New music – Upcoming Concerts
Choral Arts Northwest: Not One Sparrow is Forgotten
Sunday, December 15, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Joseph Parish, Seattle, WA, United States
Charming Appalachian carols by CANW composer in residence Kevin Siegfried, Silly Shepherds, Stop Your Sleeping by Northwest composer Bern Herbolsheimer, and enchanting choral gems by Henry Purcell, Herbert Norman Howells, and Susan LaBarr.
$24-$32 (students free w/ID)
Evergreen Community Orchestra: Carols & Classics
Sunday, December 15, 2030 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Christmas favorites and a Christmas sing-along, including the world premiere of a composition of Evergreen Community Orchestra bass player Chris Hartzog.
Free (Free)
The Esoterics: Humility – The Wish for Simplicity
Sunday, December 15, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music by Gabriela Lena Frank, Stacy Garrop, Anna-Karin Klockar, David Lang, Forrest Pierce, Sarah Rimkus, Augusta Read Thomas, and Dale Trumbore gives voice to verses from the Bible, a Mohawk prayer, a speech by Chief Joseph (Hinmuuttu Yalatlat) of the Nez Perce, poems by Pablo Antonio Cuandra, Annie Finch, Amy Fleury, and more.
$22 / $15
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Hello/Goodbye
Sunday, December 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Krommer – Harmonie in B-flat major, Op. 67
Violeta Dinescu – Memories
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"
Violeta Dinescu – Memories
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Symphony No. 40 in G minor, K. 550
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 45 in F-sharp minor, "Farewell"
$35 ($25 seniors, 21 & under FREE)
Opus 7 presents: Splendid Jewel
Sunday, December 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A stunning program of choral music for Advent and Christmas.
$24-$40 suggested donation (students donate-as-able)
Saint Mark's Music Series: Pageant of the Nativity
Tuesday, December 17, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A grand re-telling of the Nativity for all ages – featuring exquisite costumes; visual art; an army of choristers and instrumentalists; and even a world premiere.
Donations welcome
Ladies Musical Club: Dreamscape Oboe/Piano Suite; Songs ‘From the Sublime to the Ridiculous’
Friday, December 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Kilenyi – 5 Mexican Love Songs
Francis Poulenc – Le Bestiaire, FP 15
Dominick Argento – Songs from Miss Manners on Music
Francis Poulenc – Le Bestiaire, FP 15
Dominick Argento – Songs from Miss Manners on Music
Free (Free)
Jack Straw Winter Showcase
Saturday, December 21, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Jack Straw Cultural Center celebrates the solstice with performances from a wide range of artists from the Artist Support Program, including clarinetist/composer James Falzone, Seattle Art Song Society, Okinawan sanshin player and singer Mako Willett, and others.
$10-$20 suggested donation
Longest Night: Solstice Ceremony
Saturday, December 21, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Northwest Film Forum, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience "total spiritual recalibration" through ambient modular synth chill-outs, techno wig-outs, virtuosic guitar loops, guided movement activities, and participatory rituals culled from dream states.
$15
Hope in a Pan-American Christmas: North Meets South
Saturday, December 21, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
American composers offer songs of hospitality, light, love, and unity.
$20 / $15 / $10
Yiruma Live in Seattle 2019: Nocturne
Thursday, December 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A Korean contemporary classical musician who combines melodious Korean compositions with inspiration and emotion returns to Seattle after 3 years.
$78-$138
Wayward Music Series: Young Scientist + Marc Barreca solo
Saturday, January 4, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of immersive modular and computer based electronic music ambience with Young Scientist – Seattle’s original electronic music group – and veteran electronic composer Marc Barreca.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Thursday, January 9, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elena Langer – Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Friday, January 10, 2031 @ 12:00pm – 1:45pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elena Langer – Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Cornell University Chorus & Glee Club: Pacific Northwest Tour
Friday, January 10, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Cornell's choirs return to the Pacific Northwest with a program including Renaissance motets, folk songs, gospel music, west coast premieres of new works, and much more.
$20 (students $10)
Romanian American Chamber Concerts & Arts: Enescu, Holmboe, & Berg at Benaroya Hall
Saturday, January 11, 2031 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
George Enescu – String Quartet No. 2, Op. 2, No. 2 in G major
Vagn Holmboe – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 16
Antonin Dvořák – Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55
Alban Berg – Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)
Forrest Pierce – What Keeps Us Still
Vagn Holmboe – Violin Sonata No. 2, Op. 16
Antonin Dvořák – Zigeunerlieder (Gypsy Songs), Op. 55
Alban Berg – Sieben frühe Lieder (Seven Early Songs)
Forrest Pierce – What Keeps Us Still
$25
Seattle Symphony: Beethoven Emperor Concerto
Saturday, January 11, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 9:45pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Elena Langer – Figaro Gets a Divorce Suite (world premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 5, “Emperor”
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 4, "Italian"
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Three Centuries
Sunday, January 12, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Faith Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Intimate chamber music from three centuries including the world premiere of Seattle composer Huntley Beyer's Where I'm Coming From.
$15-$25 suggested donation (age 18 & under free)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Inside Out
Friday, January 24, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Folio: Seattle Athenaeum at Pike Market, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Adès – "Court Studies" from The Tempest
Anthony Cheung – Elective Memory
Ivan Fedele – Arcipelago Möbius
Tristan Murail – Stalag VIIIA
Alfred Schnittke – Hymn No. 2
Anthony Cheung – Elective Memory
Ivan Fedele – Arcipelago Möbius
Tristan Murail – Stalag VIIIA
Alfred Schnittke – Hymn No. 2
$25 ($20 Folio members)
Washington Wind Symphony Presents ‘Connections’
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Kit Mills – Beyond the Desert Sands
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
$15 ($10 seniors, students FREE)