Erik Satie – Upcoming Concerts
Dickinson Poetry in Song
Sunday, April 12, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
In honor of National Poetry Month at the West Seattle Library, hear “Dickinson Poetry in Song" as well as poems set to music by Copland, Laitman and others.
Free
Opera on Tap: Les Divas de L'Empire
Monday, November 16, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of vintage and modern cabaret. From Britten to Weill, Satie to Schoenberg, we'll bring the concert hall to the music hall with some well loved pieces and unknown gems.
$15 suggested donation
Kareem Kandi & Friends
Thursday, April 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
A “third stream” concert mixing the classical tradition of America with the music of the European classical tradition.
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
UW Symphony: Satie, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Williams
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Satie – Two Gymnopédies
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto
$10-$15
Meany Center presents Louis Lortie in recital
Tuesday, January 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Acclaimed French-Canadian pianist Louis Lortie gives a recital of Satie, Rameau, Poulenc, Murail, Saint-Saeëns, Messiaen, and more.
$40-$45
Saratoga Orchestra & Whidbey Island Dance Theatre: Music for Dance
Saturday, March 25, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Mel Bonis – Suite en forme de valses
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Erik Satie – La belle excentrique
Tchaikovsky – "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Erik Satie – La belle excentrique
Tchaikovsky – "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
$25/$20/Free
Saratoga Orchestra & Whidbey Island Dance Theatre: Music for Dance
Sunday, March 26, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Oak Harbor Performing Arts Center, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Mel Bonis – Suite en forme de valses
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Erik Satie – La belle excentrique
Tchaikovsky – "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Erik Satie – La belle excentrique
Tchaikovsky – "Waltz of the Flowers" from The Nutcracker
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo and Finale
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
$25/$20/Free
Brahms, Vivaldi, Grieg at Cascadia Art Museum
Saturday, February 17, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Music by Brahms, Vivaldi, Grieg, J.C. Bach, Schubert, Telemann, Satie, and Paganini.
$15 / $10
UW Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdés, piano
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Piano Sonata
Stockhausen – Klavierstück XI
Erik Satie – Selected works
Stockhausen – Klavierstück XI
Erik Satie – Selected works
$20 ($10 students and seniors)
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir Fall Concert
Sunday, November 18, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Northminster Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Arrangements of Bizet, Sousa, Saint-Saëns, Khachaturian, and Satie; original works for flute choir by Barr, Butterworth, and Dorff; and a new arrangement of Stairway to Heaven by Jim Durand.
Free
Pacific Sound Woodwind Quintet: Alyssa Morris' 'Melting Pot'
Sunday, May 5, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Juanita Community Club, Kirkland, WA, United States
Alyssa Morris – Melting Pot (world premiere)
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
$10
Mukilteo Community Orchestra presents 'Moods & Emotions'
Sunday, November 3, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Rosehill Community Center, Mukilteo, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun
Ottorino Respighi – Feste Romane
Claude Debussy – La Cathedrale Engloutie (orchestrated by Peter Lawson)
Erik Satie – Gymnopédies (orchestrated by Claude Debussy)
Ottorino Respighi – Feste Romane
Claude Debussy – La Cathedrale Engloutie (orchestrated by Peter Lawson)
Erik Satie – Gymnopédies (orchestrated by Claude Debussy)
Free
Joyce Gibb & Michael Carroll Piano Recital
Saturday, November 16, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Piano music by Sergei Rachmaninoff, Frederic Chopin, Domenico Scarlatti, Eric Satie, and Franz Liszt.
$5-$14
Meany Center presents Hélène Grimaud, piano
Tuesday, March 4, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Grimaud stirs profound emotions through the elegant simplicity of miniatures by Frédéric Chopin, Claude Debussy, Erik Satie, and Valentin Silvestrov.
$61-$69 (FREE ages 5-17)
Nadia Boulanger & Her World, Program 4 – The Epitome of Chic: Paris Between the Wars
Sunday, August 8, 2032 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Nadia Boulanger – Selected songs TBA
Lili Boulanger – Cortège
Erik Satie – Passacaille
Pierre Menu – Sonatine pour quatuor à cordes
Germaine Tailleferre – Piano Trio
Georges Auric – Trois Interludes
Francis Poulenc – "Toccata" from Trois Pièces, FP 48
Elsa Barraine – Crépuscules et Fanfare
Albert Roussel – Sérénade, Op. 30
Lili Boulanger – Cortège
Erik Satie – Passacaille
Pierre Menu – Sonatine pour quatuor à cordes
Germaine Tailleferre – Piano Trio
Georges Auric – Trois Interludes
Francis Poulenc – "Toccata" from Trois Pièces, FP 48
Elsa Barraine – Crépuscules et Fanfare
Albert Roussel – Sérénade, Op. 30
$10 ($55 in-person)
Skagit Symphony – Paris: "The City of Lights"
Saturday, October 23, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McIntyre Hall, Mount Vernon, WA, United States
Experience Paris through the music of composers who knew it best. Works by Maurice Ravel, Hector Berlioz, Claude Debussy, & more, featuring soloist Natalie Buickians, soprano.
$10-$45
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: David Greilsammer, piano
Thursday, November 11, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:05pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Pianist David Greilsammer presents an unusual program in palindrome form, conceived as 1 long piece made of numerous short movements & fragments spanning the history of classical music.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $25)