Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Rachmaninoff, Mozart, & Messiaen
Monday, July 24, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Rachmaninoff – Sonata for Cello and Piano in G minor, Op. 19
Mozart – String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
Mozart – String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Olivier Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time for Clarinet, Violin, Cello, and Piano
from $52 ($16 students or 30 & under)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Raphael Bell & Jeewon Park Recital
Wednesday, July 26, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sonata No. 3 for Cello and Piano
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society presents Vienna: Schubert, Brahms, & Schoenberg
Friday, July 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – Sonatina for Violin and Piano in G minor, Op. 137, No. 3 (D. 408)
Brahms – Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Schoenberg – Verklarte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4
Brahms – Trio for Clarinet, Cello and Piano in A minor, Op. 114
Schoenberg – Verklarte Nacht for String Sextet, Op. 4
$52/$16
Summer at SAM and MV Music Presents: one gate
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Marx – one gate
Free (Free)
The Living: Contemporary Music for Solo Piano
Thursday, September 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Frederic Rzewski – De Profundis
John Joubert – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 71 (American premiere)
Jacob TV – The Body of Your Dreams
Eric McElroy – The Perilous Realm
John Joubert – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 71 (American premiere)
Jacob TV – The Body of Your Dreams
Eric McElroy – The Perilous Realm
$5-$15 donation
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Wayward Music Series: S. Eric Scribner: 'Fantastical Sounds: Music from Tond'
Friday, September 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Modal or microtonal – and often strongly rhythmic – music based on traditions everywhere but with a sense of strangeness from an invented world.
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Pro Musica: Rearranged
Friday, September 29, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Join members of Seattle Pro Musica and emcee Karen P. Thomas for a lively evening of Broadway choruses and cabaret solos.
$25-$49; reserved seating
Groupmuse house concert: Mark Hilliard Wilson, guitar
Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA, United States
A program spanning the Baroque, Romantic, and modern eras.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
The Esoterics presents Gravitas: Investigating gravity
Friday, October 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New choral works by Steven Stucky and Robert Paterson, and world premiere commissions by POLYPHONOS winners Conrad Asman, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Vahram Sarkissian.
$15-$25
The Esoterics presents Gravitas: Investigating Gravity
Saturday, October 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
New choral works by Steven Stucky and Robert Paterson, and world premiere commissions by POLYPHONOS winners Conrad Asman, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Vahram Sarkissian.
$22 / $15
The Esoterics present Gravitas: Investigating Gravity
Sunday, October 8, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
New choral works by Steven Stucky and Robert Paterson, and world premiere commissions by POLYPHONOS winners Conrad Asman, Daniel Sabzghabaei, and Vahram Sarkissian.
$22 ($15 students/seniors)
Haller Lake Music Series: Seattle Music Teacher Association Teacher Showcase
Sunday, October 8, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A benefit concert for SMTA showcasing performing members of Seattle Music Teachers Association.
$5-$20 suggested donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Time of War…
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Crumb – Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano and percussion (1976)
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
$25 / $15 / $10
Jesse Myers: The Minimal Piano
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – China Gates
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint
Philip Glass – Mad Rush
Philip Glass – Etude No. 9
Christopher Cerrone – Hoyt-Schermerhorn
Missy Mazzoli – Orizzonte
Missy Mazzoli – Isabelle Eberhardt Dreams of Pianos
Jesse Myers – Error of My Ways
Steve Reich – Piano Counterpoint
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1
Friday, October 13, 2028 @ 10:00pm – 11:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
John Adams – Road Movies
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains
Thomas Adès – Life Story
Steve Reich – Different Trains
$16
The Sound Ensemble: Kammermusik
Saturday, October 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: I. Le Printemps, Op. 43
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
$15 (under age 12 free)
Kerry Turner horn recital & masterclass
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A combination recital-master class including original compositions. Free and open to the public.
Free
Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir: UW Faculty Cello Recital
Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Solo cello recital including premieres of pieces by Halldór Smárason, Þuríður Jónsdóttir, Páll Ragnar Pálsson, and Melia Watras.
$20 ($10 youth/seniors)