Modern period – Upcoming Concerts
NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
SOLD OUT
NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.
SOLD OUT
Ladies Musical Club Salutes Emily Dickinson
Sunday, December 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
In celebration of the 185th anniversary of Emily Dickinson's birth, a recital of songs setting Dickinson's poetry to music, as well as solo piano compositions by her contemporaries.
Free
Earle Brown Retrospective
Tuesday, January 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the life and works of American composer Earle Brown with a concert featuring works from each decade of his career.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mozart, Bartók, Schubert
Friday, January 22, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quartet for Flute and Strings in C major, K. 285b
Bartók – Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75
Schubert – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929
Bartók – Sonata No. 1 for Violin and Piano, Sz. 75
Schubert – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 100, D. 929
$16-$50
Universal Language Project presents: The Way West
Friday, January 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
An event with music, words, and smoke inspired by the optimism and grandeur of the West. Works by Brian Cobb, Karen Thomas, and Tim Carey.
$25 ($10 student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Open Rehearsal
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 1:15pm – 3:15pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The SCMS will rehearse Debussy's String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10. Open to the public!
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Copland, Beethoven, Barber & Debussy
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Copland – Duo for Flute and Piano
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Barber – Canzone
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 70 No. 2
Barber – Canzone
Debussy – String Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
$16-$50
Universal Language Project presents: The Way West
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 11:30pm (PST)
Velocity Dance Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An event with music, words, and smoke inspired by the optimism and grandeur of the West. Works by Brian Cobb, Karen Thomas, and Tim Carey.
$25 ($15 student)
Robert deMaine Kodály Recital
Sunday, January 24, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kodály – Sonata for Solo Cello, Op. 8
Free
The Daphnes + Hotel Vignette at the Royal Room
Tuesday, January 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Mesmerizing modern chamber pop compositions followed by the ramblings and bumbles of Nils Petersen.
Free (Free)
Scott Yoo & Bion Tsang Kodály Recital
Saturday, January 30, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Kodály – Duo for Violin and Cello, Op. 7
Free
Yegor Dyachkov & Anton Nel Shostakovich Recital
Sunday, January 31, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 40
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Arensky, Lutosławski, Ravel & Schubert
Sunday, January 31, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Arensky – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D minor, Op. 32
Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos
Ravel – La Valse for Two Pianos
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Lutosławski – Variations on a Theme by Paganini for Two Pianos
Ravel – La Valse for Two Pianos
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$16-$50
Ladies Musical Club at the Seattle Public Library
Wednesday, February 10, 2027 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs of Shakespeare
Duets for soprano and mezzo-soprano
Works of Samuel Barber
Songs of the British Isles by Benjamin Britten
Duets for soprano and mezzo-soprano
Works of Samuel Barber
Songs of the British Isles by Benjamin Britten
Free (Free)
The Westerlies + Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee
Saturday, February 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that is both “folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous," followed by compositions extended by improvisation, songs and settings of the poetry of Nazim Hikmet.
$10-$20
LMC: Charpentier, Silvestrini, Devienne & more
Sunday, February 14, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Korngold – "Glück, das mir verblieb" from Die tote Stadt
Lehár – "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta
Charpentier – "Depuis le jour" from Louise
Verdi – "È strano... Sempre libera" from La traviata
Giles Silvestrini – Trois Duos Pour Hautbois
Philip Hansell – Six Esquisses for two oboes
Francois Devienne – Two Duets from Six Duets, Op. 74
Lehár – "Meine Lippen, sie küssen so heiß" from Giuditta
Charpentier – "Depuis le jour" from Louise
Verdi – "È strano... Sempre libera" from La traviata
Giles Silvestrini – Trois Duos Pour Hautbois
Philip Hansell – Six Esquisses for two oboes
Francois Devienne – Two Duets from Six Duets, Op. 74
Free (Free)
Cascade Symphony Orchestra: 'Peter and the Wolf'
Saturday, February 20, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Peter and the Wolf, Op. 67
$2-$10
Emily Wells Live in Seattle w/ Lorna Dune + special guests
Tuesday, February 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Classically trained as a violinist, performer, producer, and composer Emily Wells is known for her varied use of classical and modern instrumentation as well as her deft approach to live sampling.
$15
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: World Sounds
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Milhaud – Le boeuf sur le toit
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
Kodály – Hungarian Rondo
Grieg – Two Elegiac Melodies
World Premiere – International Composition Competition
World Premiere – Local Composers Competition
Piazzolla – Oblivion
Piazzolla – Libertango
$20 ($15 student/senior)