Bang on a Can Marathon

Sunday, February 15, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
NYC’s celebrated music collective takes over the Moore Theatre with their incomparable super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the world! The Bang on a Can Marathon is a 6-hour festival of innovative music featuring some of the most pioneering local and national musicians in classical, rock, hip-hop, jazz, electronic, and musics yet-to-be categorized.

$45

Choral Arts Performs David Lang’s 'The Little Match Girl Passion'

Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Joseph Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lang – Little Match Girl Passion

$20-$25 (students free)

A Cappella: Choral Arts Performs David Lang’s 'The Little Match Girl Passion'

Sunday, October 4, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Ildebrando Pizzetti – Requiem
David Lang – Little Match Girl Passion

$10-$25 (age 18 and under free)

The Sound Ensemble: Life and Death

Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Evan Williams – Lux Aeterna for Brass Quintet
Leoš Janáček – Mladi (Youth) for WW sextet
Meredith Monk – String Songs: Tendrils (2nd mvnt) for String Quartet
Jessica Rudman – The Time Before We Became Strangers for mixed ensemble
Leo Ornstein – Suicide on an airplane for piano solo
David Lang – Wed for Brass Quintet
Henryk Górecki – Good Night: II Lento Tranquillo for piano and flute

$10 suggested donation

Seattle Symphony's LIVE ON THE SILVER SCREEN: The Symphony in Hollywood

Friday, July 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Film clips come to life on a giant screen with the Seattle Symphony playing music from Gone with the Wind to “Glory” from Selma.

$25

Eighth Blackbird with Will Oldham

Thursday, May 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lang – learn to fly
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballades
Frederic Rzewski – Coming Together (speaker: Will Oldham)
Will Oldham – Songs

$35 + fees

Jesse Myers: To Sober & Quiet the Mind

Friday, January 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of spacious solo piano works from the masters of time and space – Arvo Pärt, Morton Feldman, and more

$5-$15 suggested donation

NUMUS Northwest 2018 Music Festival

Saturday, January 20, 2029 @ 8:30am – 9:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music.

$20 day pass (students free w/ID)

Seattle Symphony: Morlot Conducts Strauss

Thursday, February 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
David Lang – symphony without a hero (world premiere)
R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Seattle Symphony: Morlot Conducts Strauss

Saturday, February 10, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PST)
David Lang – symphony without a hero (world premiere)
R. Strauss – Ein Heldenleben

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Cheating, Lying, Stealing

Sunday, February 3, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Anna Clyne – Paint Box
Carla Kihlstedt – Forestbed
David Lang – Cheating, Lying, Stealing
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Caroline Shaw – Valencia

$20

The Esoterics: Vulnerability – The Capacity for Openness

Friday, February 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A choral program exploring poetry and music inspired by the virtues that we need to cultivate in our leadership, society, and world.

$22 ($15 student/senior)

Emerald Ensemble: 'the little match girl passion'

Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lang’s Pulitzer Prize-winning oratorio, featuring some of Seattle’s finest soloists in a concert that includes new choral works for the full ensemble.

$30

The Esoterics: Vulnerability – The Capacity for Openness

Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A choral program exploring poetry and music inspired by the virtues that we need to cultivate in our leadership, society, and world.

$22 ($15 student/senior)

The Esoterics: Vulnerability – The Capacity for Openness

Sunday, February 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A choral program exploring poetry and music inspired by the virtues that we need to cultivate in our leadership, society, and world.

$22 ($15 student/senior)

Cornish Percussion Ensemble at the Jack Straw Cultural Center

Saturday, March 2, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lang’s Little Eye for percussion quartet and cello, plus music by Jessie Marino, Elliot Cole, Sarah Hennies, David Lang, Alessandro Rovegno, and Greg Campbell.

Free (Free)

Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall

Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).

$75

The Esoterics: Inclusivity – The Power of Togetherness

Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A choral program unveiling the potential power of human togetherness, tracing the origins of “otherness” in our first moments of life, and advocating for hospitality and acceptance of strangers.

$22 / $15

The Esoterics: Inclusivity – The Power of Togetherness

Saturday, May 18, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A choral program unveiling the potential power of human togetherness, tracing the origins of “otherness” in our first moments of life, and advocating for hospitality and acceptance of strangers.

$22 / $15

The Esoterics: Inclusivity – The Power of Togetherness

Sunday, May 19, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A choral program unveiling the potential power of human togetherness, tracing the origins of “otherness” in our first moments of life, and advocating for hospitality and acceptance of strangers.

$22 / $15