Upcoming Events
Tango Under the Arctic Moon
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Experience the magic of rarely heard masterpieces from Norway.
$27-$47
Music from the War to End All Wars: Music of Debussy, Ives and Prokofiev
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – Tom Sails Away
Ives – Flanders Field
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 3
Debussy – Selected Etudes for Piano
De Falla – Danza del fuego fatuo for guitar quartet
Ives – Flanders Field
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 3
Debussy – Selected Etudes for Piano
De Falla – Danza del fuego fatuo for guitar quartet
$10
CONSTELLATIONS: Senior Composition Recital
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening dedicated to new sounds and new experience.
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Free
Prepared guitar, unusual instruments & more
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Bill Horist (Seattle), Simon Hutchinson (Missoula), Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Equus Saxophone Quartet (B’ham), Susan Haines (B’ham) /J.C. Combs (Seattle), Lesley Sommer (B’ham) w/WWU musicians and John Friesen (B’ham).
$5-$8
Racer Sessions
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Ladies Musical Club at the Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Libby Larsen – Cowboy Songs
Janet Anderson – My Life as a Subject
Haydn – Andante Variations in F minor
Chopin – Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
Chopin – Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin – Prelude No. 7 from Book I
Debussy – "Ce qu'a vu le vent d’ouest” (What the West Wind Saw”)
Ravel – “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit
Janet Anderson – My Life as a Subject
Haydn – Andante Variations in F minor
Chopin – Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
Chopin – Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin – Prelude No. 7 from Book I
Debussy – "Ce qu'a vu le vent d’ouest” (What the West Wind Saw”)
Ravel – “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit
Free
Imogen Cooper: Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
$20-$76
Brechemin Piano Series
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW music students perform works for piano.
$5
Machinations Musical, Divers & Sundry
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of experimental music and performance, featuring new works by Donald Craig, Inmi Lee, Douglas Niemela, Joshua Parmenter, Anna Stachurska and Ewa Trębacz.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Ten Grands
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ten grand pianos, ten amazing pianists and one sensational stage, benefiting the education and community programs of the Seattle Symphony and other select organizations.
$42-$120
The Daphnes
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Hotel Sorrento, Seattle, WA, United States
An unconventional trio of harp, violin, upright bass and voice.
Free
Student recital: Laura Colmenares, flute
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Laura Colmenares performs a recital in flute. Open to the public.
Free
Seattle Send-Off Concert: Mostly Monteverdi
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The choir will present selections from their upcoming tour to Italy.
Free/donation TBD
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shelton High School Performing Arts Center, Shelton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
$26 ($22 senior/military; $8 student)
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Seattle Composers' Salon
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Michael Owcharuk, Matthew James Briggs, Jessi Harvey and Ian McKnight.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony Family Play-Along
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore rhythm, pulse and groove in a range of colorful orchestral repertoire, as families are invited to sing and/or play instruments along with the Seattle Symphony.
$20
Fiddler Darol Anger with the Saratoga Orchestra
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Our Spring Gala featuring jazz and blues fiddler Darol Anger.
$25 ($20 seniors; ages 5-18 free)
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)