UPS Noon Recital Series

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:15pm (PST)
School of Music students at the University of Puget Sound perform as part of the Noon Recital Series.

Free

Scores of Sound: Day 2

Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.

Free (Free)

BMC Night Beat with the Tubas

Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
A smile-inducing mass effect of tubas and their cousins playing music originally designed for angels and harps.

$20 / $15 / teens free

Scores of Sound: Day 3

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.

Free (Free)

West Seattle Community Orchestras: Symphony Orchestra Concert

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Program to be announced.

Free (Free)

South Sound Classical Choir: Birth & Renewal

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Puyallup United Methodist Church, Puyallup, WA, United States
A Christmas concert featuring composers Handel, Lauridsen, Rutter, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, and others.

Free

Sammamish Symphony Orchestra Presents Christmas in Bellevue

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Holiday favorites and favorite symphonic works that just may have you rethinking your holiday playlist.

$10-$20

UW Symphony: Gershwin & Prokofiev with Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

$15 ($10 students/seniors)

The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.

$12-$38

Candlelight Concerts presents Jazzin' with the Classics by Candlelight for Christmas

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Lopez Center for Community and the Arts, Lopez Island, WA, United States
Virtuoso improvisations on Yuletide favorites bring together the best of jazz and classical worlds.

$15 (youth $8)

Groupmuse: Serendipity Quartet plays Beethoven and Tchaikovsky

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 4 in C minor, Op. 18 No. 4
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Northwest Chorale: Handel’s Messiah

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
A full performance of the entire work will feature guest soloists and orchestra.

Free

Meany Center Presents: Montrose Trio

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Trio in E-flat major, Hob. XV: 29
Shostakovich – Trio in E minor, Op. 67
Brahms – Trio in B major, Op. 8 (1889 version)

$44+

Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.

$12-$38

The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Evergreen State College, Olympia, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41

$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)

Cascadian Chorale: What Cheer!

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
An evening of joy and wonder featuring Bern Herbolsheimer, Jeremy Kings, and Joy Porter, plus a new work by Vashon Island-based Charles Lovekin.

$20 ($15 student/senior; under 18 free with adult)

Seattle Art Song Society presents Together: A celebration of the Finnish centennial

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Explore the Finnish language, culture, history, and music through the music of composers Kilpinen, Merikanto, Nummi, Kuula, and Sibelius.

$30 / $20

Seattle Choral Company presents Buon Natale: An Italian Christmas

Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Renaissance motets, popular carols, and works by Italian and Italian-American opera composers.

$25 / $20 / $5 (kids free)

South Sound Classical Choir: Birth & Renewal

Sunday, December 10, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. Patrick Catholic Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
A Christmas concert featuring composers Handel, Lauridsen, Rutter, Vivaldi, Mendelssohn, and others.

Free