Kirkland Choral Society: Bach Magnificat

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Classical choral Christmas music.

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Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Snowflake Season

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Bellevue High School Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
A performance by the BYSO Sinfonia, Premiere, and Percussion Ensemble.

$12-$15

Seattle Mandolin Orchestra: Mandolin Messiah

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Green Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel's beloved oratorio – like you've never heard it!

$15-$20

The Pleasures of Pan

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
J.G. Janitsch – Suonata da Camera Prima
Holst – Terzetto
W.F. Bach – Trio for oboe, flute, viola
Jean-Baptiste Wekerlin – Pastorale
C.P.E. Bach – Trio for flute, viola and harpsichord
Schubert – Nocturne, Op. 148

$15-$25 suggested donation

Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas with Benjamin Britten’s brilliantly entertaining and moving cantata, Saint Nicolas.

$25-$30

Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Magic of Mistletoe

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bellevue High School Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
A performance by the BYSO Youth, Philharmonia, Flute Orchestra, and Flute Choir.

$12-$15

Portland Cello Project’s Holiday Spectacular

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music you wouldn’t normally hear coming from a cello!

$35-$40

UPS Noon Recital Series

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Free performances by students at the University of Puget Sound School of Music.

Free

WSCO: A Winter Celebration of Music!

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Bizet – Aragonaise from Carmen
Isaac – Mexican Overture
Waldteufel – España
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, 2nd Mvmt.
Christmas Classics

Donations welcome

An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Saygun – Partita, Op. 31
Bach – Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
O’Connor – Appalachia Waltz
Bach – Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Jiping – Summer in the High Grassland
Bach – Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012

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ASO: Home for the Holidays – Nutcracker, Messiah & More

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Troika
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
Handel – Messiah

$10-$35

Ravenna String Orchestras: Haydn, Brahms, Buxtehude & more

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major (first mvt.)
Brahms – String Sextet No. 1 (first mvt.) arr. for string orchestra
Reinecke – March from Serenade for Strings
Bob Matthews – Celebration
Buxtehude – Chaconne in E minor
Haydn – Presto from Symphony No. 4, arr. McCashin

Free

Ladies Musical Club Recital: Bach to Barber in Words and Music

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Beth Ann Bonnecroy (soprano), Janet Anderson (piano) and Karin McCullough (piano) perform works by Bach, Barber, Fauré, Debussy, Bemberg and Mozart.

Free

Fibonacci: A Chamber Music Trio

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Bayview Retirement Community, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Divertimento No. 2
Charles Huguenin – Trio No. 1
Halvorsen (arr. Simpson) – Passacaglia for woodwind trio
Joplin – Solace
Eugene Bozza – Suite Breve en Trio, Mvt. 1
Donald Draganski – La Cantina

Free

Yang Lu Cello Recital

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW doctoral student Yang Lu performs a DMA recital on cello. Free and open to the public.

Free (Free)

Pianist Artem Alexanyan in Concert

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 57 (Waldstein)
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 1

Free

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.

$16-$28

WSCO: Wind Symphony Concert

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Providence Mt. St. Vincent Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Jacob – Earle of Oxford's Marche
Holst – Second Suite in F, 4 movements
Anderson – A Christmas Festival
Selected works for French horn quartet

Donations welcome

Rainier Symphony Holiday Favorites

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Holiday favorites for the whole family.

$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)

UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Schumann – Symphony in D minor (original 1841 version of Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120)
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

$10-$15