Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts

Groupmuse House Concert: Cassandra Lear & Soren Hamm in Ballard

Groupmuse
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Private home in Ballard, Seattle, WA, United States
New music and old music from all over the world for flute and saxophone performed by two award-winning musicians.

$10+ donation, RSVP required

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Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere

Pacific Northwest Ballet
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti

$37+

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Bremerton Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: From the Silver Screen

Bremerton Symphony Orchestra and Bremerton Symphony Chorale
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Richard Strauss – Also sprach Zarathustra, Op. 30
Johann Strauss – The Blue Danube Waltz, Op. 314
György Ligeti – Lux Aeterna
Johann Sebastian Bach – Passacaglia and Fugue in C minor, BWV 582
John Williams – Theme from E.T.

$10-$28

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Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Eduardo Fernández & David Leisner

Seattle Classic Guitar Society
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Antoine de Lhoyer – Duo Concertant, Op. 31, No. 3
Johann Sebastian Bach – Ciaccona (from Partita No. 2 for solo violin, BWV 1004)
Steve Reich – Nagoya Guitars
Eduardo Fernández – Astor Visits Heitor
David Leisner – Mirage
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Souvenir de Russie, Op. 63

$38 ($28 students, seniors, SCGS members)

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Wayward Music Series: Neil Rolnick w/ Jennifer Choi & Kathleen Supové

Jennifer Choi, Wayward Music Series, Kathleen Supové, and Neil Rolnick
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A virtuosic combination of instrumental playing and real time digital processing from computer-music pioneer Neil Rolnick and star musicians Jennifer Choi (violin) and Kathleen Supové (piano).

$5-$15 donation at the door

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Seattle Symphony: Tchaikovsky Symphony No. 4

Seattle Symphony
Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Petite suite
Pascal Dusapin – At Swim-Two-Birds (US premiere)
Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 4

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

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Pacific Northwest Ballet: All Premiere

Pacific Northwest Ballet
Sunday, November 11, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kyle Davis / Michael Giacchino – New Davis
Alejandro Cerrado / Dustin Hamman, King Creosote & Jon Hopkins, Olafur Arnalds, & Nils Frahm – Silent Ghost
Alexander Ekman / Franz Josef Haydn, Ludwig van Beethoven, Franz Schubert – Cacti

$37+

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Jack Straw Artist Showcase: 25 Years of Jack Straw Artists

Various artists
Sunday, November 11, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A day of music of all genres, dance, and readings featuring past and present resident artists from the Jack Straw Cultural Center Artist Support Program.

$5-$15 suggested donation

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Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Dove, Zwilich, Méhul

Octava Chamber Orchestra
Sunday, November 11, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Jonathan Dove – Figures in the Garden
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Concerto for Trumpet and 5 players
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor

$13-$20 (kids FREE)

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Northwest Clarinet Choir Season Opener

Northwest Clarinet Choir
Sunday, November 11, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
This large clarinet ensemble will perform music from a variety of genres including classical, film, ragtime, and contemporary choral music.

Free

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No Echo Comes Back: SPU faculty artist recital celebrating the life of Virginia Woolf

Seattle Pacific University Music Department
Wednesday, November 14, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring major themes from Virginia Woolf's writing through the music of Dominick Argento and Leonard Bernstein.

Free

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[CANCELLED] Northwest Sinfonietta: It’s a Woman’s World

Northwest Sinfonietta
Thursday, November 15, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Metropolist, Seattle, WA, United States
This performance has been cancelled.

Performance cancelled.

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Wayward Music Series: Heather Bentley & Friends

Various artists, Heather Bentley, and Wayward Music Series
Thursday, November 15, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Bentley brings her two ensembles – CHA and the Heather/Dio Duo – to perform improvisational and multimedia works.

$5-$15 suggested donation

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Wayward Music Series: Tamara Zenobia

Dick Valentine, Wayward Music Series, and Tamara Zenobia
Friday, November 16, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Divination, vocal alchemy mastery, song, and spoken word to create a very eclectic mix of groovy sounds and hypnotic beats.

$5-$15 donation

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Wayward Music Series: A Night for 4 Drummers

Wayward Music Series
Saturday, November 17, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo works for drum set, focusing on each musician’s singular relationship with the drums, solo performance, music, and identity.

$5-$15 suggested donation

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Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey: Of Myth & Miracles

Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Saturday, November 17, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Italian Girl in Algiers
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Stacy Garrop – "Shadow" from the Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

$25 ($20 senior/military)

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Plymouth Chancel Choir & Choral Arts Northwest: O Be Joyful

Choral Arts Northwest and Plymouth Choir
Sunday, November 18, 2029 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Choral Arts Northwest joins the Plymouth Chancel Choir to share an exciting new anthem by Philip Stopford.

Free

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Philharmonia Northwest: Seattle Sounds – Bassingthwaighte, Benshoof, Bolcom

Philharmonia Northwest
Sunday, November 18, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Sleeping in the Forest (world premiere)
Ken Benshoof – Concerto for Cello and String Orchestra
William Bolcom – Seattle Slew Suite

$20 ($15 students/seniors)

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Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey: Of Myth & Miracles

Saratoga Orchestra of Whidbey Island
Sunday, November 18, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Italian Girl in Algiers
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
Stacy Garrop – "Shadow" from the Mythology Symphony
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36

$25 ($20 senior/military)

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Vintersong Nordic Holiday Concert

Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag, Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association, and Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Sunday, November 18, 2029 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A Nordic holiday concert of yuletide favorites to top off the Ballard Julefest weekend.

Free

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