Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: All About that Bass (Viola da Gamba)
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Performing virtuosic music for the viola da gamba by some of the baroque rock stars that made it the electric guitar of the 18th century.
$25
Emerald Ensemble: Finlandia
Saturday, May 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon United Methodist Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring twentieth-century composers Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and more.
$25
Ladies Musical Club: The Music of Johann Sebastian Bach
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten ("The Wedding Cantata")
Bach – The Goldberg Variations (selections)
Bach – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (selections)
Bach – Trio sonata in G major, BWV 1038
Bach – The Goldberg Variations (selections)
Bach – Violin Sonata No. 1 in G minor, BWV 1001 (selections)
Bach – Trio sonata in G major, BWV 1038
Free
Tasting Notes: Concert & Exclusive Wine Tasting
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Cellars, Kirkland, WA, United States
Virtuosic music for the viola da gamba, featuring gamba superstar William Skeen.
$25 ($15 ages 21-30)
Island Consort: Musique Pour l'Ame et Coeur
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Langley United Methodist Church, Langley, WA, United States
An all-French program with music by Fauré, Coste, Debussy, Vielhan, and more.
$20 ($5 youth)
Mostly Nordic & Emerald Ensemble: Finlandia
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring twentieth-century composers Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and more.
$25 ($20 Nordic Heritage Museum members)
Music of Remembrance: Gaman – to persevere
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Gaman (2018 – world premiere)
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin
$45 ($30 for under 30)
Gala evening to celebrate MOR’s 20 years, and help ensure twenty more!
Sunday, May 20, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Norcliffe Founders' Room at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mingle with the artists, share a gourmet dinner, and explore exciting silent auction items.
$250+
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: The Capable Virtuoso
Tuesday, May 22, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Trio sonatas for baroque flute, baroque violin, theorbo, and baroque guitar inspired by Corelli and the idea that Italian, French, and German styles might be fused in an integrated musical style.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
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
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
$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
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
$30 ($20 student, young adult, senior)
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
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
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
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)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
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