Folk – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 12, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
$12-$35
Christmas with Seattle Pro Musica – a Family Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 12, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditional carols, holiday favorites and an audience sing-along for children and families.
$5-$25
Dréos Album Release Concert
Sunday, December 6, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Private home in Bothell, Bothell, WA, United States
An evening with performing composers who invent and arrange new and old music using a traditional vocabulary.
$15
Seattle Pro Musica: Northern Lights in the South Sound
Sunday, November 22, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church Olympia, Olympia, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
Free
The Daphnes and AMA Trio
Tuesday, September 29, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
The Daphnes play modern chamber pop compositions; AMA TRIO is richly polyrhythmic and soulfully melodic.
Donations welcome
Market Street Singers in Summer Lites
Saturday, September 12, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics.
Free
Market Street Singers in Summer Lites
Saturday, September 12, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics.
Free
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: Magical Strings
Thursday, July 23, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
Auburn Symphony string players will be performing with Phil and Pam Boulding, founders of Magical Strings, an ensemble playing dulcimers, harps, violins, and more.
$10-$18
Olympic Music Festival: GardenMusic
Sunday, July 19, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Mvt. IV)
Dickbauer – Treffpunkt 7
Traditional – I Ride an Old Paint, Bonaparte’s Retreat
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Chang – New Work commissioned for the OMF
Hancock – Canteloupe Island
Dickbauer – Treffpunkt 7
Traditional – I Ride an Old Paint, Bonaparte’s Retreat
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Chang – New Work commissioned for the OMF
Hancock – Canteloupe Island
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: GardenMusic
Saturday, July 18, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92 (Mvt. IV)
Traditional – Selected Scandinavian Folk Tunes
Chang – Sunrise for Two Violins and Piano (2014)
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Kittel – Crooked Tune
Foster – Hard Times Come Again No More
Traditional – I’ll Fly Away
Abrams – Rotation
Traditional – Selected Scandinavian Folk Tunes
Chang – Sunrise for Two Violins and Piano (2014)
Corea – Spain
Stravinsky – The Rite of Spring (selections)
Kittel – Crooked Tune
Foster – Hard Times Come Again No More
Traditional – I’ll Fly Away
Abrams – Rotation
$20-$32
Tasting Notes: Scots Baroque Music at Westland Distillery
Monday, July 13, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Westland Distillery, Seattle, WA, United States
Early Music Underground and Westland Distillery present an exclusive concert and whiskey tasting, blending music from 18th century Scotland and Westland's award-winning whiskeys.
$30
Cello X at Breaking Free: Emerging Teen Artists
Thursday, July 9, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Cello eXperiment performs U2, Apocalyptica, Iz Kamakawiwo'ole, Powell and more.
$5-$15
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: Celebrating America
Thursday, July 9, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
Dvořák – American String Quartet
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Copland – "Hoe Down" from Rodeo
Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
Grieg – Holberg Suite
Tchaikovsky – 1812 Overture
Copland – "Hoe Down" from Rodeo
Ungar – Ashokan Farewell
$10-$18
Music of The Golden Age of Mandolin
Saturday, June 13, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Greenlake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Virtuoso mandolinist Chris Acquavella returns to the U.S. to join the Seattle Mandolin Orchestra.
$15-$20
Zero-G: Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis
Friday, June 12, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Wayward Music Series presents Zero-G: Vlatkovich 5tet + Robert Millis.
$5-$15 suggested donation
LYRA vocal ensemble in concert
Friday, June 5, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
Hailing from St. Petersburg, Russia, LYRA will perform sacred and secular music from obscure composers to well-known greats, including Tchaikovsky, Rachmaninoff and Bortniansky.
$10-$15 (children under 12 free)
Northwest Girlchoir presents American Voices
Saturday, May 30, 2015 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A vibrant and heartfelt tribute to great American composers and folksongs featuring Bernstein, Ives and more.
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Steven Arntson at Folklife: New Music for Concertina & Voice
Friday, May 22, 2015 @ 4:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Steven Arntson performs new music for the duet concertina and voice.
Free
The Daphnes
Friday, May 8, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Hotel Sorrento, Seattle, WA, United States
An unconventional trio of harp, violin, upright bass and voice.
Free
Vuelie: The Sound of Norway
Monday, April 27, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Internationally lauded Norwegian women's choir Cantus joins Chroma, the women's ensemble of Seattle Pro Musica, to perform Eatnemen Vuelie and works by Karen P. Thomas, Sheila Bristow, Henning Sommerro and Eric William Barnum.
$20 ($15 senior; $10 student)