Women composers – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: The Best of Quincy Jones
Sunday, February 16, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones' creative magic is on full display as the Seattle Symphony and guest artists pay tribute to this musical legend.
$35-$101
Seattle Symphony: The Best of Quincy Jones
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones' creative magic is on full display as the Seattle Symphony and guest artists pay tribute to this musical legend.
$35-$101
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
$10-$43
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Ode to Joy
Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Amy Beach – Gaelic Symphony, 2nd mvt. (“Alla Siciliana”)
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (Immeasurable Heavens) for Stephen Hawking and Sun Ra
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, final mvt. (“Ode to Joy”)
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (Immeasurable Heavens) for Stephen Hawking and Sun Ra
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 9, final mvt. (“Ode to Joy”)
$35
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Friday, February 14, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Antonín Dvořák – Selections from Cypresses, B. 152
Lembit Beecher – These Memories May Be True
Rhiannon Giddens – At the Purchaser’s Option
Jean Sibelius – Voces intimae, Op. 56
Komitas – Selections from Armenian Folk Songs
$45 / $40 / $10
Seattle Symphony: The Best of Quincy Jones
Friday, February 14, 2020 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Producer, multi-instrumentalist, singer, composer, and arranger Quincy Jones' creative magic is on full display as the Seattle Symphony and guest artists pay tribute to this musical legend.
$35-$101
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Strength & the Art of Dance
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Roosevelt High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Maria Newman – Chorales for Brass and Percussion, Op. 35 No. 3
Michael Daugherty – “Red Cape Tango” from Metropolis Symphony
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
Maria Newman – Chorales for Brass and Percussion, Op. 35 No. 3
Michael Daugherty – “Red Cape Tango” from Metropolis Symphony
Arturo Márquez – Danzón No. 2
$20 / $15 / free
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: Celebrating Baroque Women Composers
Tuesday, February 11, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Slavonian Hall, Tacoma, WA, United States
Step back into 17th-century Italy with soprano Natalie Ingrisano and harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky for an evening of songs written by women composers.
Free
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Baroque Bacchanalia
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean-Féry Rebel – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major
André Campra – Cantata Silène
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Cyclopes for harpsichord
Marin Marais – Plainte and Chaconne in D major from Book 3 for viol and continuo
Nicolas Bernier – Cantata Bacchus
André Campra – Cantata Silène
Élisabeth Jacquet de La Guerre – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor
Jean-Philippe Rameau – Les Cyclopes for harpsichord
Marin Marais – Plainte and Chaconne in D major from Book 3 for viol and continuo
Nicolas Bernier – Cantata Bacchus
$48 / $41 / $10
Seattle Symphony: Difficult Grace – Seth Parker Woods in Recital
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Monty Adkins – Winter Tendrils
Nathalie Joachim – The Race: 1915
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough3 (invariant)
Frederick Gifford – Difficult Grace
Ryan Carter – New Work TBA
Freida Abtan – New Work TBA
Nathalie Joachim – The Race: 1915
Pierre Alexandre Tremblay – asinglewordisnotenough3 (invariant)
Frederick Gifford – Difficult Grace
Ryan Carter – New Work TBA
Freida Abtan – New Work TBA
$35
Westerlies Fest: The Westerlies Concert
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
The Westerlies perform old favorites alongside new music, including selections from their new album, Wherein Lies The Good, and Caroline Shaw’s Entr’acte.
Free (Free)
Seattle Wind Symphony: Exotic Escapes
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Steven Bryant – Ecstatic Fanfare
Carol Barnett – Cyprian Suite
Frigyes Hidas – Rhapsody for Bass Trombone and Wind Band
Shelley Hanson – Albanian Dance
Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Arthur Frackenpohl – Pas redoublé, Op. 86
Jan Van der Roost – Puszta
Michael Markowski – Brooklyn Air
Arturo Márquez – Conga del Fuego Nuevo
Carol Barnett – Cyprian Suite
Frigyes Hidas – Rhapsody for Bass Trombone and Wind Band
Shelley Hanson – Albanian Dance
Camille Saint-Saëns, arr. Arthur Frackenpohl – Pas redoublé, Op. 86
Jan Van der Roost – Puszta
Michael Markowski – Brooklyn Air
Arturo Márquez – Conga del Fuego Nuevo
$20 / $18 / $5
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Women of Power!
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Elfrida Andrée – Concert Overture in D major
Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 in G minor
Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 in G minor
$21 / $18 / free
Seattle Opera: Wilde Tales – A Youth Opera for Families
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An amalgam of favorite Oscar Wilde stories, this colorful and heartwarming parable reminds us all that true beauty lies in the way we treat one another.
$15 ($5 ages 18 & under)
Westerlies Fest: JAM-Boree
Sunday, February 9, 2020 @ 12:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A whole day dedicated to musical exploration and education for musicians and non-musicians alike, followed by a performance by The Westerlies.
Free (Free)
Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: Women of Power!
Saturday, February 8, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Elfrida Andrée – Concert Overture in D major
Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 in G minor
Amy Beach – Piano Concerto in C-sharp minor, Op. 45
Louise Farrenc – Symphony No. 3, Op. 36 in G minor
$21 / $18 / free
Seattle Opera: Wilde Tales – A Youth Opera for Families
Saturday, February 8, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An amalgam of favorite Oscar Wilde stories, this colorful and heartwarming parable reminds us all that true beauty lies in the way we treat one another.
$15 ($5 ages 18 & under)
Seattle Opera: Wilde Tales – A Youth Opera for Families
Saturday, February 8, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An amalgam of favorite Oscar Wilde stories, this colorful and heartwarming parable reminds us all that true beauty lies in the way we treat one another.
$15 ($5 ages 18 & under)
Seattle Opera: Wilde Tales – A Youth Opera for Families
Friday, February 7, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Cornish Playhouse at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An amalgam of favorite Oscar Wilde stories, this colorful and heartwarming parable reminds us all that true beauty lies in the way we treat one another.
$15 ($5 ages 18 & under)
The Sustain Music Project: Music & Light – Music for Flute, Cello, & Piano
Thursday, February 6, 2020 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Hilary Tann – The Gardens of Anna Maria Luisa de Medici
Philippe Gaubert – Trois Aquarelles ("Three Watercolors")
Carl Maria von Weber – Trio in G minor, Op. 63
George Crumb – Vox Balaenae ("The Voice of the Whale")
Zhou Tian – Viaje ("Voyage")
Philippe Gaubert – Trois Aquarelles ("Three Watercolors")
Carl Maria von Weber – Trio in G minor, Op. 63
George Crumb – Vox Balaenae ("The Voice of the Whale")
Zhou Tian – Viaje ("Voyage")
$25-$30