Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
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
Celebrating the Life & Songs of Bern Herbolsheimer
Saturday, September 23, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Program will include Ephemeron, A Lady in Waiting, and a selection of songs from American Folk Song Settings.
Subscriptions available, single tickets $20-$30
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Matt Palmer
Saturday, September 23, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rudnev – Fantasy on Crimson Moon
Amelkina-Vera – The Heaven’s Hundred
J.S. Bach – from BWV 1004 Chaconne
Vassiliev – Capricious Variations on Mozart's Sonata KV331
Reis – Two Waltzes
Vysotsky – Ty podi moia korovushka domoi
Stepan Rak – Sonata Mongoliana
Amelkina-Vera – The Heaven’s Hundred
J.S. Bach – from BWV 1004 Chaconne
Vassiliev – Capricious Variations on Mozart's Sonata KV331
Reis – Two Waltzes
Vysotsky – Ty podi moia korovushka domoi
Stepan Rak – Sonata Mongoliana
$38 / $28
Pacific MusicWorks: From Russia, With Love
Saturday, September 23, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A blend of Italian high drama and virtuosity, French lyricism, and native folk influences in rarely performed arias and instrumental music by Bortniansky, Berezovsky, Sokolovsky, Araja, and Fomin, including several modern-day American premieres.
$25
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Séjourné, Mendelssohn
Sunday, September 24, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Overture to The Beautiful Melusine
Séjourné – Concerto for Marimba and Strings
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1
Séjourné – Concerto for Marimba and Strings
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 1
$18 / $13 / kids free
Curiouser & Curiouser: An evening with improvised violin
Monday, September 25, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Two Bells Bar & Grill, Seattle, WA, United States
What happens when you set an evening of drinking in a historic Seattle bar to the soundtrack of improvised violin?
Free (Free)
Seattle Pro Musica: Rearranged
Friday, September 29, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Join members of Seattle Pro Musica and emcee Karen P. Thomas for a lively evening of Broadway choruses and cabaret solos.
$25-$49; reserved seating
Philharmonia Northwest: At the Japanese Garden
Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Toru Takemitsu – Three Film Scores
Alan Hovhaness – Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Kosaku Yamada – Symphony in F major “Triumph and Peace”
Alan Hovhaness – Fantasy on Japanese Woodprints
Kosaku Yamada – Symphony in F major “Triumph and Peace”
$20 / $15
Racer Sessions: Gregg Belisle-Chi
Sunday, October 1, 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
August Denhard, Oud; David Rogers, Classical Crossover Guitar
Wednesday, October 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Vermillion Art Gallery and Bar, Seattle, WA, United States
A varied program of early European music, Ottoman court music, Bach, Flamenco, Leonard Cohen, and more.
$10 cover
Meany Center presents Bandaloop
Thursday, October 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Dynamic physicality, intricate choreography, and the art of climbing to turn the dance floor on its side. With music by Gabriel Prokofiev.
$44+