Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
CMNW Summer Festival: Buster Keaton Silent Movie Nights with Matan Porat
Monday, July 12, 2032 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Gresham Arts Plaza, Gresham, OR, United States
Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises live, on-the-fly soundtrack performances for Buster Keaton’s classic silent films, The Playhouse & Sherlock Jr.. Outdoor seating.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Buster Keaton Silent Movie Nights with Matan Porat
Tuesday, July 13, 2032 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Pianist/composer Matan Porat improvises a live, on-the-fly soundtrack performance for Buster Keaton’s classic silent film The General.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Bartók Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Lively rehearsal of Béla Bartók's Sonata for 2 Pianos & Percussion, with musicians Marc-André Hamelin (piano), Gloria Chien (piano), Ayano Kataoka (percussion), & Ian Rosenbaum (percussion).
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Listen Live at Lunch: Corvid Ensemble – A Flight of Song
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.
Free (Free)
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Chamber Masterworks
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Free (Free (RSVP required for in-person))
Rachel Barton Pine String Masterclass
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Renton High School, Renton, WA, United States
Masterclass with celebrated violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert
Friday, July 16, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.
Free
Festival Napa Valley: Opening Night with Lisette Oropesa
Friday, July 16, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
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Festival Napa Valley kicks off with a recital starring one of today’s most dazzling singers – soprano Lisette Oropesa – at the picturesque outdoor stage at Charles Krug Winery.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Old First Concerts: Pianist Sarah Cahill
Friday, July 16, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
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Sarah Cahill returns to Old First Concerts to perform rarely-heard works by Anna Bon, Leokadiya Kashperova, Frangiz Ali-Zadeh, Zenobia Powell Perry, Agi Jambor, Madeleine Dring, & Hannah Kendall.
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
Festival Napa Valley: The Four Seasons of Napa Valley
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
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Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz premieres 3 solo works; violinist Chad Hoopes performs all 4 concertos of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Festival Orchestra Napa.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
CMNW Summer Festival: Open Rehearsal – Brahms Piano Trio in C Major
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Soak in the new Chien-Kim-Watkins Trio in this rehearsal with Gloria Chien (piano), Soovin Kim (violin), & Paul Watkins (cello), featuring Johannes Brahms' Piano Trio No. 2 in C major, Op. 87.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Prelude Performance I
Wednesday, July 21, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
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Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 1, No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 3 in C minor, Op. 1, No. 3
Free (Free)
Festival Napa Valley: Puccini's Gianni Schicchi
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
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Maestro Kent Nagano makes his Festival debut & leads baritone Lucas Meachem, soprano Mikaela Bennett, tenor Mario Rojas, mezzo-soprano Simone McIntosh, & Festival Orchestra Napa in Giacomo Puccini's Gianni Schicchi.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert
Friday, July 23, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.
Free
Music@Menlo 2021 Festival Chamber Music Institute: The Magic of the Piano Quartet
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 8:30am – 10:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Join pianist & Young Performers Program Co-Director Hyeyeon Park on a journey through new colors, textures, & sounds — all part of the magic of the piano quartet.
Free (Free (registration required))
Festival Napa Valley: Opera Under the Stars
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
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Tenor Michael Fabiano delights in song with Festival Orchestra Napa & conductor James Conlon. Joining Fabiano are this year’s Manetti Shrem Prize winners, 2 emerging opera singers.
Free (Free (in-person tickets are SOLD OUT))
Port Townsend Summer Band Live Outdoor Free Concert
Sunday, July 25, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Music includes: His Honor March by Henry Fillmore; The Mandalorian; themes from Superman, James Bond, & Batman; Fanfare for the Unsung Hero; & more.
Free (Free)
Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Capitol
Sunday, July 25, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Bring a lawn chair or blanket, an umbrella for shade, & enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.
Free
Vancouver Bach Festival: Nightingales in the Garden (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert film featuring music from Scottish Classical composer James Oswald's 48 Airs for the Seasons, performed by VBF musicians & dancers from Ballet BC at Vancouver’s VanDusen Botanical Gardens.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))