Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Graphic Scores: New Commissions
Friday, February 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Common Area Maintenance, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space has commissioned four new graphic scores as visual art and instruction for performance. Works by Luke Fitzpatrick, Ania Stachurska, Jacob Sundstrom, and Kevin Baldwin will be premiered.
Donations welcome
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven 'Eroica' Symphony
Saturday, February 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – Three Places in New England
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven 'Eroica' Symphony
Sunday, February 14, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – Three Places in New England
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
Bartók – Piano Concerto No. 3
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-Flat major, Op. 55, "Eroica"
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
RCMFS Presents 'Winter Nights'
Sunday, February 14, 2027 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rachmaninoff – Suite No. 2, Op. 17 for Two Pianos
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14
Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata
Piazzola – Oblivion
Chopin – Waltz in F major, Op. 34, No. 3
Chopin – Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1
Chopin – Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 34, No. 1
Tchaikovsky – Impromptu and Meditation, Op. 72
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev – “Andante Maestoso” from The Nutcracker
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise Op. 34, No. 14
Rachmaninoff – Cello Sonata
Piazzola – Oblivion
Chopin – Waltz in F major, Op. 34, No. 3
Chopin – Waltz in D-flat major, Op. 64, No. 1
Chopin – Waltz in A-flat major, Op. 34, No. 1
Tchaikovsky – Impromptu and Meditation, Op. 72
Tchaikovsky/Pletnev – “Andante Maestoso” from The Nutcracker
$10-$30 (age 18 & under free)
Racer Sessions: Christian Pincock
Sunday, February 14, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Thursday, February 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
An Evening of Saxophone & Piano
Friday, February 19, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Demersseman – Fantasy on an Original Theme for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Decruck – Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Piazzolla – Oblivion for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Constantinides – Mutability
Bolcom – Lilith for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Decruck – Sonata for Alto Saxophone and Piano
Piazzolla – Oblivion for Soprano Saxophone and Piano
Constantinides – Mutability
Bolcom – Lilith for Alto Saxophone and Piano
$15
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Friday, February 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Simple Measures + Spectrum Dance: Rambunctions 2.0
Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging, evocative works by African-American composers Pamela Z, Wynton Marsalis, and T. J. Anderson.
$20-$40
Kairos String Quartet: Brooding Baltic Breezes
Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – String Quartet 'Voces Intimae'
Walton – String Quartet in A minor
Walton – String Quartet in A minor
$25-$60
Racer Sessions: Eliot Eidelman
Sunday, February 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Kronos Quartet Workshop
Tuesday, February 23, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The internationally renowned Kronos Quartet leads a workshop exploring new works by UW professor emeritus Ken Benshoof and violist Garth Knox, commissioned for the group's project Fifty for the Future: The Kronos Learning Repertoire.
Free
Town Music: ‘we do it to one another,’ Poetry and Performance Featuring Joshua Roman, Tracy K. Smith, and Jessica Rivera
Thursday, February 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance of Joshua Roman's we do it to one another (based on Tracy K. Smith's Life on Mars), a reading by Smith, and a conversation between the artists on the creative process, music, and poetry.
$10-$25
Wayward Music Series: Eric Rynes CD release concert
Thursday, February 25, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Rarely-performed and extraordinarily diverse contemporary works for solo violin and violin with computer-realized sounds.
$5-$15
Alexander Hawker, Ryan Tilley, & Lewis Thompson in Concert
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 2 in D minor
Darius Milhaud – Suite for violin, clarinet and piano
W.A. Mozart – Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Sergei Prokofiev – March from Love for Three Oranges, Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Franz Schubert – Sonata for Piano and Violin, D 384
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Darius Milhaud – Suite for violin, clarinet and piano
W.A. Mozart – Violin Sonata in E minor, K. 304
Sergei Prokofiev – March from Love for Three Oranges, Arr. Jascha Heifetz
Franz Schubert – Sonata for Piano and Violin, D 384
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Serendipity String Quartet
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 "Sunrise"
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3
$10 suggested donation, RSVP for location
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: World Sounds
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Racer Sessions: Janet Feder w/ Jen Gilleran & Chris Icasiano
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music. Janet Feder joins Jen Gilleran (turntables/percussion) and Chris Icasiano (drums).
Free
Nineteen Crimes / Janet Feder / Chris Icasiano
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
In her latest manifestation, called Nineteen Crimes, Jen Gilleran is joined by the brilliant Janet Feder on guitar and Chris Icasiano on drums to explore Feder’s work and latest release T H I S C L O S E.
$5-$15