Upcoming Events
Old First Concerts: Pianist Sarah Cahill
Friday, July 16, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sarah Cahill returns to Old First Concerts to perform rarely-heard works by Anna Bon, Leokadiya Kashperova, Frangiz Ali-Zadeh, Zenobia Powell Perry, Agi Jambor, Madeleine Dring, & Hannah Kendall.
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$25
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Abraham’s Land [LIVESTREAM / IN-PERSON]
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
An original musical set in Israel and Palestine by Seattle playwright Lauren Goldman Marshall & Pulitzer-nominated composer Roger Ames, with additional music by David Nafissian & Paul Linnes.
In-person: $39 ($25 students/seniors), Livestream: pay what you can
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$150
Abraham’s Land [LIVESTREAM / IN-PERSON]
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
An original musical set in Israel and Palestine by Seattle playwright Lauren Goldman Marshall & Pulitzer-nominated composer Roger Ames, with additional music by David Nafissian & Paul Linnes.
In-person: $39 ($25 students/seniors), Livestream: pay what you can
Bellingham Festival of Music: BFM Orchestra – Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
(RE)CONNECTION – Gretchen Yanover, cello & Sophie Lippert, piano
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Classical piano works, original electric cello compositions, jazz standards, & a few tantalizing surprises.
$11-99
Bellingham Festival of Music: BFM Orchestra – Mozart & Tchaikovsky
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 5 in A major, K. 219 "The Turkish"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Festival Napa Valley: The Four Seasons of Napa Valley
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz premieres 3 solo works; violinist Chad Hoopes performs all 4 concertos of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Festival Orchestra Napa.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – String Trios in Eastmoreland
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from Brentano Quartet violist Misha Amory, Emerson String Quartet cellist Paul Watkins, & CMNW Artistic Director/violinist Soovin Kim.
Sold Out
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Brahms Piano Trio in C Major
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Soak in the new Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio in this rehearsal with Gloria Chien (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), & Paul Watkins (cello), featuring Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Prelude Performance I
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Free (Free)
Summer Recital Series: Nathan Whittaker, cello – J.S. Bach Cello Suites, Volume 1
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
St. James Cathedral's 2021 Summer Recital Series continues with cellist Nathan Whittaker, performing J.S. Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 1-3.
Suggested donation $18 ($10 seniors/students)
Opera On Tap: Tales from QuaranTimes
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Chophouse Row, Seattle, WA, United States
Opera On Tap Seattle sings their post-2020 feelings in Seattle's beautiful Chophouse Row Courtyard.
$5-20 suggested donation
Festival Napa Valley: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Maestro Kent Nagano makes his Festival debut & leads baritone Lucas Meachem, soprano Mikaela Bennett, tenor Mario Rojas, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, & Festival Orchestra Napa in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
CMNW Summer Festival: Reflecting upon Classics
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Brentano String Quartet performs works by J.S. Bach, F.J. Haydn, & Samuel Barber, with vocalist Davóne Tines; the Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio makes its CMNW debut with Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)