Modern period – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Kronos Quartet
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Combining a spirit of fearless exploration with a commitment to continually re-imagining the string quartet experience.
$17-$73
Wayward Music Series: Paul Matthew Moore
Saturday, November 4, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer Paul Matthew Moore brings together 8 performers for an evening of intricate, quiet electro-acoustic music and dance that will ruminate on the tradition of west coast minimalism.
$5–$15 suggested donation
BetaSounds II: AmericanSounds
Monday, November 6, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
The Conservatory Coffee Shop, Seattle, WA, United States
Terry Riley – Sunrise of the Planetary Dream Collector
Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (movements I, III, IV, VI)
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
Philip Glass – String Quartet No. 3 (movements I, III, IV, VI)
Samuel Barber – Adagio for Strings
Jessie Montgomery – Strum
$15 (children free with paying adult)
Wayward Music Series: Amy Denio – Truth is Up for Grabs
Saturday, November 11, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Amy Denio presents Truth Is Up For Grabs, a song cycle of 8 new compositions for chamber ensemble.
$5-$25 donation
Passenger Pigeon / Mark Schlipper / Too Tired to Say Anything
Wednesday, November 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Wordless music that range from the droney and dissonant to the upbeat and melodic.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: Brasil Guitar Duo
Saturday, November 18, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative programming featuring a seamless blend of traditional and Brazilian works.
$38 / discounts available
Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Walton, Elgar, Bartók
Sunday, November 19, 2028 @ 2:15pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Norse Home, Seattle, WA, United States
Walton – Sonata for Strings
Elgar – Serenade
Bartók – Divertimento
Elgar – Serenade
Bartók – Divertimento
Free
Seattle Symphonic Band: 20th Century Composers
Sunday, November 19, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
North Seattle College Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring works for wind orchestra by 20th Century composers Arnold, Pann, Reed, Schuman, Smith, Van Der Roost, and Wilson.
$5 suggested donation
Music, Thanks, & Giving: A Benefit Concert of Healing & Love
Friday, November 24, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A benefit concert combatting discrimination, harassment, and hate.
Free
Live @ Benaroya Hall: YIRUMA
Friday, November 24, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A Korean contemporary classical musician who combines melodious Korean compositions with inspiration and emotion.
$99+
Wayward Music Series: Semi-Formal
Thursday, November 30, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Short, formally cohesive pieces that together form a fluid and varied concert experience.
$5-$15 donation
University of Washington: Discovery Trio (Scholarship Chamber Group)
Friday, December 1, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring music from throughout the centuries, ranging from music of the early Baroque to contemporary compositions, performing both on period and modern instruments.
Free (Free)
UW Percussion Ensemble: John Cage – 'The City Wears a Slouch Hat'
Friday, December 1, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A theatrical version of Cage's recently-discovered radio play The City Wears a Slouch Hat, pairing his vintage music with new music by UW composition students.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Gregg Skloff, Cyclopsycho, & Raica
Friday, December 1, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Contrabass that evokes swirling storms and sweeping vistas; voice technique, words, syllables and electronic medium that combine to manifest adventures into the wild; and analog and digital that meet to marry a wall of sporadic and intermixed sounds.
$5-$15 donation
UW Modern Ensemble
Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion
Free
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band with Michael Partingon: Colors & Contrasts
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Fred Frith – Elegy for Elias
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
John Luther Adams – Canticles of the Sky
Kurt Weill – Alabama Song (arr. Morton Feldman)
Lou Harrison – Suite for Violin and American Gamelan
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Eveline Müller & the Klang Quintet
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Eveline on the Boeing, Stuart McLeod on brainwave manipulator and various objects, Carl Farrow on electronics, Bob Rees on xylophone and percussion, and more...
$5-$15 donation
The Miró Quartet... at Emerald City Music
Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 71, No. 3
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
Puts – Credo, for string quartet
Schumann – String Quartet no. 1 in A minor, Op. 41
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
UW Composition Studio ft. UW Modern Ensemble Guests
Saturday, December 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes. With guest musicians from the UW Modern Ensemble.
Free