Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Debussy, Beach, Shostakovich, & Suk

Wednesday, July 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Sonata for Cello and Piano in D minor
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Dmitri Shostakovich – Two Pieces for String Quartet
Josef Suk – Meditation on an Old Czech Chorale “St. Wenceslas," Op. 35a
Josef Suk – Piano Quintet in G minor, Op. 8

$55 ($20 students/30 & under)

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms

Friday, July 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars – Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms

Friday, July 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Columbia Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bring a picnic, stretch out on the lawn, and enjoy live chamber music performed by outstanding local students, followed by a live audio broadcast of the SCMS Summer Festival performance direct from Benaroya Hall.

Free

Seattle Chamber Music Society Summer Festival: Schubert, Poulenc, & Brahms

Friday, July 26, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 581
Francis Poulenc – Trio for Oboe, Bassoon, and Piano, FP 43
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quintet in F minor, Op. 34

$55 ($20 students/30 & under)

High Class Brass Quintet at the Ballard Locks

Saturday, July 27, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Join the High Class Brass Quintet for a free outdoor concert at the Ballard Locks.

Free

Whidbey Island Music Festival: Schubert's Swan Song

Saturday, July 27, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Experience the sublime beauty of Franz Schubert’s String Quintet in C major, which was completed only months before his death and is considered one of the masterpieces of the chamber music repertoire.

$22 / $10 / FREE for children

Olympic Music Festival: Transcendence

Saturday, August 10, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120 No. 2
Dmitri Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2 in E minor, Op. 67
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Olympic Music Festival: Musical Forefathers

Sunday, August 11, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 3 in D major, BWV 1054
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – String Quintet No. 3 in C major, K. 515
Ludwig van Beethoven – 7 Variations on The Magic Flute, WoO 46 for cello and piano
Felix Mendelssohn – Piano Trio No. 2 in C minor, Op. 66

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Olympic Music Festival: Passion in Paris

Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – Petite Suite, L. 65 for piano four hands
César Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet No. 2 in G minor, Op. 45

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Professor Gadget Sax Quintet at the Ballard Locks

Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Professor Gadget Sax Quintet for a free outdoor concert at the Ballard Locks.

Free

Olympic Music Festival: New Worlds

Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Georges Enescu – Konzertstück for viola and piano
William Walton – Piano Quartet in D minor
Frederic Chopin – Introduction and Polonaise brillante in C major, Op. 3 for cello and piano
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 97 "American"

$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)

Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music

Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.

$45 ($10 students)

Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music

Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.

$28-$43 ($10 students)

SMCO presents Secret Chamber Music in Ballard: Romantic Quintets of Puccini, Dvořák, & Onslow

Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Ballard, Seattle, WA, United States
George Onslow – String Quintet No. 4
Giacomo Puccini – Chrysanthemums
Antonín Dvořák – String Quintet No. 2

$25

Concert at the Cove with the Opal String Quartet & Spencer Hoveskeland

Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Cove at Normandy Park Community Center, Normandy Park, WA, United States
Joaquín Turina – La Oracion de Torero, Op. 34
Domenico Dragonetti – Double Bass Concerto No. 1 (mvt. 3)
Antonín Dvořák – Quintet in G major, Op. 77

Free (Free)

Pacfic Lutheran University Regency Series: Camas Wind Quintet

Saturday, November 2, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
The PLU Department of Music presents a concert by the Camas Wind Quintetas part of their Regency Series.

$10 / $5 / free

Seattle Symphony Chamber Music Series: Beethoven & Ravel

Friday, November 15, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 13
Ludwig van Beethoven – Oboe Trio in C major, Op. 87
Maurice Ravel – Trois Poèmes de Stéphane Mallarmé
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70, No. 1 “Ghost"

$38

A Concert with a Cause at Faith Lutheran Church: Relaxing Music before the Holidays

Sunday, November 24, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (PST)
Faith Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Claude Debussy, Jules Massenet, Jacques Offenbach, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Fauré, Charles-Marie Widor, and Camille Saint-Saëns.

Free

University Presbyterian Church: Music at Noon

Tuesday, November 26, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
String players from Central Washington University present music by Schubert, Manuel de Falla, Elgar, and Ives, as well as sacred music selections.

Free (Free)

Cascadia Art Museum: Constellation Musica

Saturday, January 18, 2031 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Musicians from Edmonds' Cascade Symphony present selections for string quartet and flute by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky, Alexander Borodin, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Benjamin Britten.

$18 ($12 museum members)