New music – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
UW Chamber Orchestra with Luke Fitzpatrick, violin
Friday, April 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Vasks – Distant Light
Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Free
Wayward Music Series: Eveline Müller
Friday, April 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A journey through beautiful, ugly, loud, quiet, tense, and sparse sonic landscapes produced by sound manipulations, EEG brain waves, electronics, drums, cello, and Boaeing – a collection of metal pieces.
$5-$15 suggested donation
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
Northwest Symphony Orchestra: Season Finale
Saturday, April 29, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Samuel Jones – Fanfare
Brahms – Violin Concerto
Respighi – Pines of Rome
Brahms – Violin Concerto
Respighi – Pines of Rome
$12-$15
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
Racer Sessions: DunkelPek (Oakland)
Sunday, April 30, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
Free
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
Seattle Composers' Salon: Kammerer, Lawson, O'Keefe, Teske
Friday, May 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
John Kammerer – new music for marimba and electronics
Jeremiah Lawson – Zombie Sonata Rags
Patrick O’Keefe – Morning Stroll for Saxophone Quartet
John Teske – vectorscores
Jeremiah Lawson – Zombie Sonata Rags
Patrick O’Keefe – Morning Stroll for Saxophone Quartet
John Teske – vectorscores
$5-$15 donation
Ladies Musical Club: Original Works by LMC Composers
Saturday, May 6, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Anderson – London Songs
Truesdell – in 1 Nursery Rhymes for Julia (Charles Strong)
Truesdell – Beach Rocks
Ritchie – Three Preludes: Peace… Lost and Found
Roberts – Reach for Me
Roberts – Sweet Sorrow
Roberts – Freedom
Truesdell – in 1 Nursery Rhymes for Julia (Charles Strong)
Truesdell – Beach Rocks
Ritchie – Three Preludes: Peace… Lost and Found
Roberts – Reach for Me
Roberts – Sweet Sorrow
Roberts – Freedom
Free
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
Wayward Music Series: Seth Nehil + Cameron Shafii + RM Francis
Saturday, May 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of experimental electronic music featuring Seth Nehil, RM Francis and Cameron Shafii.
$5-$15
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)
Racer Sessions: Tom Varner
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Cafe Racer, Seattle, WA, United States
A collectively organized composition and improvisation series for new and experimental music.
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)
DXARTS: Music of Today
Friday, May 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking new works and modern classics by faculty and guest composers.
$10-$15
Wayward Music Series: Zachary Watkins: High Vibration Resonance
Friday, May 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Watkins – for Andy
Watkins – Suite for String Quartet
Watkins – Positively Right On
Watkins – Treatment No. III
$5-$15
Opus 7: Twenty-Five Years!
Saturday, May 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
Audience and singer favorites from around the world, plus works by winners of this year’s student choral composition awards program.
$20 in advance, $24 at the door
Kaley Lane Eaton Composition Recital
Wednesday, May 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
UW School of Music – Room 213, Seattle, WA, United States
UW doctoral student Kaley Lane Eaton presents a degree recital in composition. Free and open to the public.
Free
Hearing Nature: Nat Evans' Vertical Saxophone Aura Readings
Thursday, May 18, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
As part of a music series inspired by the landscape exhibit Seeing Nature and John Grade's monumental tree sculpture Middle Fork, Nat Evans presents an interactive work for saxophonists on escalators.
Free (Free)