Commission/Premiere – Upcoming Concerts
The Esoterics presents Intimas: Cultivating community
Sunday, April 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Christopher Theofanidis – Messages to myself (2007)
Aaron Jay Kernis – The wheel of time, the dance (2014)
Eric Banks – This delicate universe (2015)
Aaron Jay Kernis – The wheel of time, the dance (2014)
Eric Banks – This delicate universe (2015)
$15-$25
Juicy! Studio Current at Capitol Hill Art Walk, feat. ‘Spectrutoh’
Thursday, April 13, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
12 Ave Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Live performances and captivating images of butoh performers, including the premiere of Susan Maughlin Wood's multidisciplinary Spectrutoh.
Free (Free)
Emissary Quartet: Four Flutes, No Boundaries
Friday, April 21, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
University Heights Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jennifer Higdon – Steeley Pause
Annika Socolofsky – One wish, your honey lips
Takashi Yoshimatsu – Twitter Birds Blog
Peter Kramer – Wedge
Heike Beckmann – Levada
Annika Socolofsky – One wish, your honey lips
Takashi Yoshimatsu – Twitter Birds Blog
Peter Kramer – Wedge
Heike Beckmann – Levada
$15 suggested donation
Meany Center presents the Emerson String Quartet with Craig Sheppard
Friday, April 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Turnage – Shroud (2016)
Dvorák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Turnage – Shroud (2016)
Dvorák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$43-$48
Tom Baker: The Guitar In My Life
Friday, April 21, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
25 years of works by Tom Baker for solo classical guitar, guitar and soprano, guitar ensemble, and for solo electric guitar.
$5-$15
Cascadian Chorale: Cascadian Composers
Saturday, April 22, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Celebrating the many facets of Bern Herbolsheimer's musical personality, plus new and beautiful music by local composers Christopher Lee Fraley, Jeremy Kings, Joy DeCoursey-Porter, and more.
$17 ($12 student/senior)
Cascadian Chorale: Cascadian Composers
Sunday, April 23, 2028 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Celebrating the many facets of Bern Herbolsheimer's musical personality, plus new and beautiful music by local composers Christopher Lee Fraley, Jeremy Kings, Joy DeCoursey-Porter, and more.
$17 ($12 student/senior)
Vashon Island Chorale presents Victory & Beauty: Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass
Saturday, April 29, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Haydn – Lord Nelson Mass
Kaplan – Song of Songs
Kaplan – Song of Songs
$5-$20
Vashon Island Chorale presents Victory & Beauty: Haydn’s Lord Nelson Mass
Sunday, April 30, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Vashon Center for the Arts, Vashon, WA, United States
Haydn – Lord Nelson Mass
Kaplan – Song of Songs
Kaplan – Song of Songs
$5-$20
Eighth Blackbird with Will Oldham
Thursday, May 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Neptune Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
David Lang – learn to fly
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballades
Frederic Rzewski – Coming Together (speaker: Will Oldham)
Will Oldham – Songs
Bryce Dessner – Murder Ballades
Frederic Rzewski – Coming Together (speaker: Will Oldham)
Will Oldham – Songs
$35 + fees
Choral Arts Northwest: Unclouded Day
Saturday, May 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Muehleisen – Finding Your Voice
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
$24-$28
Choral Arts Northwest: Unclouded Day
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Muehleisen – Finding Your Voice
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Averitt – Over Jordan
Additional works TBA
$24-$28
Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestras performs a premiere by Yiğit Kolat
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and a world premiere from Yiğit Kolat.
Free (Free)
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Bach, Edward
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Mozart – Don Giovanni, overture
Bach – Concerto for 3 Violins BWV 1064R
Michel Edward – Symphony No. 3 (world premiere)
Bach – Concerto for 3 Violins BWV 1064R
Michel Edward – Symphony No. 3 (world premiere)
$15-$20 (children free)
Angelo Rondello, piano: Music of Our Sister Cities
Thursday, May 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Works by sister-city composers Fernando Sulpizi (Italy), Fumio Uno (Japan), Szilárd Kovács (Hungary), and Knut Vaage (Norway).
$42 (students $20)
Symphony Tacoma: Mountain and Sea
Saturday, May 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Grieg – Suite No. 1 from Peer Gynt
Daniel Ott – Fire Mountain (world premiere)
Debussy – La Mer
Daniel Ott – Fire Mountain (world premiere)
Debussy – La Mer
$19-$80
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Four Horns
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in D minor, RV 127
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
Beethoven – Romance No. 2 in F major, Op. 50
Mozart – Symphony No. 25 in G minor, K. 183
Piazzolla – Oblivion, Libertango (arr. Larson)
World Premiere TBA – Horn Quartet and Orchestra
Horn Quartet feature TBA
$20/$15
Sound of Late: Magic With Everyday Objects
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of New York composer Missy Mazzoli, including her transformative Magic with Everyday Objects.
$10
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SPARK.1
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO partners with local DJs, producers, and visual artists for SPARK, a new performance series that takes the classical music genre far outside the realm of the expected.
$25
OSSCS: Organ Symphony
Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Gloria in D major, RV 589
2016 –2017 OSSCS Composer Contest winning composition
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”), Op. 78
2016 –2017 OSSCS Composer Contest winning composition
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in C minor (“Organ”), Op. 78
$10-$25, youth free