Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
Eastman School of Music: Musica Nova
Monday, October 25, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Gordon – Weather One
Julia Wolfe – Tell Me Everything
Louis Andriessen – De Staat ("The Republic")
Julia Wolfe – Tell Me Everything
Louis Andriessen – De Staat ("The Republic")
Free
92Y Presents: Lawrence Brownlee & Michael Spyres sing Rossini
Wednesday, October 27, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
2 of the great bel canto tenors of our time join for an all-Rossini program that promises vocal pyrotechnics & thrills – including a thrilling 6-hand piano arrangement of the Barber of Seville overture.
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Roulette: Charmaine Lee with Joanna Mattrey & Lester St. Louis
Wednesday, October 27, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
NYC-based Australian vocalist/composer Charmaine Lee debuts new solo work followed by first time collaboration with violist Joanna Mattrey & cellist Lester St. Louis.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Talea Ensemble at Peabody Institute
Thursday, October 28, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Featuring new works from Felipe Lara, Oscar Bettison, & Peabody Institute composition graduate students.
Free
Wayward Music Series: arx duo – Metal & Wood – Pitches of Percussion
Friday, October 29, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
arx duo presents brand new, exciting music for marimba & vibraphone by living composers, including local composer Angelique Poteat.
$5-$15 donation
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Annual Sensory Friendly Halloween Children's Concert
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Popular annual Halloween Children's Concert, this year featuring small ensembles from various LWSO sections. Both the music & environment will be tailored towards children & those with sensory sensitivities.
Free
92Y: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Andrew Rosenblum, piano, play Mendelssohn, Schumann, & more
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Felix Mendelssohn – Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Bellingham Music Club: Rastrelli Cello Quartet – From Brahms to Beatles
Saturday, October 30, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WCC Syre Auditorium, Bellingham, WA, United States
Program featuring Russian folk tunes; selections from the Beatles song book; works by Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, & Astor Piazzolla; plus film scores by Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, & Henry Mancini.
$30 ($10 ages 12-18/students with ID)
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Free (Free)
Second City Chamber Series: Chamber Music of Horrors
Sunday, October 31, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Dystopian State Brewing Co., Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrate Oktoberfest & Halloween at the Dystopian State Brewery as the KASA Quartet performs classical chamber music, bluegrass, pop, jazz, & everything in-between.
$30 plus service fee
Ensemble Dal Niente: Guest Artist Recital at University of Iowa
Monday, November 1, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ensemble Dal Niente performs music by Rebecca Saunders, Aida Shirazi, Alican Çamcı, Kyong Mee Choi, Juan Ortiz de Zarate, Sivan Cohen Elias, & Igor Stravinsky.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Tuesday, November 2, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In the first program in the 3-concert Chamber Series, cellists of the Seattle Symphony perform the complete cello sonata cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven — a delightful odyssey through his composing life.
Ticket price TBD
Bellingham Music Club goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Free (Free)
92Y Presents: Aizuri Quartet plays Beethoven, Eleanor Alberga, & Barbara Strozzi
Aizuri Quartet and
92Y
Wednesday, November 3, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L'usignuolo (“The Nightingale”)
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: 'Here Be Sirens' Suite by Kate Soper
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Students of the Eastman Opera Theatre perform the Suite from Kate Soper's Here Be Sirens, a 2014 opera described by The New Yorker as "erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive".
Free
Composers Concordance: Woodwind Motion
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies. Featuring the Sylvan Winds; choreographer Max Pollak; & an NYC premiere for composer Stanley Babin.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $15-$20)
Discover Puget Sound: School of Music Showcase Concert
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Join UPS for a showcase of faculty & students from the School of Music. Works by Léo Delibes, Jonathan Larson, Stevie Wonder, Franz Schubert, & more.
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Bellingham Music Club Night Beat goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
$20 (teenagers free)
92Y Presents: The Jerusalem Quartet & Amanda Forsyth, cello, play Schubert, Haydn, & more
92Y and
Jerusalem Quartet
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35 "Sun"
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Center for New Music: Del Sol String Quartet | Composer Incubator
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
3 stunning new works by Adeliia Faizullina, Marguerite Brown, & deVon Russell Gray, performed by the Del Sol String Quartet.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)