Upcoming Events
The Byrd Ensemble: A German Christmas
Saturday, November 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kick off the Christmas season with a festive program from Renaissance Germany.
$18-$28
Pacific Northwest Ballet: George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker'®
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 12:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A fantastical combination of Tchaikovsky’s beloved score, Ian Falconer’s unique design, and the entire PNB Company in show-stopping roles.
$29-$160
Seasonal Sundays: Seattle Pro Musica
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 1:15pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Chihuly Garden and Glass, Seattle, WA, United States
Chihuly Garden and Glass features festive live music every Sunday through December 23 in the Glasshouse! This particular Sunday will feature Seattle Pro Musica.
$26 / $22 / $17
Everett Philharmonic: Music for the Imagination
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett Civic Auditorium, Everett, WA, United States
Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30, "Einleitung"
Johann Strauss – An der schoenenblauen Donau ("Blue Danube")
Ernest Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1
Édouard Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor, mvt. I
Pytor Illyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, Scherzo & Finale
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Johann Strauss – An der schoenenblauen Donau ("Blue Danube")
Ernest Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1
Édouard Lalo – Cello Concerto in D minor, mvt. I
Pytor Illyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4 in F minor, Op. 36, Scherzo & Finale
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
$20 ($10 ages 5-18)
Gallery Concerts: NOT a Christmas Concert!
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Stellar PNW artists perform Handel’s glorious Italian cantatas (which later became the famous Messiah tunes), a fun Corelli fugue, and other festive musical gems.
$35 / $30 / $15 (kids age 7-15 FREE)
Seattle Pacific University: The Sacred Sounds of Christmas
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the best of sacred Advent music from around the world.
$22-$25
Curiouser & Curiouser: E.ravenscraft Improvised Violin
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Lava Lounge, Seattle, WA, United States
The experimental soundtrack of an improvised violin in a Seattle tiki bar.
Free
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, November 25, 2029 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
UW Baroque Ensemble Concert
Tuesday, November 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Carole Terry and Tekla Cunningham direct UW music students in a program of music of the baroque era.
Free
UW Guest Artist Recital: Christina Dahl, piano
Wednesday, November 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Alban Berg – Sonata
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Selections from Preludes Op. 23 and Op. 32
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Selections from Preludes Op. 23 and Op. 32
Free
Fall Student Chamber Music Concert
Wednesday, November 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle University chamber music students perform their annual fall concert. Dr. Quinton Morris directs both piano and string students.
$12 / $8 / $5
Rain City Symphony: Thieriot, Bach, Bizet
Wednesday, November 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle Mennonite Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Ferdinand Thieriot – Loch Lomond Overture, Op. 13
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
Georges Bizet – L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet – "Les Toréadors" from Carmen Suite No. 1
Johann Sebastian Bach – Jesu, Joy of Man's Desiring, BWV 147
Georges Bizet – L'Arlésienne Suite No. 2
Georges Bizet – "Les Toréadors" from Carmen Suite No. 1
Free
UW Guest Artist Master Class: Christina Dahl, piano
Thursday, November 29, 2029 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A chamber musician, soloist, and teacher who has spent 21 years on the piano faculty of New York’s Stony Brook University leads a master class with UW piano students.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Thursday, November 29, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Sheherazade, Op. 35
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Sheherazade, Op. 35
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Inverted Space Ensemble: Livengood & Oliveros
Thursday, November 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Kerrith Livengood – Scrawl Etude I
Kerrith Livengood – New works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice
Kerrith Livengood – Pond Frog Translations for Adapted Guitar 1 and Intoning Voice (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Sonic Meditation
Kerrith Livengood – New works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice
Kerrith Livengood – Pond Frog Translations for Adapted Guitar 1 and Intoning Voice (Seattle premiere)
Pauline Oliveros – Sonic Meditation
$5-$15 suggested donation
UW Concerto Competition: Strings & Viola
Friday, November 30, 2029 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington School of Music viola students compete for an opportunity to solo with the UW Symphony on Bruch’s Romanze, Op. 85.
Free
Russian Chamber Music Foundation: Inna Faliks, piano
Friday, November 30, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
“A concert pianist of the highest order, Inna Faliks can be as dramatic or as subtle as a great stage actor.” – Marc Vitali, WTTW
$25 / $15 / $10
South Sound Classical Choir: Light of Christmas
Friday, November 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Milton, WA, United States
Music by Franz Josef Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, George Frideric Handel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Edward Elgar, Ola Gjeilo, and more.
Free
UW Percussion Ensemble: Percussion Music as Revolution
Friday, November 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Yiheng Yvonne Wu – Violent Tender
Edgard Varèse – Ionisation
Philip Schuessler – The Glass Abattoir
Edgard Varèse – Ionisation
Philip Schuessler – The Glass Abattoir
$10
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: A Country (Baroque) Christmas at Naked City
Henry Lebedinsky,
Alan Wheaton,
Erin Calata,
Pacific MusicWorks Underground,
Martin Rothwell, and
Natalie Ingrisano
Friday, November 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Holiday treats including Isabella Leonarda’s luminous Gloria in Excelsis Deo, rustic and boisterous country carols, and tender lullabies.
$25 ($15 ages 21-30)