Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female, performed at Mills College
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs selections from her project "The Future is Female". Presented by the Mills College Music Department, this program features works by composers who have been students or teachers at Mills College.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-$15)
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Free (Free)
SFCM Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi, Purcell, Destouches
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in A minor, RV 161
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Henry Purcell – Suite in G major, Z. 700
André Cardinal Destouches – Air from Callirhoé
Johann Sebastian Bach – "I. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" from Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Henry Purcell – Suite in G major, Z. 700
André Cardinal Destouches – Air from Callirhoé
Johann Sebastian Bach – "I. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" from Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Free (Free (in person: RSVP required))
Brass Band Northwest: Heroes & Superheroes
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Program of music depicting heroes real & fictional, overt & unheralded, from movies & everyday life. Featuring works by John Williams, Hans Zimmer, Paul Lovatt-Cooper, & Gabrielle Gaston.
Free (Free (donations appreciated))
Epiphany Seattle: Organ Vespers
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Service featuring organ music based on the chorale Wer nur den lieben Gott by William Albright, J. S. Bach, & Max Reger, along with a Magnificat cycle by Samuel Scheidt.
Free (Free)
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
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 Wind Ensemble
Monday, November 1, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Lee – Fanfare for the Unspoken Heroes of Our Times (world premiere)
Bernard Rogers – Three Japanese Dances
Jeff Tyzik – Trilogy: Variations on Themes of Howard Hanson
Sydney Hodkinson – Symphony X: Six Reflections
Bernard Rogers – Three Japanese Dances
Jeff Tyzik – Trilogy: Variations on Themes of Howard Hanson
Sydney Hodkinson – Symphony X: Six Reflections
Free
Ensemble Dal Niente: Guest Artist Recital at University of Iowa
Monday, November 1, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ensemble Dal Niente performs music by Rebecca Saunders, Aida Shirazi, Alican Çamcı, Kyong Mee Choi, Juan Ortiz de Zarate, Sivan Cohen Elias, & Igor Stravinsky.
Free
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Elizabeth Crawford, clarinet
Tuesday, November 2, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Elizabeth Crawford, Ball State University professor of music performance (clarinet).
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: Solemn Mass for the Feast of All Souls – Requiem by Duruflé
Tuesday, November 2, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
St. James Cathedral commemorates the Feast of All Souls with a solemn Mass for the Dead featuring Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, his sublime sacred work of music based on Gregorian chant.
Free (Free)
Bellingham Music Club goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Free (Free)
First Wednesday Concert Series: Students of the UW Strings Program
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
UW North Allen Library Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of the UW Strings Program perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music & UW Libraries.
Free
Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
International Contemporary Ensemble: TargetMargin@7 – Nov 4
Thursday, November 4, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
ICE is back at Brooklyn's Target Margin Theater with a new art installation by Nathan Davis, plus works based around tactile experiences by Nicholas Houfek, Phyllis Chen, & Marianthi Papalexandri-Alexandri.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Roulette: Laurie Berg & Karl Scholz – superposition
Thursday, November 4, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
New collaborative performance work by choreographer Laurie Berg & sound artist Karl Scholz that utilizes the unique acoustics of Roulette’s space to knit sound via an ever shifting speaker configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Epiphany Seattle: Choral Evensong
Thursday, November 4, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
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 4, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:10pm (PDT)
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))
International Contemporary Ensemble: TargetMargin@7 – Nov 5
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
ICE members showcase their work with Nicholas Houfek’s ColorSynth, a software interface that converts musical pitches into color & light. Find improvisation, synthesizers, & more in this audiovisual smorgasbord.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: 'Here Be Sirens' Suite by Kate Soper
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Students of the Eastman Opera Theatre perform the Suite from Kate Soper's Here Be Sirens, a 2014 opera described by The New Yorker as "erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive".
Free
Composers Concordance: Woodwind Motion
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies. Featuring the Sylvan Winds; choreographer Max Pollak; & an NYC premiere for composer Stanley Babin.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $15-$20)