Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Sanctuary in the City: A New & Old World Christmas
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
A free lunchtime concert fosters a spirit of contemplation with Christmas carols and villancicos from Renaissance and Baroque Spain, Italy, and Latin America, including Leonarda’s Gloria in Excelsis Deo.
Free
Cornish Scores of Sound Festival: Opera Scenes
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Opera scenes directed by Dr. Natalie Lerch.
Free
Scores of Sound Festival, Fall 2018: Voice Studios of Johnaye Kendrick and Kelly Ash
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of old and new in classical, jazz, gamelan, and more! This event will feature student performances from the voice studios of Johnaye Kendrick and Kelly Ash.
Free
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Webern, Cage, & Neuwirth
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Anton Webern – Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24
Krzysztof Penderecki – Clarinet Quartet
Morton Feldman – For Franz Kline
John Cage – Living Room Music
Olga Neuwirth – Marsyas II
Krzysztof Penderecki – Clarinet Quartet
Morton Feldman – For Franz Kline
John Cage – Living Room Music
Olga Neuwirth – Marsyas II
Free
PLU University Concert Band
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A performance by the PLU University Concert Band.
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras
Wednesday, December 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The Ravenna String Orchestras present a free community concert.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Cambini, Telemann, Barber
Thursday, December 6, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Flute, oboe, and bassoon trios by Cambini and Telemann, Barber's Despite and Still, and other music by Bernstein and Comden.
Free
UW Brechemin Piano Series
Thursday, December 6, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students from the University of Washington School of Music piano studios perform music from the piano repertoire.
Free
Cornish College of the Arts: Scores of Sound Festival
Friday, December 7, 2029 @ 10:30am – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts – Music Department, Seattle, WA, United States
A festival of student work, including chamber music, jazz, new compositions for electronic media, and more.
Free
South Sound Classical Choir: Light of Christmas
Friday, December 7, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Puyallup United Methodist Church, Puyallup, WA, United States
Music by Franz Josef Haydn, Felix Mendelssohn, George Frideric Handel, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Edward Elgar, Ola Gjeilo, and more.
Free
PLU Artist Series: Trio Esades
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Music for saxophone and piano by Andrew Boss, Igor Stravinsky, and more.
Free
Saratoga Orchestra: 'Peter and the Wolf' Family Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf and an instrument petting zoo to celebrate the holidays with your family!
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Schumann's 'Liederkreis'
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann’s Liederkreis will be featured, along with music for cello and piano by Haydn, Bloch, Debussy, and Chopin.
Free
UW DMA Recital: Darrell Jordan, voice
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital for voice, presented by University of Washington School of Music doctoral student Darrell Jordan.
Free
Ballard Civic Orchestra: 'Las Posadas' Fiesta
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Sunset Hill Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Ballard Civic Orchestra in collaboration with World Youth Orchestra performs traditional music with singing, fiesta, Latinx dishes, and a piñata.
Free
Bellevue Community Band: Crossroads Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Crossroads Mall Mainstage, Bellevue, WA, United States
Enjoy classic seasonal favorites, and sing-along with BCB's entertaining holiday jingles. Bring the family for fun-filled musical festivities!
Free
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Christmas
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Daniel Pinkham – Festival Magnificat
Morten Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Glow
Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Edward Elgar – "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Morten Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Glow
Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Edward Elgar – "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Free
Market Street Singers: More than a Silent Night
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the moods and mysteries of the season with a feature of Silent Night, new works by local composers, and much more!
Free
A Choral Collaboration: Bach's 'Wachet auf, ruft uns die Stimme'
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (PST)
Sand Point Community United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the combined choirs of Sand Point United Methodist Church and First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach with orchestra and soloists as they perform this classic by Johann Sebastian Bach.
Free
Hope Dawns
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PST)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Worship Through Music, from the intimacy of a cappella to the grandeur of chorus and orchestra, including Lauridsen's "O Magnum Mysterium," Vaughan Williams' "Fantasia on Christmas Carols," and more carol arrangements to bring hope to a weary world.
Free (Free)