Orchestral – Upcoming Concerts
OSSCS: War and Peace
Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel – Music for the Royal Fireworks, HWV 351
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture, Op. 49
Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
$10-$25, youth free
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: Russian Season Opening
Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Russian Overture
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 2
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition
$19-$79
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 3
Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Strauss – Don Quixote
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
$21-$121 (age 8-18 free)
Ebb and Flow – Water Music
Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Hamburg Ebb and Flow Overture
Telemann – La Bourse Overture
Handel – Water Music
Telemann – La Bourse Overture
Handel – Water Music
$20-$39
Seattle Rock Orchestra Tribute to Pink Floyd
Saturday, October 3, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
SRO pays tribute to psychedelic rock pioneers Pink Floyd with a retrospective that spans from The Piper At the Gates of Dawn to The Wall, including a complete performance of The Dark Side of the Moon.
$40
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Symphony No. 3
Sunday, October 4, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Strauss – Don Quixote
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
Brahms – Symphony No. 3
$21-$121 (age 8-18 free)
Federal Way Symphony Season Premiere: Moving Masterworks
Sunday, October 4, 2026 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (EDT)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Federal Way, WA, United States
Piston – Serenade
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 "Classical Symphony"
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 1 "Classical Symphony"
Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 3
Wieniawski – Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor, Op. 22
$32 ($28 seniors)
Olympia Symphony Orchestra: Wagner, Tchaikovsky, Waldteufel, Hindemith
Sunday, October 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Wagner – Prelude to Act III of Lohengrin
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Waldteufel – The Skater’s Waltz, Op. 183
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by Weber
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Waldteufel – The Skater’s Waltz, Op. 183
Hindemith – Symphonic Metamorphoses on themes by Weber
$25-$55
Seattle Symphony: Strauss Zarathustra
Thursday, October 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – A Hero's Song
Britten – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
R. Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra
Britten – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
R. Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra
$21-$121 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Scrape
Thursday, October 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Original string orchestra music by Sumui Tanooka, Jarrad Powell and Jim Knapp.
$10
John Adams' SHAKER LOOPS, American Music for String Orchestra
Friday, October 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Adams' Shaker Loops, plus works by Kevin Puts, Samuel Barber, Anna Clyne and Michael Torke.
Free
Eastside Symphony: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Album for the Young
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien
Tchaikovsky – Selections from Album for the Young
Tchaikovsky – Capriccio Italien
$12 ($9 student/senior; 12 & under free)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra: Dvořák the Romantic
Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Dvořák – Four Biblical Songs
Dvořák – Violin Concerto
Dvořák – Symphony No. 6
Dvořák – Violin Concerto
Dvořák – Symphony No. 6
$8-$26
V. Contreras with the Seattle Rock Orchestra
Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
A mix of album favorites, brand new songs and cover tunes that she has performed with the Seattle Rock Orchestra.
$22-$50
Seattle Symphony: Strauss Zarathustra
Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – A Hero's Song
Britten – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
R. Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra
Britten – Violin Concerto No. 1, Op. 15
R. Strauss – Also Sprach Zarathustra
$21-$121 (age 8-18 free)
Lang Lang with the Seattle Symphony
Sunday, October 11, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:45pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Coriolan Overture
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Respighi – Selections from "The Birds"
Grieg – Piano Concerto
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor
Respighi – Selections from "The Birds"
Grieg – Piano Concerto
$87-$152
Rainier Symphony Series 1: Heroic Triumph
Sunday, October 11, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Elgar – Cello Concerto
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
Elgar – Cello Concerto
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5
$17 ($12 student/senior; age 12 & under free)
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: A Spirited Return to the PAC
Sunday, October 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Mussorgsky – Night on Bare Mountain
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Bizet – Jeux d’enfants
Brubeck – Take Five
Brubeck – Strange Meadowlark
Brubeck – Blue Rondo a la Turk
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Bizet – Jeux d’enfants
Brubeck – Take Five
Brubeck – Strange Meadowlark
Brubeck – Blue Rondo a la Turk
$10-$35
Northwest Sinfonietta: Mozart & Beethoven
Friday, October 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland – Music for Theater
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
$20-$40
Northwest Sinfonietta: Mozart & Beethoven
Saturday, October 17, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Copland – Music for Theater
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 20
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8
$20-$60