Orchestral – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
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
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Handel Messiah
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition.
$25-$88
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Handel Messiah
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition.
$25-$88
OSSCS: Messiah
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Handel – Messiah, HWV 56
$10-$25, youth free
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Wednesday, December 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
New Year's Eve with the Seattle Symphony
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Follow Beethoven's Ninth with an after-concert party that includes a glass of champagne, a live band, and dancing all the way to the midnight countdown and beyond!
$50-$153
Seattle Rock Orchestra at First Night
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 10:15pm – 11:15pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Seattle Rock Orchestra returns to Tacoma to ring in the new year, performing a dance party for the ages!
$14 ($10 adv)
Music at St. James: New Year's Eve Concert
Thursday, December 31, 2026 @ 11:00pm – 11:55pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Ring in the New Year with festive music by Bach, Handel, and Rheinberger, including Bach’s 1723 version of the famed Magnificat.
$30 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Saturday, January 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
Seattle Symphony & Chorale: Beethoven Symphony No. 9
Sunday, January 3, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Humperdinck – Prelude to Hansel and Gretel
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
Vaughan Williams – Fantasia on Greensleeves
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9 in D minor, Op. 125, "Choral"
$28-$128
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Thursday, January 7, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rimsky-Korsakov – Overture to The Tsar's Bride
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
$44-$129 (youth 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninoff Piano Concerto No. 2
Saturday, January 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rimsky-Korsakov – Overture to The Tsar's Bride
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18
Tchaikovsky – Suite No. 3 in G major, Op. 55
$44-$129 (youth 8-18 free)
DeVotchKa with the Seattle Symphony
Tuesday, January 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Denver-based indie rock band DeVotchKa pairs up with the Seattle Symphony to translate their intimate melodies into a full-scale orchestral experience.
$27-$47
Michael Gibbs and Bill Frisell with the UW Symphony and Jazz Studies Faculty
Thursday, January 14, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Guitarist Bill Frisell revisits arrangements by composer Michael Gibbs’ arrangements, joined by the UW Symphony and Jazz Studies faculty Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Luke Bergman.
$20 (students $10)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra: Petite Symphonie
Friday, January 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
St. Gabriel's Parish, Port Orchard, WA, United States
Gounod – Petite Symphonie
$15
Seattle Symphony: Handel Royal Fireworks Music
Friday, January 15, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pergolesi – Sinfonia to L'Olimpiade
Rameau – Suite from Suite from Les Boréades
Vivaldi – Oboe Concerto in C major RV. 447
Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
Rameau – Suite from Suite from Les Boréades
Vivaldi – Oboe Concerto in C major RV. 447
Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
$20-$76
Seattle Symphony: Handel Royal Fireworks Music
Saturday, January 16, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pergolesi – Sinfonia to L'Olimpiade
Rameau – Suite from Suite from Les Boréades
Vivaldi – Oboe Concerto in C major RV. 447
Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
Rameau – Suite from Suite from Les Boréades
Vivaldi – Oboe Concerto in C major RV. 447
Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks
$20-$76
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra: Petite Symphonie
Sunday, January 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Summit Avenue Presbyterian Church, Bremerton, WA, United States
Gounod – Petite Symphonie
$15
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Piano Concerto No. 1
Monday, January 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Dvořák – Carnival Overture, Op. 92
Avni – Largo for Strings
Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Avni – Largo for Strings
Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
$10-$27
Seattle Symphony: Mozart & Haydn
Thursday, January 21, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Selections from Ballet Music from Idomeneo, Rè di Creta, K. 367
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Haydn – March in E-flat major for the Royal Society of Musicians, H. VIII:3bis
Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, "London"
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Haydn – March in E-flat major for the Royal Society of Musicians, H. VIII:3bis
Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, "London"
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)