Medieval – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Family concert! Medieval Music for Everyone
Saturday, January 5, 2030 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
University Heights Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Shulamit Kleinerman plays the medieval fiddle, joined by soprano Linda Strandberg and Jacob Breedlove on hurdy-gurdy, percussion, and other instruments.
$9 (infants FREE)
Seattle Art Song Society: Womxn's Voices
Friday, March 8, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring music by womxn composers Nina Simone, Hildegard von Bingen, Clara Schumann, Germaine Tailleferre, Libby Larsen, Juliana Hall, and more.
Free
Medieval Women's Choir: Courtly Love – A User’s Guide
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Medieval love songs contain elements so universal that they could almost constitute a how-to guide for the conduct of romantic relationships among the nobility. In this concert, you will learn how to follow instructions.
$25 ($15 students/military/in need)
Music at 9th & Stewart presents: Blue Heron
Friday, March 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Gethsemane Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A Grammy Award-winning early music vocal ensemble performs Guillaume de Machaut's Le remède de fortune.
$18 / $10 / Kids free
Northwest Mahler Festival Fundraiser: Songs by Alma Mahler & Other Women Composers
Saturday, April 13, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs by woman composers including Khosrovidukht, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Josephine Lang, Alma Mahler, Florence Price, and Joni Mitchell.
free
PLU Early Music Lab
Tuesday, April 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Students of the PLU Early Music Lab present a concert of music ranging from Medieval chant to music from the Classical era.
Free
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebræ
Wednesday, April 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Free
Cappella Romana presents Psaltikon: The Day of Resurrection
Friday, May 3, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Boston-based Byzantine chant ensemble Psaltikon performs celebratory chants for Paschal from Medieval Byzantium.
$32-$52
Jack Straw Cultural Center: Guillaume de Machaut – Explorations
Wednesday, July 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A new work that radically reimagines the work of medieval composer Guillaume de Machaut paired with historical perspective with music from the time of Machaut.
Free
Sine Nomine: Laus Trinitati – In Praise of the Divine
Sunday, October 27, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Plainchant, Renaissance, and modern works that employ joyful texts about the creative, life-giving powers of the Trinity.
Free (Free)
Medieval Women's Choir: Now Make We Mirthë
Saturday, December 7, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:15pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The Medieval Women’s Choir tours England and the Continent to bring you the most inspiring music of the Christmas season.
$30 / $25 / $18 / $15
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
Cappella Romana: Christmas in Constantinople
Friday, December 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Byzantine Christmas music in Greek, first performed in the Great Cathedral of Hagia Sophia.
$32-$52
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Merry It Is! – A Ten-Year Anniversary Concert for Families
Saturday, January 4, 2031 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate the anniversary of SHAK's 2010 album Merry It Is!: Songs & Dances of the 13th-18th Centuries with skilled young musicians in historical costume.
$10-15 suggested donation
Cappella Romana: Hymns of Kassianë
Friday, January 10, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Rarely-heard music by Byzantium’s most formidable and prolific female composer, Kassianë.
$32-$52
Early Music Seattle: Boston Camerata – 'Play of Daniel'
Saturday, January 18, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Themes of justice and of truth spoken to power are front and center as the captive Daniel confronts the tyrannical Belshazzar in the magnificent musical Play of Daniel, composed eight centuries ago in Beauvais, France and powerfully staged for modern audiences by Anne Azéma.
$20-$45
[LIVESTREAM + in person] Social Distancing Concert at the Couth Buzzard
Thursday, March 13, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfonso X the Wise (attributed) – "To Dispell All Doubts" and "One Who Serves Sanat Maria" from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)
Free (Free)
Compline at Christ Church
Thursday, March 13, 2031 @ 8:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Sacred choral music featuring Gregorian chant, Anglican chant, and hymns from musical periods spanning many centuries – an ideal setting for meditative contemplation amidst the bustle of our fair city.
Free
Vancouver Bach Festival: The City of Ladies (film)
Tuesday, July 27, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Portative organist Catalina Vicens & early music ensemble Servir Antico tell the story of revolutionary Medieval poet Christine de Pizan. Featuring compositions by Baude Cordier, Solage, Gilles Binchois, Guillaume Dufay, & more.
Free (Free ($5-$10CAD in-person))
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Medieval Arts Pop-Up Performance
Thursday, July 29, 2032 @ 6:15pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Warren G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Longtime SHAK student & guest singers share a casual performance of catchy tunes from the 13th & 14th centuries — plus a live demonstration of calligraphy of the period.
Free