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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

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Northwest University presents Christmas Traditions

Kirkland Civic Orchestra, Coro Amici, Northwest University Concert Choir, and Northwest University Chamber Choir

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)

Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States

Celebrating the traditions of Christmas, featuring new carol arrangements and traditional selections by Anton Bruckner, Jan Sweelinck, Dan Forrest, John Rutter, Craig Courtney and more, including a few traditional sing-a-longs.

$14-$26

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

Auburn Symphony Orchestra and Federal Way Chorale

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

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Ravenna String Orchestras: Haydn, Brahms, Buxtehude & more

Ravenna String Orchestras

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

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UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic & Campus Bands: Luminaries

UW Symphonic Band, UW Concert/Campus Bands, and UW Wind Ensemble

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States

Highlights include the Northwest premiere of Joseph Schwantner’s Luminosity: Concerto for Wind Orchestra.

$10

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Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah

Pacific MusicWorks and UW Chamber Singers

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)

Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States

A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.

$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)

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Rainier Symphony Holiday Favorites

Rainier Symphony

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)

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WSCO: Wind Symphony Concert

West Seattle Community Orchestras

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

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UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss

Cyndia Sieden and UW Symphony Orchestra

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States

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

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Handel's 'Messiah': A sing-along evening with the Garfield Orchestra

Garfield Orchestra

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)

Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States

Operatic divas, in-the-shower singers, and listeners are invited to join the Garfield Symphony Orchestra in a performance of Georg Handel’s beloved Messiah.

$10-$15

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