Heranca/Trio Esperanca

Pop/Rock: Crazy in Love/Beyonce, Cecilia/Simon & Garfunkel, Lean on Me/Bill Withers, Good Life/Sammy Rae, Somebody I Used to Know/Gotye, Because/The Beatles, I Saved the World Today/Eurythmics, Good Kisser/Lake Street Dive, Hide and Seek/Imogen Heap

Country/Roots: The Light of a Clear Blue Morning/Dolly Parton, Angel from Montgomery/John Prine, Will the Circle Be Unbroken/J. David Moore, Let ‘Er Rip/The Chicks

Other: Sing/Pentatonix, Sweet May/Matt Rice, My Husband Was a Weatherman/The Bobs, Helmet/The Bobs, If Ye Love Me/Thomas Tallis, The Stars and Stripes Forever/John Philip Sousa

PEV is committed to the health and safety of our audience and artists. Read about our concert health protocols here.

The uncommon tradition from the Bay Area's Uncommon Chorus lives on! Enjoy the musical stylings of songs from all your favorite genres. This is definitely *not* your grandfather's choir concert (but he's still invited). The 2023 program features:

Jazz: Thunderclouds/Cecile McLorin Salvant, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Duke Ellington, Refresh/Kerry Marsh, One-Note Samba/Jobim, How About You/Burton Lane, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie/Vaughn Horton, Billy-a-Dick/Hoagy Carmichael, Gold Heranca/Trio Esperanca

Pop/Rock: Crazy in Love/Beyonce, Cecilia/Simon & Garfunkel, Lean on Me/Bill Withers, Good Life/Sammy Rae, Somebody I Used to Know/Gotye, Because/The Beatles, I Saved the World Today/Eurythmics, Good Kisser/Lake Street Dive, Hide and Seek/Imogen Heap

Country/Roots: The Light of a Clear Blue Morning/Dolly Parton, Angel from Montgomery/John Prine, Will the Circle Be Unbroken/J. David Moore, Let ‘Er Rip/The Chicks

Other: Sing/Pentatonix, Sweet May/Matt Rice, My Husband Was a Weatherman/The Bobs, Helmet/The Bobs, If Ye Love Me/Thomas Tallis, The Stars and Stripes Forever/John Philip Sousa

PEV is committed to the health and safety of our audience and artists. Read about our concert health protocols here.

The uncommon tradition from the Bay Area's Uncommon Chorus lives on! Enjoy the musical stylings of songs from all your favorite genres. This is definitely *not* your grandfather's choir concert (but he's still invited). The 2023 program features:

Jazz: Thunderclouds/Cecile McLorin Salvant, I Let a Song Go Out of My Heart/Duke Ellington, Refresh/Kerry Marsh, One-Note Samba/Jobim, How About You/Burton Lane, Choo Choo Ch’Boogie/Vaughn Horton, Billy-a-Dick/Hoagy Carmichael, Gold Heranca/Trio Esperanca

Pop/Rock: Crazy in Love/Beyonce, Cecilia/Simon & Garfunkel, Lean on Me/Bill Withers, Good Life/Sammy Rae, Somebody I Used to Know/Gotye, Because/The Beatles, I Saved the World Today/Eurythmics, Good Kisser/Lake Street Dive, Hide and Seek/Imogen Heap

Country/Roots: The Light of a Clear Blue Morning/Dolly Parton, Angel from Montgomery/John Prine, Will the Circle Be Unbroken/J. David Moore, Let ‘Er Rip/The Chicks

Other: Sing/Pentatonix, Sweet May/Matt Rice, My Husband Was a Weatherman/The Bobs, Helmet/The Bobs, If Ye Love Me/Thomas Tallis, The Stars and Stripes Forever/John Philip Sousa

PEV is committed to the health and safety of our audience and artists. Read about our concert health protocols here.

ONE NIGHT ONLY!

Inspired by the poems “Son to Mother” (1991) by Maya Angelou and “Mother to Son” (1922) by Langston Hughes, our spring program features the U.S. premiere of a setting of Angelou’s poem by our friend Swedish composer Henrik Dahlgren (remember “God’s Great Dust Storm” from our April 2022 concerts?), “All of Us” from Craig Hella Johnson’s oratorio Considering Matthew Shepard, John Lennon’s “Because,” and the rarely performed masterwork “Dona Nobis Pacem” by Ralph Vaughan Williams.

The concert features bass-baritone soloist Wilford Kelly, our own sopranos Meghan Joyce Tozer, Katie Craddock, Frances Falling and Kim Keeton, and the finest selection of Bay Area instrumentalists in the PEV Orchestra. Plus amazing lighting effects. Don’t miss this exceptional concert experience!

Read more about the program here.

Read Ash’s blog post about his late brother Avery, to whom this concert is dedicated.

PEV is committed to the health and safety of our audience and artists. Read about our concert health protocols here.

We are so excited that our annual gala fundraiser is back in person for the first time since 2019! After three years of technology interfaces, we want to celebrate with you the freedom to be together, to share food and raise a glass together, and of course to sing for you! Freedom - in its many dimensions - is our theme for the night. We’ll be singing songs of freedom by the Beatles, Beyoncé, Aretha and more!

Let us pamper and entertain you with a lively evening of food, drink, and music while you help to empower PEV to deliver on our mission to be the Bay Area’s Uncommon Chorus.

Space for this event is limited, so reserve your place today! Please note: Tickets will not be sold at the door. The deadline to reserve your seat is Monday, February 20 at 6pm.

Preview the irresistible offerings from the silent auction here.

Now a PEV tradition, join the singers of Pacific Edge Voices for a live performance of carols and a caroling singalong - on Zoom!

We’ll be coming to you live, via Zoom, for a real-time, synchronized performance of holiday songs we've been preparing for you - plus a singalong of your favorite carols, all led by our still-new Music Director Ash Walker!

When we make music in community, we experience joy and a true sense of connection that is so needed right now -- and very much a part of this time of year. We are thrilled to share that experience with you.

Can’t make it on Dec 19? Sign up anyway, and you’ll get a link to the recording so that you can play it on demand anytime during the holidays!

Our December concert will take the audience on a musical voyage along the Black Sea, as we celebrate the music from those countries most impacted by the current Russian invasion. The repertoire will give voice to the works of Ukrainian women artists who have been displaced by the war, including painter Olga Kovtun (see image) and composer Hanna Havrylets, who died in Kiev on the third day of the Russian invasion. Havrylets’ piece “Vse upovanyiye moye” (All My Hope) will be the centerpiece of the program, flanked by other works by Rachmaninov, new music by Sarah Hopkins, Moira Smiley, and traditional folk songs of the season. The concert will also feature Ukrainian bandura player Ola Herasymenko Oliynyk, plus handbells, organ and audience carol singalongs.

In support of the Ukrainians facing a long winter in great need, the members of PEV are encouraging our friends and family to share their generosity with Hearts for Ukraine. This direct-aid humanitarian nonprofit is recommended by the Ukrainian emigres who have been consulting with us on this concert. There will be an opportunity to donate at the concert, or you can do so here.

PEV is committed to the health and safety of our audience and artists. Read about our concert health protocols here.

Our December concert will take the audience on a musical voyage along the Black Sea, as we celebrate the music from those countries most impacted by the current Russian invasion. The repertoire will give voice to the works of Ukrainian women artists who have been displaced by the war, including painter Olga Kovtun (see image) and composer Hanna Havrylets, who died in Kiev on the third day of the Russian invasion. Havrylets’ piece “Vse upovanyiye moye” (All My Hope) will be the centerpiece of the program, flanked by other works by Rachmaninov, new music by Sarah Hopkins, Moira Smiley, and traditional folk songs of the season. The concert will also feature Ukrainian bandura player Ola Herasymenko Oliynyk, plus handbells, organ and audience carol singalongs.

In support of the Ukrainians facing a long winter in great need, the members of PEV are encouraging our friends and family to share their generosity with Hearts for Ukraine. This direct-aid humanitarian nonprofit is recommended by the Ukrainian emigres who have been consulting with us on this concert. There will be an opportunity to donate at the concert, or you can do so here.

PEV is committed to the health and safety of our audience and artists. Read about our concert health protocols here.

A Bay Area choral tradition unlike any other — live a cappella performances of all your favorite Jazz & Pop tunes, as well as new discoveries and arrangements presented by the singers of PEV.

This year’s program - live and in person! - includes everything from Nirvana (yes) and Lizzo (oh yes) to jazz classics like Lullaby of Birdland and Me and My Shadow. And songs by the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Cole Porter. Oh, and the Overture to The Barber of Seville, like you’ve never heard it.

This concert never disappoints - make sure to reserve your spot!

A Bay Area choral tradition unlike any other — live a cappella performances of all your favorite Jazz & Pop tunes, as well as new discoveries and arrangements presented by the singers of PEV.

This year’s program - live and in person! - includes everything from Nirvana (yes) and Lizzo (oh yes) to jazz classics like Lullaby of Birdland and Me and My Shadow. And songs by the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Cole Porter. Oh, and the Overture to The Barber of Seville, like you’ve never heard it.

This concert never disappoints - make sure to reserve your spot!

A Bay Area choral tradition unlike any other — live a cappella performances of all your favorite Jazz & Pop tunes, as well as new discoveries and arrangements presented by the singers of PEV.

This year’s program - live and in person! - includes everything from Nirvana (yes) and Lizzo (oh yes) to jazz classics like Lullaby of Birdland and Me and My Shadow. And songs by the Beatles, Simon & Garfunkel, Cole Porter. Oh, and the Overture to The Barber of Seville, like you’ve never heard it.

This concert never disappoints - make sure to reserve your spot!

We celebrate the return of rains to the thirsty Bay Area and welcome the season of reawakening with a concert of music that engages with and celebrates the transformative power of nature and all our surroundings. Our program includes the U.S. premiere of A Single Drop of the Ocean by rising Swedish composer Henrik Dahlgren, as well as works by Forrest Pierce, Randall Thompson, Dr. Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock and more, including plenty of drumming and dancing.

And don’t miss the FREE virtual “Meet the Composers” event with Dahlgren and Pierce, on Wed, Apr 6 at 7pm PT. Register here for access.

We celebrate the return of rains to the thirsty Bay Area and welcome the season of reawakening with a concert of music that engages with and celebrates the transformative power of nature and all our surroundings. Our program includes the U.S. premiere of A Single Drop of the Ocean by rising Swedish composer Henrik Dahlgren, as well as works by Forrest Pierce, Randall Thompson, Dr. Ysaye Barnwell of Sweet Honey in the Rock and more.