Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Seattle Symphony Side-by-Side Concert with Roosevelt High School Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin – Cuban Overture
Dukas – Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra
Dukas – Villanelle for Horn and Orchestra
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: James Ehnes Plays Britten
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – Lachrymae for Viola and Piano, Op. 48
Britten – Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
Britten – Suite for Violin and Piano, Op. 6
Free (Free)
Chopin Foundation's Gold & Silver Medalists' Piano Concert
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A free community concert featuring the gold and silver medalists of the 2017 Chopin Festival.
Free
PLU Honor Orchestra for Strings
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
High school musicians from throughout the region perform excellent literature for string orchestra with a nationally recognized guest conductor.
Free (Free)
Epiphany Seattle: Organ Recital with Mark Brombaugh
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Free
Racer Sessions: James Falzone with guests Greg Campbell & Neil Welch
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Gretchen Yanover: Electric Cello at Perihelion
Monday, January 31, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Perihelion Brewery, Seattle, WA, United States
Loop-sampled, layered electric cello compositions at a family-friendly, all-ages venue in Beacon Hill.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Beethoven & Shostakovich
Wednesday, February 2, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 5, Op. 24 (“Spring” )
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Free (Free)
Steve Griggs Ensemble performs Panama Hotel Jazz
Wednesday, February 2, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Wing Luke Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
A 75-minute program of stories and original music inspired by personal stories of Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
Free
Scholarship Chamber Group: Evergreen Trio
Wednesday, February 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Theódore Dubois – Terzettino (1905)
Matthias McIntire – The Night is Full of Dark Imaginings (2016)
Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind (1992)
Luke Fitzpatrick – Levitating Density 2 (2016) (world premiere, commissioned by the Evergreen Trio)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Matthias McIntire – The Night is Full of Dark Imaginings (2016)
Toru Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind (1992)
Luke Fitzpatrick – Levitating Density 2 (2016) (world premiere, commissioned by the Evergreen Trio)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Flute, Viola, and Harp
Free
Cornish Mid-day Concert: Chamber Ensembles
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Cornish College students performing chamber music, program TBD.
Free (Free)
Judith Yunhee Kim Violin Recital
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW music student Judith Yunhee Kim presents a violin recital. Free and open to the public.
Free
Magic, Mystery, & Imagination: Sarah Riskin’s Doctoral Recital
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
UW doctoral student Sarah Riskind's degree recital in conducting. Free and open to the public.
Free
Kuang and Matsuda Twin Piano Recital
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Hannah Matsuda and Zhanhong Kuang, students at Seattle Pacific University, present a piano recital. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Debussy, Gounod, Obradors, Schumann
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Apparition
Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc – Clair de lune
Charles Gounod – “Oh, Dieux, que de bijoux” (The Jewel Song) from Faust
Fernando J. Obradors – Al Amor
Schumann – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc – Clair de lune
Charles Gounod – “Oh, Dieux, que de bijoux” (The Jewel Song) from Faust
Fernando J. Obradors – Al Amor
Schumann – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Free (Free)
Ballard Civic Orchestra: Celebrating Hispanic and Latino Cultural Heritages
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Highland Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
A concert celebrating Hispanic and Latino cultural heritages.
Free (Free)
Music Works Northwest Student Showcase Recital
Saturday, February 5, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An assortment of works performed by the students of Music Works Northwest.
Free
Steve Griggs Ensemble: A Cup of Joe Brazil at Seattle Jazz Vespers
Saturday, February 5, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A 75-minute program of stories and original music inspired by the life and lessons of the Detroit saxophonist who brought black music to the UW.
Free
Racer Sessions: Mike Gamble / Ava Mendozza (NYC)
Saturday, February 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Bach’s Lunch: The Corda Quartet
Monday, February 7, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
The Corda Quartet, a UW Scholarship Ensemble, plays quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn.
Free (Free)