Chamber music – Past Concerts
Emerald City Music: Quartet in Spotlight – The Castalian String Quartet
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quartet No. 23 in F major, K. 590 "Prussian"
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 6 in F minor, Op. 80
$55 ($44 ETV member)
Carpe Diem String Quartet: American Favorites
Friday, November 12, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Korine Fujiwara – May Basket
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Online: $10-$40 sliding scale | In person: $80
Wayward Music Series: Neil Welch
Thursday, November 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Performance celebrating saxophonist/composer Neil Welch’s new album, featuring composer/performer Nat Evans; a work for solo saxophone; & an 11-member ensemble performing Welch's Concepción Picciotto.
$10-$20 at the door
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: The Year of Re(new)al
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – "I. Allegro moderato" & "III. Andante con moto " from from 4 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano
$20 ($15 senior, $0-$10 student)
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: Musical Journey from Spain to Mexico
Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Slavonian Hall, Tacoma, WA, United States
Trío Guadalevín debuts a new collaboration with Ke Guo (voice, harp, dizi) in this globetrotting musical journey, featuring works from Spain & the Mediterranean to Veracruz, La Huasteca, & the Pacific coast of Mexico.
Free (Free)
Music of Remembrance: Welcome Back!
Sunday, November 7, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR returns to the concert hall with this special free concert featuring some of their most exciting repertoire. Featuring new songs by Lori Laitman & Tom Cipullo; cabaret songs from Terezín; & more.
Free (Free (reservation required))
Center for New Music: Del Sol String Quartet | Composer Incubator
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
3 stunning new works by Adeliia Faizullina, Marguerite Brown, & deVon Russell Gray, performed by the Del Sol String Quartet.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
92Y Presents: The Jerusalem Quartet & Amanda Forsyth, cello, play Schubert, Haydn, & more
92Y and
Jerusalem Quartet
Saturday, November 6, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet No. 23 in F minor, Op. 20, No. 5, Hob. III:35 "Sun"
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Dmitri Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 7 in F-sharp minor, Op. 108
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Bellingham Music Club Night Beat goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
$20 (teenagers free)
Discover Puget Sound: School of Music Showcase Concert
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Join UPS for a showcase of faculty & students from the School of Music. Works by Léo Delibes, Jonathan Larson, Stevie Wonder, Franz Schubert, & more.
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Composers Concordance: Woodwind Motion
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies. Featuring the Sylvan Winds; choreographer Max Pollak; & an NYC premiere for composer Stanley Babin.
Free (Online: Free | In-person: $15-$20)
Eastman Opera Theatre Presents: 'Here Be Sirens' Suite by Kate Soper
Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Students of the Eastman Opera Theatre perform the Suite from Kate Soper's Here Be Sirens, a 2014 opera described by The New Yorker as "erudite, hilarious, furiously inventive".
Free
92Y Presents: Aizuri Quartet plays Beethoven, Eleanor Alberga, & Barbara Strozzi
Aizuri Quartet and
92Y
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L'usignuolo (“The Nightingale”)
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Barbara Strozzi, arr. Alex Fortes – L’amante modesto (“The Modest Lover”)
Eleanor Alberga – String Quartet No. 1
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45
Bellingham Music Club goes to England with violinist Grant Donnellan
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Violinist Grant Donnellan & pianist Judith Widrig take us on a trip to Great Britain with works by Edward Elgar, Rebecca Clarke, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Ralph Vaughan Williams.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In the first program in the 3-concert Chamber Series, cellists of the Seattle Symphony perform the complete cello sonata cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven — a delightful odyssey through his composing life.
Ticket price TBD
Ensemble Dal Niente: Guest Artist Recital at University of Iowa
Monday, November 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ensemble Dal Niente performs music by Rebecca Saunders, Aida Shirazi, Alican Çamcı, Kyong Mee Choi, Juan Ortiz de Zarate, Sivan Cohen Elias, & Igor Stravinsky.
Free
Second City Chamber Series: Chamber Music of Horrors
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Dystopian State Brewing Co., Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrate Oktoberfest & Halloween at the Dystopian State Brewery as the KASA Quartet performs classical chamber music, bluegrass, pop, jazz, & everything in-between.
$30 plus service fee
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Free (Free)
Bellingham Music Club: Rastrelli Cello Quartet – From Brahms to Beatles
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WCC Syre Auditorium, Bellingham, WA, United States
Program featuring Russian folk tunes; selections from the Beatles song book; works by Edvard Grieg, Johannes Brahms, & Astor Piazzolla; plus film scores by Ennio Morricone, Hans Zimmer, & Henry Mancini.
$30 ($10 ages 12-18/students with ID)
92Y: Seth Parker Woods, cello & Andrew Rosenblum, piano, play Mendelssohn, Schumann, & more
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Felix Mendelssohn – Cello Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 58
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
George Walker – Cello Sonata
Robert Schumann – Drei Fantasiestücke, Op. 73
Florence Price – Short works TBA
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Short works TBA
Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45