Commission/Premiere – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Thursday, November 5, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 2:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
FIRELIGHT! 18th Annual Seattle Children’s Hospital Benefit Concert
Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A new concert by Grammy-winning composer Mateo Messina featuring Sweet Water, Shawn Smith, the Northwest Symphony Orchestra and the UW Chorale.
$42-$200
Origins: Life & the Universe
Saturday, November 7, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In an audiovisual concert paying tribute to some of the greatest discoveries made by space scientists, eight Seattle composers will premiere original orchestral music that showcases the complexity and beauty of our universe.
$22-$32
Seattle Symphony: Brahms Violin Concerto
Saturday, November 7, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:40pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Kancheli – Nu.Mu.Zu. for Orchestra (world premiere)
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
Brahms – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 77
Martinu – Symphony No. 4
$21-$121 (youth 8-18 free)
Music of Remembrance: La Revue de Cuisine
Sunday, November 8, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Capriccio, Op. 11 (1943)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Aria, Op. 9 (1942)
Joel Engel – Freilachs, Op. 20, No. 2 (1923)
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Franz Schreker – The Wind (1909)
Dick Kattenburg – Deux Valses a la Ravel
Bohuslav Martinu – La revue de cuisine: ballet du Jazz (1927), H. 161
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Aria, Op. 9 (1942)
Joel Engel – Freilachs, Op. 20, No. 2 (1923)
Songs of the Vilna Ghetto
Franz Schreker – The Wind (1909)
Dick Kattenburg – Deux Valses a la Ravel
Bohuslav Martinu – La revue de cuisine: ballet du Jazz (1927), H. 161
$30-$40
Inverted Space – Mind the Gap: Premieres & Encores
Wednesday, November 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for chamber ensemble from the best of Seattle's emerging composers, featuring several world premieres.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Listen to the Girls
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Daugherty – Oh, Lois!
Leanna Primiani – SIRENS for Orchestra
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Angelique Poteat – Listen to the Girls (world premiere)
Leanna Primiani – SIRENS for Orchestra
Richard Strauss – Four Last Songs
Angelique Poteat – Listen to the Girls (world premiere)
$20 ($10 student/senior; 18 & under free)
Paul Taub: New Works for Flute + Ensemble
Friday, November 20, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of newly commissioned chamber works by Tom Baker, Andy Clausen, David Dossett, Jessika Kenney, and Angelique Poteat.
$5-$15 sliding scale
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra Classics II: Sibelius & Mendelssohn
Sunday, November 22, 2026 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Tinoco – Before Spring (U.S. Premiere)
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
Sibelius – Violin Concerto
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5 “Reformation”
$19-$79
Pacific Lutheran University presents A Christmas Invitation
Pacific Lutheran University Chorale,
Choir of the West, and
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Monday, December 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The world premiere of JAC Redford's A Christmas Invitation, plus traditional Christmas favorites and a carol sing-along.
$17-$32
A Christmas Invitation
Choir of the West,
Pacific Lutheran University Chorale, and
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra
Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
J.A.C. Redford – A Christmas Invitation
Greg Youtz – December: A Meditation on Advent
Traditional Christmas favorites & carols
Greg Youtz – December: A Meditation on Advent
Traditional Christmas favorites & carols
Long Piece Fest I: Antoine Beuger's / jankélévitch sextets/
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with Antoine Beuger’s jankélévitch sextets. Seattle premiere.
$5-$15 suggested donation
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)
Wayward Music Series: Anne H. Goldberg, Music & Movement
Friday, January 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Debut solo concert in Seattle featuring works by Vinko Globokar, Beat Furrer, Georges Aperghis, Jacob ter Velduis, and Kevin Baldwin, a world premiere of her own music, and others.
$5-$15
Wayward Music Series: Medina/Walsh, Thunder Grey Pilgrim, et al
Saturday, January 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Short film with processed guitar and synthesizer; experimental sonic and video environments, using a network of old cameras, TVs, modular synthesizers, and other glitch boxes; a doom-laden string trio; and reverb drenched psych folk.
$5-$15
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)
Melia Watras Viola Recital
Tuesday, January 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Violist Melia Watras presents a program of music influenced by mythology and folklore.
$20 (students $10)
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Delian, Fauré
Saturday, January 30, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Mozart – Sinfonia Concertante in E-flat major
Delian – Suite No. 8, Letters to Eternity (world premiere)
Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques
Delian – Suite No. 8, Letters to Eternity (world premiere)
Fauré – Masques et Bergamasques
$15-$20 (kids free)
Auburn Symphony Orchestra: A World-Premiere Tribute to Auburn
Saturday, January 30, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Ott – New work (world premiere)
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 2
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
$10-$35