Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Friday, March 23, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$30-$180
Emerald City Music: In Blue...
Friday, March 23, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
$45 (includes open bar) / $10 students
Contemporary Classical Guitarist Zane Forshee at Naked City Brewery and Taphouse
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Ronald Pearl – Four at III (west coast premiere)
John Dowland – Fantasy
Judah Adashi – my heart comes undone (for electric guitar and loop pedal)
Isaac Albeniz – Mallorca
J.S. Bach – Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro
Ingram Marshall – Soe-pa (for amplified classical guitar, loop, and delay)
Ronald Pearl – My Name is Red (west coast premiere)
John Dowland – Fantasy
Judah Adashi – my heart comes undone (for electric guitar and loop pedal)
Isaac Albeniz – Mallorca
J.S. Bach – Prelude, Fugue, & Allegro
Ingram Marshall – Soe-pa (for amplified classical guitar, loop, and delay)
Ronald Pearl – My Name is Red (west coast premiere)
$10
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Out of the Deep
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Northwest Chamber Chorus sings about woes of our world, and then sings to reclaim our joy. Featured composers include Johann Herman Schein, Claudio Monteverdi, John Rutter, and more.
$25 / $20 / Free to students through high school
Emerald City Music: In Blue...
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
$28-$43 (students $10)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$37-$187
Seattle Symphony: Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – The Oceanides
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Keith Eisenbrey – ‘Études d’exécution imminent’
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Part of a large-scale work that seeks to re-imagine the notion of keyboard virtuosity as a means of temporal inquiry.
$5-$15 donation
Baltic Centennial: 100 Years of Statehood
Redmond Chorale,
Illumni Men’s Chorale,
Mägi Baltic Ensemble,
Seattle Choral Company,
Ancora,
Columbia Choirs, and
Seattle Girls Choir
Saturday, March 24, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:15pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The finest contemporary choral music today from Latvia, Estonia, and Lithuania.
$25 / $20 / $5 (children age 6-10 free)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director’s Choice
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Peter Boal's annual selection offers audiences a riveting duet, a favorite work, a little controversy, and a world premiere by PNB dancer Ezra Thomson.
$37-$187
Seattle Symphony: Sibelius Symphony No. 2
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – The Oceanides
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
Britten – Four Sea Interludes from Peter Grimes
Sibelius – Symphony No. 2
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
Messiaen's 'Quartet for the End of Time'
Sunday, March 25, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A deeply spiritual work contemplating faith, time, and love, composed in a Nazi prisoner-of-war camp.
$15-$20
Bremerton Symphony Presents orKIDstra: Peter & the Wolf
Tuesday, March 27, 2029 @ 9:45am – 10:45am (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
An unforgettable experience designed for students of all ages, and a superb introduction to the orchestra and its instruments.
$5
Bremerton Symphony Presents orKIDstra: Peter & the Wolf
Tuesday, March 27, 2029 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
An unforgettable experience designed for students of all ages, and a superb introduction to the orchestra and its instruments.
$5
'Pairs': Violists Atar Arad & Melia Watras with guests Michael Jinsoo Lim & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, March 28, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Arad, Britten, Penderecki, and Watras.
$20 ($10 students/seniors 62+)
M3C2 Concert Series: the Music of John Cage & John Teske
Thursday, March 29, 2029 @ 12:15pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Cornish Main Campus Center – 7th floor Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States
This lunchtime M3C2 Concert Series performance features the music of John Cage and John Teske.
Free
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Soundscapes
Friday, March 30, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emma Lou Diemer – Santa Barbara Overture (1995)
Concerto Competition Winner (TBA)
Silvestre Revueltas – Sensemayá (1938)
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (1945)
Concerto Competition Winner (TBA)
Silvestre Revueltas – Sensemayá (1938)
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring (1945)
$20 (students/seniors $10, under 18 free)
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: Beethoven & Kancheli
Friday, March 30, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Smetana – String Quartet, "From My Life"
Giya Kancheli – In l'istesso tempo for Piano Quartet
Schnittke – Violin Sonata No. 1
Beethoven – String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4
Giya Kancheli – In l'istesso tempo for Piano Quartet
Schnittke – Violin Sonata No. 1
Beethoven – String Quartet, Op. 18, No. 4
$40
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Gipps, Ibert, Bach, & more
Saturday, March 31, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kuhlau – Overture, William Shakespeare, Op. 74
Gipps – Symphony No. 2 (US premiere)
Ibert – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 522, "St. Anne" (orch. by Frederick Stock)
Gipps – Symphony No. 2 (US premiere)
Ibert – Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
J.S. Bach – Prelude and Fugue in E-flat, BWV 522, "St. Anne" (orch. by Frederick Stock)
$20-$30
OSSCS: Stories from the East
Saturday, March 31, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Kamran Ince – Gloria (Everywhere)
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 [mvmts. 2 & 3]
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11 [mvmts. 2 & 3]
Rimsky-Korsakov – Scheherazade, Op. 35
$25 ($20 seniors, $10 students, youth free)