Chris Botti with the Seattle Symphony

Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Grammy Award winner and pop-jazz powerhouse Chris Botti brings his trumpet and his acclaimed band to Benaroya Hall.

$65-$105

Wayward Music Series: Radiosonde

Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
With scores designed by Graczyk and Baker, the group follows prompts (shapes, words, colors) to give an overall shape to the moment-by-moment decisions being made in real-time.

$5-$15 donation

Pacific Northwest Ballet: George Balanchine’s Jewels

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Balanchine – Emeralds (music: Fauré)
Balanchine – Rubies (music: Stravinsky)
Balanchine – Diamonds (music: Tchaikovsky)

$37-$187

2017 Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Collegiate & Professional Artists

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Int’l Piano Competition Finalists. Collegiate and professional Artists. Attendees may vote for the Audience and Teachers’ Favorites award.

$35 / $25 / $15

Pacific MusicWorks: Songs of Love & Passion

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An emotionally charged and powerful program dedicated to the music of one of the most important composers between Monteverdi and Handel.

$45 / $35 / $25

An Oboe Romance: The Legacy of Robert Schumann

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Noorlag Music Salon, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Works for oboe & piano by Michael Head, Carl Nielsen, Camille Saint-Saens, Seattle composer Jacob Mashak, and Robert Schumann

$15 (RSVP required)

Chris Botti with the Seattle Symphony

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:20pm (PDT)
Grammy Award winner and pop-jazz powerhouse Chris Botti brings his trumpet and his acclaimed band to Benaroya Hall.

$65-$105

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)

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)

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

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)

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