Upcoming Events
UW Modern Ensemble
Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Free
PLU Music Department: String Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
String Kaleidoscope features students of the string department.
Free
Scores of Sound: Day 1
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Carla Rutschman & the WWU Low Brass Ensemble: Holiday music for tubas & euphoniums
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Traditional carols and seasonal pieces for tubas and euphoniums.
Free
UPS Noon Recital Series
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:15pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
School of Music students at the University of Puget Sound perform as part of the Noon Recital Series.
Free
UW CarolFest
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
7 conductors, 6 choral ensembles, 5 hundred singers, 4 graduate conductors, 3 choral faculty, 2 hours of great music, and 1 impressive grand finale.
$10
Ravenna String Orchestras: Khachaturian, Handel, Britten & more
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Doug Spata's Across The Wind, Khachaturian's Adagio Theme from Spartacus, and more.
Free
PLU Music Department: University Concert Band
Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The Pacific Lutheran University Music Department presents a concert by the University Concert Band.
Free
Scores of Sound: Day 2
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Works by Janet Anderson, 'The Birds,' and more
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Janet Anderson – For Snow song cycle
Janet Anderson – Variations on She Moved through the Fair
Nicholas Marshall – Selections from The Birds
Racheal Cogen – Sughisti
Matthias Maute – Les Barricades
Janet Anderson – Variations on She Moved through the Fair
Nicholas Marshall – Selections from The Birds
Racheal Cogen – Sughisti
Matthias Maute – Les Barricades
Free (Free)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band with Michael Partingon: Colors & Contrasts
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss.
$10
UW Degree Recital: Dhayoung Yoon, piano
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Program TBA.
Free
BMC Night Beat with the Tubas
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
A smile-inducing mass effect of tubas and their cousins playing music originally designed for angels and harps.
$20 / $15 / teens free
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
$5-$15 suggested donation
PLU Music Department: piano ensemble
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The PLU Music Department presents a performance by a piano ensemble.
Free
Scores of Sound: Day 3
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Holiday Hooray!
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:30am – 11:05am (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A sing-along of frosty favorites for tots age 0 to 5.
$12
Pacific Northwest Ballet: The Nutcracker
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky’s cherished score played live by the PNB Orchestra, with gorgeous new scenery and costumes by celebrated author and illustrator Ian Falconer (Olivia the Pig).
$31-$170
Pacific MusicWorks: Light in the Darkness
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Four dramatic Advent cantatas by Johann Sebastian Bach trace the journey to Christmas through prophecy, anticipation, and, ultimately, hope.
$45, $35, $25
Christmas Pops at Westminster Chapel
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Warm your heart and send your holiday spirit soaring with Christmas pops!
$15 (age 12 & under free)