Jack Straw Cultural Center: Guillaume de Machaut – Explorations

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new work that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut paired with historical perspective with music from the time of Machaut.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society Open Rehearsal: Strauss’ Piano Quartet

Wednesday, July 24, 2019 @ 1:15pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Get an inside look at how musicians prepare for a chamber music concert at this working rehearsal for Richard Strauss' Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 13.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Dvořák, Chopin, & Rachmaninoff

Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Terzetto in C major, Op. 74
Frédéric Chopin – Cello Sonata in G minor, Op. 65
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 9 "Elegiac"

$55 ($20 students/30 & under)

Opera On Tap: Baroque N' Hearts

Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Solo Bar & Eatery, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle’s original opera in a bar – local, grassroots, and very fun.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Dvořák, Chopin, & Rachmaninoff

Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Chinese Garden, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Dvořák, Chopin, & Rachmaninoff

Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Yesler Terrace Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Boris Giltburg plays Shostakovich

Monday, July 22, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring a piano transcription of Dmitri Shostakovich's String Quartet No. 3 in F major, Op. 73.

Free

Auburn Symphony Orchestra Free Performance at the Auburn International Farmers Market

Sunday, July 21, 2019 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Les Gove Park, Auburn, WA, United States
Join Auburn Symphony Orchestra musicians for a family-friendly performance full of popular tunes, and then take a stroll through the market.

Free (Free)

Wayward Music Series: Symbion Project + Dahliia

Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A mix of three electronic artists who use Japanese koto, modular synthesis, field recordings, ultrasonic audio/visual projections, musique concrète, drone tones, and modular synthesizers with spatialized sound processing.

$10-$15 donation

Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza

Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Featuring new music from all around the world in a variety of genres.

$13-$20 (kids FREE)

Northwest Folklife's Crossroads Cultural Arts Series presents: CelloX

Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bellevue Crossroads Community Center Theater, Bellevue, WA, United States
The Cello eXperiment (AKA “CelloX”) features Peter Williams’ highest-level students. They have recorded an album at Jack Straw Studios and performed at the Seattle Mariners, Triple Door, and The Moore Theatre.

Free

Cascadia Art Museum: Classical Date Night – Debussy, Mendelssohn, Ponce, & Lewin

Saturday, July 20, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Claude Debussy (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Beau Soir
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)

$18 ($12 museum members)

Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Holland Andrews, Ambrosia Bardos, & Ebony Miranda

Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three improvisational artists explore sound for voice, electronics, and cello ranging from expansive loops to pre-composed material.

$5-$20 donation

Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Mozart, Schulhoff, & Mendelssohn

Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
Erwin Schulhoff – Duo for Violin and Cello
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44 No. 3

$55 ($20 students/30 & under)

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Mozart, Schulhoff, & Mendelssohn

Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Mozart, Schulhoff, & Mendelssohn

Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Columbia Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society Free Recital: Jeewon Park plays Brahms

Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A 30-minute recital featuring Johannes Brahms' Piano Sonata No. 3 in F minor, Op. 5.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society Open Rehearsal: Mendelssohn's String Quartet

Friday, July 19, 2019 @ 1:15pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Get an inside look at how musicians prepare for a chamber music concert at this working rehearsal for Felix Mendelssohn's String Quartet No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 44 No. 3.

Free

Second City Chamber Series: Town & Country

Thursday, July 18, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Bedřich Smetana – From the Homeland for violin and piano
Erich Zeisl – Violin Sonata, “Brandeis”
Astor Piazzolla – The Four Seasons of Buenos Aires

$30 / $27 / $10 (age 21 & under free)

Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Debussy, Beach, Shostakovich, & Suk

Wednesday, July 17, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Quartet
Josef Suk – Meditation on an Old Czech Chorale “St. Wenceslas," Op. 35a
Josef Suk – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8

$55 ($20 students/30 & under)