Aaron Copland – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Youth Ages 9 & Under Winners, Outstanding Amateurs, & Top-Ranked Professional Semi-Finalist
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 3:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Recital featuring winners of the "Youth, age 9 or under" category; outstanding performers from the "Amateur" category; and a top-ranked semi-finalist of the "Professional" category.
$35 / $25 / $15
Cascadia Art Museum presents: American Classical Songs w/ Kristin Vogel
Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Internationally-honored opera soprano Kristin Vogel will present songs from Aaron Copland’s 12 Poems of Emily Dickinson along with music by Charles Ives.
$18 ($12 museum members)
Seattle Wind Symphony: Star-Spangled Spectacular
Wednesday, July 3, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A birthday celebration for America featuring festive and patriotic music by John Williams, Duke Ellington, Aaron Copland, Morton Gould, Leonard Bernstein, and John Philip Sousa.
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras: Brahms, Day, Mendelssohn, Copland
Wednesday, June 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms (arr. by Austin Schlichting) – "Rondo alla zingarese" from Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25
Edvard Grieg (arr. Joseph E. Maddy) – Im Balladenton, Op. 65 No. 5
Susan H. Day – Flight
William Hofeldt – She Will Hang The Night With Stars
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 12 in G minor
Aaron Copland – "Hoe Down" from Rodeo
Edvard Grieg (arr. Joseph E. Maddy) – Im Balladenton, Op. 65 No. 5
Susan H. Day – Flight
William Hofeldt – She Will Hang The Night With Stars
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 12 in G minor
Aaron Copland – "Hoe Down" from Rodeo
Free
Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra: Food Bank Concert
Monday, May 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Skyline High School, Sammamish, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – The Hebrides Overture
Alexander Glazunov – Saxophone Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 109
Aaron Copland – "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Bedřich Smetana – "The Moldau" from Má vlast
Alexander Glazunov – Saxophone Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 109
Aaron Copland – "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Bedřich Smetana – "The Moldau" from Má vlast
Free
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Bernstein, Chihara, Chausson, Copland, & Rachmaninoff
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Paul Chihara – Music from The Tempest
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25
Leonard Bernstein – “Make our Garden Grow” from Candide
Aaron Copland – “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Ernest Chausson – Poème, Op. 25
Leonard Bernstein – “Make our Garden Grow” from Candide
Aaron Copland – “The Promise of Living” from The Tender Land
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
$16-$54
Vashon Island Chorale: A Chorale Celebration Commemorating 30 Years!
Sunday, April 28, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Classics by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Gabriel Fauré, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Alexander Borodin, plus music by local composers Eric Lane Barnes and Buzz Brusletten – and a quartet of extraordinary local soloists.
$20 / $18 / $15 / $5
Vashon Island Chorale: A Chorale Celebration Commemorating 30 Years!
Saturday, April 27, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Classics by Leonard Bernstein, Aaron Copland, and Gabriel Fauré, Ralph Vaughan Williams, and Alexander Borodin, plus music by local composers Eric Lane Barnes and Buzz Brusletten – and a quartet of extraordinary local soloists.
$20 / $18 / $15 / $5
SCMS & KING FM Family Concert: Musical Tales
Saturday, January 26, 2019 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Popular children's stories are charmingly paired with well-known classical music, arranged for string quartet, and narrated by KING-FM's Marta Zekan. Ideal for kids age 5-10.
$12
Ladies Musical Club: Copland’s Poems of Emily Dickinson
Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland’s settings of poems by Emily Dickinson along with late/post-Romantic piano music by Debussy, Scriabin, and Brahms.
Free
From Sea to Shining Sea: Island Consort Presents American Music
Saturday, November 10, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
An all-American music program including Gershwin's Lullaby for Strings, Copland's Quiet City, settings of Walt Whitman poems by Spencer Arias, and more.
$20 suggested donation
Hymns of Faith and Praise: Mack Wilberg, John Rutter, & Copland
Sunday, October 28, 2018 @ 9:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Settings by Mack Wilberg and John Rutter, with Aaron Copland's Fanfare.
Free (Free)
Rainier Symphony: Excerpts of Americana
Sunday, October 21, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "New World"
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "New World"
$18 ($12 students/seniors, FREE ages 12 and under)
Opus 7: In Search of America
Saturday, October 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
National award-winning Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble thought-provoking questions about American identity in a celebratory concert of musical Americana.
$20-$40
Rainier Symphony: Excerpts of Americana
Saturday, October 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "New World"
Aaron Copland – Four Dance Episodes from Rodeo
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra, Op. 12
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "New World"
$18 ($12 students/seniors, FREE ages 12 and under)
Olympia Symphony: By Land & Sea
Sunday, October 14, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Alexander Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Michael Daugherty – Route 66
Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
Claude Debussy – La mer
Alexander Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Michael Daugherty – Route 66
Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
Claude Debussy – La mer
$7-$60
The Washington Wind Symphony: A Windward Traveler
Sunday, October 14, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Michael Markowski – joyRiDE
Aaron Copland (trans. Merlin Patterson) – Down a Country Lane
David Maslanka – Traveler
George Gershwin (arr. Jerry Brubaker) – An American in Paris
Giuseppe Verdi (trans. R. Mark Rogers) – Overture to La Forza del Destino
Julie Giroux – Symphony No. IV, "Bookmarks from Japan"
$15 ($10 seniors, FREE students/youth)
OSSCS: The Bounty of the Earth
Saturday, October 6, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
William C. White – Acadia Fanfare
Lili Boulanger – Psaume XXIV (“La terre appartient à l’Eternel”)
Aaron Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Franz Joseph Haydn – “Autumn” from The Seasons
Lili Boulanger – Psaume XXIV (“La terre appartient à l’Eternel”)
Aaron Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Franz Joseph Haydn – “Autumn” from The Seasons
$25 / $20 / $10 (students/youth free)
PLU Artist Series: Nyaho Garcia Duo
Sunday, September 30, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
An all-American program of music by Copland, Gershwin, and Bernstein for piano duo.
$10 ($5 seniors/military)
Auburn Symphony Sunsets at Mary Olson Farm: Summer Dreams
Thursday, July 19, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
An outdoor concert featuring Dvořák’s Cypress Songs, Dean Martin’s Sway, Copland’s Saturday Night Waltz, and Coldplay’s Tango.
$20 (students $10, kids 5 & under FREE)