Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Pro Musica: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
UW Composition Studio ft. UW Modern Ensemble Guests
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes. With guest musicians from the UW Modern Ensemble.
Free
Cornish Presents: Quince Contemporary Vocal Ensemble
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A highly regarded, four-voice, all-woman ensemble that thrives on unique musical challenges and a genre-bending, contemporary repertoire.
$20 / $15 / $10 / $5
Wayward Music Series: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Hamel – Gray Neon Life (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough 3 (invariant) (Seattle premiere)
Alvin Singleton – Argoru II (Seattle premiere)
George Lewis – Not Alone (Seattle premiere)
$5-$15 donation
Cascadian Chorale: What Cheer!
Sunday, December 10, 2028 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
An evening of joy and wonder featuring Bern Herbolsheimer, Jeremy Kings, and Joy Porter, plus a new work by Vashon Island-based Charles Lovekin.
$20 ($15 student/senior; under 18 free with adult)
Wayward Music Series: David Haney + FHTAGN: String Fury
Friday, December 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A reckless carnage of harmonic versus melodic instrumentation.
$10 donation
Seattle Pro Musica Presents: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
Seattle Pro Musica Presents: Winter Rose
Saturday, December 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Celebrating the light and hope symbolized by the winter rose with such favorites as Lo, how a rose e’er blooming by Praetorius and A spotless rose by Herbert Howells.
$12-$38
Wayward Music Series: Sue Ann Harkey & friends
Thursday, December 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
What Happens If I Do Nothing – Field recordings to improvise to...
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Wobbly – 'Monitress'
Friday, December 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A battery of mobile devices driven by their built-in microphones react instantly with error-prone variations on the notes and sounds they believe they are hearing.
$5-$15 donation
Ladies Musical Club: Music for Soprano & Music for Oboe
Thursday, January 4, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Rorem, Handel, Ewazen and Chausson.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Symphony No. 39
Thursday, January 4, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Stravinsky – Funeral Song
Ligeti – Violin Concerto
Mozart – Symphony No. 39
Ligeti – Violin Concerto
Mozart – Symphony No. 39
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Composers' Salon: Farley, Keyt, McKnight & O'Keefe
Friday, January 5, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Carson Farley, Aaron Keyt, Ian McKnight, and Patrick O’Keefe.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association: Fundraising Concert at Yuletide End
Saturday, January 6, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A gala extravaganza featuring a fantastic array of musicians performing our most beloved holiday songs and festive favorites.
$25 / $15 / $10
Faculty Recital: Robin McCabe, piano, with Rachelle McCabe
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Symphonic Dances from West Side Story
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
William Hirtz – Wizard of Oz Fantasy
Brahms – Variations on a Theme by Haydn
William Hirtz – Wizard of Oz Fantasy
$20 (students $10)
Wayward Music Series: February + Tiny Ghost
Thursday, January 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering five pieces that seek to challenge the musical range of the double bass. Plus, Tiny Ghost challenges what they think they know about free and improvised music.
$5-$15 donation
Jesse Myers: To Sober & Quiet the Mind
Friday, January 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of spacious solo piano works from the masters of time and space – Arvo Pärt, Morton Feldman, and more
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Helen Pridmore & friends
Thursday, January 18, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring graphic scores by John Cage and Earle Brown — music to see and to hear, with visual interpretation of the score as a crucial part of the performance.
$5-$15 donation
Second City Chamber Series: Just Us Folks
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Brubeck – Blue Rondo À La Turk
Eryilmaz – Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Fujiwara – Fiddle Suite Montana
Monti – Czardas
Zhurbin – Culai
Eryilmaz – Dances of the Yogurt Maker
Fujiwara – Fiddle Suite Montana
Monti – Czardas
Zhurbin – Culai
$25/$23/$10 (age 18 & under free)
Spontaneous Combustion New Music Festival: Delgani String Quartet
Friday, January 19, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Alan Hovhaness – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
György Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Benjamin Krause – String Quartet No. 1
$20 ($12 students with ID)