Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestras performs a premiere by Yiğit Kolat
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and a world premiere from Yiğit Kolat.
Free (Free)
Racer Sessions: Tom Varner
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Angelo Rondello, piano: Music of Our Sister Cities
Thursday, May 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by sister-city composers Fernando Sulpizi (Italy), Fumio Uno (Japan), Szilárd Kovács (Hungary), and Knut Vaage (Norway).
$42 (students $20)
Opus 7: Twenty-Five Years!
Saturday, May 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
Audience and singer favorites from around the world, plus works by winners of this year’s student choral composition awards program.
$20 in advance, $24 at the door
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs The Beatles
Saturday, May 13, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
STG presents Seattle Rock Orchestra as they perform the music of The Beatles at The Moore Theatre.
$17.50-$35
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs The Beatles
Sunday, May 14, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
STG presents Seattle Rock Orchestra as they perform the music of The Beatles.
$17.50-$35
Whidbey Island Community Orchestra: Bach, Strauss, & more
Sunday, May 14, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Bach – Double Violin Concerto
Strauss – Horn Concerto
Rossini – William Tell Overture
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Holst – Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity
Strauss – Horn Concerto
Rossini – William Tell Overture
Pachelbel – Canon in D
Holst – Jupiter, Bringer of Jollity
Free (Free)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Mozart’s Requiem
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
G. Kahane – Crane Palimpsest (2012)
Mozart – Requiem in D minor (1792)
Mozart – Requiem in D minor (1792)
$21.50-$36.50
Seattle Pro Musica: Dona nobis pacem
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Vaughan Williams’ masterful cantata for soloists, choir, and orchestra – an impassioned plea for peace that blends Biblical text with the emotionally-charged anti-war poetry of Walt Whitman to create a searing indictment of the tragedy of war.
$15-$45
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Four Horns
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
$20/$15
Eastside Symphony: Villa-Lobos, Tchaikovsky, Bibergan
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Villa-Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 5
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Vadim Bibergan – Poem of the Struggle
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Vadim Bibergan – Poem of the Struggle
$12/$9 (under 12 free)
Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Victory Fanfare
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – Festive Overture, Op. 96
John Williams – Star Wars Suite
Copland – Symphony No. 3
John Williams – Star Wars Suite
Copland – Symphony No. 3
$5-$8
The Market Street Singers presents: This We Know
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
From Handel to Hairspray, from the words of Chief Seattle to those of Bob Dylan.
Free (Free)
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5
Northwest Sinfonietta: Mozart’s Requiem
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Rialto Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
G. Kahane – Crane Palimpsest (2012)
Mozart – Requiem in D minor (1792)
Mozart – Requiem in D minor (1792)
$20-$50
Sound of Late: Magic With Everyday Objects
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of New York composer Missy Mazzoli, including her transformative Magic with Everyday Objects.
$10
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SPARK.1
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO partners with local DJs, producers, and visual artists for SPARK, a new performance series that takes the classical music genre far outside the realm of the expected.
$25
Seattle Pro Musica: Dona nobis pacem
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Vaughan Williams’ masterful cantata for soloists, choir, and orchestra – an impassioned plea for peace that blends Biblical text with the emotionally-charged anti-war poetry of Walt Whitman to create a searing indictment of the tragedy of war.
$15-$45
Northwest Sinfonietta: Mozart’s Requiem
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
G. Kahane – Crane Palimpsest (2012)
Mozart – Requiem in D minor (1792)
Mozart – Requiem in D minor (1792)
$35
Bellevue Chamber Chorus: It Might As Well Be Spring
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First United Methodist Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Renaissance madrigals and chansons, 19th-century classics by Brahms and Grieg, modern gems by Britten, Bernstein, Gershwin, and Rogers/Hammerstein, and contemporary works by Daniel Elder and Giselle Wyers.
$20/$15/$10/$5