Contemporary | Upcoming Concerts

Racer Sessions: Heather Bentley

Racer Sessions and Heather Bentley

Saturday, May 15, 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

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The Seattle Composer Alliance's Annual Spring Soiree and Gala

Turnia Piano Trio, The Chancellors, and Grace Love

Monday, May 17, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)

The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States

A multi-genre event, featuring the urban stylings of Grace Love, the jazz and R&B compositions of Josh Rawlins, and a composition for piano trio by Brad Hawkins.

$25-$30

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Women in Song

Ancora and Mägi Ensemble

Wednesday, May 19, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States

Join two of our area’s finest women’s chamber choirs, Ancora and the Mägi Ensemble, for an evening of sublime song.

$15-$20

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Universal Language Project Presents: The Elements

TORCH and The Universal Language Project

Thursday, May 20, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)

Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States

An interactive event with visual artist Scott Kolbo and the iconoclast band TORCH.

$15-$25

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Seattle Festival Orchestra: Popular Classics & Movie Hits!

Seattle Festival Orchestra

Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)

New Hope Presbyterian Church, Kent, WA, United States

Sibelius – Finlandia
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story
Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Suite
Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean

$15 ($10 student/senior)

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Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Glinka, Beethoven, Falla

Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra

Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States

Glinka – Ruslan and Ludmila Overture
Beethoven – Violin Concerto
Falla – Three Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2

$8 ($5 student/senior)

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Universal Language Project Presents: The Elements

TORCH and The Universal Language Project

Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)

Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States

An interactive event with visual artist Scott Kolbo and the iconoclast band TORCH.

$15-$25

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Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Season Finale

Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra

Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States

Mozart – Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"

$20 ($15 student/senior)

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Seattle Festival Orchestra: Popular Classics & Movie Hits!

Seattle Festival Orchestra

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)

Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States

Sibelius – Finlandia
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story
Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Suite
Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean

$20 ($10 student/senior)

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Out of Darkness – An Opera of Survival

Music of Remembrance

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)

Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States

A two-act opera and portrait of survival that conveys the vastness of the scope of the Holocaust through emotionally rich depictions of those caught in its grasp.

$30-$45

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Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman / Ashlyn Elizabeth Fletcher

Racer Sessions

Saturday, May 22, 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

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UW Modern Music Ensemble

Sunday, May 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)

Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States

Messiaen – Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes (1991)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)

$10

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UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Campus Bands

UW Symphonic Band, UW Concert/Campus Bands, and UW Wind Ensemble

Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)

Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States

Works by Alban Berg and others, with solos from pianist Cristina Valdés and violinist Eric Rynes.

$10

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Cursive presents: Black Anemones

Cursive

Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)

Vespertine Noise, Seattle, WA, United States

A unique chamber music concert of individualist masterworks by Schulhoff, Fine, Schwantner, and others.

$5-$15 suggested donation

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Second Inversion Showcase at Northwest Folklife 2016

The Westerlies, Sound of Late, and Skyros Quartet

Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)

Seattle Center House Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States

A showcase of great contemporary classical ensembles in the Northwest: Portland-Seattle based new music ensemble Sound of Late, the Seattle-based Skyros Quartet, and the bi-coastal brass quartet The Westerlies!

Free

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