Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Clarinettissimo Festival: Eugene Mondie in Recital
Saturday, October 6, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
McKinley Hall - Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Willson Osborne – Rhapsody for Clarinet
Michael Tenzer – Three Island Duets
Carl Baermann – Etudes Nos. 46, 24, and 38
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120
Willson Osborne – Rhapsody for Clarinet
Michael Tenzer – Three Island Duets
Carl Baermann – Etudes Nos. 46, 24, and 38
Johannes Brahms – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 120
Free
The Esoterics: CŌNSŌLŌ | The reimagined requiem | The balm for sorrow
Saturday, October 6, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Contemporary choral music by Eric Barnum, Anna-Karin Klockar, Ily Matthew Maniano, Sarah Rimkus, and Dale Trombore.
$25 / $18 ($22 / $15 in advance)
Ladies Musical Club: Northwest composer K. Morrill
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
David Diamond – Partita for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Gaetano Corticelli – Terzetto No. 1 for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Kam Morrill – Idaho Songs
Kam Morrill – Houseman Songs
Kam Morrill – I Wander Dreaming
Kam Morrill – Four Madrigals for Three Sopranos
Gaetano Corticelli – Terzetto No. 1 for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano
Kam Morrill – Idaho Songs
Kam Morrill – Houseman Songs
Kam Morrill – I Wander Dreaming
Kam Morrill – Four Madrigals for Three Sopranos
Free
Clarinettissimo Festival: Finale Concert
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
McKinley Hall - Seattle Pacific University, Seattle, WA, United States
André Messager – Solo de Concours
Telmo Marques – Acrylic Sonata
Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 57 (first movement)
Robert Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 94
Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski – Grand Quartet No. 3
Johann Strauss, Jr. – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Telmo Marques – Acrylic Sonata
Carl Nielsen – Concerto for Clarinet, Op. 57 (first movement)
Robert Schumann – Three Romances, Op. 94
Johann Wilhelm Gabrielski – Grand Quartet No. 3
Johann Strauss, Jr. – Tritsch-Tratsch Polka, Op. 214
Free
The Esoterics: CŌNSŌLŌ | The reimagined requiem | The balm for sorrow
Sunday, October 7, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Contemporary choral music by Eric Barnum, Anna-Karin Klockar, Ily Matthew Maniano, Sarah Rimkus, and Dale Trombore.
$25 / $18 ($22 / $15 in advance)
Cornish Pivot Convocation: Ryan Lewis & Josh Rawlings
Thursday, October 11, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Producer Ryan Lewis and pianist and composer Josh Rawlings join the Cornish Music Department for a conversation about life as a musician, the tension between art music and pop music, and arts entrepreneurialism.
Free
Cornish Student Recitals: Zachrey Robbins & Nicholas Brannen
Thursday, October 11, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Rachmaninoff, Beethoven, Chopin, Margaret Bonds, and Nicholas Brannen, including original works set to film.
Free
Seattle Art Song Society: Queer Voices
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital dedicated to social justice, with music by Hahn, Poulenc, Smyth, DeBlasio, Hoiby, Szymanowski, Tchaikovsky, Cowell, Armbrust, and Temple.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
The Arts at Saint Mark's Flentrop Organ Concert: Szilárd Kovács
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A remarkably gifted improviser plays with submitted themes and performs a variety of beloved organ music.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Samantha Boshnack: Seismic Belt
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of seismic activity along the Ring of Fire through musical composition, experimenting with the friction of geographic shifts to create a new harmonic topography.
$20 / $18 / $10
Cappella Romana: Heaven & Earth – A Song of Creation
Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering a new setting of Psalm 103 by six Orthodox composers in collaboration with the St. John of Damascus Society.
$30-$50
Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Mark Wilson
Saturday, October 13, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Sylvius Leopold Weiss – Suite No. 47
Francesco Corbetta – Two chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
José Ferrer Esteve de Fujadas – Le Charme de Nuit
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa
Francesco Corbetta – Two chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
José Ferrer Esteve de Fujadas – Le Charme de Nuit
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa
Free (Free)
Romanian American Chamber Concerts & Arts: Enescu, Bartók, Prokofiev
Saturday, October 13, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Scintillating masterpieces by Enescu, Bartók, Gabriela Lena Frank, and Prokofiev performed by an all-star line-up of musicians.
$26
The Byrd Ensemble: Musical Politics – Motets of Influence
Saturday, October 13, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
William Byrd – Ne irascaris Domine
Gabriel Jackson – To Morning
Thomas Tallis – Gaude gloriosa
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
William Byrd – Tribue Domine
Gabriel Jackson – To Morning
Thomas Tallis – Gaude gloriosa
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere
Arvo Pärt – The Woman with the Alabaster Box
William Byrd – Tribue Domine
$18-$28
The Washington Wind Symphony: A Windward Traveler
Sunday, October 14, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Michael Markowski – joyRiDE
Aaron Copland (trans. Merlin Patterson) – Down a Country Lane
David Maslanka – Traveler
George Gershwin (arr. Jerry Brubaker) – An American in Paris
Giuseppe Verdi (trans. R. Mark Rogers) – Overture to La Forza del Destino
Julie Giroux – Symphony No. IV, "Bookmarks from Japan"
$15 ($10 seniors, FREE students/youth)
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: 'Pines of Rome'
Sunday, October 14, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Kevin Puts – Millennium Canons
Eric Korngold – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Ottorino Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome
Eric Korngold – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Ottorino Respighi – Fountains of Rome
Ottorino Respighi – Pines of Rome
$37 ($30 senior, $10 student)
Olympia Symphony: By Land & Sea
Sunday, October 14, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Alexander Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Michael Daugherty – Route 66
Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
Claude Debussy – La mer
Alexander Glazunov – Violin Concerto in A minor, Op. 82
Michael Daugherty – Route 66
Aaron Copland – Down a Country Lane
Claude Debussy – La mer
$7-$60
Cornish Pivot Convocation: Fay Victor
Thursday, October 18, 2029 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalist, composer, and lyricist Fay Victor joins the Cornish Music Department for a conversation about life as a musician.
Free
Seattle Symphony Community Concert: Shostakovich, Ravel, Saunders
Thursday, October 18, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 7:35pm (PDT)
Des Moines Beach Park Auditorium, Des Moines, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Octet
Maurice Ravel – Kaddish
Rebecca Saunders – Ire
Free
Northwest Symphony Orchestra Family Concert: Dvořák's New World Symphony
Highline School District Choirs,
Federal Way School District Choirs, and
Northwest Symphony Orchestra (NWSO)
Friday, October 19, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Antonin Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, "New World"
Richard Wagner – "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" from Das Rheingold
Brent Irwin – Forestia (world premiere)
Samuel A. Ward – America the Beautiful
Richard Wagner – "Entry of the Gods into Valhalla" from Das Rheingold
Brent Irwin – Forestia (world premiere)
Samuel A. Ward – America the Beautiful
$15-$20