Seattle Symphony: Opening Night with Renée Fleming

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 7:20pm (PDT)
Be part of the glamour of Opening Night as renowned soprano and Grammy Award winner Renée Fleming joins Music Director Ludovic Morlot and the Symphony.

$65-$90

Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Music Around the World

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Works by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and more.

$20 / $10 / 18 & under free

Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

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

Aronoff Chamber Players: Schumann, Brahms, Bridge & more

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church, Des Moines, WA, United States
Works by Schumann, Brahms, Bridge, and more.

Free (Free)

Music at St. James Cathedral: French Concert Organist Christophe Mantoux

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Franck – Choral No. 1 in E Major Widor – Allegro vivace from Organ Symphony No. 5 Dupont – Méditation Vierne – Allegro from Symphony No. 2 Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator

$18 suggested donation

Ballard Civic Orchestra: Duo Nayarit

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Columbia City Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate Mexico's independence day with music from Paganini, Villa Lobos, Cardoso, Bach, and Ysaye.

Free (Free)

Seattle Opera: An American Dream

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.

$45

Vashon Opera Presents 'Lucia di Lammermoor'

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
There’s one show-stopping aria and ensemble piece after another in Donizetti’s romantic masterpiece.

$28-$48

PLU Organ Series: Yuko Sakiyama

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Richard D. Moe Organ Series presents Yuko Sakiyama.

$17 / $10 / $5

Efe Baltacıgil & Benjamin Hochman in Recital

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Vivaldi – Cello Sonata in A minor, RV 43
J.S. Bach – Sonata for Viola da Gamba in G major, BWV 1027

$30 / $15

Byron Schenkman Piano Recital

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 6:15pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Sonata in F major, K. 332/330k
Szymanowska – Nocturne in B-flat major
Schubert – Three Pieces, opus posthumous, D. 946

Free

Racer Sessions: TVTV

Sunday, September 17, 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

Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito Concert Celebrating Hispanic & Latino Heritage

Monday, September 18, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paula Madrigal (conductor), Teo Benson (violin), Jose Iniguez (tenor), Antonio Navarro (classical guitar), and Mariachi Festival Mexicana, guest artist.

Free (Free)

Cornish Pivot Convocation: Tim Berne, interviewed by Wayne Horvitz

Thursday, September 21, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A short set with saxophonist Tim Berne, followed by an interview with Wayne Horvitz.

Free

Seattle Symphony: Mahler Resurrection Symphony

Thursday, September 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PDT)
Berlioz – The Death of Cleopatra
Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”

$37-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Wayward Music Series: Evan Smith, Saxophone

Thursday, September 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Contemporary-classical works bridging the divide between composition and improvisation and exploring the flexible sonic palette of the saxophone.

$5-$15 donation

Pacific Northwest Ballet: George Balanchine's Jewels

Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Balanchine – Emeralds (music: Fauré)
Balanchine – Rubies (music: Stravinsky)
Balanchine – Diamonds (music: Tchaikovsky)

$37-$187

Pacific MusicWorks Underground: From Russia, with Love

Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Tenor Zach Finkelstein joins the Underground House Band for rarely performed arias and instrumental music by Bortniansky, Berezovsky, Sokolovsky, Araja, and Fomin, blending Italian high drama and virtuosity, French lyricism, and native folk influences.

$25 general, $20 seniors, under 18 free

Seattle Symphony: John Williams conducts Williams

Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
One of America’s most accomplished and revered composers for film and the concert stage will join the Seattle Symphony for a one-night-only concert featuring the music from many of his beloved film scores including Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, and more.

SOLD OUT

Wayward Music Series: S. Eric Scribner: 'Fantastical Sounds: Music from Tond'

Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Modal or microtonal – and often strongly rhythmic – music based on traditions everywhere but with a sense of strangeness from an invented world.

$5-$15 donation at the door