Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Improvised Music Festival: Holland Andrews, Ambrosia Bardos, & Ebony Miranda
Friday, July 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three improvisational artists explore sound for voice, electronics, and cello ranging from expansive loops to pre-composed material.
$5-$20 donation
Chamber Music Madness: Premeditated Strings – Janáček & Shaskus
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Leoš Janáček – Suite for string orchestra
Jeremy Shaskus – Rasputin's Revenge
Jeremy Shaskus – Rasputin's Revenge
Free
Cascadia Art Museum: Classical Date Night – Debussy, Mendelssohn, Ponce, & Lewin
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Claude Debussy (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Beau Soir
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)
$18 ($12 museum members)
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Summer Chamber Music Extravaganza
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Featuring new music from all around the world in a variety of genres.
$13-$20 (kids FREE)
Wayward Music Series: Symbion Project + Dahliia
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A mix of three electronic artists who use Japanese koto, modular synthesis, field recordings, ultrasonic audio/visual projections, musique concrète, drone tones, and modular synthesizers with spatialized sound processing.
$10-$15 donation
Auburn Symphony Orchestra Free Performance at the Auburn International Farmers Market
Sunday, July 21, 2030 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Les Gove Park, Auburn, WA, United States
Join Auburn Symphony Orchestra musicians for a family-friendly performance full of popular tunes, and then take a stroll through the market.
Free (Free)
Racer Sessions: Carmen Rothwell (NYC)
Sunday, July 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
First Lutheran Church of Tacoma: Listen Live at Lunch – Classical Guitar
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Princess Elisabeth of Hesse, John Dowland, Gaspar Sanz, Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre, and more.
Free
Jack Straw Cultural Center: Guillaume de Machaut – Explorations
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new work that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut paired with historical perspective with music from the time of Machaut.
Free
Seattle Composers Alliance Feedback Forum
Saturday, July 27, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Ballard Alki Lodge IOOF, Seattle, WA, United States
Have a work-in-progress you would like to share? Want feedback on your current composition project? Curious to hear what SCA members are composing these days? Join this informal listening and critique session for SCA members to share their works.
$5 (SCA members free)
Groupmuse House Concert: A Young Person's Guide to the Opera
Sunday, July 28, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Woodinville, Woodinville, WA, United States
A house concert of art songs for kids and parents alike, featuring music by Leonard Bernstein, Amy Beach, Steven Luksan, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Racer Sessions: Idit Shner (Eugene, OR)
Sunday, July 28, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Wayward Music Series: The Alchemy of Improvisation
Wednesday, July 31, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Blending genres and styles into a tapestry of improvised music aimed at representing the mystical qualities of life and sound.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Songs from the Exotic
Friday, August 2, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Kirschner – Four Love Songs of Sara Teasdale (Northwest premiere)
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
$5-$20 donation
Pacific Northwest Conducting Institute Finale Concert
Saturday, August 3, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to L'italiana in Algeri
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Stacy Garrop – "Penelope Waits" from Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Camille Saint-Saëns – Cello Concerto No. 1 in A minor, Op. 33
Stacy Garrop – "Penelope Waits" from Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$25 ($20 senior/military)
Northwest Film Forum Puget Soundtrack: Postcard from the Badlands present 'Naer Vaer'
Sunday, August 4, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that explores the intersection of Americana, modern chamber music, and instrumental rock, alongside footage representing themes of creation, community, conquest, migration, labor and play.
$16 ($13 NWFF members)
Live Music Project Concert & Happy Hour at Lagunitas Taproom
Monday, August 5, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Lagunitas Tap Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Viola, double bass, and toy piano, oh my! Three world premieres for an unusual combination of instruments.
Free ($5 suggested donation, RSVP requested)
Wayward Music Series: East Coast Meets West
Thursday, August 8, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paul Moravec – Epithalamion
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
$5-$20 donation
Music at St. James Cathedral Summer Organ Concerts w/ Gregory Peterson
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital from the classic organ repertoire with music by Johann Sebastian Bach, César Franck, Herbert Howells, Johann Gottfried Walther, Claude Debussy, Gerald Near, and Craig Phillips.
$18
Tenor Alfredo Carrillo & Friends: A Summer’s Evening of Opera
Friday, August 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Carco Theater, Renton, WA, United States
Classical music and favorites performed by tenor Alfredo Carrillo and his local musical friends to benefit Butterfly Smiles.
$30