Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Skyros Quartet: Beneath the Surface – love, death, and transformation
Friday, February 25, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Works by Mozart, Ligeti, Dvořák, and Mendelssohn that explore a complete cycle of emotion and expression.
$20
Seattle Pro Musica: Chichester Psalms
Friday, February 25, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein’s beloved Chichester Psalms is paired with James MacMillan’s deeply moving Cantos sagrados in this concert of sacred music for choir and organ.
$12-$38
[CANCELLED] Seattle Composer Alliance Monthly Reading Session
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 1:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Seattle Pacific University, Crawford Music Building 211, Seattle, WA, United States
These sessions – open to the public, and all ages – are an opportunity for composers to work with performers and get real-time feedback.
Free (Free)
Mark Tse Conducts Bernstein, Varèse, Sondheim & More
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – Prelude, Fugue, and Riffs
Varèse – Octandre
Sondheim – "No More" from Into the Woods
Yang – TBA (premiere)
Copland – Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments
Varèse – Octandre
Sondheim – "No More" from Into the Woods
Yang – TBA (premiere)
Copland – Appalachian Spring for 13 instruments
Free
Guest Artist Recital: Stephen Drury, piano
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – First Sonata
Beethoven – Sonata Op. 109
Lachenmann – Serynade
Beethoven – Sonata Op. 109
Lachenmann – Serynade
Free
Racer Sessions: Simon Henneman
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Seattle Pro Musica: Chichester Psalms
Saturday, February 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein’s beloved Chichester Psalms is paired with James MacMillan’s deeply moving Cantos sagrados in this concert of sacred music for choir and organ.
$12-$38
Guest Artist Master Class: Stephen Drury, piano
Tuesday, February 29, 2028 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Stephen Drury of the New England Conservatory leads a master class with UW piano students.
Free
Seattle Composers’ Salon: Arteaga, Bristow, Degraw & Scribner
Friday, March 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Ivan Arteaga, Sheila Bristow, Blake Degraw, and S. Eric Scribner.
$5-$15 suggested donation
The Sound Ensemble: Music for the Stage
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Anthony Plog – Animal Ditties VII
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
Kevin Clark – The Burial of the Dead
Tom Baker – Three Songs
Christopher Gainey – No Sleep for the Wicked
$15/$10
Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Symphonic Dances
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances
John Adams – Chairman Dances
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
John Adams – Chairman Dances
Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
$5-$8
PLU Symphony Orchestra: Nordic Light Symphony (US premiere)
Saturday, March 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Karen Hille Phillips Center for the Performing Arts at PLU, Tacoma, WA, United States
US premiere performance of the "Nordic Light Symphony" by Latvian composer Eriks Esenvalds.
Pricing TBA
M3C2: 20/21st Century Chamber Music by Russian & American Composers
Monday, March 6, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:15pm (PST)
Cornish Main Campus Center – 7th floor Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States
Alexandra Gardner – The Way of Ideas for flute, clarinet, violin, and cello
Frederic Rzewski – selections from Spots, for alto saxophone, vibraphone, piano, electric guitar
Sofia Gubaidulina – Allegro Rustico for flute and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich – Five pieces for two violins and piano
Bun-Ching Lam – Solitude d’autumne for violin and piano
Frederic Rzewski – selections from Spots, for alto saxophone, vibraphone, piano, electric guitar
Sofia Gubaidulina – Allegro Rustico for flute and piano
Dmitri Shostakovich – Five pieces for two violins and piano
Bun-Ching Lam – Solitude d’autumne for violin and piano
Free (Free)
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs Led Zeppelin I & II
Friday, March 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Kentwood Performing Arts Center, Covington, WA, United States
Every blistering riff from Led Zeppelin’s explosive debut and smashing sophomore releases, including Babe I’m Gonna Leave You, Dazed and Confused, Bring It On Home, Whole Lotta Love, and Ramble On.
$28 ($25 senior, $15 youth)
UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners and Ludovic Morlot
Friday, March 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Les offrandes oubliée
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Austin Larkin: Metal Cups of Different Hues
Friday, March 10, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
$5-$15 suggested donation
On Stage with Classical KING FM: Second Inversion presents the Seattle Marimba Quartet
Saturday, March 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A showcase of classical favorites (Bach, Mahler, Ravel), a unique blend of drumming styles from around the world, and modern marimba repertoire from the 20th and 21st centuries.
$20
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Double Portrait – Robert Erickson & Stuart Dempster
Saturday, March 11, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Erickson – The Idea of Order at Key West for soprano, flute, clarinet, trumpet, viola and cello (1979)
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere
Robert Erickson – General Speech for solo trombone (1969)
Robert Erickson – Pacific Sirens for percussion and variable instruments / voices (1969)
Stuart Dempster – Milanda Embracing for various instrumentation (1993-94)
Stuart Dempster – S.M.O.R.E.S. for ensemble and voices (2017) – world premiere
$10-$25
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Music of Light
Sunday, March 12, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Shimmering music of light by composers including Francis Poulenc, Ēriks Ešenvalds, Eric Whitacre, and Philip Glass.
$20-$24 (Ages 6-18 free)
Racer Sessions: Mason Lynass
Sunday, March 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free