Saltwater Music Series: Winds of Summer

Saturday, August 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Steven Luksan – Suite for flute and piano
Steven Luksan – Four Pieces
Steven Luksan – Sonata
Benjamin Godard – "Waltz" from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116

Free

Olympic Music Festival: Midsummer Gala feat. Musicians from GardenMusic

Saturday, August 24, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The party of the summer overlooks Port Townsend Bay and features a dazzling arrangement of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.

$60 (age 7-12 free)

Wayward Music Series: Aaron Butler & Bonnie Whiting

Friday, August 23, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring works composed for Butler, a recently revived piece from 1973, and duo improvisations with Whiting.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Emerald City Music: Chamber Music on a Boat

Friday, August 23, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Pier 55, Seattle, WA, United States
Live music by a cast of incredible ECM musicians including Lincoln Center violinist Kristin Lee, a one-of-a-kind musical play-along, games, food, drink, and more.

$200-$250

Opera On Tap: Under the Stars

Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Chophouse Row, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle’s original opera in a new outdoor location – local, grassroots, and very fun.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Music on the Ridge: Coho String Quartet

Thursday, August 22, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:35pm (PDT)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet in A major, K. 464
Mark Kuss – Elegy (West Coast premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 74 "Harp"

Free (Free)

Listen Live at Lunch: Duo Soprello

Wednesday, August 21, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A program of original music and transcriptions including arias by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Gaetano Donizetti, selections from cello sonatas by Gabriel Fauré and Dmitri Shostakovich, and more.

Free (Free)

Olympic Music Festival: New Worlds

Sunday, August 18, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Georges Enescu – Konzertstück for viola and piano
William Walton – Piano Quartet in D minor
Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3 for cello and piano
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 "American"

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Tonkonogui Awards for Chamber Music

Sunday, August 18, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Olympic Recital Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Outstanding students age 8-18 perform chamber music masterpieces from Antonio Vivaldi, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Antonín Dvořák, and more.

$18

Professor Gadget Sax Quintet at the Ballard Locks

Sunday, August 18, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Professor Gadget Sax Quintet for a free outdoor concert at the Ballard Locks.

Free

Olympic Music Festival: Passion in Paris

Saturday, August 17, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Petite Suite, L. 65 for piano four hands
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Chamber Music

Wednesday, August 14, 2019 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Gian Carlo Menotti – Trio for violin, clarinet, and piano
Darius Milhaud – Suite for violin, clarinet, and piano, Op. 157b
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt"

Free

Groupmuse House Concert: Rossini, Bartók, Popper, & Vivaldi in the Admiral District

Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioacchino Rossini – Duet for Cello and Double Bass in D major: mvt. I & II
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz.56
David Popper – Suite for 2 Cellos, Op. 16: mvt: I & III
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for 2 Cellos in G minor, RV 531: mvt. I & II
David Popper – Hungarian Rhapsody, Op. 68

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Music Northwest: Masterpieces for Strings & Piano

Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Ernő Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10 for string trio

$18 (seniors $16)

Olympic Music Festival: Musical Forefathers

Sunday, August 11, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Olympic Music Festival: Transcendence

Saturday, August 10, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Wayward Music Series: East Coast Meets West

Thursday, August 8, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paul Moravec – Epithalamion
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano

$5-$20 donation

Live Music Project Concert & Happy Hour at Lagunitas Taproom

Monday, August 5, 2019 @ 5:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Lagunitas Tap Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Viola, double bass, and toy piano, oh my! Three world premieres for an unusual combination of instruments.

Free ($5 suggested donation, RSVP requested)

Northwest Film Forum Puget Soundtrack: Postcard from the Badlands present 'Naer Vaer'

Sunday, August 4, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that explores the intersection of Americana, modern chamber music, and instrumental rock, alongside footage representing themes of creation, community, conquest, migration, labor and play.

$16 ($13 NWFF members)

Whidbey Island Music Festival: Handel's Roman Holiday

Sunday, August 4, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
A program of dramatic, passionate, and virtuosic music written while George Frideric Handel was a young man in Rome.

$22 / $10 / FREE for children