Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Sonatina Festival
Friday, April 30, 2027 @ 1:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Wedgwood Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New works including Sonatina for Violin and Piano by Susan Maughlin Wood mingle with standard sonatina repertoire.
Free ($5 suggested donation)
NWSO: Johnston, Bassingthwaighte, Dvořák
Friday, April 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Donald Johnston* – Sinfonia
Sarah Bassingthwaighte* – Flute Concerto (world premiere)
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
Sarah Bassingthwaighte* – Flute Concerto (world premiere)
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 7
$15 ($12 student/senior)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Friday, April 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Dutilleux – Timbres, espace, mouvement
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 7 in C-sharp minor, Op. 131
$21-$124 (age 8-18 free)
The Starbucks Chorus presents Street Requiem
Saturday, May 1, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A multi-movement cantata scored for choirs, soloists, and chamber orchestras, Street Requiem aims to bring a sense of peace, remembrance, action, and hope to communities struggling with homelessness, poverty, hate-crime, and street violence.
$29-$59
Racer Sessions: Janna Webbon & Sarah Pyle
Saturday, May 1, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
The Merriman Family Young Composers Workshop Concert
Sunday, May 2, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A world-premiere chamber concert featuring new works by 10 teen composers.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Ladies Musical Club at Seattle Art Museum
Wednesday, May 5, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Carl Reissiger – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano, Op. 25
Virginia Yep – Fiesta
Richard Charlton – Suite Latina
Victor Kioulaphides – Mimose
Jorge Morel – Echoes del Sur
Virginia Yep – Fiesta
Richard Charlton – Suite Latina
Victor Kioulaphides – Mimose
Jorge Morel – Echoes del Sur
Free
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Thursday, May 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Concerto Evening with Nicole Kim Piano Studio
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Students of Nicole Kim perform segments from concertos by Mier, Beethoven, and Mozart.
Free
Seattle Wind Symphony: American Places
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
J.W. Jenkins – American Overture for Band
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
William Schuman – George Washington Bridge
H. Owen Reed – Missouri Shindig
Charles Ives – Variations on America
Eric Whitacre – October
Ron Nelson – Sonoran Desert Holiday
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
William Schuman – George Washington Bridge
H. Owen Reed – Missouri Shindig
Charles Ives – Variations on America
Eric Whitacre – October
Ron Nelson – Sonoran Desert Holiday
$5-$20
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Friday, May 7, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Esoterics presents BABBITT: Milton Babbitt Centennial
Saturday, May 8, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrating Babbitt’s centenary by singing his entire catalog of a cappella choruses, several of which have never been performed live in concert.
$15-$25
Racer Sessions: Dick Valentine
Saturday, May 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Long Piece Fest III: Kolat/Baldwin World Premieres
Monday, May 10, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with the premiere of works by Seattle composers Kevin Baldwin and Takemitsu Prize-winner Yigit Kolat.
Free ($5-$15 suggested donation)
Gretchen Yanover Solo Electric Cello Recital
Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 6:00pm – 6:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Performing on electric cello and loop-sampler, Northwest Sinfonietta cellist Gretchen Yanover will give a recital performance of her own compositions.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Sonic Evolution: This is Indie!
Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind evening. Indie filmmaker Bill Morrison joins forces with the famed Bang on a Can co-founder Michael Gordon and virtuoso pianist and multimedia artist Tomoko Mukaiyama, followed by an intoxicating blend of Classical artistry and indie-pop charm and a unique mix of blues, hip-hop, and electronica.
$25-$52
Jesse Myers performs John Cage's Sonatas and Interludes
Friday, May 14, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
A performance of John Cage’s monumental Sonatas and Interludes composed for the prepared piano, in which dozens of various-sized bolts, screws, pieces of rubber and plastic are inserted between the piano strings, transforming the sound of the instrument into a complex variety of percussive sounds.
Free
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Jason Vieaux
Friday, May 14, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Grammy award winner Jason Vieaux is described by NPR as “perhaps the most precise and soulful classical guitarist of his generation."
$28-$38
Choral Arts: Immortal Fire
Friday, May 14, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Joseph Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
A finale concert pairing masterworks by Britten and Bernstein with newly commissioned works by Eric William Barnum and Jake Runestad.
$18-$25 (students free)
Choral Arts: Immortal Fire
Saturday, May 15, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
A finale concert pairing masterworks by Britten and Bernstein with newly commissioned works by Eric William Barnum and Jake Runestad.
$18-$25 (students free)