Contemporary – Past Concerts
Westerlies Fest: With Robin Holcomb at the Chapel Performance Space
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Collaborative performance featuring The Westerlies with pianist, composer, and songwriter Robin Holcomb.
$25 ($15 students)
Lowbrow Opera Collective: #adulting, A New Opera
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
An absurd and raunchy farce on millennials growing up, presented by Lowbrow Opera Collective in this revival performance.
$15 / $22 / $28
Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Stark, Beethoven, Rachmaninoff
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Bruce Stark – Symphonic Dances
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 "Emperor"
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
$20 / $15 / $12
Seattle Opera: Wilde Tales – A Youth Opera for Families
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An amalgam of favorite Oscar Wilde stories, this colorful and heartwarming parable reminds us all that true beauty lies in the way we treat one another.
$15 ($5 ages 18 & under)
Music Center of the Northwest: A Little Lunch Music – Norwegian Noon
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Piano works and art songs by Edvard Grieg, Alf Hurum, and local composer Steven Luksan, featuring Luksan on piano with soprano Laura Loge.
Free
Westerlies Fest: With Celisse at the Royal Room
Thursday, February 6, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Collaborative performance featuring The Westerlies with singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist Celisse.
$25 ($15 student)
The Sustain Music Project: Music & Light – Music for Flute, Cello, & Piano
Thursday, February 6, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Hilary Tann – The Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici
Philippe Gaubert – Trois Aquarelles ("Three Watercolors")
Carl Maria von Weber – Trio in G minor, Op. 63
George Crumb – Vox Balaenae ("The Voice of the Whale")
Zhou Tian – Viaje ("Voyage")
Philippe Gaubert – Trois Aquarelles ("Three Watercolors")
Carl Maria von Weber – Trio in G minor, Op. 63
George Crumb – Vox Balaenae ("The Voice of the Whale")
Zhou Tian – Viaje ("Voyage")
$25-$30
Seattle Symphony: Dvořák Symphony No. 8
Thursday, February 6, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Romeo and Juliet, TH 42, ČW 39
Mieczysław Weinberg – Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 67
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
Mieczysław Weinberg – Violin Concerto in G minor, Op. 67
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 8 in G major, Op. 88, B. 163
$24-$134
Lowbrow Opera Collective: #adulting, A New Opera
Thursday, February 6, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
An absurd and raunchy farce on millennials growing up, presented by Lowbrow Opera Collective in this revival performance.
$15 / $22 / $28
Seattle Symphony: Gidon Kremer In Recital
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Violinist Gidon Kremer presents his transcriptions of Mieczysław Weinberg’s Twenty-four Preludes for cello solo, paired with black and white images by Lithuanian photographer Antanas Sutkus.
$75
Harry Partch Ensemble Residency: Informal Recital and Conversation
Wednesday, February 5, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Lovers of art, science, and iconoclastic thinking are warmly invited to this introduction to composer Harry Partch's extraordinary musical instruments.
Free
Harry Partch Ensemble Residency: Open House and Instrument Tour
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Lovers of art, science, and iconoclastic thinking are warmly invited to this tour of composer Harry Partch's extraordinary musical instruments.
Free
Bon Appétit! The Julia Child Operetta
Monday, February 3, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Rendezvous Jewelbox Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Operetta performance wherein Julia Child makes chocolate cake on stage. Featuring remembrances, a slice of cake (included in the ticket price), and optional 3-course dinner before the show.
$28-$85
Lowbrow Opera Collective: #adulting, A New Opera
Sunday, February 2, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
An absurd and raunchy farce on millennials growing up, presented by Lowbrow Opera Collective in this revival performance.
$15 / $22 / $28
Music Northwest: Schubert and African-American Spirituals
Sunday, February 2, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
First Lutheran Church of West Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Cross-genre event featuring spirituals and art songs by Franz Schubert, Florence Price, Undine Moore, Robert Morris, and Moses Hogan.
$18 / $16 / Free
University of Puget Sound: Annual Schneebeck Organ Recital
Sunday, February 2, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E minor, BWV 548
Margaret Vardell Sandresky – Salem Suite
Felix Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37
Craig Phillips – Ode and Salutation
Dietrich Buxtehude – Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171
Josef Rheinberger – Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 132
Margaret Vardell Sandresky – Salem Suite
Felix Mendelssohn – Prelude and Fugue in G major, Op. 37
Craig Phillips – Ode and Salutation
Dietrich Buxtehude – Canzonetta in G major, BuxWV 171
Josef Rheinberger – Organ Sonata No. 8 in E minor, Op. 132
Free
Lowbrow Opera Collective: #adulting, A New Opera
Saturday, February 1, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
18th & Union - An Arts Space, Seattle, WA, United States
An absurd and raunchy farce on millennials growing up, presented by Lowbrow Opera Collective in this revival performance.
$15 / $22 / $28
The Sound Ensemble: Come Together
Saturday, February 1, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Dorothy Chang – Bagatelles for flute, alto flute, cello, and piano
Assaf Shatil – New work (world premiere)
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Eleven Portraits Suite
Grace-Evangeline Mason – Upon Weightless Wings
Assaf Shatil – New work (world premiere)
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Eleven Portraits Suite
Grace-Evangeline Mason – Upon Weightless Wings
$20 / $15 / FREE under age 12
Award-Winning Composer Christos Tsitsaros
Saturday, February 1, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Stage7Pianos, Kirkland, WA, United States
Composer Christos Tsitsaros comes to the Puget Sound for this special concert featuring forty of his piano compositions.
Free (Free)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Intimate Voices
Friday, January 31, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Gustav Mahler) – String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Franz Schubert – Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D. 438
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Adagio and Fugue in C minor, K. 546
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Ludwig van Beethoven (arr. Gustav Mahler) – String Quartet No. 11 in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Franz Schubert – Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D. 438
$25 / $20 / $15