Aaron Copland – Upcoming Concerts
UW Recital Choir: Choral Conducting Graduate Recital
Monday, June 4, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Aaron Copland, Greg Gilpin, Brian Tate, and others, led by ten UW graduate choral conducting students.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Copland Symphony No. 3
Thursday, June 21, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
$22-$122 (ages 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Copland Untuxed
Friday, June 22, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Copland – Symphony No. 3
Copland – Symphony No. 3
$13-$55
Seattle Symphony: Copland Symphony No. 3
Saturday, June 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
John Williams – Suite from Memoirs of a Geisha
John Williams – Elegy for Solo Cello and Orchestra
Copland – Symphony No. 3
$22-$122 (ages 8-18 free)
Auburn Symphony Sunsets at Mary Olson Farm: Summer Dreams
Thursday, July 19, 2029 @ 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)
Marrowstone Music Festival Chamber Orchestra: Bach, Copland, Bottesini, & more
Saturday, July 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 6 in B-flat major, BWV 1051
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Giovanni Bottesini – Rossini Fantasia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat major, K.159b
Joachim Raff – Sinfonietta in F major, Op. 188
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Giovanni Bottesini – Rossini Fantasia
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in B-flat major, K.159b
Joachim Raff – Sinfonietta in F major, Op. 188
$25 ($30 reserved, $10 students)
PLU Artist Series: Nyaho Garcia Duo
Sunday, September 30, 2029 @ 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)
OSSCS: The Bounty of the Earth
Saturday, October 6, 2029 @ 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)
The Washington Wind Symphony: A Windward Traveler
Sunday, October 14, 2029 @ 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)
Olympia Symphony: By Land & Sea
Sunday, October 14, 2029 @ 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
Rainier Symphony: Excerpts of Americana
Saturday, October 20, 2029 @ 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)
Opus 7: In Search of America
Saturday, October 20, 2029 @ 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
Sunday, October 21, 2029 @ 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)
Hymns of Faith and Praise: Mack Wilberg, John Rutter, & Copland
Sunday, October 28, 2029 @ 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)
From Sea to Shining Sea: Island Consort Presents American Music
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 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
Ladies Musical Club: Copland’s Poems of Emily Dickinson
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 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
SCMS & KING FM Family Concert: Musical Tales
Saturday, January 26, 2030 @ 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
Vashon Island Chorale: A Chorale Celebration Commemorating 30 Years!
Saturday, April 27, 2030 @ 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
Vashon Island Chorale: A Chorale Celebration Commemorating 30 Years!
Sunday, April 28, 2030 @ 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
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Bernstein, Chihara, Chausson, Copland, & Rachmaninoff
Sunday, May 5, 2030 @ 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