music & arts
Music is an essential component of life at Seattle First Baptist.
For over a century, SFBC has valued and prioritized music in our community.
We are blessed to be the home of a historic 1953 Aeolian-Skinner pipe organ, originally built for First Methodist Church in Tacoma, WA. This organ was rescued from that church’s demolition, refurbished by Bond Organ Builders of Portland, OR, and formally dedicated at SFBC on October 21, 2007. It has since been a featured instrument in Organ Historical Society (OHS) and American Guild of Organists (AGO) conventions in Seattle.
Seattle Jazz Vespers
Seattle Jazz Vespers is a secular concert of professional jazz music, for those who love jazz, with an inspirational message. Seattle Jazz Vespers is free and open to the public on the first Sunday night of each month (October through June) at 6pm. No tickets or reservations are needed. Doors open at 5:30pm. Free parking at the lot located on the southeast corner of Boylston Ave and Spring Street or on the street around the church. Come early for best seating and parking. The artists perform one set and during their break a “free-will” offering is taken to support the musicians, followed by a short non-sectarian inspirational message. The performers’ second set concludes these two-hour vespers concerts.
- Bellevue Chamber Chorus
- Byrd Ensemble
- Greater Seattle Choral Consortium
- Northwest Boychoir
- Northwest Chamber Chorus
- Reflections
- Seattle Bach Festival
- Seattle Choral Company
- Seattle Girls Choir
- Seattle Jazz Vespers
- Seattle Men’s Chorus & Seattle Women’s Chorus
- Seattle Pro Musica
- Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble (STANCE)
- Seattle University Choirs
upcoming concerts
Seattle Pro Musica “Northern Lights: Music of the Nordic and Baltic countries”
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Pro Musica “Northern Lights: Music of the Nordic and Baltic countries”
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Bach Festival “Bach’s Christmas Oratorio”
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Jazz Vespers: Jacqueline Tabor Quintet
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Jazz Vespers: Bill Anschell Peru Reunion Trio
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Pro Musica “The Traveler’s Song” with Nilo Alcala
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Pro Musica “The Traveler’s Song” with Nilo Alcala
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Jazz Vespers: Karen Kajita Quintet with Angela Petrucci
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Bach Festival “Til Death Do Us Part”
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Pro Musica “Mozart Requiem and Golijov Oceana” with Auburn Symphony Orchestra
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Seattle Bach Festival “The Triumph of Love Over Fear”
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122
Bellevue Chamber Chorus “Let’s Dance!”
SFBC Sanctuary
1111 Harvard Ave, Seattle, WA 98122









