Upcoming Events
Blessed Sacrament Church Monthly Choral Mass: Palestrina’s 'Missa Assumpta Est Maria'
Thursday, August 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Blessed Sacrament Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Blessed Sacrament Church Choral Mass will feature the Blessed Sacrament’s Schola Cantorum and Sackbut Ensemble performing Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina’s Missa Assumpta Est Maria, as well as motets by Claudio Monteverdi and Orlando Gibbons.
Free
Third Fridays at Noon: Samuel Libra, organist
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Samuel Libra plays music by Johannes Brahms, Jean-François Dandrieu, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, Fanny and Felix Mendelssohn, and Ethel Smyth on the renowned Brombaugh pipe organ.
Donation
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Open Rehearsal for Seniors
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
An open rehearsal for the senior citizens of Orcas Island.
Free
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: World Premiere Finale
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
$35 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18
Tenor Alfredo Carrillo & Friends: A Summer’s Evening of Opera
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Carco Theater, Renton, WA, United States
Classical music and favorites performed by tenor Alfredo Carrillo and his local musical friends to benefit Butterfly Smiles.
$30
Olympic Music Festival: Passion in Paris
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Petite Suite, L. 65 for piano four hands
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Symphony for Climate Change
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Daybreak Star Indian Culture Center, Discovery Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard's Terra Nostra ("Our Earth") – an acclaimed multimedia symphonic creation featuring music, film, and poetry about climate change – is featured as part of a community event to address climate change.
Free (Free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: World Premiere Finale
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
TBA – Selected works for guitar and violin
Kevin Puts – New work for string quartet (world premiere)
Kevin Puts – Air for violin and piano
Ernest Chausson – Concerto in D major, Op. 21 for violin, piano, and string quartet
$40 ($10 ages 18 & under)
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi’s tense and brutal tale of a megalomaniac’s bitter minion caught in a web of lechery, betrayal, and revenge.
$35 & up
Helios Symphony Orchestra: The First Dance
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Carnival Overture
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
Arturo Márquez – Danzon No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires (arr. Leonid Desyatnikov)
Arturo Márquez – Danzon No. 2
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 3
$15 / $12.50 / $10 (youth free in adv.)
Wayward Music Series: McDonas, Denio, & Boshnack
Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three musicians approach music with precision and abandon, fierceness and joy as they explore the infinite possibilities of their instruments and their relationship to each other.
$5-$15 donation
Olympic Music Festival: New Worlds
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Georges Enescu – Konzertstück for viola and piano
William Walton – Piano Quartet in D minor
Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3 for cello and piano
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 "American"
William Walton – Piano Quartet in D minor
Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3 for cello and piano
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 "American"
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
Professor Gadget Sax Quintet at the Ballard Locks
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Professor Gadget Sax Quintet for a free outdoor concert at the Ballard Locks.
Free
Seattle Opera: Verdi's 'Rigoletto'
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi’s tense and brutal tale of a megalomaniac’s bitter minion caught in a web of lechery, betrayal, and revenge.
$35 & up
Tonkonogui Awards for Chamber Music
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Olympic Recital Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Outstanding students age 8-18 perform chamber music masterpieces from Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonín Dvořák, and more.
$18
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
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
Listen Live at Lunch: Duo Soprello
Wednesday, August 21, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A program of original music and transcriptions including arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gaetano Donizetti, selections from cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré and Dmitri Shostakovich, and more.
Free (Free)
Beetle Box at Substation
Wednesday, August 21, 2030 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Substation, Seattle, WA, United States
Beetle Box is an experimental composer, keyboardist, and solo artist who creates original, piano-centered electronic music for live performance.
$10
Music on the Ridge: Coho String Quartet
Thursday, August 22, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:35pm (PDT)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet in A major, K. 464
Mark Kuss – Elegy (West Coast premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 "Harp"
Mark Kuss – Elegy (West Coast premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 "Harp"
Free (Free)