Free Concerts – Upcoming Events
Westerlies Fest: Student Workshop Ensembles & The Westerlies
Sunday, September 23, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Student workshop ensembles premiere newly created original compositions alongside The Westerlies.
Free (Free (RSVP Required))
Pivot Convocation: Amijai Shalev
Tuesday, September 25, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bandoneon player Amijai Shalev joins the Cornish Music Department for a conversation about life as a musician.
Free
Cornish Music Department Presents: Amijai Shalev
Tuesday, September 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer and bandoneon player Amijai Shalev explores the instrument's melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capacity.
Free
Pacific Lutheran University: Voice Recital – Students of Cyndia Sieden
Thursday, September 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The PLU Music Department presents a recital featuring performances by the students of Cyndia Sieden.
Free
Bach's Lunch: James Dargan, baritone
Tuesday, October 2, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring your lunch and enjoy an informal concert celebrating Black history through the music of five legendary black singers: Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Robert McFerrin, Sr.
Free
Sanctuary in the City: James Dargan, baritone
Wednesday, October 3, 2029 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Black history through the music of five legendary black singers: Paul Robeson, Roland Hayes, Nina Simone, Billie Holiday, and Robert McFerrin, Sr.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Song recital for mezzo-soprano, music for cello & piano
Thursday, October 4, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Schubert, Handel, Bellini, Donizetti, Schubert, Y. Choi, D. Kim, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Bloch, and Shostakovich.
Free
Pacific Lutheran University: Consonare Amici
Friday, October 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A student-led chamber choir performs a variety of choral selections.
Free (Free)
Clarinettissimo Festival – Day 1
Saturday, October 6, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
McKinley Hall - Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, United States
A free festival including master-classes, workshops, vendors, a community clarinet choir, and nightly performances.
Free (Free)
Clarinettissimo Festival: Eugene Mondie in Recital
Saturday, October 6, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
McKinley Hall - Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Willson Osborne – Rhapsody for Clarinet
Michael Tenzer – Three Island Duets
Carl Baermann – Etudes Nos. 46, 24, and 38
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120
Willson Osborne – Rhapsody for Clarinet
Michael Tenzer – Three Island Duets
Carl Baermann – Etudes Nos. 46, 24, and 38
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120
Free
Clarinettissimo Festival – Day 2
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
McKinley Hall - Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, United States
A free festival including master-classes, workshops, vendors, a community clarinet choir, and nightly performances.
Free (Free)
Ladies Musical Club: Northwest composer K. Morrill
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
David Diamond – Partita for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Gaetano Corticelli – Terzetto No. 1 for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Kam Morrill – Idaho Songs
Kam Morrill – Houseman Songs
Kam Morrill – I Wander Dreaming
Kam Morrill – Four Madrigals for Three Sopranos
Gaetano Corticelli – Terzetto No. 1 for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Kam Morrill – Idaho Songs
Kam Morrill – Houseman Songs
Kam Morrill – I Wander Dreaming
Kam Morrill – Four Madrigals for Three Sopranos
Free
Clarinettissimo Festival: Finale Concert
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
McKinley Hall - Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, United States
André Messager – Solo de Concours
Telmo Marques – Acrylic Sonata
Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 57 (first movement)
Robert Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 94
Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski – Grand Quartet No. 3
Johann Strauss, Jr. – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Telmo Marques – Acrylic Sonata
Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 57 (first movement)
Robert Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 94
Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski – Grand Quartet No. 3
Johann Strauss, Jr. – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Elegance at the Keyboard
Wednesday, October 10, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Karin McCullough in a solo recital featuring the music of Debussy, Ravel, Chopin, Scriabin, Brahms, Albeniz, and Granados.
Free (Free)
Cornish Pivot Convocation: Ryan Lewis & Josh Rawlings
Thursday, October 11, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Producer Ryan Lewis and pianist and composer Josh Rawlings join the Cornish Music Department for a conversation about life as a musician, the tension between art music and pop music, and arts entrepreneurialism.
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Recitals for soprano & solo piano
Thursday, October 11, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Music by J. S. Bach, Fanny Mendelssohn-Hensel, Franz Schubert, Nadia Boulanger, Leonard Bernstein, Ethyl Smyth, and Felix Mendelssohn.
Free
Cornish Student Recitals: Zachrey Robbins & Nicholas Brannen
Thursday, October 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin, Margaret Bonds, and Nicholas Brannen, including original works set to film.
Free
UW DMA Recital: Anna Barbee, horn
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital for horn, presented by UW School of Music doctoral student Anna Barbee.
Free
Seattle Art Song Society: Queer Voices
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital dedicated to social justice, with music by Hahn, Poulenc, Smyth, DeBlasio, Hoiby, Szymanowski, Tchaikovsky, Cowell, Armbrust, and Temple.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Mark Wilson
Saturday, October 13, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Sylvius Leopold Weiss – Suite No. 47
Francesco Corbetta – Two chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
José Ferrer Esteve de Fujadas – Le Charme de Nuit
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa
Francesco Corbetta – Two chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
José Ferrer Esteve de Fujadas – Le Charme de Nuit
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa
Free (Free)