Commission/Premiere – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Mendelssohn, Currier, & Dvořák
Monday, July 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – String Quartet in E-flat major
Sebastian Currier – Voyage Out (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
Sebastian Currier – Voyage Out (world premiere)
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quartet No. 2 in E-flat major, Op. 87
$55 ($20 students/30 & under)
Cascadia Art Museum: Classical Date Night – Debussy, Mendelssohn, Ponce, & Lewin
Saturday, July 20, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Claude Debussy (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Beau Soir
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)
Felix Mendelssohn – Violin Concerto in E minor, Op. 64: mvt. II
Manuel Ponce (arr. Jascha Heifetz) – Estrellita
Cal Lewin – New works (world premieres)
$18 ($12 museum members)
Wayward Music Series: Songs from the Exotic
Friday, August 2, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Aaron Kirschner – Four Love Songs of Sara Teasdale (Northwest premiere)
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
Hale Smith – The Valley Wind
Judith Weir – Songs from the Exotic
$5-$20 donation
Live Music Project Concert & Happy Hour at Lagunitas Taproom
Monday, August 5, 2030 @ 5:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Lagunitas Tap Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Viola, double bass, and toy piano, oh my! Three world premieres for an unusual combination of instruments.
Free ($5 suggested donation, RSVP requested)
Wayward Music Series: East Coast Meets West
Thursday, August 8, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paul Moravec – Epithalamion
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Peter Nelson-King – In Memoriam (world premiere)
Alan Vizzutti – Quadrat
Michael Weinstein – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
$5-$20 donation
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, August 25, 2030 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Every Sunday evening at 9:30 p.m. in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito
Orquesta Northwest,
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra, and
Mariachi Guadalajara de Seattle
Sunday, September 15, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
John Stafford Smith – The Star Spangled Banner
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Free
Bill at 93: Clarinet Works of William O. Smith
Sunday, September 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate with William O. "Bill" Smith on his 93rd birthday with a concert featuring his works, including world premieres
$5-$15 sliding scale donation
The Sound Ensemble: Reflections
Saturday, September 28, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Christopher Dietz – Contretemps
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
$20 / $15 / FREE under age 12
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Origins
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Carlos Garcia – Vast Array (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Philharmonia Northwest: Songs of Life – Music by Female Composers, Past & Present
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Reedbird for winds and brass
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
$15-$25
Seattle Sings Choral Festival: Day One
Thursday, October 10, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
35 choirs gather in a three-day event of free public performances.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Mozart Jupiter Symphony
Thursday, October 10, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 4
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
Olga Neuwirth – Aello - ballet mécanomorphe (US Premiere)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 41, "Jupiter"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Sings Choral Festival: Day Two
Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
35 choirs gather in a three-day event of free public performances.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Amy Denio – Truth Is Up For Grabs
Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Award-winning composer Amy Denio presents her newly expanded chamber suite with projected video by James Drage.
$5-$25 suggested donation
Seattle Sings Choral Festival: Day Three
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 10:00am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
35 choirs gather in a three-day event of free public performances.
Free (Free)