Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Bang on a Can Marathon
Sunday, February 15, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
NYC’s celebrated music collective takes over the Moore Theatre with their incomparable super-mix of boundary-busting music from around the corner and around the world! The Bang on a Can Marathon is a 6-hour festival of innovative music featuring some of the most pioneering local and national musicians in classical, rock, hip-hop, jazz, electronic, and musics yet-to-be categorized.
$45
Music of Today: Christina Valdes and Greg Sinibaldi
Tuesday, February 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Faculty pianist Cristina Valdes performs Helmut Lachenmann's Ein Kinderspiel and Giacinto Scelsi's Quattro Illustrazioni. New Jazz Studies appointee Greg Sinibaldi leads an orchestral ensemble of musicians from across UW Music programs through a guided improvisation.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Sanctuary: Jonathan Levin, piano
Saturday, February 28, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Rautavaara – Ikonit, Op. 6
Bach/Busoni – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Liszt – Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
Chopin – Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
Debussy – Préludes I – 10. La cathédrale engloutie
Messiaen – Vingt Regards – X. "Regard de l’Esprit de joie"
Bach/Busoni – Toccata and Fugue in D minor, BWV 565
Liszt – Bénédiction de Dieu dans la solitude
Chopin – Scherzo in B minor, Op. 20
Debussy – Préludes I – 10. La cathédrale engloutie
Messiaen – Vingt Regards – X. "Regard de l’Esprit de joie"
$20
The Daphnes
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 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
Caritas: Sacred Music By Women
Saturday, March 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Karen P. Thomas – Caritas abundat (West Coast premiere)
St. Hildegard of Bingen – responsories and sequences
Melinda Bargreen – Stella splendens
Dobrinka Tabakova – Calm light
Hyo-Won Woo – Amazing grace
Lucija Garuta – Musu Tevs
St. Hildegard of Bingen – responsories and sequences
Melinda Bargreen – Stella splendens
Dobrinka Tabakova – Calm light
Hyo-Won Woo – Amazing grace
Lucija Garuta – Musu Tevs
$12-$35
Women in Music: The Daphnes & Syrinx Effect
Thursday, March 12, 2026 @ 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
Rain City Symphony 2015 Winter Concert
Wednesday, March 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann – Symphony No. 2 in C Major, Op. 61
Holst – The Planets
Holst – The Planets
Free
Town Music presents Deviant Septet
Wednesday, March 25, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Not your typical classical music ensemble. This vibrant integration of classical and modern will include Stravinsky's L’Histoire du Soldat (The Soldier’s Tale), Esa-Pekka Salonen's Catch and Release.
$10-$25
Long Piece Fest: Sciarrino’s Complete L’Opera per Flauto
Thursday, April 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New sounds for flute explore the liminal space in between sound and silence in Salvatore Sciarrino's L’Opera per Flauto.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Music of Today: DXARTS
Thursday, April 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking new works and modern classics by faculty and guest composers.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Inverted Space Ensemble / Washington Composers Forum
Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Onur Dülger – radicalOtherness
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began
Whitney George – Burning a Name with Black Edges
Michal Raymond Massoud – Like you mean it
Scott Rubin – Torn Cubist
Nick Vasallo – When the War Began
Free
Day of Percussion 2015
Sunday, April 26, 2026 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany 268, Seattle, WA, United States
All-day event including clinics and performances of all different types of percussion.
$5-$10
Vuelie: The Sound of Norway
Monday, April 27, 2026 @ 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)
Whatcom Weird (local experimental showcase)
Thursday, April 30, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Falling Up Stairs, Rubix Shoes, Mindmeld, Twin Sibling, Ego Eimi, illogicians.
$5-$8
Music for electric guitar, piano & electronics
Friday, May 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Cristina Valdes (Seattle), Giacomo Fiore (San Francisco), Rocco DiPietro (Columbus) w/WWU musicians.
$5-$8
Percussion, free improv, chamber music & electronics
Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Beauty School (Bay area), Steve & Melanie Sehman (B’ham) and Simon Hutchinson (Missoula).
$5-$8
Giacomo Fiore | Rocco Di Pietro with Cristina Valdes
Saturday, May 2, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Giacomo Fiore performs music for solo electric guitar and electronics, plus chamber and electronic works by Rocco Di Pietro featuring Cristina Valdes, piano.
$5-$15
CONSTELLATIONS: Senior Composition Recital
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening dedicated to new sounds and new experience.
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Gustin – String Quartet No. 1
Gustin – Spirit
Gustin – Constellations
Gustin – A. Borealis
Free
Prepared guitar, unusual instruments & more
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Featuring Bill Horist (Seattle), Simon Hutchinson (Missoula), Eve Beglarian (NYC) w/WWU musicians, Equus Saxophone Quartet (B’ham), Susan Haines (B’ham) /J.C. Combs (Seattle), Lesley Sommer (B’ham) w/WWU musicians and John Friesen (B’ham).
$5-$8
The Daphnes
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Hotel Sorrento, Seattle, WA, United States
An unconventional trio of harp, violin, upright bass and voice.
Free
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