Ladies Musical Club: Piano Music, American Songs, Barber

Thursday, December 5, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle presents Samuel Barber's Knoxville, Summer of 1915, Op. 24, followed by a Christmas cantata by Georg Philipp Telemann.

Free (Free)

The Westerlies Holiday Bash

Thursday, December 5, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Café Nordo's Knife Room, Seattle, WA, United States
The Westerlies present the first Seattle edition of their Holiday Bash and Fundraiser – an evening of their favorite holiday music, reinventing the rules of brass with the boundless creativity and dynamic precision for which they are known.

$30-$100

University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble & Concert Band

Thursday, December 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The University of Puget Sound School of Music presents a performance by the university Wind Ensemble and Concert Band.

Free (Free)

University of Washington Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Divisi

Thursday, December 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Larry Tuttle – Across the Divide
David Maslanka – Symphony No. 4
Additional selections TBA

$10

University of Washington: Brechemin Piano Series

Thursday, December 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students from the University of Washington School of Music piano studios perform music from the piano repertoire.

Free (Free)

Seattle Modern Opera Company: Suor Angelica

Thursday, December 5, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Heights Center, Seattle, WA, United States
SMOC's adaptation of Puccini's one-act opera, Suor Angelica, offers a glimpse into the life of a sensitive teenager at a Catholic boarding school.

$22

Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 10:00am – 10:00pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Three-day festival of music from the music students at Cornish College of the Arts.

Free (Free)

Seattle Symphony: The Brass: March of The Toys

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 10:30am – 11:05am (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Dance with the dolls and march with toys at this holiday spectacular designed for ages 0 to 5.

$12

University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon – The Great 'O' Antiphons

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
The University of Puget Sound presents organist Wyatt Smith performing Nico Muhly's O Antiphon Preludes.

Free

Music Center of the Northwest: A Little Lunch Music – Flute & Piano

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Cécile Chaminade – Concertino
Gabriel Fauré – Morceau de Concours
Valerie Coleman – Danza de la Mariposa
Georges Brun – Romance
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Friedrich Kuhlau – Variations on The Rose of Last Summer

Free (Free)

Messiah Sing-Along with Student Orchestras of Greater Olympia

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:15pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Come to sing or come to listen to Handel’s glorious masterpiece. The annual Community Messiah Sing-Along is a true community event featuring the audience as the chorus!

Free

West Seattle Community Orchestras: Wind Symphony & Symphony Orchestra

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Alfred Reed – Russian Christmas Music
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2 (selections)

Free (Free)

First Fridays @ Epiphany Wine Tasting Concert: Glad (Baroque) Tidings

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Ring in the holiday season with Henry Lebedinsky and the Underground House Singers as they offer up Renaissance and Baroque Christmas carols, audience sing-alongs, and an Ugly Baby Jesus art extravaganza.

$35 (includes wine tasting)

South Sound Classical Choir: Bach, Lauridsen, Pergolesi

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Beautiful Savior Lutheran Church, Milton, WA, United States
SSCC introduces new conductor Sherri-Ann Nishiyama for a holiday concert featuring traditional carols, a contemporary setting of Silent Night, and more.

Free (Free)

Puget Brass: Music for Neighbors in Need

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
A holiday concert raising money and awareness for Neighbors in Need, a homeless support network and cold-weather shelter.

Free with charitable donation

Tacoma Concert Band: Angels In The Architecture – A Holiday Celebration

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Beautiful classic melodies of the season, plus transcriptions of rarely performed works with a holiday theme.

$18-$36 / free

Portland Cello Project: Purple Reign

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
A lively evening of diversely curated music that influenced or was influenced by The Purple One, featuring guest artists who have worked with Prince, including Saeeda Wright and Tyrone Hendrix.

$40-$50

UW Symphony with Mary Lynch, Seth Krimsky, Rachel Lee Priday, & Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Joseph Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Hob. I:105
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"

$15 / $10

Bells of the Sound Holiday Concert: Christmas Past & Present

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PST)
Tibbetts United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Puget Sound's premier handbell ensemble as we sweep you away with the songs you know and love and new soon-to-be favorites!

$15 / $10 / free

Pacific Northwest Ballet: George Balanchine's 'The Nutcracker'

Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A memory-making tradition for generations of families and friends, this holiday classic is a fantastical combination of Ian Falconer’s unique design, Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky’s beloved score, and the entire PNB Company in show-stopping roles.

$27-$190