Upcoming Events near Seattle, WA
Club Shostakovich XV: The Last Quartet & The Lost Composers
Saturday, May 1, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich's transcendent 15th Quartet, which premiered less than a year before his death, plus string trios and quartets by Hans Krása, Erwin Schulhoff, and Viktor Ullmann.
$10-$15
Racer Sessions: Janna Webbon & Sarah Pyle
Saturday, May 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
The Merriman Family Young Composers Workshop Concert
Sunday, May 2, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A world-premiere chamber concert featuring new works by 10 teen composers.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
University of Puget Sound Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, May 2, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Works by Colgrass, Reich, Ekimovsky, Hovhaness, Alfieri, and Brostrom.
Free
The Violin with the Dragon Tattoo: Baroque Music from Scandanavia
Monday, May 3, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music from 18th century Sweden, Norway, and Finland, including works by Johan Helmich Roman – called the Father of Swedish Music – and West Coast premieres of music by Johan Henrick Freithoff and Thomas Byström.
$20 (includes a complimentary house beer or glass of wine)
Otomo Yoshihide: Project Fukushima!
Monday, May 3, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A solo performance by guitarist, turntable performer, composer, producer, and co-founder of Project Fukushima!
$5-$15
Seattle Opera: Experience Opera for Students and Teachers – Dress Rehearsal of Wagner's 'Flying Dutchman'
Tuesday, May 4, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Students and their chaperones are invited to experience the magic of the opera from behind the scenes.
$8
The Violin with the Dragon Tattoo: Baroque Music from Scandanavia
Tuesday, May 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of works by Johan Helmich Roman, Johan Henrik Freithoff, and Johann Gottfried Palschau.
$15-$20 (under 18 free)
Ladies Musical Club at Seattle Art Museum
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Carl Reissiger – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 25
Virginia Yep – Fiesta
Richard Charlton – Suite Latina
Victor Kioulaphides – Mimose
Jorge Morel – Echoes del Sur
Virginia Yep – Fiesta
Richard Charlton – Suite Latina
Victor Kioulaphides – Mimose
Jorge Morel – Echoes del Sur
Free
Seattle Opera: Experience Opera for Students and Teachers – Dress Rehearsal of Wagner's 'Flying Dutchman'
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Students and their chaperones are invited to experience the magic of the opera from behind the scenes.
$8
Brechemin Piano Series
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW music students perform works for piano.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Josh Archibald-Seiffer + Ania Stachurska
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of acoustic and electronic works featuring world premieres by Archibald-Seiffer and Stachurska that explore diverse themes such as political civil war, children’s literature, the structure of language, and the uncanny.
$5-$15
Portland Cello Project All-Metal Show
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions.
$26-$35
All-Bach Concert on the Flentrop organ
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint Mark’s offers unparalleled musical performances in unusually enchanting spaces.
$12-$18 suggested donation
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
First Friday Salon: In Concert with Bethany Man
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A concert by the principal harpist of the Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra (formerly Bellevue Philharmonic) and the Sammamish Symphony.
$15-$20
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Bristow / Escoffery / Reid / Svendsen
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Sheila Bristow, Steve Escoffery, Clement Reid, and Jake Svendsen.
$5-$15
Seattle Symphony: Handel & Vivaldi
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in C major, No. 2
Corelli – Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11
Albinoni – “Pianta bella” from Il Nascimento dell Aurora
Handel – “Furibondo” from Partenope in D minor
Locatelli – Concerto grosso in E-flat major, No. 6, “Il pianto d'Arianna”
Handel – “But who may abide the day of his coming” from Messiah
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in D minor, No. 7
Corelli – Concerto grosso in B-flat major, Op. 6, No. 11
Albinoni – “Pianta bella” from Il Nascimento dell Aurora
Handel – “Furibondo” from Partenope in D minor
Locatelli – Concerto grosso in E-flat major, No. 6, “Il pianto d'Arianna”
Handel – “But who may abide the day of his coming” from Messiah
Vivaldi – Violin Concerto in D minor, No. 7
$20-$76
Portland Cello Project All-Metal Show
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 10:00pm – 11:30pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Mixing genres and blurring musical lines and perceptions.
$26-$35
Ladies Musical Club at the Frye Art Museum
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Barber – "Give me some music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Wagner – "Welche wunderbar Erwarten" from Das Liebesverbot
Nicolai – “No I declare this is too bold” from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Leonard Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
Barber – "Give me some music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Wagner – "Welche wunderbar Erwarten" from Das Liebesverbot
Nicolai – “No I declare this is too bold” from The Merry Wives of Windsor
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Leonard Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Free