Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Seattle Flute Society: Frank & Lu Horsfall Competition
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 8:00am – 5:00pm (PST)
Seattle Pacific University, Crawford Music Building 211, Seattle, WA, United States
Annual competition for outstanding flutists in grades 6-12, sponsored by the Seattle Flute Society.
Free (Free)
Saltwater Music Series: An Evening of Song
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Baritone Darrell J. Jordan and pianist/composer Steven Luksan present an evening of English and American Art song from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries.
Free (Free)
Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir plays Cornish, Saariaho, & Jónsdóttir
Sunday, January 26, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jane Antonia Cornish – Portrait
Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons
Thuridur Jónsdóttir – 48 Images of the Moon
Kaija Saariaho – Sept Papillons
Thuridur Jónsdóttir – 48 Images of the Moon
Free (Free)
Organist Michael Kleinschmidt: Bach, Scheidt, Buxtehude, & Mozart
Sunday, January 26, 2031 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Michael Kleinschmidt, organist of St. Mark's Episcopal Cathedral in Seattle, plays a vivacious and exuberant program of pieces by Samuel Scheidt, Dietrich Buxtehude, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, framing J.S. Bach’s virtuosic “Wedge” Prelude and Fugue in E minor.
Free
PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings
Sunday, January 26, 2031 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A festival offering high school string players the opportunity to perform excellent literature for string orchestra with a nationally recognized guest conductor, culminating in a final concert.
Free (Free)
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, January 26, 2031 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Music of Remembrance: Art From Ashes
Monday, January 27, 2031 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Remembrance joins forces with some of the region’s most talented youth ensembles for this concert commemorating International Holocaust Remembrance Day and the liberation of Auschwitz.
Free (Free)
Thomas Hampson Voice & Opera Masterclass
Thursday, January 30, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Guest artist Thomas Hampson leads a master class with UW voice and opera students.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Music for Viola, Flute, & Piano
Friday, January 31, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "II. Air" from Orchestral Suite No. 3 in D major, BWV 1068 (arr. for piano solo)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881
Gustav Mahler, arr. David Geringas – Four Lieder for Viola and Piano
Joseph Küffner – "I. Cantabile" from Notturno, Op. 110
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen (“Scenes From Childhood"), Op. 15, No 7. "Träumerei" ("Dreaming")
Ludwig van Beethoven – Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, Bia 515 “Für Elise”
Albert Franz Doppler – Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Op.26
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in F minor, BWV 881
Gustav Mahler, arr. David Geringas – Four Lieder for Viola and Piano
Joseph Küffner – "I. Cantabile" from Notturno, Op. 110
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen (“Scenes From Childhood"), Op. 15, No 7. "Träumerei" ("Dreaming")
Ludwig van Beethoven – Bagatelle No. 25 in A Minor, WoO 59, Bia 515 “Für Elise”
Albert Franz Doppler – Fantaisie Pastorale Hongroise, Op.26
Free (Free)
SPU Presents Joseph Daley's 'Seven Deadly Sins'
Friday, January 31, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a genre-bending work by Joseph Daley that includes freely improvised sections and Latin-American grooves. Also featuring original chamber works by SPU student composers.
Free (Free)
Ellinor String Quartet: Shostakovich & Borodin
Saturday, February 1, 2031 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Sergei Rachmaninoff – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, unfinished
Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Sergei Rachmaninoff – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, unfinished
Alexander Borodin – String Quartet No. 2 in D major
Free (Free, donations accepted)
Ladies Musical Club: Schubertiade, Duets for Two Violas by Schönebeck & Bartók
Saturday, February 1, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Intimate, one-hour chamber music program featuring art songs and piano music of Franz Schubert, as well as Romantic and modern viola duets.
Free (Free)
Award-Winning Composer Christos Tsitsaros
Saturday, February 1, 2031 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Composer Christos Tsitsaros comes to the Puget Sound for this special concert featuring forty of his piano compositions.
Free (Free)
University of Puget Sound: Annual Schneebeck Organ Recital
Sunday, February 2, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Margaret Vardell Sandresky – Salem Suite
Felix Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37
Craig Phillips – Ode and Salutation
Dietrich Buxtehude – Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171
Josef Rheinberger – Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 132
Margaret Vardell Sandresky – Salem Suite
Felix Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37
Craig Phillips – Ode and Salutation
Dietrich Buxtehude – Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171
Josef Rheinberger – Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 132
Free
Saint Mark's Choral Evensong: The Feast of the Presentation of Christ in the Temple
Sunday, February 2, 2031 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of prayer, contemplation, and song featuring Saint Mark's Flentrop Organ and the Saint Mark's Evensong Choir.
Free (Free)
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, February 2, 2031 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Bach's Lunch: The Irish Influence
Tuesday, February 4, 2031 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the intersections of folk and art music in Ireland and America from the 18th century to the present, from Baroque sonatas by Irish composers to original compositions.
Free (Free)
Harry Partch Ensemble Residency: Open House and Instrument Tour
Tuesday, February 4, 2031 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Lovers of art, science, and iconoclastic thinking are warmly invited to this tour of composer Harry Partch's extraordinary musical instruments.
Free
Bellingham Music Club: Winners of the High School Competitions
Wednesday, February 5, 2031 @ 10:30am – 12:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Some of the best instrumental and vocal music students in Whatcom County perform in this family-friendly public concert.
Free (Free)
Harry Partch Ensemble Residency: Informal Recital and Conversation
Wednesday, February 5, 2031 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Lovers of art, science, and iconoclastic thinking are warmly invited to this introduction to composer Harry Partch's extraordinary musical instruments.
Free