Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Summer Parks Concerts: Magnuson Park
Sunday, August 5, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
Magnuson Park Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quintet in A major, K. 581
Gavin Borchert – Quartet (world premiere)
Sean Osborn – Quintet for clarinet and strings, "The Beatles"
Gavin Borchert – Quartet (world premiere)
Sean Osborn – Quintet for clarinet and strings, "The Beatles"
Free (Free)
Island Consort: From North India to the Northwest
Friday, August 10, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Hindustani classical music and contemporary Western classical music – works by Rebecca Clarke, Richard Bissill, Charles Koechlin, Alan Hovhanhess & more.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship Concert I: Rhapsodies from Eastern Europe
Saturday, August 11, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Kodaly – Serenade for Two Violins and Viola, Op. 12
Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
Pärt – Fratres (1980)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 23
Pärt – Fratres (1980)
Shostakovich – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 57
$33-$40 (students $20-$25, age 12 & under free)
Island Consort: From North India to the Northwest
Saturday, August 11, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Unitarian Universalist Congregation of Whidbey Island, Freeland, WA, United States
Hindustani classical music and contemporary Western classical music – works by Rebecca Clarke, Richard Bissill, Charles Koechlin, Alan Hovhanhess & more.
By donation
Wayward Music Series: Doug Theriault (Portland) & RM Francis
Saturday, August 11, 2029 @ 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
Olympic Chamber Music Fellowship Concert II: Vocal Inspirations
Sunday, August 12, 2029 @ 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
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)
Olympic Music Festival: Schubert’s Trout Quintet & GardenMusic
Saturday, August 18, 2029 @ 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
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)
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Concert in the Park feat. young competition winners
Saturday, August 18, 2029 @ 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)
Wayward Music Series: Rebecca Lawrence & James Vitz-Wong
Saturday, August 18, 2029 @ 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
Music Northwest: Tonkonogui Awards for Excellence in Chamber Music
Sunday, August 19, 2029 @ 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
Resonance at SOMA Towers: Seattle Piano Players
Sunday, August 19, 2029 @ 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
Olympic Chamber Music: Musical Fireworks
Sunday, August 19, 2029 @ 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
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)
Wayward Music Series: Plancklength, Morher, & Noel Kennon
Thursday, August 23, 2029 @ 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
Eye Music CD Release Concert
Friday, August 24, 2029 @ 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
UW Summer Chamber Institute Preview Concert
Friday, August 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Experience the rich musical tradition of collaborative performance performed by internationally renowned artists.
Free (Free (registration required))
Olympic Music Festival: Tessa Lark & Michael Thurber – Bach to Bluegrass
Saturday, August 25, 2029 @ 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)
[CANCELLED] Different Drummer at Naked City
Monday, August 27, 2029 @ 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)
Kin of the Moon: Public Radiation
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 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
Wayward Music Series: Tom Varner & Friends – End of Summer Sound Vespers
Thursday, August 30, 2029 @ 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
Olympic Music Festival: La Belle Èpoque
Saturday, September 1, 2029 @ 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)
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)