Littlefield Organ Series: Halloween Organ Concert

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Walker-Ames room Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of Carole Terry perform spooky organ classics – including Bach’s Toccata and Fugue in D minor – on the UW’s Littlefield Organ.

Free (Free (RSVP required))

Cathedrals XVIII

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Singer-songwriter Tyler Edwards is accompanied by a piano sextet comprised of some of Seattle's finest freelance musicians.

$14-$20

Wayward Music Series: Vocalise: Out of the Drawer

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalise Women’s Ensemble's inaugural performance – Out of the Drawer – featuring new contemporary classical music by living composers for women’s voices.

$20 suggested donation

Thalia Symphony Orchestra season opener: Borodin, Honegger, Copland, & Schumann

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Honegger – Pastorale d'été
Copland – Billy the Kid
Schumann – Symphony No. 3, "Rhenisch"

$20

Seattle Phonographers Union at Georgetown Steam Plant

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance using sounds that are recorded in, or evocative of, the Georgetown Steam Plant.

$25

Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Kids' Halloween Concert

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Gounod – Funeral March of the Marionette
Humperdinck – Hänsel and Gretel: Witches Ride
Grieg – Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, New World (last movement)

$10 (18 & under free)

Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Ravel, Vaughan Williams

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Saint-Saëns – Suite algérienne, Op. 60: Marche militaire française
Saint-Saëns – Danse macabre, Op. 40
Fauré – Pavane, Op. 50
Ravel – Concerto for the Left Hand
Vaughan Williams – Sea Songs
Vaughan Williams – Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 8 in D minor

$20-$30

Opal Quartet & Friends: A musical fiesta benefiting the Mexican earthquake victims

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, United States
An afternoon of beautiful music benefiting victims of the earthquake in Mexico, including works by Schumann, Dohnanyi, Mozart, and Haydn.

$20+ donation

Benefit Concert for Resource Center & Celebrate Recovery Ministry

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Life Center Rainier, Tacoma, WA, United States
Benefit Concert for Resource Center and Celebrate Recovery Ministry.

Free (Free)

The Life and Works of Claude Debussy

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-Debussy program.

Free (Free)

La Musica d'Italia with Island Consort

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Works by Monteverdi, Argento, Scarlatti, Boccherini, and more.

$20 (youth $5)

At First Light: Chinese Music in the Year of the Rooster

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Combining traditional Chinese and modern Western instruments to weave a mesmerizing tapestry of sound.

$20-$30

Seattle Opera: The Barber of Seville

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini’s vivacious romp starts with an iconic overture, gains speed with a parade of familiar melodies, and concludes with an “all is forgiven” finale bubbling over with joy.

$25 and up

Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one

$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)

Pacific MusicWorks: Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo'

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Unqualified operatic masterpiece, full of dramatic word painting, narrative urgency, rich orchestration, and exquisite writing for vocal ensemble.

$45 / $35 / $25

Ritual: Music from Sacred Tradition

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of sacred music from the Eastern and Western Christian tradition.

$18-$28

Wayward Music Series: Todd Barton + Guest

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A live improvisation which “Follows the Sound” of a Buchla Music Easel.

$5-$15 donation at the door

Sound of Late: Steelworks

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)

$15 includes open bar ($5 students)

UW Chamber Winds: Fountain of Youth

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A side-by-side concert with students and professors of the Shanghai Conservatory, performing works by Mendelssohn, Strauss, Vincent Persichetti, and UW composition student Aidan Gold.

Free