UPS Noon Recital Series

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Free performances by students at the University of Puget Sound School of Music.

Free

WSCO: A Winter Celebration of Music!

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Bizet – Aragonaise from Carmen
Isaac – Mexican Overture
Waldteufel – España
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, 2nd Mvmt.
Christmas Classics

Donations welcome

UPS Sound Chorale and Dorian Singers: 'Tis the Season

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
A variety of seasonal vocal pieces, including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols.

Free (Free)

ASO: Home for the Holidays – Nutcracker, Messiah & More

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Troika
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
Handel – Messiah

$10-$35

UW Percussion Ensemble

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of Tom Collier perform works for percussion.

$10

An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Saygun – Partita, Op. 31
Bach – Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
O’Connor – Appalachia Waltz
Bach – Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Jiping – Summer in the High Grassland
Bach – Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

Sold out

Northwest University presents Christmas Traditions

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Celebrating the traditions of Christmas, featuring new carol arrangements and traditional selections by Anton Bruckner, Jan Sweelinck, Dan Forrest, John Rutter, Craig Courtney and more, including a few traditional sing-a-longs.

$14-$26

Ravenna String Orchestras: Haydn, Brahms, Buxtehude & more

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major (first mvt.)
Brahms – String Sextet No. 1 (first mvt.) arr. for string orchestra
Reinecke – March from Serenade for Strings
Bob Matthews – Celebration
Buxtehude – Chaconne in E minor
Haydn – Presto from Symphony No. 4, arr. McCashin

Free

Ladies Musical Club Recital: Bach to Barber in Words and Music

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Beth Ann Bonnecroy (soprano), Janet Anderson (piano) and Karin McCullough (piano) perform works by Bach, Barber, Fauré, Debussy, Bemberg and Mozart.

Free

Fibonacci: A Chamber Music Trio

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Bayview Retirement Community, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Divertimento No. 2
Charles Huguenin – Trio No. 1
Halvorsen (arr. Simpson) – Passacaglia for woodwind trio
Joplin – Solace
Eugene Bozza – Suite Breve en Trio, Mvt. 1
Donald Draganski – La Cantina

Free

UW CarolFest

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Seven conductors, six choral ensembles, five hundred singers, four graduate conductors, three choral faculty, two hours of great music, and one impressive grand finale.

$10

Yang Lu Cello Recital

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW doctoral student Yang Lu performs a DMA recital on cello. Free and open to the public.

Free (Free)

Pianist Artem Alexanyan in Concert

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 57 (Waldstein)
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 1

Free

UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic & Campus Bands: Luminaries

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Highlights include the Northwest premiere of Joseph Schwantner’s Luminosity: Concerto for Wind Orchestra.

$10

Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.

$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)

Wayward Music Series: Noisegasm, Goldenrod, Brad Anderson, Matt Fay

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Come for an intense, psychedelic, and completely original sound. A variety of sonic textures mixed with classically influenced keyboard lines. Mood music for the terminally relaxed.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Tiny Tots Holiday Hooray!

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 10:25am – 11:00am (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical merriment is set to the tunes of the season, accompanied by a brass trio. Games, stories and songs designed for ages 0 to 5.

$12

Music Works Northwest Student Showcase Recital

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Recital performances give students a chance to perform and offer Music Works the opportunity to give back to the community. Come support the students of Music Works Northwest!

Free

Friends of Bastyr Holiday Concert with Breath of Aire

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
A holiday concert from Breath of Aire.

Free

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, 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