OSSCS: Messiah

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56

$10-$25, youth free

Ladies Musical Club Salutes Emily Dickinson

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
In celebration of the 185th anniversary of Emily Dickinson's birth, a recital of songs setting Dickinson's poetry to music, as well as solo piano compositions by her contemporaries.

Free

Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Season of Wonder

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Prospect Congregational UCC, Seattle, WA, United States
Brighten your seasonal celebrations with wondrous sacred and secular music for winter and the holidays.

$5-$20

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Alphonsus Church (Ballard), Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.

$16-$28

Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.

$20+

Trio Pardalote & Friends

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hans Krása – Passacaglia and Fugue
Jean Cras – String Trio
Mozart – Quartet in F major for oboe and strings, K. 370

$5-$14

Racer Sessions: TBA

Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.

Free

Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas

Monday, December 21, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Floyd Norgaard Cultural Center, Stanwood, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.

$20+

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Monday, December 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.

$11-$28

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Tuesday, December 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:50pm (PST)
The story of the Nativity told through reading, choral setting and audience carols. A heart-warming evening of music perfect for the whole family.

$20-$80

Crosstalk Series: Sonare Trio plays Brahms & Smetana

Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brahms – Piano Trio in B major Op. 8
Smetana – Piano Trio in G minor Op. 15

$17-$25

Anna Magdalena Bach Notebook

Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Cello Suite in C major, BWV 1009
Christian Petzold – Minuets in G major and G minor
François Couperin – Rondeau Les Bergeries
J.S. Bach – Recitative "Ich Habe Genug and Aria Schlummmert ein"
Gottfried Heinrich Stölzel – Aria "Bist du bei mir"
J.S. Bach – Harpsichord Suite in G major, BWV 816 ("French Suite No. 5")

$10-$42

Racer Sessions: Vader Tots

Sunday, December 27, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.

Free

Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas

Monday, December 28, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Eastsound, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.

$20+

Groupmuse House Concert: Michael Partington

Monday, December 28, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Mertz – Elegie
Piazzolla – Otono Porteno, Invierno Porteno, Verano Porteno
Coste – Rondeau de Concert
Albéniz – Cadiz and Mallorca
Johanson – La Folia Folio

$10 donation, RSVP for location

Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas

Tuesday, December 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
In this program by candlelight, classical and jazz artists team up to bridge contemporary improvisational jazz and art music of baroque and renaissance times.

$20+

Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9

Wednesday, December 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"

$28-$128

New Year's Eve with the Seattle Symphony

Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Follow Beethoven's Ninth with an after-concert party that includes a glass of champagne, a live band, and dancing all the way to the midnight countdown and beyond!

$50-$153

Seattle Rock Orchestra at First Night

Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 10:15pm – 11:15pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Seattle Rock Orchestra returns to Tacoma to ring in the new year, performing a dance party for the ages!

$14 ($10 adv)

Music at St. James: New Year's Eve Concert

Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 11:00pm – 11:55pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Ring in the New Year with festive music by Bach, Handel, and Rheinberger, including Bach’s 1723 version of the famed Magnificat.

$30 suggested donation