Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Beetle Box at Substation
Wednesday, August 21, 2030 @ 8:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Substation, Seattle, WA, United States
Beetle Box is an experimental composer, keyboardist, and solo artist who creates original, piano-centered electronic music for live performance.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Bassett, Samara, Suzuki, Krausbauer, Kelley, & Millis
Thursday, August 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Touring duos Marcia Bassett & Samara Lubelski (NYC), and Kaori Suzuki & John Krausbauer (Oakland) perform at the Chapel Performance Space with Seattle’s Greg Kelley & Rob Millis.
$8-$15 suggested donation at the door
Beetle Box at Tim’s Tavern
Thursday, August 22, 2030 @ 9:15pm – 11:15pm (PDT)
Tim's Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
Beetle Box is an experimental composer, keyboardist, and solo artist who creates original, piano-centered electronic music for live performance.
$10
Emerald City Music: Chamber Music on a Boat
Friday, August 23, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Pier 55, Seattle, WA, United States
Live music by a cast of incredible ECM musicians including Lincoln Center violinist Kristin Lee, a one-of-a-kind musical play-along, games, food, drink, and more.
$200-$250
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO Plays Bach
Friday, August 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor, BWV 1060
Arvo Pärt – If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Arvo Pärt – Collage on B-A-C-H
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
Arvo Pärt – If Bach Had Been a Beekeeper
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 2 in B minor, BWV 1067
Arvo Pärt – Collage on B-A-C-H
Johann Sebastian Bach – Selections from Orchestral Suite No. 1 in C major, BWV 1066
$10-$33
Wayward Music Series: Aaron Butler & Bonnie Whiting
Friday, August 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring works composed for Butler, a recently revived piece from 1973, and duo improvisations with Whiting.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Olympic Music Festival: Midsummer Gala feat. Musicians from GardenMusic
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The party of the summer overlooks Port Townsend Bay and features a dazzling arrangement of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
$60 (age 7-12 free)
Saltwater Music Series: Winds of Summer
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Steven Luksan – Suite for flute and piano
Steven Luksan – Four Pieces
Steven Luksan – Sonata
Benjamin Godard – "Waltz" from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Steven Luksan – Suite for flute and piano
Steven Luksan – Four Pieces
Steven Luksan – Sonata
Benjamin Godard – "Waltz" from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116
Free
Wayward Music Series: Kyte Mika & Peter Colclasure
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Post-classical composers and pianists play original work aiming for a soothing, ambient, and beautiful sonic landscape.
$10 suggested donation
Nash Naubert’s 'Music of Now'
Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Join flutist Nash Naubert accompanied by Aditya Kalyanpur on tabla for an Indian classical music performance.
$30 ($24 youth / senior)
Olympic Music Festival: Midsummer Gala feat. Musicians from GardenMusic
Sunday, August 25, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The party of the summer overlooks Port Townsend Bay and features a dazzling arrangement of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
$60 (age 7-12 free)
Good Vibes Only
Friday, August 30, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An ace team of Northwest musicians presents a one-night-only end-of-summer concert of music for marimbas and vibraphones in a mesmerizing environment at Seattle's historic Washington Hall.
$25
BMC Night Beat presents Ballance Duo
Thursday, September 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Jared and Ruth Marie Ballance present a program of exquisite music for cello, violin, and piano by Mozart, Sibelius, Clarke, Kodály, Mark O'Connor, and more.
$20 ($15 seniors, take a teen for free)
Archipelago Collective Chamber Music Festival: Chamber Music II
Saturday, September 7, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Samuel Magrill – Five Bagatelles for flute, violin, cello, and piano
R. Murray Schafer – Theseus for harp and string quartet
Reinhold Glière – Selections from 8 Pieces, Op. 39 for violin and cello
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
R. Murray Schafer – Theseus for harp and string quartet
Reinhold Glière – Selections from 8 Pieces, Op. 39 for violin and cello
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
$20 (age 18 & under FREE)
Archipelago Collective Chamber Music Festival: Chamber Music III
Sunday, September 8, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
André Jolivet – Chants de Linos
Miguel del Aguila – Salon Buenos Aires
Antonín Dvorák – Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 "Dumky"
Miguel del Aguila – Salon Buenos Aires
Antonín Dvorák – Piano Trio No. 4 in E minor, Op. 90 "Dumky"
$20 (age 18 & under FREE)
Music from Home II: Ibidunni Ojikutu, soprano
Sunday, September 8, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Soprano Ibidunni Ojikutu performs music by Libby Larsen, Nailah Nombeko, Florence Price, and Nina Simone as part of an inclusive social ceremony of wine, beer, and musical storytelling.
$25 / $15
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, September 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a tribute to the original FINAL FANTASY VII, plus guests RIKKI, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY X, and Susan Calloway, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
$37-$150
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Thursday, September 12, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a tribute to the original FINAL FANTASY VII, plus guests RIKKI, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY X, and Susan Calloway, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
$37-$150
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Wayward Music Series: Bleeps+Loops – Space
Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The soundtrack to your individual meditations will be provided by a collective of modular synthesists whose individual acts will overlap to create a continuous sonic experience.
$5-$15 donation