Commission/Premiere – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Symphony: Gershwin & Beethoven
Friday, June 11, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Anna Clyne – This Midnight Hour (U.S. premiere)
Gershwin – Concerto in F
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
Gershwin – Concerto in F
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92
$39-$124 (youth 8-18 free)
Out of this World: Music of stars, spheres, and the spirit
Saturday, June 12, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Bach, Bozza, Lehar, Ponce-Heifetz, Liszt-Iverson, and Josef Strauss, as well as a world-premiere arrangement of a song cycle by Northwest composer John Muehleisen.
$5-$20 freewill donation
Picnic & Percussion: Make Music Day Seattle
Monday, June 21, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Jack Block Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Make Music Day with a picnic followed by the Seattle premiere of composer Dean Rosenthal's "Stones/Water/Time/Breath."
Free
The Esoterics presents PARNOK: In that infinite moment
Thursday, July 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length choral odyssey celebrating Russian poet Sophia Parnok’s forbidden love, her extraordinary lyric, and her imperturbable courage.
$15-$25
The Esoterics presents PARNOK: In that infinite moment
Friday, July 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Holy Rosary Catholic Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert-length choral odyssey celebrating Russian poet Sophia Parnok’s forbidden love, her extraordinary lyric, and her imperturbable courage.
$15-$25
The Esoterics presents PARNOK: In that infinite moment
Saturday, July 10, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
A concert-length choral odyssey celebrating Russian poet Sophia Parnok’s forbidden love, her extraordinary lyric, and her imperturbable courage.
$15-$25
SCMS: Jeremy Turner Introduces 'The Inland Seas'
Sunday, July 11, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Introduction to The Inland Seas, a new work by Jeremy Turner.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Haydn, Schumann, Turner & Beethoven
Sunday, July 11, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20 No. 6, Hob. III:36
Schumann – Marchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Jeremy Turner – The Inland Seas (world premiere)
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Ghost"
Schumann – Marchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Jeremy Turner – The Inland Seas (world premiere)
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Ghost"
$16-$50
Bodies of Water: A Site-Specific Performance by Alice Gosti
Friday, July 16, 2027 @ 5:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Waterfront Park, Seattle, WA, United States
A 5-hour hybrid performance spectacle by Italian-American choreographer Alice Gosti, in collaboration with composers Hanna Benn and Benjamin Marx, produced by Velocity Dance Center.
Free
Emerald City Music Benefit Concert: Celebrating the Debut Season in Seattle!
Friday, July 16, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Join Kristin Lee (violin) and Jordan Dodson (classical guitar) for an intimate evening of chamber music supporting ECM's thrilling inaugural season.
$500+ suggested donation
Ensemble Audax: New Music for Old Souls
Friday, July 16, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of new works for 18th-century instruments with contemporary composition practices, promising to open your ears to the possibilities of these unique instruments.
$5-$15
Northwest New-Music Workshop (NW2)
Thursday, July 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring an all-premiere program of compositions by Seattle composers Samantha Boshnack, Greg Campbell, Simon Henneman, Sierra Klingele, Pete Leinonen, Dick Valentine, and Daniel Webbon.
$5-$15
Kam Morrill: New Works
Friday, July 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering 9 works written in Seattle over the past 2 decades, including works for piano, unaccompanied cello, string quartet, piano quartet, and vocal quartet.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Music in the American Wild
Friday, August 6, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Eleven composers and seven performers come together to fill seven national parks – our country's grandest natural venues – with a new opus of inherently American music.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Parnassus Project
Thursday, August 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert exploring American mysticism, featuring works by John Luther Adams, Lou Harrison, Peter Garland, and a new work by Luke Fitzpatrick.
$5-$15
Stacey Mastrian & Stephen F. Lilly: Back & Forth
Wednesday, August 18, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music and sonic artworks for solo voice as well as spoken word and singing with kalimba, piano, and pre-recorded and live electronics.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Eric Frye + Raica + RM Francis
Thursday, August 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The premiere of Eric Frye's six-channel electroacoustic piece, On Small Differences in Sensation.
$5-$15
Emerald City Music: Series Debut, 'Wanderlust'
Thursday, September 16, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Barber – Souvenirs, Suite for Piano Four Hands
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
$45 (includes one drink)
Emerald City Music: Series Debut, 'Wanderlust'
Friday, September 17, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Barber – Souvenirs, Suite for Piano Four Hands
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
Fung – Birdsong for Violin and Piano
Connesson – Techno Parade for Flute, Clarinet, and Piano
Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Tchaikovsky – Souvenir de Florence for String Sextet
$10-$43
Thornton Creek Clarinet Quartet Chamber Concert
Monday, September 20, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Northgate Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by Mozart, Mussorgsky, Stella Sung, Jean Francaix, Shostakovich, and Richard Sentieri – written (or arranged) for clarinet.
Free (Free)