Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Outdoor Music and Dance Concert in Discovery Park
Sunday, August 20, 2028 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Daybreak Star Cultural Center Upper Field in Discovery Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Grieg – Three Symphonic Dances
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 (mvts 3 and 4)
Shu-Hwei Shi – Song from Fishers Boat Under the Evening Glow
Rachmaninoff – G minor Prelude
Debussy – Beau Soir
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Kam Morrill – Quartet No. 3 "Schwanengesang" (mvt 2)
Borodin – Quartet No. 2 in D major (mvt 2)
Recorded nature sounds of Discovery Park
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 (mvts 3 and 4)
Shu-Hwei Shi – Song from Fishers Boat Under the Evening Glow
Rachmaninoff – G minor Prelude
Debussy – Beau Soir
Arvo Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel
Kam Morrill – Quartet No. 3 "Schwanengesang" (mvt 2)
Borodin – Quartet No. 2 in D major (mvt 2)
Recorded nature sounds of Discovery Park
Free (Free)
Racer Sessions: Bad Luck
Sunday, August 20, 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
Wayward Music Series: Jarrad Powell + Golden Retriever (Portland)
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jarrad Powell will present some of his electronic music, offering up a rare opportunity to experience these works outside of a music for dance context. Opening will be Portland duo Golden Retriever.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Racer Sessions: Ryan Ferreira
Sunday, August 27, 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
The Living: Contemporary Music for Solo Piano
Thursday, September 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Frederic Rzewski – De Profundis
John Joubert – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 71 (American premiere)
Jacob TV – The Body of Your Dreams
Eric McElroy – The Perilous Realm
John Joubert – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 71 (American premiere)
Jacob TV – The Body of Your Dreams
Eric McElroy – The Perilous Realm
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Opera: An American Dream
Thursday, September 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.
$45
Seattle Opera: An American Dream
Friday, September 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.
$45
Emerald Ensemble presents The Two Elizabeths: Music fit for a monarch
Saturday, September 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A journey through some of the music composed for two of England's grandest monarchs.
$25/$35
Seattle Opera: An American Dream
Sunday, September 10, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.
$45
Novus Project in Concert: Celebrating Finnish Composers
Sunday, September 10, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Vocal and instrumental music of Jean Sibelius and other Finnish composers.
$20 / $15
Racer Sessions: Adam Briggs
Sunday, September 10, 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
Seattle Symphony: 'Star Trek Beyond' Live
Wednesday, September 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A soaring orchestral score by Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino breaks new ground and reprises many of the beloved musical themes he created for the prior two Star Trek installments. See the film with live score performed by the Seattle Symphony!
$45-$120
Seattle Opera: An American Dream
Thursday, September 14, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.
$45
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Seattle Opera: An American Dream
Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.
$45
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Seattle Opera: An American Dream
Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Set during World War II, this provocative drama explores the lives of two Puget Sound women: a Japanese American forced to leave her home and a German Jewish immigrant preoccupied by those she left behind.
$45
Racer Sessions: TVTV
Sunday, September 17, 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
Wayward Music Series: Evan Smith, Saxophone
Thursday, September 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Contemporary-classical works bridging the divide between composition and improvisation and exploring the flexible sonic palette of the saxophone.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: John Williams conducts Williams
Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
One of America’s most accomplished and revered composers for film and the concert stage will join the Seattle Symphony for a one-night-only concert featuring the music from many of his beloved film scores including Star Wars, E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial, Indiana Jones, Schindler’s List, and more.
SOLD OUT