Early music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Early Music Guild 40th Anniversary Celebration Concert
Sunday, June 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Feast on some of the most fabulous music of the past, present, and future.
$20-$50
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Giuliani’s Guitar
Wednesday, June 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mason United Methodist Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Virtuoso works from the early 19th-century golden age for flute and guitar, performed on authentic early 19th-century instruments.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Giuliani’s Guitar
Thursday, June 15, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Virtuoso works from the early 19th-century golden age for flute and guitar, performed on authentic early 19th-century instruments.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)
When Miles Met Monteverdi: 17th Century Jazz
Saturday, June 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear Pachelbel like you’ve never heard him before, a tribute to Coltrane’s Greensleeves, a few jazz standards…and of course Miles and Monteverdi!
$20 advance/$25 door
When Miles Met Monteverdi: 17th Century Jazz
Wednesday, June 21, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Sammamish Library, Sammamish, WA, United States
Hear Pachelbel like you’ve never heard him before, a tribute to Coltrane’s Greensleeves, a few jazz standards…and of course Miles and Monteverdi!
Free
When Miles Met Monteverdi: 17th Century Jazz
Friday, June 23, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear Pachelbel like you’ve never heard him before, a tribute to Coltrane’s Greensleeves, a few jazz standards…and of course Miles and Monteverdi!
By donation
Studio Lazo Presents: Trio Guadalevin
Friday, June 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Studio Lazo, Seattle, WA, United States
An intermingling of Indigenous, African, Arabic, and European cultural expressions.
Free
Summer Fling Singers: Lamentations of Spain
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Margaret's Episcopal Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Selections from the Lamentations of Jeremiah arranged by Spanish composers.
Free
Tacoma Early Music Workshop Concert
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Featuring early English vocal music by Taverner, Lambe, Sheppard, Turges, and more
Free
Emerald Ensemble presents The Two Elizabeths: Music fit for a monarch
Saturday, September 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A journey through some of the music composed for two of England's grandest monarchs.
$25/$35
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: From Russia, with Love
Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Tenor Zach Finkelstein joins the Underground House Band for rarely performed arias and instrumental music by Bortniansky, Berezovsky, Sokolovsky, Araja, and Fomin, blending Italian high drama and virtuosity, French lyricism, and native folk influences.
$25 general, $20 seniors, under 18 free
An Evening of Baroque Music for Recorder & Violin
Sunday, September 24, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Telemann – Sonata for Flute and Violin, TWV 40:111
J.S. Bach – Concerto for two violins
Boismortier – Concerto Secondo
W.F. Bach – Sonata in E minor (Falck 54)
Vivaldi – Sonata (Paris No. 3, RV 43)
W.F. Bach – Duetto in G major (Falck 59)
C.P.E. Bach – Duet for flute and violin, H. 598
J.S. Bach – Concerto for two violins
Boismortier – Concerto Secondo
W.F. Bach – Sonata in E minor (Falck 54)
Vivaldi – Sonata (Paris No. 3, RV 43)
W.F. Bach – Duetto in G major (Falck 59)
C.P.E. Bach – Duet for flute and violin, H. 598
Free (Free)
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: From Russia, with Love
Tuesday, September 26, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Tenor Zach Finkelstein joins the Underground House Band for rarely performed arias and instrumental music by Bortniansky, Berezovsky, Sokolovsky, Araja, and Fomin, blending Italian high drama and virtuosity, French lyricism, and native folk influences.
$20, $15 under age 30
Pacific MusicWorks: Songs of Love & Passion
Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An emotionally charged and powerful program dedicated to the music of one of the most important composers between Monteverdi and Handel.
$45 / $35 / $25
Bach's Lunch: Band of Brothers
Tuesday, October 3, 2028 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Schmelzer, Pleyel, and Graun that celebrates the 18th century sibling rivalry between violin and viola.
Free
August Denhard, Oud; David Rogers, Classical Crossover Guitar
Wednesday, October 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, Seattle, WA, United States
A varied program of early European music, Ottoman court music, Bach, Flamenco, Leonard Cohen, and more.
$10 cover
Diabolus in Musica: Cantores: Music from Chapel of the Popes in Avignon
Sunday, October 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A French medieval music ensemble takes you back to the 14th century Avignon Papacy, where bold musical innovation arose amidst religious and political turmoil.
$20-$40
Pacific MusicWorks: Monteverdi's 'L'Orfeo'
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Unqualified operatic masterpiece, full of dramatic word painting, narrative urgency, rich orchestration, and exquisite writing for vocal ensemble.
$45 / $35 / $25
Ritual: Music from Sacred Tradition
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of sacred music from the Eastern and Western Christian tradition.
$18-$28
Sine Nomine: Most Worthy Shepherd: Sacred Music of Heinrich Isaac
Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heinrich Isaac – Innsbruck ich muss dich lassen
Heinrich Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac – Missa Carminum
Heinrich Isaac – Optime pastor
Heinrich Isaac – Regina caeli laetare
Alexander Agricola – Regina caeli laetare
Antoine Brumel – Mater patris et filia
Josquin des Prez – Praeter rerum seriem
Heinrich Isaac – Tota pulchra es
Heinrich Isaac – Missa Carminum
Heinrich Isaac – Optime pastor
Heinrich Isaac – Regina caeli laetare
Alexander Agricola – Regina caeli laetare
Antoine Brumel – Mater patris et filia
Josquin des Prez – Praeter rerum seriem
Free (Free)