George Gershwin – Upcoming Concerts
Governor's Chamber Music Series: Shostakovich, Gershwin, Debussy
Saturday, October 2, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, United States
A memorable one-hour house concert featuring chamber music of Shostakovich, Gershwin, and Debussy.
$50 suggested donation
Mirror Visions Ensemble: Flights of Fantasy
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
Gilda Lyons' Scales and Tales, a historical account of mythological beasts set to texts by Lawrence de Ferry, Hesiod, John Nieuhoff, and Claudius Aelianus – plus works by Holst, Sibelius, Schubert, Gershwin, Schumann, and others.
$30
Everett Philharmonic Masterworks Concert
Friday, October 8, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Everett Civic Auditorium, Everett, WA, United States
Copland – The Tender Land Suite
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7
$10-$25
Auburn Symphony Orchestra presents Bohemian Rhapsody
Saturday, October 9, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
$10-$35
Bremerton Symphony: The Great Gershwin
Friday, October 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Don Gillis – Short Overture
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Futterman – World Beat Dance Suite
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Futterman – World Beat Dance Suite
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
$10-$28
Ladies Musical Club: American Vocal & Spanish Piano Music
Tuesday, November 9, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Blitsztein, Copland, Bolcom, Albéniz, and Gershwin.
Free
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Autumnal Reflections
Saturday, November 13, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Purcell – "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas
Mozart – "Laudamus te" from Mass in C minor, K. 427
Gershwin – "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Moses Hogan – "Give Me Jesus" (arr. Johnie Dean)
Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad
R. Strauss – Symphonic Poem, Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Purcell – "When I am laid in earth" from Dido and Aeneas
Mozart – "Laudamus te" from Mass in C minor, K. 427
Gershwin – "Summertime" from Porgy and Bess
Moses Hogan – "Give Me Jesus" (arr. Johnie Dean)
Butterworth – A Shropshire Lad
R. Strauss – Symphonic Poem, Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
$12-$55
Ladies Musical Club: Duets for voice and guitar, plus piano four hands
Tuesday, January 11, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
John Dowland – 4 lute songs
Anonymous – 2 traditional Japanese lullabies (arr. Hilary Field)
Morten Lauridsen – 2 melodies adapted from Les Chansons des Roses
Brahms – Selections from Waltzes, Op. 39
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm (impromptu variations)
Randall Compton – C.S. Theme and Variations
Anonymous – 2 traditional Japanese lullabies (arr. Hilary Field)
Morten Lauridsen – 2 melodies adapted from Les Chansons des Roses
Brahms – Selections from Waltzes, Op. 39
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm (impromptu variations)
Randall Compton – C.S. Theme and Variations
Free
Seattle Symphony Side-by-Side Concert with Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Dukas – Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra
Dukas – Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra
Free
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra: Berlioz’s 'Symphonie Fantastique'
Sunday, March 12, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Ash – Collide-o-Scope (world premiere)
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Berlioz – Symphonie Fantastique
$17-$54
Whatcom Symphony Orchestra: All-American Celebration
Sunday, March 26, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Bernstein – Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
Ives – The Unanswered Question
Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Bernstein – Three Dance Episodes from On The Town
$15-$39
Violinist Grace Youn in Recital
Monday, March 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
University of Puget Sound graduate Grace Youn ('13) presents a violin recital with works by Tartini, Grieg, Stravinsky, and Gershwin.
Free
Dinu Lipatti 100th Anniversary Concert
Thursday, April 27, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Beethoven, Bach, Bartok, and Gershwin, as well as the Seattle premiere of Dinu Lipatti’s rarely performed Sonatina for Violin and Piano.
$35.50/$25.50
Port Townsend Orchestra: Rossini, Brahms, Sibelius & more
Sunday, April 30, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Rossini – Barber of Seville Overture
Brahms – Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt.
Dittersdorf – Tournament of Temperaments
Sibelius – Finlandia
Gershwin – Selections from Porgy & Bess
Brahms – Symphony No. 1, 4th mvt.
Dittersdorf – Tournament of Temperaments
Sibelius – Finlandia
Gershwin – Selections from Porgy & Bess
Free (Free)
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Intermediate Orchestra & Wind Symphony
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
West Seattle Community Orchestras' Intermediate Orchestra & Wind Symphony present a concert featuring works by Gershwin, Maslanka, Holst, and more.
Free (Free)
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, & Alumni Bands: Home
Thursday, May 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue
Hodge – Trumpet concerto
Hodge – Trumpet concerto
$10
Sunsets at Mary Olson Farm: American Gems
Thursday, August 3, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
A quartet concert for all ages filled with standards from American classical pop culture, including works by Philip Glass, Gershwin, ragtime, and more.
$20 ($10 students)
Marrowstone Festival Orchestras: Gershwin, Tchaikovsky, Wagner, Rachmaninoff
Sunday, August 6, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet Fantasy Overture
Wagner – Prelude to Die Meistersinger
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances
$30-$39