Meany Center presents: Turtle Island Quartet with Liz Carroll

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Award-winning Turtle Island Quartet delves into the timeless music that has been an integral part of wintertime festivities for centuries.

$46-$54

Bach Collegium Japan: Vivaldi, Handel, Bach

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in D minor from L'estro Armonico, Op. 3 No. 11
Francesco Bartolomeo Conti – Languet anima mea
Alessandro Marcello – Oboe Concerto in D minor
Georg Philipp Telemann – Nouveaux Quatuors No. 1 in D major, TWV 43:D3
George Frideric Handel – Silete venti, HWV 242

$20-$50

Ladies Musical Club: Schumann's 'Liederkreis'

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann’s Liederkreis will be featured, along with music for cello and piano by Haydn, Bloch, Debussy, and Chopin.

Free

Seattle Symphony: The Winds: The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 11:30am – 12:05pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Dance along with the sugar plum fairies as you and your little ones discover the woodwind family!

$12

Seattle Symphony: The Winds: The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 10:30am – 11:05am (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Dance along with the sugar plum fairies as you and your little ones discover the woodwind family!

$12

Seattle Symphony: The Winds: The Nutcracker

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 9:30am – 10:05am (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Dance along with the sugar plum fairies as you and your little ones discover the woodwind family!

$12

Pacific MusicWorks: Christmas in Rome

Friday, December 7, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Joyous music from 17th and 18th century Rome, with highlights including Stradella and Corelli.

$25-$45 (youth w/adult FREE)

Cornish College of the Arts: Scores of Sound Festival

Friday, December 7, 2018 @ 10:30am – 9:00pm (PST)
A festival of student work, including chamber music, jazz, new compositions for electronic media, and more.

Free

Seattle Symphony: The Winds: The Nutcracker

Friday, December 7, 2018 @ 10:30am – 11:05am (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Dance along with the sugar plum fairies as you and your little ones discover the woodwind family!

$12

Wayward Music Series: arx duo

Thursday, December 6, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Steve Reich – Nagoya Marimbas
Alyssa Weinberg – Table Talk
Igor Stravinsky – (piano transcriptions)
Fredrik Andersson – The Lonlyness of Santa Claus
DESVIO – Seeds
Alejandro Viñao – Book of Grooves

$5-$15 donation

Ladies Musical Club: Cambini, Telemann, Barber

Thursday, December 6, 2018 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Flute, oboe, and bassoon trios by Cambini and Telemann, Barber's Despite and Still, and other music by Bernstein and Comden.

Free

UW Modern Music Ensemble: Webern, Cage, & Neuwirth

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Anton Webern – Concerto for Nine Instruments, Op. 24
Krzysztof Penderecki – Clarinet Quartet
Morton Feldman – For Franz Kline
John Cage – Living Room Music
Olga Neuwirth – Marsyas II

Free

Sanctuary in the City: A New & Old World Christmas

Wednesday, December 5, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
A free lunchtime concert fosters a spirit of contemplation with Christmas carols and villancicos from Renaissance and Baroque Spain, Italy, and Latin America, including Leonarda’s Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Free

Pacific MusicWorks Underground: A Country (Baroque) Christmas at Naked City

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Holiday treats including Isabella Leonarda’s luminous Gloria in Excelsis Deo, rustic and boisterous country carols, tender lullabies, and an Ugly Baby Jesus art extravaganza!

$25 ($15 ages 21-30)

PLU Chamber Music Kaleidoscope

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Chamber Music Kaleidoscope featuring students of the string department.

Free

Bach's Lunch: A New & Old World Christmas

Tuesday, December 4, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A free, informal lunchtime concert of Christmas carols and villancicos from Renaissance and Baroque Spain, Italy, and Latin America, including Leonarda’s Gloria in Excelsis Deo.

Free

Pacific MusicWorks Underground: A Country (Baroque) Christmas at The Royal Room

Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Holiday treats including Isabella Leonarda’s luminous Gloria in Excelsis Deo, rustic and boisterous country carols, tender lullabies, and an Ugly Baby Jesus art extravaganza!

$25 ($15 under age 30)

Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Magic of Mistletoe

Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Newport High School Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Festive holiday pieces, J.S. Bach's Jesu, Joy of Man’s Desiring, and music celebrating the BYSO season theme of "African American Music and Its Influences."

$18 ($12 youth / senior / alum)

(Im)migration: Music of Displaced Peoples

Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Contrasts
Frederic Chopin – Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Arnold Schoenberg – Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Flute and Piano
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Sonatina for flute and guitar, Op. 205

Free

Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Competition Winners' Concert

Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 12:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Performances by the winners of the the 2018 Russian Piano/Chamber Music Competition.

$20