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                                                    

May

Marian Vespers with Schola Nova & St. Cecilia Compline Choir                                                          Sun, May 11, 6:00 PM | St. Barnabas Episcopal | Bainbridge                                                         music director/organist

Divas Sing Devotion: arias & art songs                                                                                               Ellaina Lewis & Cassandra Willock, sopranos                                                                                           Sat, May 17, 2:00 PM | St. Barnabas Episcopal | Bainbridge                                                         pianist/composer: premiere of complete "Grimké Songs"

Schmidt Vocal Arts Competition                                                                                                                 Sat, May 3 | Pacific Lutheran University                                                                                      collaborative pianist

Flower Songs                                                                                                                                              Caitlin Hennessy & Cassandra Willock, sopranos                                                                                     Sat, May 31, 7:30 PM | Blessed Sacrament | Seattle                                                                         collaborative pianist

June

Women's Compline                                                                                                                                   Sun, June 19, 9:30 PM | Saint Mark's Episcopal Cathedral| Seattle                                           chorister

July

Baroque Flute Summer Workshop                                                                                                             July 13-19 | Seattle Pacific University                                                                                                     coach

Evensong for the Feast of St. Mary Magdalene                                                                              Tuesday, July 22 | Saint Luke's Memorial Episcopal Church | Tacoma                                   composer: premiere of "Fantasia on Fisk of Gloucester", for solo organ

Tacoma Bach Festival                                                                                                                                    Sat, July 26, 7:30 PM | Kilworth Memorial Chapel | Tacoma                                                       chorister, harpsichord

Recent Compositions

Grimké Songs - song cycle for soprano & piano (premiered May 2025 with 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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