Folk – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Second City Chamber Series: Girsky Quartet – Songs from a Hidden Land
Friday, September 28, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – String Quartet No. 3, Sz. 85
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet
Zoltán Kodály – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
György Kurtág – 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op. 13, Hommage à Mihály András
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet
Zoltán Kodály – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 10
György Kurtág – 12 Microludes for String Quartet, Op. 13, Hommage à Mihály András
$25 ($23 senior/military, $10 student)
Cornish Music Department Presents: Amijai Shalev
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer and bandoneon player Amijai Shalev explores the instrument's melodic, harmonic, and rhythmic capacity.
Free
Pivot Convocation: Amijai Shalev
Tuesday, September 25, 2018 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bandoneon player Amijai Shalev joins the Cornish Music Department for a conversation about life as a musician.
Free
Ballard Civic Orchestra & Bailadores de Bronce: National Hispanic Heritage Celebration
Sunday, September 23, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A collaboration of traditional Mexican music and dance, featuring guest artist Jovino Santos Neto (piano).
Free
Fine Rain Falling: Autumn Concert
Saturday, September 22, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A vocal concert of madrigals, folk songs, original arrangements, and covers.
$15 (students $5), cash or check only
Summer Concerts at the Locks: Ballard Civic Orchestra
Sunday, September 16, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
An outdoor concert for all ages celebrating Hispanic cultural heritage.
Free
Emerald City Music: Four Seasons
Saturday, September 15, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Tartini/Kreisler – Devil’s Trill
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
Wiancko – American Haiku
Bottesini – Gran Duo Concertante
Piazzolla – Four Seasons
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Music on the Ridge: David Locke, accordion
Thursday, July 19, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. John United Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A mix of old favorites and less-familiar pieces for solo accordion.
Free (Free)
Mormon Tabernacle Choir
Monday, July 2, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
From choral masterworks to inspirational music from around the world to American folk hymns and spirituals and much more.
$100
The Debutones
Saturday, June 9, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Chancel Arts at Kent Lutheran, Kent, WA, United States
A concert in support of the Kent Grand Organ construction.
$12.50
Issaquah Singers Annual Free Community Concert
Saturday, June 2, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Sammamish Presbyterian Church, Sammamish, WA, United States
A musical journey for all ages!
Free (Free)
Mostly Nordic & Emerald Ensemble: Finlandia
Sunday, May 20, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring twentieth-century composers Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and more.
$25 ($20 Nordic Heritage Museum members)
Emerald Ensemble: Finlandia
Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon United Methodist Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring twentieth-century composers Jean Sibelius, Einojuhani Rautavaara, Jaakko Mäntyjärvi, and more.
$25
Jordi Savall and Hespèrion XXI with Carlos Núñez: Celtic Universe
Saturday, May 5, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of an exhilarating tradition in the style of classically trained musicians with the charisma of rock stars.
$20-$50 (sold out)
UW Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Ricardo Garcia – Spanish Flamenco Music
Thursday, May 3, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Interpretations of Flamenco blended with other musical forms.
Free
Mostly Nordic: Kyrkans Musik – Trumpet och Orgel
Sunday, April 15, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Swedish-American trumpeter Brian Chin joins Douglas Cleveland on a program of Swedish pipe organ and trumpet music.
$25 ($20 Nordic Heritage Museum members)
First Friday Salons: The Complete Songs of Edvard Grieg – The Norwegian Soul
Friday, April 6, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An evening of rarely heard gems and some of Grieg’s most beloved songs performed by two specialists of Norwegian song repertoire.
$20
Emerald City Music: In Blue...
Saturday, March 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
$28-$43 (students $10)
Emerald City Music: In Blue...
Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Ravel – Violin Sonata No. 2
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
Rzewski – Cotton Mill Blues, for solo piano
Stravinsky – The Soldier’s Tale, for piano, violin, and clarinet
Bernstein – Clarinet Sonata
Gershwin – Rhapsody in Blue, for four-hands piano
$45 (includes open bar) / $10 students
On Stage with Classical KING FM: St. Patrick's Day Celebration with Dréos
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Exciting, handcrafted music and a centuries-old cultural-artistic dialogue.
$20-$25