The Sacred Sounds of Christmas

Monday, November 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The best of sacred Advent music from around the world.

$18.50-$21.50

Douglas Niemela New Electronics Recital

Monday, November 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW composition student Douglas Niemela performs a DMA recital in new electronics.

Free (Free)

SPU Concert Series: Lesson and Carols

Tuesday, December 1, 2026 @ 11:10am – 11:10am (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring our superb choral ensembles and faculty.

Free

¡Feliz (Baroque) Navidad!

Tuesday, December 1, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Iribarren, Quiroz, Duron, Salas, and more tells the Christmas story in lively song and dance.

$20

UW World Series: Yulianna Avdeeva, piano

Tuesday, December 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Chopin – Nocturne in C-sharp minor (posth.)
Chopin – Nocturne in E-flat major, Op. 55, No. 2
Chopin – Fantasie in F minor, Op. 49
Chopin – Four Mazurkas, Op. 17
Chopin – Polonaise in F-sharp minor, Op. 44
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 8 in B major, Op. 84

$37-$42 (age 17 & under free)

Rain City Symphony Fall Concert, UCEF Benefit

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Swan Lake Suite, Op. 20a
Holiday music

Free

Cornish Baroque Ensemble

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A cornucopia of early delights from the 17th and 18th centuries, with a sprinkling of music composed especially for Advent and Christmas.

Free

Daana Quartet: Schubert, Brahms & Still

Wednesday, December 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
William Grant Still – Danzas de Panama

Free (Free)

From the Height of Classical Era to the Birth of the German Romantic style

Thursday, December 3, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Journey from the height of the classical era to the birth of the German romantic style with works by Mozart and Beethoven.

Free (Free)

[CANCELED] Brechemin Piano Series

Thursday, December 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW music students perform works for piano.

Free (Free)

UW University Chorale & Chamber Singers: The Unbreakable Mirror

Thursday, December 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
A program exploring themes relating to water and fluidity, including Walden Pond by Dominick Argento and The Sea by Carson Cooman, as well as works by Badings, Whitacre, and others.

$10

Organ at Noon

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 12:05pm – 1:10pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Joseph Adam plays holiday favorites, ending the concert with a carol sing-along.

Free (Free)

Whidbey Island Community Orchestra Holiday Concert

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Corelli – Concerto Grosso
Strauss – Blue Danube
Tidings of Comfort and Joy
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
Cole Porter classics
O'Neill / Kinkel / Tchaikovsky – A Mad Russian's Christmas
Silvestri & Ballard – The Polar Express

Free

Northwest Girlchoir: Once Upon A December

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
December favorites from our choristers, conductors, and entire choir community.

$23 ($13 youth/senior)

Michael Partington Guitar House Concert

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Napoléon Coste – Rondeau de Concert, Op. 12
Federico Moreno Torroba – Nocturno, Andante and Alcàzar de Segovia
Piazzolla – Invierno Porteño
Albéniz – Mallorca, Op. 202
Johann Kaspar Mertz – Elégie
Bryan Johanson – La Folia Folio

$10 donation, RSVP for location

Russian Chamber Music Festival Artist Concert feat. Craig Sheppard

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, Nos. 1-12

$20 ($10 student/senior, 18 & under free)

Jeremy Berry (viola) & Michael Refvem (piano)

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Steinway Piano Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bruch – Romanze for viola and piano, Op. 85
Bloch – Suite Hébraïque for viola and piano
J.S. Bach – Suite No. 3 in C major, BWV 1009
R. Clarke – Sonata for viola and piano
R. Clarke – Morpheus
Bloch – Suite

$20 suggested donation

UW World Series: Anonymous 4

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Ranging from 11th-century plainchant, richly harmonic English conductus and spicy French motets of the 13th century, to exotic 15th-century Hungarian polyphony, 19th- and 20th-century American ballads, gospel songs and contemporary works, this “best-of” final Seattle performance is not to be missed.

$45-$50 (age 17 & under free)

UW Modern Ensemble: Ligeti, Cage, Bartók

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Ligeti – 10 Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)
Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)

$10

South Sound Classical Choir

Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Milton, WA, United States
Program will include works from Handel, Mozart, Lauridsen, Rutter, Biebl, and others.

Free