Saltwater Music Series: Nordic Voyages

Saturday, August 25, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Steven Luksan – Sandburg Songs (world premiere)
Steven Luksan – 4 Obstfelder Songs (world premiere)
Steven Luksan – Baltic Fog Notes
Edvard Grieg – Haugtussa
T.D.A. Tellefsen – Selected works for solo piano
Johannes Haarklou – Selected works for solo piano
Edvard Grieg –Selected works for solo piano

Free (Free)

Seattle Opera: Porgy and Bess

Saturday, August 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
From Gershwin's rhapsodic orchestral music to superb choral writing – a vibrant mix of action, humor, romance, struggle, and celebration.

$89+

Market Street Singers: A Festival of Favorites – A Community Choral Celebration

Saturday, August 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Magnolia Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A community sing-along featuring favorite choral classics that are selected by the participants.

Free

The Esoterics: BERNSTEIN | Leonard Bernstein centennial

Saturday, August 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A celebration of the life and work of Leonard Bernstein, with a performance of Chichester Psalms, as well as excerpts from Mass.

$25/$18 ($22/$15 in advance)

Olympic Music Festival: Music for Children & Families

Sunday, August 26, 2029 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Children of all ages venture through a musical landscape while learning about the importance of team work and imagination.

Free (Free)

The Core Ensemble: Don Giovanni

Sunday, August 26, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
12 Ave Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
#TimesUp for Don Giovanni, but not for this classic opera! Mozart meets the #MeToo movement in The Core Ensemble’s adaption of Don Giovanni.

$25 ($20 presale, $10 student)

Curiouser & Curiouser: An evening of improvised violin

Sunday, August 26, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Lava Lounge, Seattle, WA, United States
What happens when you set an evening of drinking in a Seattle tiki bar to the soundtrack of an improvised violin?

Free

[CANCELLED] Different Drummer at Naked City

Monday, August 27, 2029 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A genre-diverse program with an array of alternative percussion instruments which include a typewriter, lampshade, trash can, desk bells, stampers and a suitcase kick drum.

CANCELLED (was $15/$10)

The Core Ensemble: Don Giovanni

Tuesday, August 28, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
12 Ave Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
#TimesUp for Don Giovanni, but not for this classic opera! Mozart meets the #MeToo movement in The Core Ensemble’s adaption of Don Giovanni.

$25 ($20 presale, $10 student)

The Core Ensemble: Don Giovanni

Wednesday, August 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
12 Ave Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
#TimesUp for Don Giovanni, but not for this classic opera! Mozart meets the #MeToo movement in The Core Ensemble’s adaption of Don Giovanni.

$25 ($20 presale, $10 student)

Solo Recital: Pianist Lennon Aldort

Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of solo piano music performed by Seattle-based pianist and composer Lennon Aldort – from his own compositions to Taylor Swift/Dido/Eminem mashups.

Free

Kin of the Moon: Public Radiation

Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Audience participation sonic rituals. Bring instruments, toys, your voice, a walking stick ... anything to summon the sound waves!

$5-$20 sliding scale cash donation

Wayward Music Series: Tom Varner & Friends – End of Summer Sound Vespers

Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Magical sounds settings of field recordings, mixed brass, and percussion. You might hear some gorgeous muted brass long tones meeting up with crackling ice, insects, or sounds of a totally unknown origin!

$5-$15 donation

Olympic Music Festival: La Belle Èpoque

Saturday, September 1, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Olympic Music Festival: Folk Dances & Melodies

Sunday, September 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Frédéric Chopin – Three Mazurkas, Op. 50
Frédéric Chopin – Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 “In Romanian Folk Style”
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Summer Concerts at the Locks: Tutti Flutti

Sunday, September 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
An outdoor concert for all ages performing Baroque, Classical, and contemporary music for flute.

Free

CHA at Racer Sessions

Sunday, September 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Spontaneous, hyper-contemporary creations for multi-disciplinary trio in a beloved Seattle venue.

Free

Sanctuary in the City: Pacific MusicWorks 2018-2019 Season Preview

Wednesday, September 5, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:55pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
A preview of the 2018-2019 Pacific MusicWorks Mainstage concerts, including music by Barbara Strozzi, Monteverdi, Corelli, and Handel.

Free

Wayward Music Series: Karen Bentley Pollick, violin

Thursday, September 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An array of new electronic music with violin featuring composers such as Jaffe, Basica, Young, Jette, Lortie, Paranosic, and Mitrano.

$5-$15 donation

Olympic Music Festival Season Finale: Romances for Cello & Piano

Saturday, September 8, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Bruch – Kol Nidrei, Op. 47
Schumann – Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Brahms – Cello Sonata No. 2 in F major, Op. 99
Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 19

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)