Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Britten, Schoenberg, Poulenc, Brahms
Wednesday, August 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Britten – Phantasy Quartet
Schoenberg – Transfigured Night
Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1
Schoenberg – Transfigured Night
Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1
$10-$15
Whidbey Island Music Festival: The Golden Fleece
Thursday, August 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music written for powerful patrons by brilliant composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat, including festive works for strings and 2 baroque trumpets.
$20 ($10 student/military)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Time for Three
Thursday, August 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Recognized for an uncommon mix of virtuosity and showmanship, Time for Three programs include everything from Bach to Brahms to their own arrangements of bluegrass, folk tunes and ingenious mash-ups of pop hits.
$10-$39
Alan Cook & friends: Une nuit de trios
Thursday, August 5, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bringing together some of the finest improvising musicians from the Seattle creative music scene and beyond for a night of unbridled collaboration and discovery.
$5-$15
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Time for Three
Friday, August 6, 2027 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Recognized for an uncommon mix of virtuosity and showmanship, Time for Three programs include everything from Bach to Brahms to their own arrangements of bluegrass, folk tunes and ingenious mash-ups of pop hits.
$10-$33
Groupmuse: Summer Classical Chill at Belltown
Friday, August 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Belltown, Seattle, WA, United States
A house concert featuring a varied selection of pieces for solo violin.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Marrowstone Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Rorem, Wagner, Dvořák
Friday, August 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Overture in C major, Op. 24
Ned Rorem – Eleven Studies for Eleven Players
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Dvořák – Serenade in E major, Op. 22
Ned Rorem – Eleven Studies for Eleven Players
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Dvořák – Serenade in E major, Op. 22
$15-$26
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Resonance of Salzburg
Friday, August 6, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Exploring great music from the late 17th and early 18th centuries by a trio of Salzburg’s great composers: Biber, Vilsmayr, and Muffat.
$20 ($10 student/military)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: The Golden Fleece
Saturday, August 7, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music written for powerful patrons by brilliant composers such as Biber, Schmelzer, and Muffat, including festive works for strings and 2 baroque trumpets.
$20 ($10 student/military)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Melody and Melancholy
Monday, August 9, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Works by Menotti, Shostakovich, Prokofiev/Heifetz, and Smetana.
$10-$33
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Melody and Melancholy
Tuesday, August 10, 2027 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Works by Menotti, Shostakovich, Prokofiev/Heifetz, and Smetana.
$10-$33
Concerts in the Park: Pacific Cello Quartet
Tuesday, August 10, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Kruckeberg Botanic Garden, Shoreline, WA, United States
Music from Bach to Star Wars and everything in between.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Violin/Piano Summermuse on the Hill!
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private Home in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us for a lovely evening of Mozart, Sarasate, Debussy, Gershwin, Bartók and Piazzolla!
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Groupmuse: Skyros Quartet Summer Series I: Ballard
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Ballard, Seattle, WA, United States
The first installment of a roving three-part Groupmuse summer series, bringing the Skyros Quartet to living rooms all around Seattle!
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Romantic Treasures
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Chamber music from composers Mendelssohn, Gershwin, Dvorák, and Dohnányi.
$10-$33
Wayward Music Series: Parnassus Project
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring American mysticism, featuring works by John Luther Adams, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, and a new work by Luke Fitzpatrick.
$5-$15
Olympic Music Festival: The Romantic Generation
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Dvorák – Cypresses for String Quartet, B. 152
Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
$33-$40
Blurred Lines: Musical Innovations from Brahms to Stravinsky
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Brahms – Sonata No. 2 for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 120, No. 2 (1894)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano (1909-1910)
Stravinsky – Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)
Berg – Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)
Schulhoff – 5 Jazz Etudes (1910-1920)
Gershwin – Three Preludes arranged for Clarinet and Piano (1926)
Debussy – Premiere Rhapsody for Clarinet and Piano (1909-1910)
Stravinsky – Three Pieces for Clarinet (1919)
Berg – Four Pieces for Clarinet and Piano, Op. 5 (1913)
Schulhoff – 5 Jazz Etudes (1910-1920)
Gershwin – Three Preludes arranged for Clarinet and Piano (1926)
$10-$15 (age 12 and under free)
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Romantic Treasures
Friday, August 13, 2027 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Chamber music from composers Mendelssohn, Gershwin, Dvorák, and Dohnányi.
$10-$33
Olympic Music Festival: Creative Genius
Saturday, August 14, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Bach – Keyboard Concerto in E major, BWV 1053
Stravinsky – Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss (1934)
Mendelssohn – String Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 87
Stravinsky – Divertimento from The Fairy’s Kiss (1934)
Mendelssohn – String Quintet in B-flat major, Op. 87
$33-$40