Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
Ladies Musical Club: Debussy, Gounod, Obradors, Schumann
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Apparition
Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc – Clair de lune
Charles Gounod – “Oh, Dieux, que de bijoux” (The Jewel Song) from Faust
Fernando J. Obradors – Al Amor
Schumann – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Jósef-Zygmunt Szulc – Clair de lune
Charles Gounod – “Oh, Dieux, que de bijoux” (The Jewel Song) from Faust
Fernando J. Obradors – Al Amor
Schumann – Symphonic Etudes, Op. 13
Free (Free)
Haller Lake Music Series: Rudolf Haken & The Viola Pomposa
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Works of J.S. Bach, Haken, and Paganini, arranged for five-string viola by Rudolf Haken.
$20 suggested donation ($5 students & children)
Steve Griggs Ensemble: A Cup of Joe Brazil at Seattle Jazz Vespers
Saturday, February 5, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A 75-minute program of stories and original music inspired by the life and lessons of the Detroit saxophonist who brought black music to the UW.
Free
Bach’s Lunch: The Corda Quartet
Monday, February 7, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
The Corda Quartet, a UW Scholarship Ensemble, plays quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn.
Free (Free)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra Chamber Concert: Glinka, Shaw, Poteat, & more
Monday, February 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – String Quintet
Caroline Shaw – En’tracte
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Angelique Poteat – Floral Interactions
...and more...
Caroline Shaw – En’tracte
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas
Angelique Poteat – Floral Interactions
...and more...
$10-$20 (under 18 free)
Ladies Musical Club: Piazzolla, Chopin, Brahms
Tuesday, February 8, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Central Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Piazzolla – Adiós nonino “Tango-Rhapsody”
Chopin – Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2
Chopin – Ballad No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Brahms – Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 101
Chopin – Nocturne in D-flat major, Op. 27, No. 2
Chopin – Ballad No. 1 in G minor, Op. 23
Brahms – Trio for Piano, Violin and Cello, Op. 101
Free
Groupmuse: Metamorphoses
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Private home in Inverness, Seattle, WA, United States
Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Mozart – String Quartet in D major, K. 575
Mendelssohn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Mozart – String Quartet in D major, K. 575
Mendelssohn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Groupmuse: Figaro! at Phinney Farrm
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Private home in Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA, United States
Mike Heitmann and friends present a shortened version of Mozart's The Marriage of Figaro, a witty and timeless tale of love, betrayal, and ultimate forgiveness.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
University of Puget Sound Jacobsen Series: Beethoven
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Tanya Stambuk (piano) with guest artist Brittany Boulding (violin).
$15/$10
Leonidas Kavakos & Yuja Wang in Recital
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Janáček – Violin Sonata
Schubert – Fantasie in C major
Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor
Bartók – Violin Sonata No. 1
Schubert – Fantasie in C major
Debussy – Violin Sonata in G minor
Bartók – Violin Sonata No. 1
$45+
Emerald City Music: Strings Attached
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
$45 (includes open bar)
Steve Griggs Ensemble performs Panama Hotel Jazz
Friday, February 11, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Panama Hotel Tea Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A site-specific work telling the history of Japanese American incarceration during WWII.
Free
Emerald City Music: Strings Attached
Friday, February 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Dvořák – Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
$10-$43
UW Music 2016-17 Scholarship Recital
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Music scholarship students – including the 2016-17 Brechemin Scholars – are presented in recital.
Free
Andrew Joslyn & the Passenger String Quartet
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Violist and composer Andrew Joslyn will be performing with The Passenger String Quartet, an avant-garde, experimental neo-classical group.
$5/$10/$20
A Musical Valentine at Icicle Creek
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Icicle Creek Center for the Arts – Snowy Owl Theater, Leavenworth, WA, United States
James Brown (tenor), Janeanne Houston (soprano), and Oksana Ezhokina (piano) in concert.
$12-$22 (age 12 & under free)
Adagio: The Music of Arvo Pärt
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
The spirit of early music meets ultra-spare modern minimalism in a meditative, intimate setting.
$20
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Russians & Jews
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Glinka (Sonata for viola and piano), Prokofiev (“Overture on Hebrew Themes”), and composers associated with the Russian Society for Jewish Folk Music.
$10-$42
NOCCO Open Rehearsal: George Walker & Hanna Benn
Sunday, February 13, 2028 @ 10:00am – 1:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
We invite you and your students to observe as we put together works by black American composers, NOCCO-style – long on collaboration, short on authoritarianism.
Free
Meany Center presents Benjamin Grosvenor in recital
Monday, February 14, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann – Arabesque, Op. 18
Mozart – Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333
Beethoven – Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight”
Scriabin – Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, “Fantasy”
Granados – Selections from Goyescas, Op. 11
Liszt – Rhapsodie espagnole
Mozart – Sonata No. 13 in B-flat major, K. 333
Beethoven – Sonata in C-sharp minor, Op. 27, No. 2, “Moonlight”
Scriabin – Sonata No. 2 in G-sharp minor, Op. 19, “Fantasy”
Granados – Selections from Goyescas, Op. 11
Liszt – Rhapsodie espagnole
$40-$45