Washington Wind Symphony presents ‘Don’t Try This at Home!’

Sunday, March 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Dance of the Jesters
Respighi – Huntingtower: Ballad for Band
Milhaud – Suite Française
Holst – First Suite in E flat for military band
Florent Schmitt – Dionysiaques
Percy Grainger – Lincolnshire Posy

$18 ($13 youth/senior)

Music of Remembrance: After Life

Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.

$40 ($30 age 30 and under)

Marrowstone Chamber Orchestra: Bruch, Rimsky-Korsakov & more

Saturday, August 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on a Theme of Thomas Tallis
Bruch – Romance in F major, Op. 85
Rimsky-Korsakov – Trombone Concerto
Darius Milhaud – La Création du Monde

$15-$26

Sparks of Glory: After Life

Saturday, September 26, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Suite for Violin, Clarinet and Piano, Op. 157b
Rosy Wertheim – Le Tsigane Dans La Lune
Henriette Bosmans – Nuit Calme
Tom Cipullo – After Life (2015) – selected arias

Free

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Telemann, Milhaud, Brahms

Sunday, September 27, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Telemann – Concerto in F major for 3 violins
Milhaud – La Cheminée du roi René
Brahms – Sextet No. 2 in G major (arr. for string orchestra)

$20 ($15 student/senior)

NOCCO: Heart of Winter

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Magnolia United Church of Christ, Seattle , WA, United States
Corelli – Christmas Concerto
Anna Clyne – Within Her Arms
Milhaud – Chamber Symphony No. 5 for 10 winds
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite

$15-$25 (under 18 free)

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Skalkottas, Wu, Britten & more

Sunday, February 14, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Skalkottas – Five Greek Dances
Wu – Red Plum Blossom, Concerto for Erhu
Milhaud – Pastorale
Rota – Piccola Offerta Musicale for Wind Quintet
Britten – Variations on a Theme of Frank Bridge

$20 ($15 student/senior)

Ladies Musical Club: Milhaud & Rodrigo

Friday, February 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Milhaud – Quatre Chansons de Ronsard, Op. 223
Rodrigo – Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios

Free (Free)

Alexander Hawker, Ryan Tilley, & Lewis Thompson in Concert

Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 2 in D minor
Darius Milhaud – Suite for violin, clarinet and piano
W.A. Mozart – Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Sergei Prokofiev – March from Love for Three Oranges, Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Franz Schubert – Sonata for Piano and Violin, D 384
Arvo Pärt – Fratres

Free

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: World Sounds

Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango

$20 ($15 student/senior)

LMC at the Seattle Art Museum

Wednesday, March 3, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 2 for Solo Violin
Prokofiev – Sonata for Solo Violin, Op. 115
Milhaud – Quatre Chansons de Ronsard, Op. 223
Rodrigo – Cuatro Madrigales Amatorios

Free (Free)

Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Souvenir de France

Monday, April 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Bands present "Souvenir de France," an evening of music by French composers, including Paul Dukas, Germaine Tailleferre, César Franck, Emmanuel Chabrier, Darius Milhaud, Camille Saint-Saëns, and others.

$10

NOCCO: Handel, Milhaud, Mozart

Friday, June 18, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Handel – Concerto Grosso
Milhaud – Chamber Symphony No. 5 for 10 winds
Mozart – Symphony No. 29

$12-$15

Music Northwest: Tonkonogui Awards for Excellence in Chamber Music

Saturday, August 21, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Olympic Recital Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Outstanding chamber music ensembles, students ages 8-18, presented in recital.

$18

Canzonetta: 'A la Francaise'

Thursday, October 28, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Progression of the French chanson from the Renaissance through the 20th century.

Free (Free)

Spiritus Winds with pianist Maria Khavin

Saturday, January 8, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Françaix – Quatuor à vent
Milhaud – La cheminée du roi René, Op. 205
Endre Szervánszky – Wind Quintet No. 1
Liszt – Sonetto 104 del Petrarca
Chopin – Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 42
Mozart – Quintet in E-flat major, K. 452

$20 suggested donation (youth $5)

LUCO: Temptation

Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Center for Spiritual Living, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – La creation du Monde
Moidel – Love Sonnets
Hindemith – Mathis der Maler

$15-$20

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Moszkowski, Barber, Milhaud, & Dvořák

Wednesday, July 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mortiz Moszkowski – Suite for Two Violins and Piano in G minor, Op. 71
Samuel Barber – Summer Music for Woodwind Quintet, Op. 31
Darius Milhaud – La cheminee du roi Rene for Wind Quintet, Op. 205
Antonin Dvořák – Quartet for Piano and Strings in D major, Op. 23

from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)

Music Northwest: Vive la France

Sunday, August 27, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Elegance and charm from the unorthodox Parisian composers called Les Six, plus Ravel, the father of modern French music.

$18 / $16 / under age 25 free w/RSVP

The Sound Ensemble: Kammermusik

Saturday, October 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: I. Le Printemps, Op. 43
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I

$15 (under age 12 free)