Genre-bender – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Songplay, featuring Joyce DiDonato
Monday, February 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:50pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lighthearted program mixing Italian Baroque arias with jazz ballads and songs from the Great American Songbook, featuring radiant mezzo-soprano Joyce DiDonato.
$25-$100
Wayward Music Series: Kurdish Rhythm & Free Improvisation
Friday, February 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of free improvisations based on Kurdish rhythms, featuring percussion virtuoso Ahmad Yousefbeigi, Arrington de Dionyso, and Amy Denio.
$5-$15 donation
Piano Drop
Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
50 years ago, an upright piano was dropped from a helicopter near Duvall, Washington. Now, 16 composers and performers have created new works for this unique instrument... or what remains of it!
Free
Shara Nova (My Brightest Diamond): 'A Million And One'
Saturday, February 23, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Tractor Tavern, Seattle, WA, United States
Shara Nova blends elements of rock, art pop, and chamber music into a sound totally her own.
$18
The Arts at Saint Mark's: Boston Brass
Friday, March 1, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Boston Brass delights audiences of all ages through a unique blend of classical arrangements and jazz standards.
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
Emerald City Music: Reich's Music for 18 Musicians
Friday, March 1, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Reich – Music for 18 Musicians
$45 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: Reich's Music for 18 Musicians Night (re)Cap
Friday, March 1, 2030 @ 10:30pm – 11:55pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
A late-night format enhanced with intimate lighting and a casual setting: snag a chair, bring pillows, dance, walk around; just be yourself!
$45 ($10 students)
Emerald City Music: Reich's Music for 18 Musicians
Saturday, March 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Reich – Music for 18 Musicians
$28-$43 (students $10)
Linear Intersections: Brian Schappals, clarinet (UW MM Recital)
Saturday, March 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
Nikola Resanovic – alt.music.ballistix
Brian Schappals – Brake
Michael Lowenstern (arr. Brian Schappals) – Stomp
Artie Shaw (arr. Brian Schappals) – Concerto for Clarinet
Nikola Resanovic – alt.music.ballistix
Brian Schappals – Brake
Michael Lowenstern (arr. Brian Schappals) – Stomp
Artie Shaw (arr. Brian Schappals) – Concerto for Clarinet
Free
Cello Loops that Map the Heart
Saturday, March 9, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
East West Bookshop, Seattle, WA, United States
Spacious string landscapes and weaves melodies that map the heart using electric cello and loop pedal.
$15 (free for youth)
Seattle Symphony: Brooklyn to Ballard
Sunday, March 10, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Symphony Composer-in-Residence and clarinetist Derek Bermel curates an evening of performances featuring cellist Seth Parker Woods, pianist Ethan Iverson, and Seattle Symphony musicians.
$35
Woodland Theater: Mike Gamble’s MultiMeteorchestra, Erin Jorgensen, & Simon Henneman
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Woodland Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
A quartet of diverse instrumentation, plus solo sets from marimbist Erin Jorgensen and guitarist Simon Henneman.
$10-$20 sliding scale
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Infectious Eastern rhythms played by woodwind virtuosos – a performance steeped in the art of improvisation.
$20-$45
Northwest Chamber Chorus: The Singing Heart
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that opens our hearts and inspires us to be alive and free, including works by Josef Rheinberger, Charles Stanford, Randall Thompson, Emma Lou Diemer, Gwyneth Walker, Leonard Cohen, and more.
$25 ($20 seniors & singers, FREE students)
Nelda Swiggett Quintet: 'Alaska Suite'
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Madrona Grace Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Engaging the power of artistic expression to connect audience members deeply and emotionally to the scientific realities of climate change.
$10-$50
East of the River: Sultana – Musica of the Sephardic Diaspora
Sunday, March 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Temple Beth Am, Seattle, WA, United States
Infectious Eastern rhythms played by woodwind virtuosos – a performance steeped in the art of improvisation.
$20-$45
Guitar Orchestra of Seattle & Choroloco w/ Zane Forshee & Mark Hilliard Wilson
Monday, March 18, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
An evening of acoustic guitar music featuring two CD releases, a Choros band, and two outstanding soloists.
$10
CelloX at The Crocodile
Tuesday, March 19, 2030 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Crocodile, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the music of Toto, Queen, Clean Bandit, Apocolyptica, along with music from film and much more!
Pricing TBA
Whidbey Island Orchestras: Groovin’ on the Rock feat. the Empyrean Quartet
Friday, March 22, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Classical renditions of music by rock and roll icons like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin, The Who, The Doors, Eagles, and Journey.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Contemporary Music Marathon, Act I – Nightfall
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 5:00pm – 12:00am (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A night of virtuosic performances by genre-defying artists and composers, featuring the Seattle Chamber Players, Maria Männistö (soprano), Eric Jacobs (clarinet), Seth Parker Woods (cello), Cristina Valdés (piano), Inbal Segev (cello), and Jacob Greenberg (piano).
$75