Philharmonia Northwest: At the Japanese Garden

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu – Three Film Scores
Alan Hovhaness – Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Kosaku Yamada – Symphony in F major “Triumph and Peace”

$20 / $15

Pacifica Chamber Concert: Debussy, Williamson, Still, Janáček

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Debussy – Petit Suite (arr. for wind quintet)
Williamson – Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Strings
Still – Miniatures for Wind Quintet
Janáček – Idyll

$20 ($15 senior/student)

Racer Sessions: Gregg Belisle-Chi

Sunday, October 1, 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

2017 Seattle Int'l Piano Festival & Competition: Hidemi Minagawa & 2017 winners announcement

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
2015 President’s Prizewinner and guest artist Hidemi Minagawa in concert, plus decoration of 2017 laureates.

Free (Free)

Opera on Tap at Solo

Monday, October 2, 2028 @ 7:00am – 8:30pm (PDT)
Solo Bar & Eatery, Seattle, WA, United States
Opera on Tap performs at Solo!

2017 Seattle Int'l Piano Festival & Competition: Guest artists in master class

Monday, October 2, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Norcliffe Founders' Room at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Guest jurors Logal Skelton and Francis Yang work with artists from the 2017 competition.

$10

2017 Seattle Int'l Piano Festival & Competition: 2017 winners in concert

Monday, October 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Norcliffe Founders' Room at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear gold medalists in recital from each of the fully-competitive divisions.

$20

Bach's Lunch: Band of Brothers

Tuesday, October 3, 2028 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Schmelzer, Pleyel, and Graun that celebrates the 18th century sibling rivalry between violin and viola.

Free

Fulton Street Chamber Players: Sibelius & Haydn

Tuesday, October 3, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet, Op. 76, No. 2 "Quinten"
Sibelius – String Quartet, Op. 56 "Voces intimae

$15-$20

August Denhard, Oud; David Rogers, Classical Crossover Guitar

Wednesday, October 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, Seattle, WA, United States
A varied program of early European music, Ottoman court music, Bach, Flamenco, Leonard Cohen, and more.

$10 cover

Ladies Musical Club: Brahms songs & duets & Mahler’s Kindertotenlieder

Thursday, October 5, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Brahms – Fünf Lieder, Op. 105
Brahms – Vier Duette, Op. 61
Mahler – Kindertotenlieder (Songs on the Death of Children)

Free (Free)

Seattle Symphony: Enigma Variations

Thursday, October 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PDT)
Brahms – Tragic Overture
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 1
Elgar – Enigma Variations

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

Meany Center presents Bandaloop

Thursday, October 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. With music by Gabriel Prokofiev.

$44+

Wayward Music Series: Matrio + Trevor O’Loughlin

Thursday, October 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Matrio is an improvising collective; with influences ranging from Olivier Messiaen to The Art Ensemble of Chicago, Matrio creates set-long experiences that explore the space between sound, noise, music, and silence.

$5-$15 at the door

Seattle Symphony: Elgar Untuxed

Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Brahms – Tragic Overture
Elgar – Enigma Variations

$13-$46

First Friday Salons: A journey around the British Isles

Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Join mezzo-soprano Nerys Jones and pianist Tim Barrick on a journey across the ocean to sample flavors of the British Isles.

$20

Music at St. James Cathedral presents: Mark Hilliard Wilson, Cathedral Guitarist

Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Gems from the court of the Sun King to the caminos of Catalonia, offering picturesque evocations of faded glory and exotic wonders.

$18 suggested donation

Northwest Sinfonietta: Notions of a Nation

Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Copland – Concerto for Clarinet
Barber – Knoxville: Summer of 1915
Hailstork – Symphony No. 1

$21.50-$46.50

Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores' and Sean Hamilton

Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using web technology to create scores and parts for musicians that use animation to present musical material, generate and update parts in real-time, and allow a musician’s choices to influence other players’ parts.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Cornish Student Ensemble Showcase

Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of student ensembles from Cornish College of the Arts.

Free