Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: Music in Motion
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Piano Concerto No. 1 in B-flat minor, Op. 23
Jules Massenet – “Ballet Suite” from Le Cid
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
Jules Massenet – “Ballet Suite” from Le Cid
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
$15-$49
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Nielsen, Hindemith, Coricelli, & Hovhaness
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
Carl Nielsen – Humorous Bagatelles, Op. 11 for winds
Paul Hindemith – The Four Temperaments for piano and strings
Silvia Coricelli – Argentine Encores for winds
Alan Hovhaness – Sinfonia No. 31, Op. 294 for strings
Paul Hindemith – The Four Temperaments for piano and strings
Silvia Coricelli – Argentine Encores for winds
Alan Hovhaness – Sinfonia No. 31, Op. 294 for strings
$20 ($15 student / senior)
Fall Fipple Flute Forum Faculty Concert
Friday, October 4, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical delights from several centuries, with selections by Heinrich Isaac, Dieterich Buxtehude, Pieter Campo, and more.
$25 suggested donation
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Origins
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Carlos Garcia – Vast Array (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Choral Arts Northwest: Music of the Spheres
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks including Kevin Siegfried's Music of the Spheres, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Komm, Jesu, Komm, and rarely heard music by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko.
$24-$32 (students free w/ID)
Philharmonia Northwest: Songs of Life – Music by Female Composers, Past & Present
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Reedbird for winds and brass
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
$15-$25
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
James Kazik – Eviler Elves
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
$20 / $18 / $5
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Thursday, October 10, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Rautavaara, Debussy, Haydn
Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelette Op. 52, No. 3 in A minor
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
$15 (age 16 & under free w/ adult)
Seattle Symphony Presents Selections from Density 2036: Claire Chase in Recital
Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Flutist Claire Chase performs selections from Density 2036, a 23-year project she started in 2014 to commission an entirely new body of repertoire for solo flute each year until 2036.
$25
Wayward Music Series: Amy Denio – Truth Is Up For Grabs
Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Award-winning composer Amy Denio presents her newly expanded chamber suite with projected video by James Drage.
$5-$25 suggested donation
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Youth, Ages 10 to 13 & Ages 14 to 18
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 4:15pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Youth Ages 10-13 and Youth Ages 14-18 categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Rautavaara, Debussy, Haydn
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity United Methodist Church, Sequim, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelette Op. 52, No. 3 in A minor
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad, for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad, for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
$15 (age 16 & under free w/ adult)
Tacoma Concert Band Presents 'Tie the Knot' 40th Anniversary Season Opener
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music inspired by stories of love by J.S. Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wagner, and Aaron Copland, plus W.A. Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3 and a Sousa march or two!
$18-$36 (age 18 & under free)
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Wayward Music Series: Amy Denio – Truth Is Up For Grabs
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Award-winning composer Amy Denio presents her newly expanded chamber suite with projected video by James Drage.
$5-$25 suggested donation
Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Finalists – Collegiate & Professional Artists
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 1:30pm – 6:25pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Final rounds of the Collegiate Artist and Professional Artist categories.
$35 / $25 / $15
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: 'Pictures at an Exhibition' – A Multimedia Experience
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Mikhail Glinka – Overture to Ruslan and Lyudmila
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
Adam Schoenberg – Picture Studies
Modest Mussorgsky (orch. Maurice Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition
$37 / $30 / $10
Ladies Musical Club: Contemporary Korean Composers
Monday, October 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano and piano, written by contemporary Korean composers.
Free (Free)
Ensign Symphony & Chorus: Lux!
Monday, October 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
Katharina von Schlegal, arr. Stephen Weatherford – Be Still My Soul (world premiere)
$20-$40