Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).
$75
Northwest Chamber Chorus: The Singing Heart
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (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)
Northwest Boychoir: Choral Tradition
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
This program will feature John Rutter’s Gloria, and great choral works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Morten Lauridsen, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Orff, and Josef Rheinberger.
$5-$28
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Saturday, March 23, 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
Symphony Tacoma: Rainier Sunrise
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Karel Butz – Rainier Sunrise
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364
Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Richard Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante for Violin, Viola and Orchestra in E-flat major, K. 364
$24-$78
Cascadian Chorale: William Byrd & Giselle Wyers
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Symphony No. 15
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (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)
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act II – Dreams
Sunday, March 24, 2030 @ 12:00am – 8:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Marcin Pączkowski turns your dreams into an interactive sound installation from midnight to 7:00am, followed by a performance of John Luther Adams’ songbirdsongs at daybreak.
$75
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act III – Daybreak
Sunday, March 24, 2030 @ 8:00am – 5:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Octave 9 comes alive with an eclectic variety of music, from familiar names to new discoveries.
$75
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Director's Choice
Sunday, March 24, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 3:00pm (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
Cascadian Chorale: William Byrd & Giselle Wyers
Sunday, March 24, 2030 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
William Byrd – Mass for Four Voices
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
Giselle Wyers – And All Shall Be Well
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Sean Osborn in all-star wind quintet performs for The Highlands Concert Series
Sunday, March 24, 2030 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
An exceptionally talented group of wind players performs music by American composers, including an original composition from local clarinetist Sean Osborn.
$30 ($15 youth)
Northwest Boychoir: Choral Tradition
Sunday, March 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
This program will feature John Rutter’s Gloria, and great choral works by Johannes Brahms, Claude Debussy, Morten Lauridsen, Felix Mendelssohn, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Carl Orff, and Josef Rheinberger.
$5-$28
Wayward Music Series: FHTAGN + Andrew Quitter + Blood Rhythms
Thursday, March 28, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The joining of an experimental chamber ensemble, tape collage and synth techniques, and a brass/drone ensemble.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble – 'Twin Peaks' a la Partch
Friday, March 29, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new sound to an already innovative score.
$5-$15 donation
PianoUSA1919: Ives 'Concord' Sonata & More
Sunday, March 31, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:45pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Charles Ives – "Concord" Sonata
Arthur Foote – Two Silhouettes
Charles Griffes – The White Peacock
Leo Ornstein – Suicide in an Airplane
Marion Bauer – Two Preludes
Henry Cowell – The Tides of Manaunaun
Arthur Foote – Two Silhouettes
Charles Griffes – The White Peacock
Leo Ornstein – Suicide in an Airplane
Marion Bauer – Two Preludes
Henry Cowell – The Tides of Manaunaun
Free
Cascade Symphony Family Concert: 'Tubby, the Tuba'
Sunday, March 31, 2030 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Bring the entire family for this fun performance filled with tuba and percussion fun!
$10 ($5 students, $3 age 12 and under)
Seattle Symphony presents: In the Spotlight – Trimpin, Stiefel, & More
Tuesday, April 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Trimpin – Solo Flute, Eight Pottery Wheels and Assorted Vinyls
Andrew Stiefel – Five Ways to Listen to a Mockingbird
Steve Reich – Nagoya Marimbas
Leonardo Gorosito and Rafael Alberto – Seeds
Maurice Ravel – Alborada del Gracioso
Andrew Stiefel – Five Ways to Listen to a Mockingbird
Steve Reich – Nagoya Marimbas
Leonardo Gorosito and Rafael Alberto – Seeds
Maurice Ravel – Alborada del Gracioso
$20
Ben Markin, composition & Luis de la Cruz, piano (Cornish junior recitals)
Tuesday, April 2, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An exciting lineup of wholly original piano and choral works, plus piano music by Aram Khachaturian, Frederic Chopin, Philip Glass, and more.
Free
Wayward Music Series: SKINESPHERES – Somatic Ecologies in a More-Than-Human World
Thursday, April 4, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A striking integration of Deep Ecology, electroacoustic sound art, and experimental dance inviting the audience to consider the connection(s) between sensorium and ecosystem, the body, and the earth.
$20 ($15 student/senior)