Orchestral – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs The Beatles
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
The program features 'Across The Universe,' 'Let It Be,' 'Get Back,' 'Come Together,' 'Something,' 'Oh! Darling,' and concludes with Abbey Road's famous 16-minute medley. SRO marries the unabashed performance energy of rock'n'roll with the broader palette of musical nuances treasured in classical music.
$22.50
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
Seattle Youth Symphony: Verdi, Puccini, Mahler
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi – Scenes from La Traviata
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
$15-$48
Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák, the legend
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for Saxophone, Strings and Horns
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 in D minor
Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for Saxophone, Strings and Horns
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7, Op. 70 in D minor
$10-$25
WSCO: Promenade into Summer
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Piano Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt.
Sherman & Sherman – Mary Poppins
Beethoven – Symphony No. 4, 1st Mvt.
Sherman & Sherman – Mary Poppins
Free
PLU Orchestra Series VI
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra will perform major works from the orchestral repertoire, plus a premiere of a new PLU-inspired work by Gregory Youtz weaving together themes and instrumental colors that have become part of the PLU soundscape.
Price TBA
Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, United States
Works by Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles, and music from Downtown Abbey.
Free (donations encouraged)
The Taiwan Connection
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mingxin Du – Springtime Hills
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
$20-$40
Handel, Vivaldi & More
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Purcell – Chaconne in G minor
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
$20-$76
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Bienvenue en France!
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
New Hope Presbyterian Church, Kent, WA, United States
Chabrier – Joyeuse marche
Lalo – Symphony in G minor
Chopin – Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Turina – Danzas fantasticas
Lalo – Symphony in G minor
Chopin – Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Turina – Danzas fantasticas
$15 ($10 student/senior)
The Taiwan Connection
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Mingxin Du – Springtime Hills
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
$20-$60
PSSO Spring Concert: Shostakovich, Wagner, Dvořák
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – October
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Wagner – Prelude and Liebestod from Tristan and Isolde
Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
$5-$11
Rainier Symphony: Classical Concert IV
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (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)
Seattle Symphony: Handel, Vivaldi & More
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Purcell – Chaconne in G minor
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
Handel – Concerto Grosso in F major, Op. 6, No. 9
J.S. Bach – Cantata No. 51, Jauchzet Gott in allen Landen! BWV 51
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, R. 589
$20-$76
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
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Bienvenue en France!
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Chabrier – Joyeuse marche
Lalo – Symphony in G minor
Chopin – Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Turina – Danzas fantasticas
Lalo – Symphony in G minor
Chopin – Concerto for Piano No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Turina – Danzas fantasticas
$20 ($10 student/senior)
The Taiwan Connection
Sunday, May 17, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
Mingxin Du – Springtime Hills
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
Che-Yi Lee – Green Island Serenade
Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A, Op. 92
$40
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)
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)