Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
Northwest Chamber Chorus: Follow the Star
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Exploring the guiding light of stars with diverse repertoire by Mendelssohn, Praetorius, McDowall, Dove, Willan, Ešenvalds, and more.
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra & Chorale: Holiday Happenings
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Robert Shaw – The Many Moods of Christmas
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – Christmas Eve
Ottorino Respighi – Lauda per la Natività del Signore
$10-$28
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Saturday, December 8, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Works by Paulus, Britten, Kverno, and Howells are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent, resulting in an oasis of choral beauty.
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Ladies Musical Club: Copland’s Poems of Emily Dickinson
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland’s settings of poems by Emily Dickinson along with late/post-Romantic piano music by Debussy, Scriabin, and Brahms.
Free
Vashon Island Chorale: A Very Brassy Christmas
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
John Rutter – Gloria
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA
Cecilia McDowall – A Winter's Night
Daniel Pinkham – Christmas Cantata
Ralph Vaughan Williams – TBA
$20 ($15 seniors / $5 students)
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Works by Paulus, Britten, Kverno, and Howells are linked together with intimate interludes played by classical guitarist Bob McCaffery-Lent, resulting in an oasis of choral beauty.
$28 ($24 senior/military, FREE students)
Frequency at the Royal Room
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Join this Seattle-based modular chamber ensemble as they perform music by Bloch, Klein, Kodály, and Watras.
$15 (FREE for military/students)
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Pops with George Steward, trumpet
Sunday, December 9, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
A holiday pops concert featuring many special pieces to help celebrate this wonderful time of year.
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 youth)
Ladies Musical Club: French & British Songs
Monday, December 10, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
French and British songs, along with trios for oboes and English horn with music by Debussy, Faure, and more.
Free
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Pops with George Steward, trumpet
Monday, December 10, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
A holiday pops concert featuring many special pieces to help celebrate this wonderful time of year.
$27 ($22 senior, $15 student, $10 youth)
Brass Band Northwest: Adoration of the Magi
Tuesday, December 11, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Seasonal pops and light classics for the whole family with music by Respighi, Anderson, and more!
$10 suggested donation
UW Brass: Holiday Brass & Organ Concert
Wednesday, December 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for brass ensembles and solo works for organ by composers such as Johann Sebastian Bach, Richard Strauss, and Leroy Anderson.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: A Joyful Noise
Thursday, December 13, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Private home in Lake Sawyer, Lake Sawyer, WA, United States
Music for classical guitar by composers Heitor Villa-Lobos, Leo Brouwer, Johann Kaspar Mertz, and Francisco Tarrega.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Whidbey Island Orchestra: Hallelujah Holiday Concert
Friday, December 14, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Share in the season with music from Handel, Massenet, and your holiday favorites – including a cheerful selection of sing-alongs for a jolly good time.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Struber & Fitzpatrick: Theme & Variations
Friday, December 14, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luigi Dallapicolla – Tartiniana Seconda
Olivier Messiaen – Theme and Variations
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Sonata
Witold Lutosławski – Paganini Variations by Lutoslawski (arr. Marcin Paczkowski)
Olivier Messiaen – Theme and Variations
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Sonata
Witold Lutosławski – Paganini Variations by Lutoslawski (arr. Marcin Paczkowski)
$5-$15 donation at the door
Seattle Girls Choir: Carmina Angelorum – Songs of the Angels
Friday, December 14, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Britten's A Ceremony of Carols is featured on this program along with new works and traditional carols.
$15 ($10 seniors/students/military)
Saratoga Orchestra: 'Peter and the Wolf' Family Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 15, 2029 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm (PST)
Coupeville High School Performing Arts Center, Coupeville, WA, United States
Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf and an instrument petting zoo to celebrate the holidays with your family!
Free
NOCCO: Virtuosity
Saturday, December 15, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
George Frideric Handel – Concerto Grosso in B-flat major, HWV 313
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth – Concerto in G minor for harpsichord obbligato and strings
Antonio Vivaldi – Bassoon Concerto in G major, RV 492
Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in E-flat, "Dumbarton Oaks"
Wilhelmine von Bayreuth – Concerto in G minor for harpsichord obbligato and strings
Antonio Vivaldi – Bassoon Concerto in G major, RV 492
Igor Stravinsky – Concerto in E-flat, "Dumbarton Oaks"
$30 ($20 seniors, under 18 free)
Saratoga Orchestra: 'Peter and the Wolf' Family Holiday Concert
Saturday, December 15, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
First Reformed Church, Oak Harbor, WA, United States
Prokofiev's classic Peter and the Wolf and an instrument petting zoo to celebrate the holidays with your family!
Free
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Christmas
Saturday, December 15, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. Benedict Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Daniel Pinkham – Festival Magnificat
Morten Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Glow
Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Edward Elgar – "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Morten Lauridsen – O Nata Lux
Morten Lauridsen – O Magnum Mysterium
Eric Whitacre – Glow
Francis Poulenc – Gloria
Edward Elgar – "Nimrod" from Enigma Variations
Free