Classical period (1750-1820) – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Romantic Untuxed
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
R. Strauss – Don Juan
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
R. Strauss – Don Juan
Tchaikovsky – Romeo & Juliet Fantasy Overture
$17-$81
Rainier Symphony: Classical Concert IV
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to The Barber of Seville
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Sibelius – Karelia Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
Sibelius – Karelia Suite
Sibelius – Karelia Overture
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 "Spring"
$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)
Ladies Musical Club: Operas Adapted from Great Literature
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Ladies Musical Club presents selections from operas adapted from literature.
Free
OSSCS: 1954 in America
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland – The Tender Land Suite
Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Dohnányi – American Rhapsody, Op. 47
Bernstein – On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
Broadway and radio hits of 1954
World premiere of a new work from the winner of the 2014–2015 OSSCS Composer Competition
Whitacre – Leonardo Dreams of His Flying Machine
Dohnányi – American Rhapsody, Op. 47
Bernstein – On the Waterfront Symphonic Suite
Broadway and radio hits of 1954
World premiere of a new work from the winner of the 2014–2015 OSSCS Composer Competition
$25 ($20 seniors; $10 students)
Bremerton Symphony Youth Orchestra
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Admiral Theatre, Bremerton, WA, United States
BSYO season finale, featuring Lydia Buck playing Max Bruch Violin Concerto No. 1.
Free
UW World Series: Angela Hewitt
Monday, May 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Scarlatti – Sonatas
Bach – Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
Liszt – Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (from Années de pèlerinage: Italie)
Scarlatti – Sonatas
Bach – Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
Liszt – Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (from Années de pèlerinage: Italie)
$40-$45
Maplewood Student Orchestra at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 12:40pm – 1:10pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Students in 6th, 7th and 8th Grade perform at Folklife, a highlight of their musical year.
Free
Steven Arntson at Folklife: New Music for Concertina & Voice
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 4:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Steven Arntson performs new music for the duet concertina and voice.
Free
SPU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance by the Seattle Pacific University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Free
Chamber Music at Richmond Beach: Sean Osborn & Jessica Choe
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Richmond Beach Congregational Church, Shoreline, WA, United States
Music for clarinet and piano by Hoffmeister, Poulenc, Horwitz, Osborn and Karen Thomas.
$20
Seattle Cello eXperiment at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning many musical genres, including popular, rock, film and television, classical, Latin and fiddling.
Free
Hamilton International Middle School Chamber Orchestra at Folklife
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 11:40am – 12:05pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A Folklife performance by the Hamilton International Middle School Chamber Orchestra.
Free
Maier Hall Concert Series: Onyx Chamber Players
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Peninsula College Maier Performance Hall, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Onyx Chamber Players combine a unique blend of early music performance style with the brilliance and virtuosity of modern instruments. Audiences and critics alike have hailed their musical energy, the exciting chemistry among the players and the musical intensity Onyx brings to their performances.
$15 (students $5 w/ID)
Saxophone: UNCOVERED
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Expanding the contemporary classical saxophone repertoire, Kevin Baldwin will premiere new works by local Seattle composers, as well as lesser-performed pieces from famed composers Luciano Berio, Gerard Grisey and Giacinto Scelsi.
$5-$15
Onyx Chamber Players at First Church Seattle
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
First Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Schubert, Weber and Mendelssohn.
$10-$25
Denná Good-Mojab: Master of Music Recital
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Denná Good-Mojab performers a MM recital including art songs by Fauré, Duke, Brahms and Debussy, as well as Italian art songs.
Free
Valse Café Orchestra at Folklife
Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States
Postmodern renditions of dance-hall classics, a mélange of Viennese waltz and American jazz, plus Argentine tangos, rumbas, cha-chas, polkas, schottisches and the blues.
Free
1,000 Cellos
Monday, May 25, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 2:20pm (PDT)
Cornish Courtyard at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cellists from all over the region perform an original work for cello orchestra.
Free
Seattle Bach Choir at Folklife
Monday, May 25, 2026 @ 3:30pm – 4:50pm (PDT)
Intiman Stage, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Bach Choir will lead participants in singing a cappella literature.
Free
Mozart Requiem Singalong at Folklife
Monday, May 25, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Cornish Courtyard at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Peace Chorus and a small string quartet will lead a singalong of Mozart's Requiem.
Free