Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Spring Concert: Copland, Tallis & more
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Patrick's Catholic Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Copland – Zion's Walls
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Scholz – What Wondrous Love
Tallis – If ye love me, keep my commandments
Handel – Surely He hath born our griefs
Paulus – Pilgrim's Hymn
Mozart – Ave Verum Corpus
... and more
Free (donations welcome)
Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra: Spring Concert
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Aurora Nazarene Church, Shoreline, WA, United States
The Cascade Youth, Junior, Premiere and Sinfonette Orchestras perform their spring concert.
$15 ($12 seniors; $6 students)
Music from the War to End All Wars: Music of Debussy, Ives and Prokofiev
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – Tom Sails Away
Ives – Flanders Field
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 3
Debussy – Selected Etudes for Piano
De Falla – Danza del fuego fatuo for guitar quartet
Ives – Flanders Field
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 3
Debussy – Selected Etudes for Piano
De Falla – Danza del fuego fatuo for guitar quartet
$10
Ladies Musical Club at the Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Libby Larsen – Cowboy Songs
Janet Anderson – My Life as a Subject
Haydn – Andante Variations in F minor
Chopin – Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
Chopin – Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin – Prelude No. 7 from Book I
Debussy – "Ce qu'a vu le vent d’ouest” (What the West Wind Saw”)
Ravel – “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit
Janet Anderson – My Life as a Subject
Haydn – Andante Variations in F minor
Chopin – Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
Chopin – Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin – Prelude No. 7 from Book I
Debussy – "Ce qu'a vu le vent d’ouest” (What the West Wind Saw”)
Ravel – “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit
Free
Imogen Cooper: Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
$20-$76
Ten Grands
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ten grand pianos, ten amazing pianists and one sensational stage, benefiting the education and community programs of the Seattle Symphony and other select organizations.
$42-$120
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shelton High School Performing Arts Center, Shelton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
$26 ($22 senior/military; $8 student)
Seattle Composers' Salon
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Michael Owcharuk, Matthew James Briggs, Jessi Harvey and Ian McKnight.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Seattle Symphony Family Play-Along
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore rhythm, pulse and groove in a range of colorful orchestral repertoire, as families are invited to sing and/or play instruments along with the Seattle Symphony.
$20
Fiddler Darol Anger with the Saratoga Orchestra
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Our Spring Gala featuring jazz and blues fiddler Darol Anger.
$25 ($20 seniors; ages 5-18 free)
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: The Planets
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Chadwick – Euterpe
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Holst – The Planets
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Holst – The Planets
$19-$79
The Young Artists Concerto Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Theodore Roethke Auditorium at UW Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Barber – Concerto in G major, Op. 14, II. Andante, III. Presto in moto perpetuo
Mendelssohn – Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Beethoven – Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, I. Allegro moderato
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, I. Allegro maestoso
Mendelssohn – Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Beethoven – Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, I. Allegro moderato
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, I. Allegro maestoso
$15 suggested contribution
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
$26 ($22 senior/military; $8 student)
Seattle Wind Symphony: Spring Zephyrs
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture (trans. Donald Hunsberger)
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
$20 ($18 seniors; $5 students)
Respighi, Mozart, Goodman, Schumann
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Respighi – Ancient Airs & Dances
Mozart – Oboe Concerto
Goodman – Tessellations
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Mozart – Oboe Concerto
Goodman – Tessellations
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
$13-$20
Peter Hallock Gala Tribute Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) provides a sonic feast as Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, the Compline Choir and Saint Mark’s Cathedral Boys & Girls Choir are joined by guest soloists, handbells, string orchestra, organ, brass sextet and percussion.
$20-$25
Imogen Cooper: Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
$20-$76