Chamber music – Upcoming Concerts
Percussion, free improv, chamber music & electronics
Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Beauty School (Bay area), Steve & Melanie Sehman (B’ham) and Simon Hutchinson (Missoula).
$5-$8
Giacomo Fiore | Rocco Di Pietro with Cristina Valdes
Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Giacomo Fiore performs music for solo electric guitar and electronics, plus chamber and electronic works by Rocco Di Pietro featuring Cristina Valdes, piano.
$5-$15
Tango Under the Arctic Moon
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Experience the magic of rarely heard masterpieces from Norway.
$27-$47
CONSTELLATIONS: Senior Composition Recital
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening dedicated to new sounds and new experience.
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Free
Prepared guitar, unusual instruments & more
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Bill Horist (Seattle), Simon Hutchinson (Missoula), Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Equus Saxophone Quartet (B’ham), Susan Haines (B’ham) /J.C. Combs (Seattle), Lesley Sommer (B’ham) w/WWU musicians and John Friesen (B’ham).
$5-$8
Ladies Musical Club at the Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Libby Larsen – Cowboy Songs
Janet Anderson – My Life as a Subject
Haydn – Andante Variations in F minor
Chopin – Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
Chopin – Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin – Prelude No. 7 from Book I
Debussy – "Ce qu'a vu le vent d’ouest” (What the West Wind Saw”)
Ravel – “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit
Janet Anderson – My Life as a Subject
Haydn – Andante Variations in F minor
Chopin – Etude in F minor, Op. 10 No. 9
Chopin – Etude in A-flat major, Op. 25 No. 1
Chopin – Prelude No. 7 from Book I
Debussy – "Ce qu'a vu le vent d’ouest” (What the West Wind Saw”)
Ravel – “Ondine” from Gaspard de la Nuit
Free
The Daphnes
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Hotel Sorrento, Seattle, WA, United States
An unconventional trio of harp, violin, upright bass and voice.
Free
Seattle Composers' Salon
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Michael Owcharuk, Matthew James Briggs, Jessi Harvey and Ian McKnight.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Barry Lieberman and Friends: American String Project Chamber Players
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – String Sonata No. 2
Mendelssohn – Quintet in B-flat major
Brahms – Quintet in G major
Mendelssohn – Quintet in B-flat major
Brahms – Quintet in G major
$15
Ladies Musical Club at West Seattle Library
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Tokayer – Day in the Life of My Child
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Free
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Ladies Musical Club at Seattle Public Library
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Korngold – Much Ado About Nothing, Op. 11
Korngold – Songs of the Clown, Op. 29
Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
Morel – Malambo
Yep – Fiesta
Cumplido – Retrato Antiguo
Solis – Pasaje Abierto
Lora – Northeastern Lullaby
Morel – Danza Brasilera
Korngold – Songs of the Clown, Op. 29
Korngold – Four Shakespeare Songs, Op. 31
Morel – Malambo
Yep – Fiesta
Cumplido – Retrato Antiguo
Solis – Pasaje Abierto
Lora – Northeastern Lullaby
Morel – Danza Brasilera
Free
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Grace Church, Lopez Island, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
1600: Winds of the Renaissance
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
The rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.
$15-$25 suggested donation
UW Chamber Orchestra: After Mozart
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Excerpts from The Magic Flute for wind octet (arr. Heidenreich)
Colin Matthews – To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music... A realization of A Musical Dice Game by W. A. Mozart
Schnittke – Moz-Art à la Haydn
Raskatov – Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart
Berio – Divertimento for Mozart, based on a theme from The Magic Flute
Mozart – Divertimento for 2 horns and strings in F major: A Musical Joke, K. 522
Colin Matthews – To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music... A realization of A Musical Dice Game by W. A. Mozart
Schnittke – Moz-Art à la Haydn
Raskatov – Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart
Berio – Divertimento for Mozart, based on a theme from The Magic Flute
Mozart – Divertimento for 2 horns and strings in F major: A Musical Joke, K. 522
$5
Long Piece Fest: Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 Voices
Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The ruins of Mexico are recreated with just intonation in Stockhausen's Stimmung for 6 voices.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Ladies Musical Club at Crossroads Community Center
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Brahms – Piano Trio in B major, Op. 8
Songs by Handel, Wolf & Debussy
Songs by Handel, Wolf & Debussy
Free