Welcome to Season 23: The Best of Seraphic Fire!
Seraphic Fire’s 23rd Season is a tribute to the music that has defined the ensemble for more than two decades. With seven unforgettable concert programs curated from audience favorites, iconic composers, and defining choral masterworks, this season is a celebration of the moments that have inspired, moved, and uplifted listeners throughout the ensemble’s acclaimed history.
2025-2026 Season
The Best of Seraphic Fire

You asked for it, and we are delivering! Our greatest hits: Earth Song by Frank Ticheli, O Magnum Mysterium by Morten Lauridsen, Padre Nuestro by Alvaro Bermudez and more. Associate conductor James Bass leads an audience-choice program with Seraphic Fire, America’s all-star choir.
Bach Motets

Bach is our favorite composer, and we have a special place in our hearts for his motets. Hear Seraphic Fire’s singers and the first-rate instrumentalists of the Seraphic Fire Period Orchestra bring six of Bach’s most virtuosic and celebrated works to life.
'Twas the Night Before Christmas

Everything you love about Seraphic Fire at Christmas in a new experience: timeless carols – The First Noel, Joy to the World, Silent Night – and a reading of the famed 1823 American poem, A Visit from St. Nicholas— better known as “’Twas the night before Christmas”— that helped shape modern Christmas traditions worldwide. Join Associate Conductor James Bass and Seraphic Fire for a program featuring audience-favorite Christmas classics, including O Come All Ye Faithful and Jesus Christ the Apple Tree.
Gospel

“Precious Lord, take my hand; lead me on, help me stand.” Thomas Dorsey, the father of American Gospel, revolutionized music by setting these remarkable words to a haunting tune you know today. From Amazing Grace to up-tempo classics, the internationally celebrated conductor Jason Max Ferdinand leads the singers of Seraphic Fire in this joyous and electrifying program.
American Folk

This Land is Your Land, Simple Gifts, Farther Along, My Darlin’ Clementine, and more! Bring the whole family to this American folk song celebration. The pure-toned voices of Seraphic Fire take you on a 75-minute journey through America’s folk music roots. We’ll also sing Ingram Marshall’s Hymnodic Delays, perhaps Seraphic Fire’s most requested piece, based on 18th century American folk hymns.
Candlelight

Seraphic Fire’s annual candlelight concerts - Florida’s most celebrated musical experience - blend ancient music with contemporary masterpieces, creating an ethereal, immersive experience. Featuring music throughout history with thematic connections to water and nature, the finest singing ensemble set in candlelight will take your breath away. Guest conductor Arianne Abela makes her Seraphic Fire debut in this ethereal sonic feast.
Surround Sound

The full forces of Seraphic Fire close out this celebratory year with a surround-sound, polychoral experience imported directly from the Basilica of San Marco in Venice, Italy. You’ll be at the center of the action as we sing from every corner of the room. An experience you can only get at Seraphic Fire, our season closes with this aural explosion.