Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Friction Quartet
Wednesday, April 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Friction Quartet has a reputation for edgy programming and exhilarating performance of contemporary string quartets.
$5-$20
Dainius & Asta Vaicekonis Piano Recital
Thursday, April 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Husband-and-wife piano duo Asta and Dainius Vaičekonis perform music from Israel, Lithuania, and America by living composers Weidberg, Ziv, Barkauskas, Narbutaite, Glass, and Bolcom.
Free
Kareem Kandi & Friends
Thursday, April 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
A “third stream” concert mixing the classical tradition of America with the music of the European classical tradition.
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
Hilary Field & William Jenks: Two Guitars
Friday, April 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Classical guitarists Hilary Field & William Jenks perform solo and duet music from the 19th through the 21st centuries.
$5-$20 suggested donation
PAS Day of Percussion
Saturday, April 24, 2027 @ 10:00am – 6:30pm (PDT)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussion performances by Garfield High School Drumline, Blue Thunder Drumline, UW Zimbabwean Marimba Club, Terry Longshore, and RE:Percussion Duo.
$5-$15
Racer Sessions: Jack Bouboushian (Chicago)
Saturday, April 24, 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
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Piano Concerto No. 4
Wednesday, April 28, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (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)
Sound of Late: What Water Knows
Thursday, April 29, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA, United States
The shimmering, colorful music of composers Emily Doolittle, Nicole Portley, Bright Sheng, and Toru Takemitsu will be featured alongside music and poetry of marine biologists and commercial fishers.
$10
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