Genre-bender – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: SPARK.1
Saturday, May 20, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
Fred Wildlife Refuge, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO partners with local DJs, producers, and visual artists for SPARK, a new performance series that takes the classical music genre far outside the realm of the expected.
$25
Emerald City Music: Back to Bach
Friday, May 26, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Norgard – The Well-Tempered Percussion
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
$45 (includes one drink)
Seattle Rock Orchestra Music Weekend at Doe Bay Resort & Retreat
Saturday, May 27, 2028 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Doe Bay Resort and Retreat, Olga, WA, United States
Live music all weekend, including chamber music in the cafe, a Sunday orchestra matinee, and sunset spa concert.
Pricing TBD
Emerald City Music: Back to Bach
Saturday, May 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Norgard – The Well-Tempered Percussion
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
Bach – Double from Partita No. 1 for Solo Violin
Francis – Sillage for Violin and Piano
Bach/Busoni – Chaconne for Solo Piano
Koppel – Toccata for Vibraphone and Marimba
Schumann – Piano Quartet
$10-$28
Harry Partch Celebration: Complete Works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice
Wednesday, May 31, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Artist-in-residence Luke Fitzpatrick performs The Complete Works for Adapted Viola and Intoning Voice by Harry Partch.
$10
Harry Partch Celebration: Works Arranged for Partch's Instruments
Thursday, June 1, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of works arranged for the handmade instruments of 20th-century composer Harry Partch.
$10
Harry Partch Celebration: Music by Partch, Harrison, and Tenney
Friday, June 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Harry Partch, Lou Harrison, and James Tenney.
$10
Seattle Rock Orchestra Social Club Season Finale
Saturday, June 3, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Rock Orchestra Social Club performs their season finale.
$12-$20
When Miles Met Monteverdi: 17th Century Jazz
Saturday, June 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear Pachelbel like you’ve never heard him before, a tribute to Coltrane’s Greensleeves, a few jazz standards…and of course Miles and Monteverdi!
$20 advance/$25 door
When Miles Met Monteverdi: 17th Century Jazz
Friday, June 23, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Hear Pachelbel like you’ve never heard him before, a tribute to Coltrane’s Greensleeves, a few jazz standards…and of course Miles and Monteverdi!
By donation
A World of Guitar: Virtuoso Guitar Music of Six Continents
Sunday, June 25, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, Snohomish, WA, United States
Composers in this duo guitar concert include Bach, Dowland, Mussorgsky, Lauro, and new works by Vineet Shende, Peter Janson and more.
$20
The Big Gig
Saturday, July 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
A music spectacular peppered with comedy and dance.
$27.50-$35
The Fourth Wall Ensemble Interactive Hybrid Arts Workshop
Thursday, September 7, 2028 @ 3:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
An interactive hybrid arts workshop from the Fourth Wall Ensemble.
Free
The Fourth Wall Ensemble
Friday, September 8, 2028 @ 3:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Award-winning innovative, interactive, hybrid chamber performance.
$10 / $5 / Free age 18 and under
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Wayward Music Series: Sahba Sizdahkhani
Saturday, September 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Slow, long-form compositions coupled with primeval pulse-rhythms.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific MusicWorks Underground: From Russia, with Love
Tuesday, September 26, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Tenor Zach Finkelstein joins the Underground House Band for rarely performed arias and instrumental music by Bortniansky, Berezovsky, Sokolovsky, Araja, and Fomin, blending Italian high drama and virtuosity, French lyricism, and native folk influences.
$20, $15 under age 30
Cornish Pivot Convocation: Gordon Grdina, interviewed by Michael Nicolella
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A short set with Gordon Grdina, a Juno-award-winning oud/guitarist whose sound is a combination of mainstream jazz, free-form improvisation, and Arabic classical music.
Free (Free)
Music of Today: Intercontinental Experimental Music Ensemble
Wednesday, October 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A rare convergence of world-renowned musicians from four continents featuring Garth Knox, members of the 6 Tones, The Cuong Vu Trio , Bonnie Whiting, Richard Karpen, and Juan Pampin.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)