Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Choral Arts Northwest: Passion & Resurrection
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonio Lotti – Crucifixus a 8
Johann Sebastian Bach – Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
Johann Sebastian Bach – Christ lag in Todesbanden, BWV 4
Ēriks Ešenvalds – Passion and Resurrection
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Woodland Theater: Mike Gamble’s MultiMeteorchestra, Erin Jorgensen, & Simon Henneman
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
A quartet of diverse instrumentation, plus solo sets from marimbist Erin Jorgensen and guitarist Simon Henneman.
$10-$20 sliding scale
Northwest Chamber Chorus: The Singing Heart
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that opens our hearts and inspires us to be alive and free, including works by Josef Rheinberger, Charles Stanford, Randall Thompson, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Leonard Cohen, and more.
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Mostly Nordic: Iceland – Afterquake
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Music written in the decade after the economic crash of 2008 by Icelandic composers Jón Nordal, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, and Þuríður Jónsdóttir.
$30 ($25 museum members)
Nelda Swiggett Quintet: 'Alaska Suite'
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Madrona Grace Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging the power of artistic expression to connect audience members deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change.
$10-$50
Northwest Clarinet Choir: Grainger, Cardon, Puccini, Grieg
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for large clarinet ensemble including Irish folk tunes, classical, contemporary, opera, and ragtime.
Free
Seattle Symphonic Band Winter Concert
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
North Seattle College Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
John Barnes Chance – Incantation and Dance
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Aaron Copland (arr. Kenneth Singleton) – The Promise of Living
Bob Margolis – Color
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Robert Longfield) – Slava!
Leonard Bernstein (arr. William J. Duthoit) – Selections from West Side Story
Edwin Eugene Bagley – National Emblem March
Steve Shafer – Prism
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Aaron Copland (arr. Kenneth Singleton) – The Promise of Living
Bob Margolis – Color
Leonard Bernstein (arr. Robert Longfield) – Slava!
Leonard Bernstein (arr. William J. Duthoit) – Selections from West Side Story
Edwin Eugene Bagley – National Emblem March
Steve Shafer – Prism
Free
UW School of Music: The Here & Now
Monday, March 18, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ryan Farris – Across the Channel (world premiere)
Gerald Kechley – Little Flower
Jennifer Higdon – Song for Flute
Brian Schappals – Ave generosa (world premiere)
Sandesh Nagaraj – Unfreedom
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Jennifer Higdon – Song for Flute
Brian Schappals – Ave generosa (world premiere)
Sandesh Nagaraj – Unfreedom
Marc Mellits – Tight Sweater
Free
UW School of Music: Talea Ensemble Composition Reading Workshop
Tuesday, March 19, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of New York’s acclaimed Talea Ensemble perform readings of new works by students of the University of Washington School of Music.
Free
Michael Tilson Thomas San Francisco Symphony
Tuesday, March 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Tilson Thomas – Agnegram
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major, K. 216
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"
$82-$165
Cornish Presents: Splinter Reeds
Tuesday, March 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The West Coast's first reed quintet, comprising five innovative musicians with a shared passion for new music.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Town Music presents: Talea Ensemble
Wednesday, March 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A theatrical chamber music performance based on the dark sideshows of Coney Island’s amusement parks in the early 20th century – a meditation on virtuosity, spectacle, and the sacrifices that must be made to survive in the world.
$20 ($15 Town Hall members)
Rain City Symphony: Hérold, Alfvén, & Prokofiev
Wednesday, March 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Lake City Mennonite Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Ferdinand Hérold – Zampa Overture
Hugo Alfvén – Midsommarvaka, Op. 19 (Midsummer Vigil; Swedish Rhapsody No. 1)
Serge Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Hugo Alfvén – Midsommarvaka, Op. 19 (Midsummer Vigil; Swedish Rhapsody No. 1)
Serge Prokofiev – Romeo and Juliet, Op. 64
Free (Free)
Orca Concert Series: American Quintets
Wednesday, March 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
$25 / $15 / Free for youth/students
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Thursday, March 21, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Thursday, March 21, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
John Harbison – What Do We Make of Bach?
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 15 in A major, Op. 141
$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)
An Index of Possibility feat. EarthToneSkyTone
Thursday, March 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
Ethereal melodies, meditative ostinatos, and explosive waves of sound. A night of mesmerizing lights and percussion music transforming Robert Honstein's six-movement An Index of Possibility into a multimedia experience.
$10 ($15 @ door)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Friday, March 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-premiere program, handpicked by PNB director Peter Boal to highlight dancemakers who are evolving the ballet art form.
$37-$189
Wayward Music Series: Mother Tongue
Friday, March 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A two-headed art making machine specializing in post-disciplinary creation, with guest artists poet, dancer, and trumpeter.
$5-$15 donation
Orca Concert Series & Harmony for Hope: American Quintets
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Woodinville Unitarian Universalist Church, Woodinville, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – Summer Music, Op. 31
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
John Steinmetz – Quintet
Sean Osborn – Preludes and Counterpoints (world premiere)
$25 / $15 / Free for youth/students