New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Composers Salon: Briggs, Owcharuk, Hamilton, Shaskus
Friday, September 4, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring new music by Matthew James Briggs, Michael Owcharuk, Jay Hamilton, and Jeremy Shaskus.
$5-$15 donation
Market Street Singers in Summer Lites
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics.
Free
Market Street Singers in Summer Lites
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide blend of styles and choral textures, from classical to pop, from comedy to ragtime, from love ballads to choral classics.
Free
John Luther Adams INUKSUIT
Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:15pm (PDT)
Seward Park Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, United States
John Luther Adams – Inuksuit
Free
Michael Refvem: Seattle Steinway Gallery Recital
Friday, September 25, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Steinway Piano Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Fantasia and Fugue in A minor
Ravel – Jeux d'eau
Briggs – Impromptu
Bartók – Sonata
Schubert – Sonata in A major, D. 959
Ravel – Jeux d'eau
Briggs – Impromptu
Bartók – Sonata
Schubert – Sonata in A major, D. 959
$10-$20
LMC at the Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, October 1, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – “Hört, ihr Augen, auf zu weinen” (Kantata BWV 98)
Barber – Hermit Songs (selections)
Fauré – Automne
Debussy – Il pleure dans mon Coeur
Debussy – Paysage sentimental
Bemberg – Il Neige
Mozart – “Chi sa qual sia,” K. 582
Baldwin – "Oklahoma Sonata" for Oboe and Piano
Kalliwoda – Divertissement Op. 58
Barber – Hermit Songs (selections)
Fauré – Automne
Debussy – Il pleure dans mon Coeur
Debussy – Paysage sentimental
Bemberg – Il Neige
Mozart – “Chi sa qual sia,” K. 582
Baldwin – "Oklahoma Sonata" for Oboe and Piano
Kalliwoda – Divertissement Op. 58
Free
John Adams' SHAKER LOOPS, American Music for String Orchestra
Friday, October 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Adams' Shaker Loops, plus works by Kevin Puts, Samuel Barber, Anna Clyne and Michael Torke.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Corral + noisepoetnobody
Friday, October 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Spacey electronic polyrhythms, intricate tuning systems, noisy ambiance and analog modular synthesis.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Dialectical Imagination + Christian Pincock
Saturday, October 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ecstatic music for ecstatic people.
$10 (or pay what you can)
LMC at the West Seattle Library
Sunday, October 11, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Verroust – Theme and Variations, Op. 23 for English Horn and Piano
Duparc – La vie anterieure
Duparc – L'invitation au voyage
Duparc – Au pays ou se fait la guerre
Poulschock – Sonata for English Horn and Piano
Heggie – Of Gods and Cats
Heggie – In the Beginning
Heggie – Once Upon a Universe
Duparc – La vie anterieure
Duparc – L'invitation au voyage
Duparc – Au pays ou se fait la guerre
Poulschock – Sonata for English Horn and Piano
Heggie – Of Gods and Cats
Heggie – In the Beginning
Heggie – Once Upon a Universe
Free
Master Class: Camilla Hoitenga and Jean-Baptiste Barrière
Wednesday, October 14, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Camilla Hoitenga (flute) and Jean-Baptiste Barrière (composer/electronic musician) demonstrate and discuss their collaborative work. Free and open to the public.
Free
Synthesis: University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble
Thursday, October 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music for winds, percussion, electronics, and video.
Free
Monktailfest: Stephen Fandrich + Seman/Ostrowski
Thursday, October 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Monktail Creative Music Concern continues to celebrate 15 years of bringing high-quality adventurous music to Seattle audiences. Tonight: original music for gamelan, plus improvised solos and duets.
$5-$15 donation
Jacobsen Series: American Soundscapes
Friday, October 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
A journey through nature as imagined by some of the best American contemporary composers. Works by David Biedenbender, Mason Bates, Jennifer Higdon, Evan Chambers and Robert Hutchinson.
$10-$15
Wayward Music Series: Tomeka Reid / Mike Reed / Nicole Mitchell
Friday, October 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
From Chicago come three key figures of the new generation of the Association for the Advancement of Creative Musicians collective: versatile cello experimenter Tomeka Reid, frequent jazz-flute poll winner Nicole Mitchell, and drummer Mike Reed.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: [untitled] 1
Friday, October 23, 2026 @ 10:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Richard Karpen – Program Music (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Mundus Imaginalis (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – pulse - cut - seethe - blur (world premiere)
Joël-François Durand – Mundus Imaginalis (world premiere)
Huck Hodge – pulse - cut - seethe - blur (world premiere)
$15
LMC at Music Center of the Northwest
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
G. F. Handel – “Bel piacere” from Agrippina
G. F. Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Hugo Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Hugo Wolf – Morgentau
Claude Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Claude Debussy – Recueillement
Michael Isaacson – That Courtesan's Smile
Howard J. Buss – De La Madra
Alec Wilder – Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion
Bill Douglas – Irish Spirit
G. F. Handel – “Care selve” from Atalanta
Hugo Wolf – In dem Schatten meiner Locken
Hugo Wolf – Auch kleine Dinge können uns entzücken
Hugo Wolf – Morgentau
Claude Debussy – Le Jet d'Eau
Claude Debussy – Recueillement
Michael Isaacson – That Courtesan's Smile
Howard J. Buss – De La Madra
Alec Wilder – Piece for Oboe and Improvisatory Percussion
Bill Douglas – Irish Spirit
Free
Racer Sessions
Sunday, October 25, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Nakatani Gong Orchestra
Thursday, October 29, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
11 Seattle artists join Tatsuya Nakatani in this extraordinary 12-piece gong orchestra.
$5-$15 donation
Music of Today: Ensemble Dal Niente (Chicago)
Friday, October 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
This Chicago-based contemporary music collective presents new music in ways that redefine the listening experience. Program includes interpretations of works by UW faculty composers Huck Hodge and Joël-François Durand, UW doctoral student Marcin Pączkowski, and others.
$15 ($10 student/senior)
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