Upcoming Events near Seattle, WA
Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Works by Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles, and music from Downtown Abbey.
Free (donations encouraged)
Ladies Musical Club at West Seattle Library
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Tokayer – Day in the Life of My Child
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Free
Seattle Youth Symphony: Verdi, Puccini, Mahler
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi – Scenes from La Traviata
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
$15-$48
Racer Sessions
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Compline Choir: Alumni + Compline Service
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Compline Choir and alumni combine to chant the office of Compline, featuring music by Peter Hallock.
Free
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Music of Today: Harry Partch Instruments Presentation
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Charles Corey, director of the Harry Partch Institute at the University of Washington, leads a public demonstration of instruments from the Harry Partch Instrument Collection.
Free
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák, the legend
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for Saxophone, Strings and Horns
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 in D minor
Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for Saxophone, Strings and Horns
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 in D minor
$10-$25
Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
WSCO: Promenade into Summer
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Piano Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt.
Sherman & Sherman – Mary Poppins
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt.
Sherman & Sherman – Mary Poppins
Free
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Student recital: Trevor Cosby, french horn
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Trevor Cosby performs a recital in french horn. Free and open to the public.
Free
PLU Orchestra Series VI
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will perform major works from the orchestral repertoire, plus a premiere of a new PLU-inspired work by Gregory Youtz weaving together themes and instrumental colors that have become part of the PLU soundscape.
Price TBA
Ladies Musical Club at Seattle Public Library
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Korngold – Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
Korngold – Songs of the Clown, Op. 29
Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
Morel – Malambo
Yep – Fiesta
Cumplido – Retrato Antiguo
Solis – Pasaje Abierto
Lora – Northeastern Lullaby
Morel – Danza Brasilera
Korngold – Songs of the Clown, Op. 29
Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
Morel – Malambo
Yep – Fiesta
Cumplido – Retrato Antiguo
Solis – Pasaje Abierto
Lora – Northeastern Lullaby
Morel – Danza Brasilera
Free
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
UW Chamber Orchestra: After Mozart
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Excerpts from The Magic Flute for wind octet (arr. Heidenreich)
Colin Matthews – To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music... A realization of A Musical Dice Game by W. A. Mozart
Schnittke – Moz-Art à la Haydn
Raskatov – Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart
Berio – Divertimento for Mozart, based on a theme from The Magic Flute
Mozart – Divertimento for 2 horns and strings in F major: A Musical Joke, K. 522
Colin Matthews – To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music... A realization of A Musical Dice Game by W. A. Mozart
Schnittke – Moz-Art à la Haydn
Raskatov – Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart
Berio – Divertimento for Mozart, based on a theme from The Magic Flute
Mozart – Divertimento for 2 horns and strings in F major: A Musical Joke, K. 522
$5
Long Piece Fest: Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 Voices
Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The ruins of Mexico are recreated with just intonation in Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 voices.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Student recital: Nora Gunning piano
Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Nora Gunning performs a master's recital in piano. Free and open to the public.
Free
Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, United States
Works by Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles, and music from Downtown Abbey.
Free (donations encouraged)
The Taiwan Connection
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mingxin Du – Springtime Hills
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
$20-$40