Folk – Past Concerts
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)
Appalachian Spring
Sunday, March 22, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Meadowbrook Church, Redmond, WA, United States
Down to the River to Pray – Sheldon Curry
At the Foot of Yonder Mountain – Earlene Rentz
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – Melissa Roth and David Moran
The Springtime of the Year from Five English Folk Songs – Vaughan Williams
High, Lonesome Mass – Wes Ramsay and Tim Sharp
Shenandoah – James Erb
Mountain Music – Mac Huff
At the Foot of Yonder Mountain – Earlene Rentz
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – Melissa Roth and David Moran
The Springtime of the Year from Five English Folk Songs – Vaughan Williams
High, Lonesome Mass – Wes Ramsay and Tim Sharp
Shenandoah – James Erb
Mountain Music – Mac Huff
$10
Delta Air Lines Masterworks: Sibelius' Symphonies 3 & 4
Sunday, March 22, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius — Symphony No. 3 in C major, Op. 52
Sibelius — Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Sibelius — Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63
Sibelius — Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47
Sibelius — Symphony No. 4 in A minor, Op. 63
$20-$120 (age 8-18 free)
Appalachian Spring
Sunday, March 22, 2015 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Maplewood Presbyterian Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
Down to the River to Pray – Sheldon Curry
At the Foot of Yonder Mountain – Earlene Rentz
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – Melissa Roth and David Moran
The Springtime of the Year from Five English Folk Songs – Vaughan Williams
High, Lonesome Mass – Wes Ramsay and Tim Sharp
Shenandoah – James Erb
Mountain Music – Mac Huff
At the Foot of Yonder Mountain – Earlene Rentz
Black is the Color of My True Love’s Hair – Melissa Roth and David Moran
The Springtime of the Year from Five English Folk Songs – Vaughan Williams
High, Lonesome Mass – Wes Ramsay and Tim Sharp
Shenandoah – James Erb
Mountain Music – Mac Huff
$10
Early Music Underground presents Earl's Chair: Celtic and Baroque
Tuesday, March 17, 2015 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditional tunes, old and new, share the stage with sonatas by 18th century composers 'Red Rob' Mackintosh, Turlough O'Carolan and William Marshall for a toe-tapping good time.
$20 (includes a complimentary beer or wine)
Women in Music: The Daphnes & Syrinx Effect
Thursday, March 12, 2015 @ 9:00pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
Egan's, Seattle, WA, United States
Syrinx Effect, Kate Olson and Naomi Siegel's electroacoustic duo, is teaming up with harpist Monica Schley's new project, The Daphnes, to present an evening of new music.
$10
Spirit Rising
Sunday, March 8, 2015 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Grace Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Featuring "Dark Night of the Soul" for chorus, piano and string quartet by Ola Gjeilo, music from Johann Schein, Wagner, Paulus, Barnum, the rousing Gospel powerhouse "John the Revelator" arranged by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, and much more!
$9-$18
The Daphnes
Saturday, March 7, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Hotel Sorrento, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-female unconventional chamber quartet of harp, violin, cello and voice, whose soaring melodies evoke a gypsy folk aesthetic inside a classical chamber ensemble.
Free
Spirit Rising
Saturday, March 7, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Featuring "Dark Night of the Soul" for chorus, piano and string quartet by Ola Gjeilo, music from Johann Schein, Wagner, Paulus, Barnum, the rousing Gospel powerhouse "John the Revelator" arranged by Paul Caldwell and Sean Ivory, and much more!
$9-$18
The Fretless live at Empty Sea
Thursday, February 12, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Empty Sea Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
This unique band is taking string music to fascinating places as it transforms fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements.
$15-$18
Gypsy Nights 2
Sunday, October 12, 2014 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
Traditional – Csardas
Vorisek – Sinfonia in D
Dvorak – Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11
Bartok – Old Hungarian Dances (arr. McAlister)
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs)
Vorisek – Sinfonia in D
Dvorak – Romance for Violin and Orchestra in F minor, Op. 11
Bartok – Old Hungarian Dances (arr. McAlister)
Sarasate – Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20 (Gypsy Airs)
$40