Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Ladies Musical Club: 20th Century Recital
Sunday, October 21, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital of 20th century music, with works by Berkeley, Urquhart, Rorem, Hageman, Barber, Hundley, and Larsen.
Free
Music of Today: Mivos Quartet
Tuesday, October 23, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
One of America’s most daring and ferocious new-music ensembles performs music by UW faculty composers Huck Hodge and Joël-François Durand.
$15 ($10 students and seniors)
Northwest Symphony Orchestra & Washington's National Park Fund
Highline School District Choirs,
Federal Way School District Choirs,
Northwest Symphony Orchestra (NWSO), and
The Musical Mountaineers
Wednesday, October 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "New World"
Richard Wagner – "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" from Das Rheingold
Brent Irwin – Forestia (world-premiere)
Samuel A. Ward – America the Beautiful
Richard Wagner – "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" from Das Rheingold
Brent Irwin – Forestia (world-premiere)
Samuel A. Ward – America the Beautiful
$25-$58
UW Faculty Recital: Cristina Valdés, piano
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Piano Sonata
Stockhausen – Klavierstück XI
Erik Satie – Selected works
Stockhausen – Klavierstück XI
Erik Satie – Selected works
$20 ($10 students and seniors)
Seattle Modern Opera Company: The Real Housewives of Sparta
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
University Heights Center, Seattle, WA, United States
We're all familiar with the Real Housewives. We've all seen the Recap episodes where they sit on the couch and discuss the season with Andy Cohen. But this time, it's going to be different!
$20
Emerging Artist: Joep Beving
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An unassuming Dutch composer's understated, haunting, and melancholic playing leaves audiences spellbound.
$25-$30
Emerald City Music: Café Music
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
$45 ($10 students)
Jesse Myers & Leanna Keith: Lizée’s Hitchcock & Tarantino Etudes
Friday, October 26, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An unforgettable audio-visual, avant-garde, cult film experience.
$5-$15
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra Halloween Children's Concert: A Sensory-Friendly Event
Saturday, October 27, 2029 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Camille Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
Charles Francois Gounod – Funeral March of the Marionette
Music from Harry Potter
Edvard Grieg – In the Hall of the Mountain King
Charles Francois Gounod – Funeral March of the Marionette
Music from Harry Potter
$10 (under 18 FREE)
Kate Kayaian: The Voice of the Cello
Saturday, October 27, 2029 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island, WA, United States
International concert cellist Kate Kayaian explores the expressive range of her beloved instrument through works by J.S. Bach, George Crumb, Alan Hovhaness, and George N. Gianopoulos.
$25 ($15 students & seniors)
Emerald City Music: Café Music
Saturday, October 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Wayward Music Series: Triptet
Saturday, October 27, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A meeting of minds and spontaneous electrical impulses for electronics, saxophones, guitar, theremin, percussion, and horn.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Brass Band Northwest: The Unfortunate Traveler
Sunday, October 28, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Candide
Tomaso Albinoni – Adagio
Philip Wilby – Pilgrim’s Progress
Giuseppe Verdi – La Forza del Destino
Imogen Holst – The Unfortunate Traveler
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story
Tomaso Albinoni – Adagio
Philip Wilby – Pilgrim’s Progress
Giuseppe Verdi – La Forza del Destino
Imogen Holst – The Unfortunate Traveler
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story
$10 suggested donation
Ladies Musical Club: Things That go Bump in the Night – A Halloween Extravaganza
Sunday, October 28, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Merrill Gardens, Burien, WA, United States
Arrigo Boito's "L’altra notte" from Mefistofele, Schubert's Der Tod und das Mädchen, music from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and more.
Free
Music of Today: DXARTS
Tuesday, October 30, 2029 @ 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.
$15 ($10 students and seniors)
Ladies Musical Club: Ravel, Rachmaninoff, & an American song recital
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Piano music by Ravel and Rachmaninoff, and an American song recital with music by Paul Bowles, Samuel Barber, George Gershwin, Irving Berlin, and more.
Free
UW Lecture Recital: Creativity in Hard Times & The Federal Music Project of the 1930s
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-media piano recital telling the story of President Roosevelt's Arts Initiative, including music by William Grant Still, Ernest Bloch, Henry Cowell, Roger Sessions, Ruth Crawford, and Aaron Copland.
Free
Chamber Music for Piano & Clarinet
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Prinz – Five Studies from Progressive Studies for Clarinet and Piano
Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 22, for Violin and Piano (transcribed for clarinet)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, for Piano and Clarinet
Clara Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 22, for Violin and Piano (transcribed for clarinet)
Johannes Brahms – Sonata in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1, for Piano and Clarinet
Free (Free)
Cornish Music Department: Sarah Vavrin Senior Recital, voice
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by composers Purcell, Rossini, Clara Schumann, and Caleb Sapa exploring repertoire about the spring, the fall, and everything in between.
Free
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Invisible
Thursday, November 1, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Yiğit Kolat – Kav Yankıları / Echoes of Tinder
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
George Crumb – Eleven Echoes of Autumn
Chinary Ung – Still Life after Death
Rebecca Saunders – A Visible Trace
$25 ($15 seniors, $10 students)