Candlelight Concerts presents: Festive Baroque

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
C.P.E. Bach – Flute Concerto in B-flat major
Mozart – Quartet for flute and strings
Fiorillo – Trio Concertante for violin, flute and viola
J.S. Bach – Sonata for Solo Violin

$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)

Laure Struber Piano Recital

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Laure Struber performs a DMA recital in piano.

Free (Free)

Groupmuse House Concert: Violin duets on Bellevue

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Enjoy a low-key house concert of baroque and classical violin duets.

$10 donation, RSVP for location

Cascade Symphony Orchestra performs Holiday Pops

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Herbert – March from Babes in Toyland
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Marcus and R. Seletsky (arr.) – Chanukah Medley
Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

$10-$27

Cascade Symphony Orchestra performs Holiday Pops

Monday, December 14, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Herbert – March from Babes in Toyland
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Marcus and R. Seletsky (arr.) – Chanukah Medley
Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah

$10-$27

LMC at University House Wallingford

Monday, December 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Sonata in C minor
Handel – Sonata in G minor
Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37 (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)

Free

Long Piece Fest I: Antoine Beuger's / jankélévitch sextets/

Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with Antoine Beuger’s jankélévitch sextets. Seattle premiere.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Groupmuse House Concert: Trio Pardalote

Wednesday, December 16, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Goldberg Variations
Holiday tunes
Dohnanyi – Serenade

$10 donation, RSVP for location

Academy Chamber Orchestra Winter Concert

Wednesday, December 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Bizet – Symphony in C major
Mozart – Horn Concerto No. 2
Prokofiev – Violin Concerto No. 2
Vaughan Williams – Suite for Viola
David Forman – Christmas Dance

Free

Roosevelt Orchestra Hollyberry Concert

Thursday, December 17, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Troika from Lt. Kije
J. Strauss Jr. – Overture to Die Fledermaus
Leroy Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Mozart – Eine kleine nachtmusik
Balmalges – Ice Sculptures
Vivaldi – Concerto Grosso in D minor
Mendelssohn – Da Nobis Pacem

Free

A Festival of Lessons & Carols

Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic 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.

$11-$28

Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Handel Messiah

Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition.

$25-$88

NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia (open rehearsal)

Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.

$10-$15

Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Handel Messiah

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 1:00pm – 3:20pm (PST)
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition.

$25-$88

NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.

SOLD OUT

Rose Cheng Piano Recital

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW doctoral student Rose Cheng performs a DMA recital on piano. Free and open to the public.

Free (Free)

Haller Lake Music Series: J.S. Bach’s Complete Viola da Gamba Sonatas

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:10pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Cellist Dale Henderson (founder of Bach in the Subways Day) and pianist William Chapman Nyaho perform:
J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G major, BWV 1027
J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 2 in D major, BWV 1028
J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 3 in G minor, BWV 1029

$20 suggested donation ($5 under age 15 )

OSSCS: Messiah

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56

$10-$25, youth free

NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.

SOLD OUT

Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Season of Wonder

Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brighten your seasonal celebrations with wondrous sacred and secular music for winter and the holidays.

$5-$20