The Westerlies at The Royal Room

Wednesday, May 23, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A New York-based brass quartet with the precision of a string quartet, the audacity of a rock band, and the charm of a family sing-along.

$15 (students $5)

UW Modern Music Ensemble: Fure, Gubaidulina, Furrer, & Karpen

Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ashley Fure – Something to Hunt
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere

$10

UW Percussion Ensemble

Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bonnie Whiting leads students from the UW School of Music Percussion Studio in an end-of-the-year program of music from around the globe.

$10

Seattle Art Song Society: Marcy Stonikas & Mitchell Giambalvo in Recital

Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
John Harbison – Mirabai Songs
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei

$30 ($20 student, young adult, senior)

Inverted Space Ensemble: The Cimbalom & Beyond

Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
György Kurtág – Scenes From A Novel
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext

$5-$15 donation

Chamber Music Concert Celebrating Dr. Carole Terry

Saturday, May 26, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A chamber music concert featuring University of Washington faculty and students celebrating Dr. Carole Terry.

Free

Brandenburg Concerti Concert Celebrating Dr. Carole Terry

Saturday, May 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Selections from J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerti, in honor of Dr. Carole Terry's 40th year of teaching at the University of Washington.

Free

Brian Schappals, clarinet (UW MM recital)

Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 3:45pm (PDT)
University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
György Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Joan Tower – Wings
Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint

Free

Frequency Ensemble w/ Yura Lee, violin

Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ernő Dohnányi’s Serenade, duos by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Maurice Ravel, and Melia Watras, and more.

$20 ($10 students/seniors)

Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon

Tuesday, May 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.

$5-$15 donation

PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Love & Ballet

Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An in-depth interviews with PNB artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal, revealing the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.

$30

Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song

Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.

$5-$15 donation

Wayward Music Series: Kestrel, LA LUNGS, Blessed Blood, & Galbraith/Pollack

Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A diverse group of artists perform works for prepared guitar and bass, modular synth, butoh dancer, and more.

$5-$15 donation

Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet

Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit

$37-$187

First Friday Salons: More than quartets with Skyros & friends

Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A performance of seldom-performed works, including the famed Mendelssohn String Octet, written when he was just 16 years old.

$20

Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet

Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit

$30-$180

Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet

Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit

$37-$187

UW Composition Studio w/ Inverted Space Ensemble

Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers that explore unconventional sonic landscapes. Music by Aidan Gold, Irene Putnam, Nikki Chang, Wei Yang, and Daniel Webbon.

Free

Secret Chamber Music: Brahms in the Central District

Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Private home in the Central District, Seattle, WA, United States
A casual, intimate house concert featuring Brahms' String Quintet No. 2.

$25

Seattle Opera: O+E

Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Opera Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Journey to hell and back with a new 80-minute twist on Gluck’s classic telling of Orpheus and Eurydice.

$45