Leonard Bernstein – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Wind Symphony: Celestial Light
Saturday, February 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Ralph Vaughan Williams – English Folk Song Suite
Frank Ticheli – Symphony No. 2
Carolyn Bremer – Early Light
Leonard Bernstein – Danzon from Fancy Free
Percy Grainger – The Gum-Suckers March
Percy Grainger – Colonial Song
Daniel Barry – River of Doubt
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Edoardo Boccalari – Fantasia Di Concerto
Frank Ticheli – Symphony No. 2
Carolyn Bremer – Early Light
Leonard Bernstein – Danzon from Fancy Free
Percy Grainger – The Gum-Suckers March
Percy Grainger – Colonial Song
Daniel Barry – River of Doubt
Clifton Williams – Symphonic Dance No. 3, "Fiesta"
Edoardo Boccalari – Fantasia Di Concerto
$20 ($18 seniors; $5 students)
Leonard Bernstein's MASS
Sunday, March 22, 2026 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Girls’ Choir Allegra and the 50-voice Seattle First Baptist Sanctuary Choir and chamber orchestra present the concert version of Leonard Bernstein’s MASS.
Free
Comedy and Tragedy with the BPA Shakespeare Society
Saturday, April 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
$16-$19 (age 18 and under free)
Comedy and Tragedy with the BPA Shakespeare Society
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
$16-$19 (age 18 and under free)
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Free
Ladies Musical Club at West Seattle Library
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Tokayer – Day in the Life of My Child
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Free
OSSCS: 1954 in America
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland – The Tender Land Suite
Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Dohnányi – American Rhapsody, Op. 47
Bernstein – On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
Broadway and radio hits of 1954
World premiere of a new work from the winner of the 2014–2015 OSSCS Composer Competition
Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Dohnányi – American Rhapsody, Op. 47
Bernstein – On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
Broadway and radio hits of 1954
World premiere of a new work from the winner of the 2014–2015 OSSCS Composer Competition
$25 ($20 seniors; $10 students)
Northwest Girlchoir presents American Voices
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A vibrant and heartfelt tribute to great American composers and folksongs featuring Bernstein, Ives and more.
$20 ($10 student/senior)
SYSO: Symphonette, Debut & Junior Orchestras in Concert
Sunday, May 31, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Program will include masterworks of the classical cannon such as Verdi's Grand March from Aida, Debussy's Clair de Lune, and Bernstein's Overture to Candide.
$22 ($15 student/senior)
UW Symphony & Combined University Choirs: Verdi, Bernstein, Prokofiev
Friday, June 5, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi – Stabat Mater
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky Cantata, Op. 78, shown with film
Bernstein – Chichester Psalms
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky Cantata, Op. 78, shown with film
$10-$15
Olympic Music Festival: Anderson & Roe Piano Extravaganza
Saturday, July 25, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Mozart – Grand Scherzo from Cosí fan tutte, K. 588
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Jones/Jackson – Billy Jean
Mozart – Papageno Fantasy on arias from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Gluck – Ballet from Orpheé ed Eurydice
Barber – Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs, Op. 28
Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña, Oblivion, Libertango
Bernstein – Mambo from West Side Story
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Jones/Jackson – Billy Jean
Mozart – Papageno Fantasy on arias from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Gluck – Ballet from Orpheé ed Eurydice
Barber – Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs, Op. 28
Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña, Oblivion, Libertango
Bernstein – Mambo from West Side Story
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: Anderson & Roe Piano Extravaganza
Sunday, July 26, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Mozart – Grand Scherzo from Cosí fan tutte, K. 588
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Jones/Jackson – Billy Jean
Mozart – Papageno Fantasy on arias from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Gluck – Ballet from Orpheé ed Eurydice
Barber – Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs, Op. 28
Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña, Oblivion, Libertango
Bernstein – Mambo from West Side Story
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring – Part I: The Adoration of the Earth
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Jones/Jackson – Billy Jean
Mozart – Papageno Fantasy on arias from Die Zauberflöte, K. 620
Gluck – Ballet from Orpheé ed Eurydice
Barber – Hesitation-Tango from Souvenirs, Op. 28
Piazzolla – Primavera Porteña, Oblivion, Libertango
Bernstein – Mambo from West Side Story
$20-$32
American Horn Quartet
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Newport Covenant Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
After more than 30 years of concerts around the world, the American Horn Quartet is retiring. Don’t miss this last chance to hear one of world’s finest brass chamber music groups live and in person.
Free (Free (donations welcome))
Opera on Tap's Happy Songs for Happy Hour
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Hula Hula, Seattle, WA, United States
If all the summer weather makes you want to turn your frown upside down, here’s the chance to keep acting like Little Miss Sunshine! This month’s show kicks off Opera on Tap’s first happy hour performance with works from Der Rosenkavalier, Semele, I Puritani, Candide, Faust and much, much more.
Free
Seattle Symphony Opening Night Concert with Jean-Yves Thibaudet
Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Wonderful Town
Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Saint-Saëns – Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian"
Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Saint-Saëns – Danse Bacchanale from Samson et Dalila
Saint-Saëns – Piano Concerto No. 5, "Egyptian"
$57-$147
Seattle Symphony Opening Night Gala
Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A delightful concert with pianist Jean-Yves Thibaudet, followed by an elegant post-concert dinner at the luxurious Fairmont Olympic Hotel.
$650 and up
Seattle Symphony: Bernstein & Shostakovich
Tuesday, October 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Piano Trio
Carter – Woodwind Quintet
Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor
Carter – Woodwind Quintet
Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor
$39
University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series: Arias, Arias and More Arias!
Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Works by Monteverdi, Handel, Gluck, Britten, Puccini, Adamo, Menotti, Bernstein and more!
$10-$15
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Four Great Composer-Conductors
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – West Side Story: Overture
Mendelssohn – The Hebrides: Overture
Mozart – Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
Doráti – Symphony No. 1
Mendelssohn – The Hebrides: Overture
Mozart – Concerto for Clarinet and Orchestra, K. 622
Doráti – Symphony No. 1
$10-$15 with promo code (age 16 & under free)
LMC: Shakespeare at the Opera
Monday, February 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Wagner – "Welche wunder Erwarten" from Das Liebesverbot
Vaughan Williams – "This is my father’s choice" from Sir John in Love
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Verdi – "Vieni, t’affretta" from Macbeth
Ambroise Thomas – Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" (Nocturne) from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Vaughan Williams – "This is my father’s choice" from Sir John in Love
Verdi – Act II, Part II from Falstaff
Verdi – "Vieni, t’affretta" from Macbeth
Ambroise Thomas – Ophelia’s Mad Scene from Hamlet
Berlioz – "Nuits paisible" (Nocturne) from Beatrice et Benedict
Barber – "Give me Music" from Antony and Cleopatra
Bernstein – "I feel pretty" from West Side Story
Free (Free)
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