Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
DXARTS Fall Concert: Real & Imagined Soundworlds – with Guest Artist Jeff Rice
Tuesday, November 9, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Nature recordist/sound designer Jeff Rice’s sound portraits frame an evening of Ambisonic sound by DXARTS composers & associated researchers, drawing the listener through known & unknown soundscapes.
Free
Ball State Campus Band & Campus Orchestra
Wednesday, November 10, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Concert featuring the Ball State University Campus Band & Campus Orchestra, student ensembles led by doctoral and graduate student conductors. Program TBA.
Free (Free ($0-$5 in person))
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)
Epiphany Seattle: Choral Evensong
Thursday, November 11, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
The Epiphany Choir sings traditional evening prayers of the church – an opportunity for peaceful meditation in the midst of a busy week.
Free (Free)
Ravenna Strings Reading Session
Thursday, November 11, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:10pm (PST)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sight read string music with Ravenna Strings in these weekly sessions at Phinney Center, Thursdays through November 18. Beginner/intermediate & intermediate/advanced sessions available; come for 1 or both.
Free (Free (registration required))
University of Buffalo Faculty Recital: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Friday, November 12, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Seth Parker Woods performs the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, & movement artist in this evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force featuring music written for him.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $10-$23)
ROCO In Concert: A Stitch in Time
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Hilary Purrington – Threshold (world premiere)
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Free (Online: Free | In person: Pay-what-you-can)
Center for New Music: Piano Recital with Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Tin Yi Chelsea Wong displays 20th-c. European & 21st-c. North American composers in conversation on this unique recital. Works by György Ligeti, Grażyna Bacewicz, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jonathan Bailey Holland, & more.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
Atlanta Chamber Players: Opening Concert – Now & Then
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Benjamin Krause – Notes From Inside
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Jessie Montgomery – Peace
Kenji Bunch – Dies Irie
Jennifer Higdon – Southern Harmony
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-25)
Pacific Lutheran University: Naomi Southard Jr BM Violin Recital
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Recital featuring PLU student Naomi Southard, violin, presented in partial fulfillment of the requirements for the Bachelor of Music Performance degree.
Free
Richard D. Moe Organ Recital Series: Wyatt Smith, Organist
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Wyatt Smith, organ.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $5-$17)
Washington Chamber Ensemble: Solace & Hope
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:20pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Washington Chamber Ensemble, the most advanced Korean choral group in the Seattle area, presents a program including contemporary Korean Christian songs, popular Korean folk songs, & beloved 90’s K-pop.
Free (Free (call for tickets))
Epiphany Seattle: Choral Evensong featuring Howells' Requiem
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
The Epiphany Choir sings traditional evening prayers of the church – an opportunity for peaceful meditation before the start of the week.
Free (Free)
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, November 14, 2032 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Every Sunday evening at 9:30pm (Pacific) in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free (Free)
Eastman School of Music: Brass Guild
Monday, November 15, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Eastman horn, trumpet, trombone, euphonium, & tuba students explore the vast brass chamber music repertoire.
Free
Eastman School of Music Composition Department: EARS
Monday, November 15, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Concert featuring works by students of the Eastman Audio Research Studio (EARS), a platform for research, experimentation, & realization of new music & sound art.
Free
University of Puget Sound: School of Music Noon Convocation
Wednesday, November 17, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Enjoy a variety of short recital performances featuring voice, piano, & flute students from the UPS School of Music.
Free (Free (registration required))
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Yu-Fang Chen & Peter Opie
Wednesday, November 17, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Yu-Fang Chen, assistant professor of music (violin), & Peter Opie, associate professor of cello.
Free (Free)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: Blake Pouliot, violin & Hsin-I Huang, piano
Wednesday, November 17, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Fritz Kreisler – Praeludium and Allegro in the Style of Pugnani
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019a
Leoš Janáček – Violin Sonata
Leoš Janáček – Dumka
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Pablo de Sarasate – Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
Johann Sebastian Bach – Violin Sonata No. 6 in G major, BWV 1019a
Leoš Janáček – Violin Sonata
Leoš Janáček – Dumka
Sergei Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 80
Pablo de Sarasate – Zapateado, Op. 23, No. 2
Free (Free ($25 in-person))
Roulette: Bob Bellerue – 'Radioactive Desire'
Wednesday, November 17, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Experience a multidimensional sound world in this public premiere of Bob Bellerue's Radioactive Desire, a work for 6 improvising chamber musicians whose sounds are fed into a menagerie of unusual speaker systems.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))