Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Paul Taub: New Works for Flute + Ensemble
Friday, November 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of newly commissioned chamber works by Tom Baker, Andy Clausen, David Dossett, Jessika Kenney, and Angelique Poteat.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Gershwin, Brahms, Hsu
Saturday, November 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Gershwin — Cuban Overture
Mike Hsu — Synchronicity
Brahms — Symphony No. 3
Mike Hsu — Synchronicity
Brahms — Symphony No. 3
$8 ($5 student/senior)
Hilary Field, Classical Guitar CD Release Concert
Saturday, November 21, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
World premiere music by contemporary lyrical Latin American composers Jorge Morel, Douglas Lora, Alberto Cumplido, and more.
$10-$15
Seattle Pro Musica: Northern Lights in the South Sound
Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
Free
Helena Azevedo in Concert
Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Lee Theatre at Forest Ridge School of the Sacred Heart, Bellevue, WA, United States
Falla – Ritual Fire Dance
Camargo Guarnieri – Ponteios No. 30 and No. 49
Additional works TBA
Camargo Guarnieri – Ponteios No. 30 and No. 49
Additional works TBA
Free
Racer Sessions: Andy Clausen
Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael & Keleren Millham
Saturday, November 28, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Cordero, Barber, Wilder, Benedict, Martini, Bellini, Dorian Michael, Millham and Millham, and Leo Brouwer.
Free
Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman
Sunday, November 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Daana Quartet: Schubert, Brahms & Still
Wednesday, December 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – String Quartet No. 12 in C minor, D. 703 "Quartettsatz"
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
William Grant Still – Danzas de Panama
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51 No. 2
William Grant Still – Danzas de Panama
Free (Free)
Russian Chamber Music Festival Artist Concert feat. Craig Sheppard
Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – 24 Preludes and Fugues, Op. 87, Nos. 1-12
$20 ($10 student/senior, 18 & under free)
UW Modern Ensemble: Ligeti, Cage, Bartók
Friday, December 4, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Ligeti – 10 Pieces for Wind Quintet (1968)
Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)
Cage – String Quartet in Four Parts (1950)
Bartók – Sonata for Two Pianos and Percussion (1937)
$10
Russian Music Festival & Competition
Saturday, December 5, 2026 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PST)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
An all-day event featuring more than 120 performances from some of the most talented students in our area and from around the country.
Free
Seattle Classic Guitar Society Annual Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 5, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle Mennonite Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Fundraiser featuring Northwest classical guitarists and Guitar Orchestra Seattle. Program includes works by Mozart, Boccherini, Piazzolla, and more.
$10 suggested donation
Dréos Album Release Concert
Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Private home in Bothell, Bothell, WA, United States
An evening with performing composers who invent and arrange new and old music using a traditional vocabulary.
$15
Racer Sessions: Austin Larkin
Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
An Evening with Yo-Yo Ma
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Saygun – Partita, Op. 31
Bach – Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
O’Connor – Appalachia Waltz
Bach – Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Jiping – Summer in the High Grassland
Bach – Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Bach – Suite No. 1 in G Major, BWV 1007
O’Connor – Appalachia Waltz
Bach – Suite No. 2 in D minor, BWV 1008
Jiping – Summer in the High Grassland
Bach – Suite No. 6 in D Major, BWV 1012
Sold out
Fibonacci: A Chamber Music Trio
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Bayview Retirement Community, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Divertimento No. 2
Charles Huguenin – Trio No. 1
Halvorsen (arr. Simpson) – Passacaglia for woodwind trio
Joplin – Solace
Eugene Bozza – Suite Breve en Trio, Mvt. 1
Donald Draganski – La Cantina
Charles Huguenin – Trio No. 1
Halvorsen (arr. Simpson) – Passacaglia for woodwind trio
Joplin – Solace
Eugene Bozza – Suite Breve en Trio, Mvt. 1
Donald Draganski – La Cantina
Free
The Esoterics present SVIRIDOV: Georgy Sviridov Centennial
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of luxurious and majestic music inspired by folksong, poetry of the Silver Age, and the Russian Orthodox liturgy, celebrating the life and music of the neo-Romantic Russian composer Georgy Sviridov.
$22-$25
Christmas with Seattle Pro Musica – a Family Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditional carols, holiday favorites and an audience sing-along for children and families.
$5-$25
NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
$12-$35