Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
CMNW Summer Festival: Premiering 'Vesper Flight' & 'Les Adieux'
Sunday, July 11, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "VIII. Praise to the Immortality of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
Kenji Bunch – Vesper Flight (world premiere)
David Ludwig – Les Adieux: Concerto for Clarinet and Chamber Ensemble (world premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet in C major, K. 515
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Festival Chamber Players – Demos & Mozart
Monday, July 12, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Nickitas Demos – Clarinet Sextet
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Clarinet Quintet in A major, K. 581
$50 ($25-$35 WWU faculty/students)
Listen Live at Lunch: Corvid Ensemble – A Flight of Song
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.
Free (Free)
Ravinia’s Steans Music Institute: Chamber Masterworks
Wednesday, July 14, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 12 No. 3
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata No. 1 in F minor, Op. 120, No. 1
Witold Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for 2 pianos
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Free (Free (RSVP required for in-person))
CMNW Summer Festival: Visionary Quintets Revealed
Thursday, July 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – "III. Andante" from Violin Sonata No. 2 in A minor, BWV 1003
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 12
Matan Porat – Piano Quintet (world premiere)
Leo Ornstein – Piano Quintet, Op. 92, SO 610
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Festival Napa Valley: Saturday at the Symphony
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Program includes the West Coast premiere of Nia Imani Franklin's Chrysalis Extended and Emporium for solo piano and orchestra by Aldo López Gavilán, with the composer as soloist.
Free (Free (in-person ticket price TBD))
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Saturday, July 17, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
CMNW Summer Festival: Sonic Kaleidoscope – Sax, Guitar, & Percussion
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Saxophonist Timothy McAllister & guitarist Jason Vieaux make their CMNW Summer Festival debuts; dramatic works by Béla Bartók, including his Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion.
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
(RE)CONNECTION – Gretchen Yanover, cello & Sophie Lippert, piano
Sunday, July 18, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Classical piano works, original electric cello compositions, jazz standards, & a few tantalizing surprises.
$11-99
Festival Napa Valley: The Four Seasons of Napa Valley
Tuesday, July 20, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Grammy-nominated cellist Matt Haimovitz premieres 3 solo works; violinist Chad Hoopes performs all 4 concertos of Antonio Vivaldi's Four Seasons with Festival Orchestra Napa.
Free (Free ($15 in-person))
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
Bravo! Vail Music Festival: New York Philharmonic & Jaap van Zweden
Friday, July 23, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Carlos Simon – Fate Now Conquers
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
Franz Joseph Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIb/1
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence, Op. 70
$15 ($29-$132 in-person)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 9
Friday, July 23, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Trio in E-flat major, K. 498 "Kegelstatt Trio"
Todd Cochran – Soul-Bird for clarinet & piano
Steve Reich – Quartet for Two Pianos & Two Vibraphones
Todd Cochran – Soul-Bird for clarinet & piano
Steve Reich – Quartet for Two Pianos & Two Vibraphones
$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)
Echoes in Life: Thomas Mesa, cello
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Andrea Casarrubios – SEVEN for solo cello
Lydia Jane Pugh – Carolina’s Jig
Elizabeth Start – Echoes in Life
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata, L. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Lydia Jane Pugh – Carolina’s Jig
Elizabeth Start – Echoes in Life
Claude Debussy – Cello Sonata, L. 135
Ludwig van Beethoven – Cello Sonata No. 3 in A major, Op. 69
Pay What You Can ($25 in-person)
Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival: Concert 10
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Coleridge-Taylor Perkinson – Lament for viola & piano
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115
Max Bruch – Selections from 8 Pieces for Clarinet Viola & Piano, Op. 83
Béla Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos & Percussion, Sz. 110, BB 115
$10-$20 ($10-$25 in-person)
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Saturday, July 24, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$150 ($325 Festival Pass)
Port Townsend Summer Band Live Outdoor Free Concert
Sunday, July 25, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Music includes: His Honor March by Henry Fillmore; The Mandalorian; themes from Superman, James Bond, & Batman; Fanfare for the Unsung Hero; & more.
Free (Free)
CMNW Summer Festival: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light
Sunday, July 25, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"
$47.50 ($62.50 summer single tickets; $20 ages 30 & under)
From the Four Corners: Music for Flute & Guitar from Around the World
Sunday, August 1, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Gwyneth Walker – Close to Home
Katherine Hoover – "II. Serenade" from Canyon Echoes
Laurel Zucker – Peruvian Dreams
Scott Hill – Casi
Katrina Contreras – Victoria
Katrina Contreras – Lilas de Agua
Mari Kotskky – Time Goes On
Javier Contreras – Imposibles Espejos
Katherine Hoover – "II. Serenade" from Canyon Echoes
Laurel Zucker – Peruvian Dreams
Scott Hill – Casi
Katrina Contreras – Victoria
Katrina Contreras – Lilas de Agua
Mari Kotskky – Time Goes On
Javier Contreras – Imposibles Espejos
$10+ donation, RSVP required
[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade
Sunday, August 1, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
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