Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
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
Dr. Jack Unzicker Double Bass Recital
Sunday, February 28, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Adolf Míšek – Legende, Op. 3
Ned Rorem – Nocturne, for Double Bass and Piano
Paul Hindemith – Trauermusik, for Solo Viola and String Orchestra
Miloslav Gajdoš – Invocation, for Solo Double Bass
José Bragato – Milontan, para Violoncello y Piano
Astor Piazzolla – Tanti anni prima, for Oboe and Piano
Astor Piazzolla – Contrabajeando
Madeleine Dring – Danza Gaya, for Oboe and Piano
Ned Rorem – Nocturne, for Double Bass and Piano
Paul Hindemith – Trauermusik, for Solo Viola and String Orchestra
Miloslav Gajdoš – Invocation, for Solo Double Bass
José Bragato – Milontan, para Violoncello y Piano
Astor Piazzolla – Tanti anni prima, for Oboe and Piano
Astor Piazzolla – Contrabajeando
Madeleine Dring – Danza Gaya, for Oboe and Piano
Free
Itzhak Perlman at Benaroya Hall
Sunday, February 28, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:10pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean-Marie Leclair – Sonata for Violin and Piano in D major, Op. 9, No. 3
Brahms – Scherzo from the Sonatensatz in C minor, Op. posth., “FAE Sonata”
Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, No. 5, Op. 24 “Spring”
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major, M. 77
Brahms – Scherzo from the Sonatensatz in C minor, Op. posth., “FAE Sonata”
Beethoven – Sonata for Violin and Piano in F major, No. 5, Op. 24 “Spring”
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Piano No. 2 in G major, M. 77
$70-$113
LMC: Rachmaninoff, Scarlatti, Chaminade, & more
Tuesday, March 2, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for piano and soprano by Rachmaninoff, Bach, Scarlatti, Cécile Chaminade, Gloria Wilson Swisher, and Amy Beach.
Free (Free)
Graphic Scores: New Commissions – II
Thursday, March 4, 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 Composers' Salon
Thursday, March 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Jeremiah Lawson, Sean Osborn, Nicole Truesdell, Neil Welch, and Marcin Pączkowski.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents David Russell
Friday, March 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mompou – Suite Compostelana
Goss – Cantigas de Santiago
J.S. Bach – Partita I, BWV 825
Tárrega – Gran Jota
Goss – Cantigas de Santiago
J.S. Bach – Partita I, BWV 825
Tárrega – Gran Jota
$28-$38
David A. Jaffe: The Space Between Us
Friday, March 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
David A. Jaffe – The Space Between Us
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 9
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
David A. Jaffe – Impossible Animals
Rebecca Clarke – Poem
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 9
David A. Jaffe – Cluck Old Hen Variations
David A. Jaffe – Impossible Animals
Rebecca Clarke – Poem
$15 online, sliding scale at the door
Racer Sessions: Max Johnson (NYC)
Saturday, March 6, 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
Inverted Space Ensemble: Long Piece Fest 2.2: asleep, forest, melody, path
Monday, March 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A 60-minute piece using sounds gathered in Seattle, mixing piano, violin, electric guitar, and saxophone with melodies superimposed with and separated from these field recordings.
$5-$15 suggested donation
David Lockington in Recital
Monday, March 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
International Chinese Christian Church of Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Selections from Song without Words
Philip Sawyers – Cello Concerto
Philip Sawyers – Cello Concerto
Free (Free, RSVP required)
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Piano Concerto No. 23
Wednesday, March 10, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Symphony No. 88 in G major
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1943 revision)
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Schoenberg – Verklärte Nacht, Op. 4 (1943 revision)
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Northwest Sinfonietta: Mass in Time of War
Thursday, March 11, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kernis – Musica Celestis
Mendelssohn – Sinfonia in D minor No. 7
Haydn – Mass in Time of War
Mendelssohn – Sinfonia in D minor No. 7
Haydn – Mass in Time of War
$20-$40