Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Racer Sessions
Sunday, March 15, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Early Music Underground presents Earl's Chair: Celtic and Baroque
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditional tunes, old and new, share the stage with sonatas by 18th century composers 'Red Rob' Mackintosh, Turlough O'Carolan and William Marshall for a toe-tapping good time.
$20 (includes a complimentary beer or wine)
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Spring Concert
Tuesday, March 17, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Symphonie Concertante for Violin and Viola
Bottesini – Grand Duo for Bass and Violin
Victoria Bond – El Yunque (world premiere)
Additional works TBA
Bottesini – Grand Duo for Bass and Violin
Victoria Bond – El Yunque (world premiere)
Additional works TBA
$20 suggested donation
Rain City Symphony 2015 Winter Concert
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann – Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Holst – The Planets
Holst – The Planets
Free
UW World Series: Catalyst Quartet
Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Montgomery – Strum
Tower – In Memory
Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)
D'Rivera – Wapango
Ives – String Quartet No. 1
Barber – String Quartet Op. 11
Tower – In Memory
Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (Mishima)
D'Rivera – Wapango
Ives – String Quartet No. 1
Barber – String Quartet Op. 11
$35-$40
ZE BIB!, Greg Kelley, Wally Shoup Sax Trio + 1
Thursday, March 19, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of contemporary sound.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Zero-G presents The DeJoie Project
Friday, March 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle native/woodwind virtuoso James DeJoie celebrates 25 years of writing, playing and living music.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Great Bliss + Bad Luck
Saturday, March 21, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of contemporary music with local artists.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Racer Sessions
Sunday, March 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Ravenna String Orchestras
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lully – Overture to Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme
Tchaikovsky – arrangements of "Cantabile" from Symphony No. 5
Bartók – Allegro Barbaro
Albinoni – Sonata II a 5, Op. 2
Barber – Dover Beach for strings and baritone
Reinecke – "Finale" from Serenade in G
Tchaikovsky – arrangements of "Cantabile" from Symphony No. 5
Bartók – Allegro Barbaro
Albinoni – Sonata II a 5, Op. 2
Barber – Dover Beach for strings and baritone
Reinecke – "Finale" from Serenade in G
Free
Jakob Pek
Thursday, March 26, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jakob seeks to recontextualize and redefine musics that our ears know all too well while liberating our traditional musical instruments by presenting them in tandem with pure sound, free form expressionism, and conscious silence.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Masterclass Meetup IV
Friday, March 27, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Hearthstone at Green Lake, Seattle, WA, United States
An informal, open-format masterclass. All instruments/vocals welcome.
Free, RSVP required
Concert Imaginaire: Another Day in Suck City
Friday, March 27, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The program will include a setting of Emily Dickinson’s Massacre of Suns, a eulogy for an elderly dog, an exploration of God as a virus, and the premiere of JUST A KISS AWAY, a very short opera about love and war and peace.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Vibratory Empathy
Saturday, March 28, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of Butoh/sound improvisation with noisepoetnobody (modular analog synth) and Vanessa Skantze (Butoh) + special guests Thunder Grey Pilgrim.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Lim + Watras + Vu +Poor
Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An exciting musical collaboration teams up chamber music greats Michael Jinsoo Lim (violin) and Melia Watras (viola) with jazz artists Cuong Vu (trumpet) and Ted Poor (drums) to perform an evening of new written and improvised music.
$10-$20
Racer Sessions: Volcano Pinnacles
Sunday, March 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Garfield Orchestras Joint Concert with Mira Mesa High School
Tuesday, March 31, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Garfield High School – Quincy Jones Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Lunn (Arr. Wagner) – The Downton Abbey Suite
Handel (Arr. Stroud) – Overture and Hornpipe from Water Music
John Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Rhosymedre
Percy Eastman Fletcher – Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
C. W. Gluck – Recitative and aria
Dvořák – Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104, 1st mvt.
Karel Butz – McCormick Fanfare
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV
Handel (Arr. Stroud) – Overture and Hornpipe from Water Music
John Rutter – Suite for Strings
Vaughan Williams – Rhosymedre
Percy Eastman Fletcher – Folk Tune and Fiddle Dance
C. W. Gluck – Recitative and aria
Dvořák – Cello Concerto No. 2, Op. 104, 1st mvt.
Karel Butz – McCormick Fanfare
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5, mvt. IV
Free
Long Piece Fest: Sciarrino’s Complete L’Opera per Flauto
Thursday, April 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New sounds for flute explore the liminal space in between sound and silence in Salvatore Sciarrino's L’Opera per Flauto.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Mayumi Tayake, piano
Saturday, April 4, 2026 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
George Crumb — Makrokosmos Volume II
Daniel Carr — Lesotho Variations
Daniel Carr – Prelude
Daniel Carr — Lesotho Variations
Daniel Carr – Prelude
$5-$15 suggested donation
Racer Sessions: Julio Lopez
Sunday, April 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free