Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts
Island Time: Simple Measures with the Turtle Island Quartet
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Come relax to the cool strains of the Turtle Island Quartet, our country’s premiere jazz string quartet, taking turns with a quartet of our own musicians playing classical tunes that complement the jazz.
$30 ($25 seniors; $15 students)
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Mini Maestros: Percussion of Parade
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
The TSO Percussion Quartet invites you to join them for a grand showcase of the percussion family. The audience will be fascinated by the number of different instruments, as well as a few “instruments” that are part of our everyday lives. Ideal for ages 2 to 8.
$10 ($7 children)
Fandango!
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Boccherini – Quintet No. 7 in E minor for Guitar and String Quartet, G. 451
Mozart – String Quartet in G major, K. 387 ("Spring")
Giuliani – Variations for Guitar, Op. 102
Mertz – Elegie for Guitar
Boccherini – Quintet No. 4 in D major for Guitar and String Quartet, G. 448 ("Fandango")
Mozart – String Quartet in G major, K. 387 ("Spring")
Giuliani – Variations for Guitar, Op. 102
Mertz – Elegie for Guitar
Boccherini – Quintet No. 4 in D major for Guitar and String Quartet, G. 448 ("Fandango")
$15-$30
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Spring Concert
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Honegger – Concerto de Camera for Flute, English Horn and Strings
Arensky – Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Sibelius – Valse Triste
Foote – Serenade for Strings
Arensky – Variations on a Theme by Tchaikovsky
Sibelius – Valse Triste
Foote – Serenade for Strings
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Comedy and Tragedy with the BPA Shakespeare Society
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Nicolai – The Merry Wives of Windsor Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
Mendelssohn – Selections from A Midsummer Night’s Dream
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole, 1st movement
Grieg – Piano Concerto in A minor, 1st movement
Bernstein/Peress – West Side Story Overture
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
$16-$19 (age 18 and under free)
Ladies Musical Club at Mirabella
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bellini – Composizioni da camera
R. Strauss – Zueignung
Allen Feinstein – Three Dances for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Simon A. Sargon – Haas Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
R. Strauss – Zueignung
Allen Feinstein – Three Dances for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Simon A. Sargon – Haas Trio for Oboe, Bassoon and Piano
Free
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir Spring Concert
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Redmond United Methodist Church, Redmond, WA, United States
Works written for or arranged for Flute Choir by Cohen, Gershwin, Haydn, Lauf and Smetana.
Free
Rainier Symphony: Classical Concert III
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 5:00pm – 6:45pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Glazanov – Overture Solennelle
Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major
Bloch – Concerto Grosso No. 1
Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major
$17 ($12 senior/student; age 12 and under FREE)
Austrian Antithesis
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Mozart – Flute Concerto No. 1 in G major, K. 313
Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major “Romantic”
Bruckner – Symphony No. 4 in E-flat major “Romantic”
$22-$55
Handel & Telemann – Musical Friends
Sunday, April 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Debra Nagy, oboe
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
Ingrid Matthews, violin
Nathan Whittaker, cello
Byron Schenkman, harpsichord
$42 ($38 seniors, $10 youth under 25)
UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Band: Prized – Memories
Monday, April 20, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Wind Ensemble and Symphonic Bands perform music by prize-winning composers, including Funeral Music for Queen Mary, by Steven Stucky; and American Scripture, by Andrew Rindfleisch.
$15 ($10 student/senior)
An Evening in Alto Clef
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Viola students from the studio of professor Melia Watras and members of the University of Washington Symphony Orchestra and Campus Philharmonia perform solo and ensemble works.
Free
US World Series: Emerson String Quartet
Tuesday, April 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp Minor, Op. 108
Liebermann – New Work (2014)
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
Liebermann – New Work (2014)
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 15 in A Minor, Op. 132
$40-$45
Joshua Roman Bach Recital
Wednesday, April 22, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A crowdsourced (!), all-Bach program.
$10-$20
UW World Series: Simone Dinnerstein
Thursday, April 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Poulenc – Suite Francaise pour piano d'apres Claude Gervaise (16 siecle) Presto
Debussy – Suite bergamasque
Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960
Debussy – Suite bergamasque
Schubert – Piano Sonata No. 21 in B-flat Major, D. 960
$40-$45
Side-by-Side: UW Symphony and the Seattle Symphony
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Debussy – Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune" ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)
Debussy – Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune" ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)
Free
Joshua Roman Recital
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Henri Dutilleux – Trois Strophes sur le nom de Sacher
Ginastera – Puneña No. 2 "Hommage a Paul Sacher" Op. 45
Roman – Riding Light
J.S. Bach – Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012, for Unaccompanied Violoncello
Ginastera – Puneña No. 2 "Hommage a Paul Sacher" Op. 45
Roman – Riding Light
J.S. Bach – Suite No. 6 in D major, BWV 1012, for Unaccompanied Violoncello
$15-$35
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Free
Inverted Space Ensemble / Washington Composers Forum
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Onur Dülger – radicalOtherness
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began
Free
LUCO: Beethoven's 'Emperor' Concerto
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Ngai – The Glory Fanfare (world premiere)
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Guinivan – 20th Anniversary Commission
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Guinivan – 20th Anniversary Commission
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
$18 ($13 student/senior)