Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
The Seattle Composer Alliance's Annual Spring Soiree and Gala
Monday, May 17, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-genre event, featuring the urban stylings of Grace Love, the jazz and R&B compositions of Josh Rawlins, and a composition for piano trio by Brad Hawkins.
$25-$30
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles
Monday, May 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mason United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Skyros Quartet Groupmuse Signature
Monday, May 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Selections from:
Haydn – String Quartet in B-flat major, "Sunrise"
Sibelius – String Quartet in D minor, "Voces Intimae"
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3 in F major
Haydn – String Quartet in B-flat major, "Sunrise"
Sibelius – String Quartet in D minor, "Voces Intimae"
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3 in F major
$10 suggested donation, RSVP required
Simple Measures All-Natural Concert: Music Inspired by Nature
Wednesday, May 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Divertimento
Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello
Liszt – Vallee D’Obermann
Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon
Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello
Liszt – Vallee D’Obermann
Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon
Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Free
Vashon Maury Chamber Orchestra: Elgar, Hofmann, Beethoven, Vivaldi
Thursday, May 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Elgar – Introduction and Allegro
Hofmann – Double Concerto in G major: Movement I
Beethoven – Violin Concerto: Rondo
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Hofmann – Double Concerto in G major: Movement I
Beethoven – Violin Concerto: Rondo
Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
$12-$16
The Sound Ensemble: Life and Death
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Evan Williams – Lux Aeterna for Brass Quintet
Leoš Janáček – Mladi (Youth) for WW sextet
Meredith Monk – String Songs: Tendrils (2nd mvnt) for String Quartet
Jessica Rudman – The Time Before We Became Strangers for mixed ensemble
Leo Ornstein – Suicide on an airplane for piano solo
David Lang – Wed for Brass Quintet
Henryk Górecki – Good Night: II Lento Tranquillo for piano and flute
Leoš Janáček – Mladi (Youth) for WW sextet
Meredith Monk – String Songs: Tendrils (2nd mvnt) for String Quartet
Jessica Rudman – The Time Before We Became Strangers for mixed ensemble
Leo Ornstein – Suicide on an airplane for piano solo
David Lang – Wed for Brass Quintet
Henryk Górecki – Good Night: II Lento Tranquillo for piano and flute
$10 suggested donation
Brahms & More Brahms
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
All-Brahms chamber music, including his mighty 2nd piano quartet in A major.
Free
Spring Wind: A recital of musical delights for spring and early summer
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenyon Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Madeline Bersamina and friends present an evening of music highlighting themes of spring, summer, friendship and love.
$5-$14 (preschool children free)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Season Finale
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Geisa Dutra Piano House Concert
Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital of Brazilian, Spanish, and Argentinian works and selections from Etudes Op. 25 by Chopin.
$10 donation, RSVP required
Out of Darkness – An Opera of Survival
Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A two-act opera and portrait of survival that conveys the vastness of the scope of the Holocaust through emotionally rich depictions of those caught in its grasp.
$30-$45
UW Modern Music Ensemble
Sunday, May 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes (1991)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)
$10
Cursive presents: Black Anemones
Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vespertine Noise, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique chamber music concert of individualist masterworks by Schulhoff, Fine, Schwantner, and others.
$5-$15 suggested donation
UW Chamber Singers present Two Stars Falling: Music of Love, Life, Mystery
Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Abbie Betinis – From Behind the Caravan
Kevin Jay Isaacs – It's the morning...
Paul Rudoi – Song of Sky and Sea
Kevin Jay Isaacs – It's the morning...
Paul Rudoi – Song of Sky and Sea
$10
Second Inversion Showcase at Northwest Folklife 2016
Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center House Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of great contemporary classical ensembles in the Northwest: Portland-Seattle based new music ensemble Sound of Late, the Seattle-based Skyros Quartet, and the bi-coastal brass quartet The Westerlies!
Free
Guitarmuse
Friday, May 28, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
An afternoon of lovely guitar music
$10 suggested donation; RSVP required
Seattle University Spring Student Chamber Concert
Wednesday, June 2, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students from the chamber music program present their spring chamber music concert.
Free
Ave Renaissance Choir presents Rosa: Flower of Paradise
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring works by Allegri, Clemens, Dunstable, Sweelinck, Binchois, Cima, Klimek, Morales, Lassus, the Montpelier Codex, and Seattle's own Karen P. Thomas.
Free
LMC 2016 Frances Walton Competition Finals & Concert
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 9:00am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Bethany Lutheran Church (Greenlake), Seattle, WA, United States
A day of competition finals, followed by the winners' concert.
Free
NOCCO: Chamber Dances
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
University Unitarian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – Wind Serenade
Haydn – Concerto in C
Joan Tower – Chamber Dances
Haydn – Concerto in C
Joan Tower – Chamber Dances
$15-$25 (under 18 free)