Racer Sessions: Dialectical Imagination (Oakland/Brooklyn)

Saturday, November 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.

Free

Orchestra of Flight

Sunday, November 14, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Regency Newcastle, Newcastle, WA, United States
J. Strauss Sr. – Radetzky March, Op. 228
Dvořák – Slavonic Dances 5, 6, 7 & 8, Op. 46
Brahms – Intermezzo, Op. 117 No. 1
Bizet – L’Arlesienne Suite No. 2
Bach – Fugue in G minor (The Little Fugue), BWV 578
Williams – Star Wars: The Force Awakens (arr. Sean O’Loughlin)

Free (Free)

Ladies Musical Club: An Evening of Strings

Sunday, November 14, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Karl Jenkins – Palladio Concerto grosso for string orchestra (1st mvt.)
Dvořák – Serenade in E major, Op. 22
Elgar – Serenade for Strings, Op. 20
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Serenade in C major, Op. 48

Free (Free)

UW Concerto Competition: Strings

Monday, November 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW string performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.

Free (Free)

Meany Center presents Imani Winds with Fabio Bidini

Monday, November 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Coleman – Red Clay and Mississippi Delta
Rimsky-Korsakov – Selections from Scheherazade
Piazzolla – Contrabajissimo
D’Rivera – A Farewell Mambo
Mozart – Quintet in E-flat major for Winds and Piano, K. 452
Shaheen – Dance Mediterranea

$40-$45

Master class: John Chowning, 'Composing Music From the Inside-out'

Tuesday, November 16, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-demonstration showing how the capacity of computer systems 50 years ago limited composers/researchers to only one of the sound generating/processing tools that are available today: synthesis.

Free (Free)

Alex Klein Masterclass

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 5:20pm – 7:00pm (PST)
A masterclass from Alex Klein, principal oboist with the Chicago Symphony. Open to the public.

Free

Seattle Opera: As One

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An intimate chamber opera exploring a transgender protagonist’s journey told through two voices.

$25/$40

SPU Instrumental Concert

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Symphonic Wind Ensemble directed by Danny Helseth. Symphony Orchestra directed by Julia Tai.

Music of Today: DXARTS, Indigo Mist (Phase II)

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
A new improvisational work for trumpet, drums, bass, piano, đàn tranh, ghuzheng, and live electronics.

$10-$15

Seattle University Fall Student Chamber Recital

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students showcase their talents in this collaborative effort, performing a variety of string chamber music works.

$5-$12

Federal Way Symphony: Handel's Messiah

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Vincent de Paul Parish, Federal Way, WA, United States
Featuring the Federal Way Symphony Singers and the Federal Way Chorale, under the direction of Laird Thornton.

$15-$36 (18 & under free)

Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Tchaikovsky – Mazeppa Overture
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 4
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Cornish Presents: John Chowning

Wednesday, November 17, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance from electronic music pioneer John Chowning, who discovered FM synthesis in 1967 and revolutionized the music industry.

$10-$20

Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 4

Thursday, November 18, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 2:20pm (PST)
Tchaikovsky – Mazeppa Overture
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 4
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 11

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Guest Artist Masterclass: Justin Emerich, trumpet

Thursday, November 18, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
UW School of Music – MUS 35, Seattle, WA, United States
Associate Professor of Trumpet at Michigan State University leads a master class with UW Music students.

Free

Bremerton Symphony: Berlioz Symphonie Fantastique

Thursday, November 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Our Lady Star of the Sea Church, Bremerton, WA, United States
Selections from Offenbach's Orpheus in the Underworld, Grondahl's Trombone Concerto, and Berlioz' Symphonie fantastique.

$10-$29

UW Concerto Competition: Keyboard

Thursday, November 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW keyboard performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.

Free (Free)

Seattle Opera: As One

Thursday, November 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An intimate chamber opera exploring a transgender protagonist’s journey told through two voices.

$25/$40

Counterparts: Cindy Renander & the Tacoma Community College Orchestra

Thursday, November 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Tacoma Community College – Building 2, Tacoma, WA, United States
Dvořák – Nocturne in B major, Op. 40
Rossini – Introduction, Theme, and Variations
Beethoven – Symphony No. 6 in F major, Op. 68 "Pastorale"

Free (Free)