Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Sunday Service: John Rutter's 'Gloria'
Saturday, December 18, 2027 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Rutter's Gloria, performed by the Plymouth Choir with brass and organ.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Italian songs of love and loss
Saturday, December 18, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Italian songs of love and loss, plus piano music by Bach, Chopin, and Prokofiev.
Free (Free)
Serendipity Quartet: Sunnier, Rainier – A String Quartet for Seattle
Saturday, December 18, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 ("American")
Adam Stern – Crossroads
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 ("American")
Adam Stern – Crossroads
Free (Free)
Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell
Saturday, December 18, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
The Pageant of the Nativity: A Celtic Telling
Sunday, December 19, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The Choir School choristers, Cathedral Evensong Choir, and young children of Saint Mark's join forces in this dramatic telling of the nativity story.
Free (Free)
Christmas Eve Service: Christmas Oratorio by Camille Saint-Saëns
Saturday, December 25, 2027 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns' Christmas Oratorio, performed by the Plymouth Choir, strings and organ. Part of Plymouth Congregational Church's Christmas Eve service.
Free
Racer Sessions: Evan Shay (Quebec)
Saturday, January 1, 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: Music for two keyboards by Mozart, Handel, and more
Monday, January 3, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring your lunch and enjoy works for organ, harpsichord, and piano 4-hands performed by Hyun-Ja Choi and Henry Lebedinsky.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Art of Piano – Style Innovators
Wednesday, January 5, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
An all-piano program designed to complement the SAM exhibit Yves Saint Laurent: The Perfection of Style.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Music for English horn and British and American songs
Friday, January 7, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Tuthill, Trowbridge, Purcell, Handel, Koetsier, Pasculli, Verdi, Quilter, and more.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Music for Oboe by Martinů & Colin
Saturday, January 8, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Concerto for oboe
Charles Colin – Concerto No. 6, Op. 4
Violin & cello duos by Beethoven & Bach
Charles Colin – Concerto No. 6, Op. 4
Violin & cello duos by Beethoven & Bach
Free
Faculty Lecture-Recital: “Beethoven sonatas”
Monday, January 10, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 10:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
SPU faculty lecture-recital.
Free (Free)
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town: String Quartets
Monday, January 10, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A delightful evening of quartets up-close and personal by Barber, Brahms, and Haydn.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Duets for voice and guitar, plus piano four hands
Tuesday, January 11, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
John Dowland – 4 lute songs
Anonymous – 2 traditional Japanese lullabies (arr. Hilary Field)
Morten Lauridsen – 2 melodies adapted from Les Chansons des Roses
Brahms – Selections from Waltzes, Op. 39
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm (impromptu variations)
Randall Compton – C.S. Theme and Variations
Anonymous – 2 traditional Japanese lullabies (arr. Hilary Field)
Morten Lauridsen – 2 melodies adapted from Les Chansons des Roses
Brahms – Selections from Waltzes, Op. 39
Gershwin – I Got Rhythm (impromptu variations)
Randall Compton – C.S. Theme and Variations
Free
Dainius Vaičekonis Piano Lecture-Recital
Wednesday, January 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-recital focused on aspects of unity in the last three piano sonatas of Beethoven: Opus 109, Opus 110, and Opus 111.
Free
Bern Herbolsheimer Chamber Works
Thursday, January 13, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the life and music of Bern Herbolsheimer by performing a selection of his chamber works.
Free (Free)
Littlefield Organ Series: Timothy Olsen
Saturday, January 15, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Walker-Ames room Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Recital on the UW’s Littlefield Organ.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Beethoven & Shostakovich
Saturday, January 15, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, 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
Racer Sessions: Ian Christiansen Quartet (Portland)
Saturday, January 15, 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
Guest Artist Master Class: Arthur Greene, piano
Wednesday, January 19, 2028 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Arthur Greene of the University of Michigan leads a free master class with UW piano students.
Free