Upcoming Events near Seattle, WA
Olympic Music Festival: Mozart in Vienna
Saturday, August 12, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Mozart – Trio in E-flat major for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano, K. 498 “Kegelstatt”
Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, K. 493
Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Seattle Opera: Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly'
Saturday, August 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bound by tradition and honor, a young Japanese maiden is left to face an unspeakable aftermath when abandoned by a reckless American naval officer.
$87+
Seattle Opera: Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly'
Sunday, August 13, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bound by tradition and honor, a young Japanese maiden is left to face an unspeakable aftermath when abandoned by a reckless American naval officer.
$87+
Olympic Music Festival: Hungarian Fantasies
Sunday, August 13, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Dohnányi – Serenade in C major for String Trio, Op. 10 (1904)
Brahms – Selections from Hungarian Dances for Piano Four Hands, WoO1
Bartók – Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1928)
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
Brahms – Selections from Hungarian Dances for Piano Four Hands, WoO1
Bartók – Contrasts for Clarinet, Violin, and Piano (1928)
Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Music Northwest Beethoven Sonatas Festival
Sunday, August 13, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 12, No. 2
Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano, Op. 47, "Kreutzer"
$18 / $16 / under age 25 free w/RSVP
Racer Sessions: Lily Shababi
Sunday, August 13, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Opera on Tap at Naked City Brewery
Monday, August 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Opera on Tap performs at Naked City Brewery!
Pricing TBD
Music at St. James Cathedral: Organ Scholar Matthew Johnson Senior Recital
Monday, August 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Matthew Johnson, Organ Scholar at St. James Cathedral and high school senior, will play the complete organ cycle La Nativité du Seigneur by Olivier Messiaen.
Free
Seattle Opera: Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly'
Wednesday, August 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bound by tradition and honor, a young Japanese maiden is left to face an unspeakable aftermath when abandoned by a reckless American naval officer.
$87+
Summer Music Recreation
Thursday, August 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Leclair – Deuxième récréation de musique, Op. 8
Couperin – Premier Concert
Vivaldi – Concerto in D major F. XII No. 7
Telemann – Trio in A minor
Couperin – Premier Concert
Vivaldi – Concerto in D major F. XII No. 7
Telemann – Trio in A minor
Free ($20 suggested donation)
Music at St. James Cathedral: Summer Organ Recital Series – Richard Elliott
Friday, August 18, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Elliott, Principal Organist for the Mormon Tabernacle Choir:
J.S. Bach, arr. Hebble – Sinfonia from Cantata No. 29, Wir danken dir, Gott
Mozart, arr. Dupré – Fantasie in F minor, K. 608
Vierne – Berceuse, from 24 Pieces in Free Style, Op. 31, No. 19
Franck – Final in B-flat Major, Op. 21
Purvis – St. Francis Suite
Three Civil War Songs
- Traditional, arr. R. Elliott – When Johnny Comes Marching Home
- Traditional, arr. Leonardo Ciampa – Shenandoah
- melody by George Root; arr. R. Elliott – The Battle Cry of Freedom
arr. R. Elliott – Sing Praise to God Who Reigns Above
Weaver – Sine Nomine (For All the Saints - When the Saints Go Marching In)
Wagner, arr. Lemare – The Ride of the Valkyries
$15 suggested donation
Seattle Opera: Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly'
Friday, August 18, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bound by tradition and honor, a young Japanese maiden is left to face an unspeakable aftermath when abandoned by a reckless American naval officer.
$87+
Wayward Music Series: Daryl Seaver / Cameron Shafii / RM Francis
Friday, August 18, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sound scenes that emphasize the materiality and morphology of spatial textures, plus a compendium of non-redemptive transformations and asymmetrical translations in the twinned idioms of chocolate and sound.
$10-$15 suggested donation
Olympic Music Festival: From Beethoven
Saturday, August 19, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 16
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899)
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1899)
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Concert in the Park
Saturday, August 19, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Bring your lunch or snacks and listen to great classical music performed by young talents, Seattle Symphony musicians, and pianist and Artistic Director of the Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle, Natalya Ageyeva.
Free (Free)
Seattle Opera: Puccini's 'Madame Butterfly'
Saturday, August 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bound by tradition and honor, a young Japanese maiden is left to face an unspeakable aftermath when abandoned by a reckless American naval officer.
$87+
Coho Chamber Ensemble
Saturday, August 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for various wind ensembles, and sextets for piano and winds.
$5 - $14
Wayward Music Series: Kosaly-Meyer's 'Gradus…'
Saturday, August 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An ongoing composition in progress for piano, exploring through improvisation a slowly expanding collection of pitches, and their grounding in silence, in patient attentive microscopic detail.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Outdoor Music and Dance Concert in Discovery Park
Sunday, August 20, 2028 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Daybreak Star Cultural Center Upper Field in Discovery Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Grieg – Three Symphonic Dances
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 (mvts 3 and 4)
Shu-Hwei Shi – Song from Fishers Boat Under the Evening Glow
Rachmaninoff – G minor Prelude
Debussy – Beau Soir
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Kam Morrill – Quartet No. 3 "Schwanengesang" (mvt 2)
Borodin – Quartet No. 2 in D major (mvt 2)
Recorded nature sounds of Discovery Park
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 (mvts 3 and 4)
Shu-Hwei Shi – Song from Fishers Boat Under the Evening Glow
Rachmaninoff – G minor Prelude
Debussy – Beau Soir
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Kam Morrill – Quartet No. 3 "Schwanengesang" (mvt 2)
Borodin – Quartet No. 2 in D major (mvt 2)
Recorded nature sounds of Discovery Park
Free (Free)
Olympic Music Festival: Twilight in Paris
Sunday, August 20, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Poulenc – Violin Sonata (1943)
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Ravel – Ma Mere L’Oye (Mother Goose) for Piano Four Hands
Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Ravel – Ma Mere L’Oye (Mother Goose) for Piano Four Hands
Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 1 in C minor, Op. 15
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)