Sanctuary in the City: Pacific MusicWorks 2018-2019 Season Preview

Wednesday, September 5, 2018 @ 12:10pm – 12:55pm (PDT)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
A preview of the 2018-2019 Pacific MusicWorks Mainstage concerts, including music by Barbara Strozzi, Monteverdi, Corelli, and Handel.

Free

CHA at Racer Sessions

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
Spontaneous, hyper-contemporary creations for multi-disciplinary trio in a beloved Seattle venue.

Free

Olympic Music Festival: Folk Dances & Melodies

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Frédéric Chopin – Three Mazurkas, Op. 50
Frédéric Chopin – Barcarolle in F-sharp major, Op. 60
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3 in A minor, Op. 25 “In Romanian Folk Style”
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 2 in A major, Op. 26

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Summer Concerts at the Locks: Tutti Flutti

Sunday, September 2, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
An outdoor concert for all ages performing Baroque, Classical, and contemporary music for flute.

Free

Olympic Music Festival: La Belle Èpoque

Saturday, September 1, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Trio in D minor, Op. 120
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’immortalité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la fin du temps
Claude Debussy – Reflets dans l’eau from Images, Book I
Claude Debussy – Claire de lune from Suite Bergamasque
Claude Debussy – L’isle joyeuse (1904)
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio (1914)

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Wayward Music Series: Tom Varner & Friends – End of Summer Sound Vespers

Thursday, August 30, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Magical sounds settings of field recordings, mixed brass, and percussion. You might hear some gorgeous muted brass long tones meeting up with crackling ice, insects, or sounds of a totally unknown origin!

$5-$15 donation

Kin of the Moon: Public Radiation

Thursday, August 30, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Audience participation sonic rituals. Bring instruments, toys, your voice, a walking stick ... anything to summon the sound waves!

$5-$20 sliding scale cash donation

[CANCELLED] Different Drummer at Naked City

Monday, August 27, 2018 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A genre-diverse program with an array of alternative percussion instruments which include a typewriter, lampshade, trash can, desk bells, stampers and a suitcase kick drum.

CANCELLED (was $15/$10)

Olympic Music Festival: Tessa Lark & Michael Thurber – Bach to Bluegrass

Saturday, August 25, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
A fresh approach to programming that will take you from the classical concert hall to the countryside of Kentucky in one afternoon.

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

UW Summer Chamber Institute Preview Concert

Friday, August 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Experience the rich musical tradition of collaborative performance performed by internationally renowned artists.

Free (Free (registration required))

Eye Music CD Release Concert

Friday, August 24, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An ensemble who specializes in the interpretation of graphic and text scores, performing Ichiyanagi's Sapporo, which mixes sustained tones with sharply attacked sounds.

Free

Wayward Music Series: Plancklength, Morher, & Noel Kennon

Thursday, August 23, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of original electroacoustic works presented in a six-channel surround sound.

$5-$15 donation

Olympic Chamber Music: Musical Fireworks

Sunday, August 19, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Mozart – Overture from Le Nozze di Figaro, K. 492
Nikolai Kapustin – Selections from Divertissement for Piano Trio, Op. 126
Stravinsky – Suite from L’Histoire du soldat
Barber – Adagio for Strings
Strauss – Unter Donner und Blitz, Op. 32
Additional works to be announced from the stage

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Resonance at SOMA Towers: Seattle Piano Players

Sunday, August 19, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Popular music for piano by great composers including Beethoven, Chopin, Debussy, and Rimsky-Korsakov.

Free

Music Northwest: Tonkonogui Awards for Excellence in Chamber Music

Sunday, August 19, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Outstanding students ages 10-18 performing chamber music of Mozart, Dvorak, Milhaud, Piazzolla, and more. Proceeds benefit the Music Northwest financial aid fund for low-income students.

$18

Wayward Music Series: Rebecca Lawrence & James Vitz-Wong

Saturday, August 18, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Acoustic, electronic, contemporary, and original works for the double bass.

$5-$15 donation

Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Concert in the Park feat. young competition winners

Saturday, August 18, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Featuring the artistry and virtuosity of the young winners of the Russian Piano/Chamber Music Competition, ages 12-18. Bring a picnic, a blanket, and all your loved ones.

Free (Free)

Olympic Music Festival: Schubert’s Trout Quintet & GardenMusic

Saturday, August 18, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Weber – Clarinet Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 34
Suk – Elegie in D-flat major for Piano Trio, Op. 23
Schubert – Die Forelle, D. 550
Schubert – Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Additional works TBA

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship Concert II: Vocal Inspirations

Sunday, August 12, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – Rondo in A major for Piano Four Hands, D. 951
Johannes Brahms – Piano Trio No. 1 in B major, Op. 8
Antonín Dvořák – String Sextet in A major, Op. 48

$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)

Wayward Music Series: Doug Theriault (Portland) & RM Francis

Saturday, August 11, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Live cut-up guitar improvisations using custom-made electronics and innovative approaches to computer-generated sound.

$5-$15 donation