Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Racer Sessions
Sunday, March 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lully – Overture to Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Tchaikovsky – arrangements of "Cantabile" from Symphony No. 5
Bartók – Allegro Barbaro
Albinoni – Sonata II a 5, Op. 2
Barber – Dover Beach for strings and baritone
Reinecke – "Finale" from Serenade in G
Tchaikovsky – arrangements of "Cantabile" from Symphony No. 5
Bartók – Allegro Barbaro
Albinoni – Sonata II a 5, Op. 2
Barber – Dover Beach for strings and baritone
Reinecke – "Finale" from Serenade in G
Free
Jakob Pek
Thursday, March 26, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jakob seeks to recontextualize and redefine musics that our ears know all too well while liberating our traditional musical instruments by presenting them in tandem with pure sound, free form expressionism, and conscious silence.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Masterclass Meetup IV
Friday, March 27, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Hearthstone at Green Lake, Seattle, WA, United States
An informal, open-format masterclass. All instruments/vocals welcome.
Free, RSVP required
Concert Imaginaire: Another Day in Suck City
Friday, March 27, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The program will include a setting of Emily Dickinson’s Massacre of Suns, a eulogy for an elderly dog, an exploration of God as a virus, and the premiere of JUST A KISS AWAY, a very short opera about love and war and peace.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Vibratory Empathy
Saturday, March 28, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of Butoh/sound improvisation with noisepoetnobody (modular analog synth) and Vanessa Skantze (Butoh) + special guests Thunder Grey Pilgrim.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Lim + Watras + Vu +Poor
Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An exciting musical collaboration teams up chamber music greats Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin) and Melia Watras (viola) with jazz artists Cuong Vu (trumpet) and Ted Poor (drums) to perform an evening of new written and improvised music.
$10-$20
Racer Sessions: Volcano Pinnacles
Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Garfield Orchestras Joint Concert with Mira Mesa High School
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Garfield High School – Quincy Jones Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Lunn (Arr. Wagner) – The Downton Abbey Suite
Handel (Arr. Stroud) – Overture and Hornpipe from Water Music
John Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Rhosymedre
Percy Eastman Fletcher – Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
C. W. Gluck – Recitative and aria
Dvořák – Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104, 1st mvt.
Karel Butz – McCormick Fanfare
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV
Handel (Arr. Stroud) – Overture and Hornpipe from Water Music
John Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Rhosymedre
Percy Eastman Fletcher – Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
C. W. Gluck – Recitative and aria
Dvořák – Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104, 1st mvt.
Karel Butz – McCormick Fanfare
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV
Free
Long Piece Fest: Sciarrino’s Complete L’Opera per Flauto
Thursday, April 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New sounds for flute explore the liminal space in between sound and silence in Salvatore Sciarrino's L’Opera per Flauto.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Mayumi Tayake, piano
Saturday, April 4, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
George Crumb — Makrokosmos Volume II
Daniel Carr — Lesotho Variations
Daniel Carr – Prelude
Daniel Carr — Lesotho Variations
Daniel Carr – Prelude
$5-$15 suggested donation
Racer Sessions: Julio Lopez
Sunday, April 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Ladies Musical Club at Seattle Public Library
Wednesday, April 8, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bellini – Composizioni da camera
R. Strauss – Zueignung
Matthew James Briggs – Krzeminski's Star for Violin, Marimba, and Electronics
Beethoven – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2
R. Strauss – Zueignung
Matthew James Briggs – Krzeminski's Star for Violin, Marimba, and Electronics
Beethoven – Piano Trio in G major, Op. 1 No. 2
Free
Music of Today: DXARTS
Thursday, April 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking new works and modern classics by faculty and guest composers.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Oliver Groenewald NewNet
Friday, April 10, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A live recording of the NewNet, a nine-piece ensemble of superb jazz musicians performing the marvelous compositions of Oliver Groenewald.
$5-$15 suggested donation
21st Century Violin
Saturday, April 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luciano Berio – Sequenza VIII for solo violin
Salvatore Sciarrino – Le Stagioni Artificiali for violin and ensemble (U.S. premiere)
Jérémy Jolley – New work for violin and ensemble (world premiere)
Franco Donatoni – Spiri for ten instruments
Salvatore Sciarrino – Le Stagioni Artificiali for violin and ensemble (U.S. premiere)
Jérémy Jolley – New work for violin and ensemble (world premiere)
Franco Donatoni – Spiri for ten instruments
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell
Sunday, April 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
An Evening with Dawn Clement
Tuesday, April 14, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist/composer Dawn Clement presents a special concert featuring a set of her new works for string quartet and voice, as well as a set of solo piano improvisations.
$10-$20
Island Time: Simple Measures with the Turtle Island Quartet
Friday, April 17, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Come relax to the cool strains of the Turtle Island Quartet, our country’s premiere jazz string quartet, taking turns with a quartet of our own musicians playing classical tunes that complement the jazz.
$30 ($25 seniors; $15 students)
Wayward Music Series: R. Andrew Lee, piano
Friday, April 17, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Craig Shepard – December
Nat Evans – Desert Ornamentation
Adrian Knight – Obessions
Nat Evans – Desert Ornamentation
Adrian Knight – Obessions
$5-$15 suggested donation
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