Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
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)
Racer Sessions: 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
The Seattle Composer Alliance's Annual Spring Soiree and Gala
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
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
Universal Language Project Presents: The Elements
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
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Popular Classics & Movie Hits!
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
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)
Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Glinka, Beethoven, Falla
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
Beethoven – Violin Concerto
Falla – Three Cornered Hat, Suites 1 and 2
$8 ($5 student/senior)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Season Finale
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"
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Universal Language Project Presents: The Elements
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
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Popular Classics & Movie Hits!
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
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)
Out of Darkness – An Opera of Survival
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
Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman / Ashlyn Elizabeth Fletcher
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
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)
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