Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
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
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
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
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
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)
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
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
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Concert in the Park
Saturday, August 14, 2027 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Luther Burbank Park, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Chamber music by Dvořák, Paganini, Rachmaninoff, Schumann, Tchaikovsky, and more, performed by outstanding regional artists.
Free
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening with Heifetz
Sunday, August 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Sold out
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening with Heifetz
Monday, August 16, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
OICMF celebrates the legacy of violinist Jascha Heifetz with music from pianist/violinist Ayke Agus and violinist Chee-Yun, illuminated with stories about Heifetz and excerpts from the documentary God’s Fiddler.
$10-$33
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas-trations – Four Centuries of Music
Monday, August 16, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Chamber music by Ginastera, Debussy/Heifetz, Mozart, Brahms, and a newly commissioned piece by Abbie Betinis.
$10-$39
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Orcas-trations – Four Centuries of Music
Tuesday, August 17, 2027 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Chamber music by Ginastera, Debussy/Heifetz, Mozart, Brahms, and a newly commissioned piece by Abbie Betinis.
$10-$39
Groupmuse: Skyros Quartet Summer Series II: Green Lake
Wednesday, August 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Green Lake, Seattle, WA, United States
The second installment of a roving three-part Groupmuse summer series, bringing the Skyros Quartet to living rooms all around Seattle in August!
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: À la Carte! – Open Rehearsal for Seniors
Thursday, August 19, 2027 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Senior citizens are invited to attend an open rehearsal of chamber music by Mozart, Lev Kogan, Paganini/Heifetz, Poulenc, Kenji Bunch, and a "Quartet à la carte" where the audience will vote on a selection from a list of string quartets!
Free
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: À la Carte!
Thursday, August 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
A concert of chamber music by Mozart, Lev Kogan, Paganini/Heifetz, Poulenc, Kenji Bunch, and a "Quartet à la carte" where the audience will vote on a selection from a list of string quartets!
$10-$33
Olympic Music Festival: New Frontiers
Friday, August 20, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Liszt – Hungarian Rhapsody No. 9 in E-flat major (arr. Liszt)
Ravel – String Quartet (1915)
Elgar – Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
Ravel – String Quartet (1915)
Elgar – Piano Quintet in A minor, Op. 84
$33-$40