Women composers – Upcoming Concerts
Olympic Music Festival: Secret Love
Sunday, September 1, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Johannes Brahms – Clarinet (Viola) Trio in A minor, Op. 114
Clara Schumann – Mazurka in G major from Soirées musicales, Op. 6 No. 5
Robert Schumann – Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
Clara Schumann – Mazurka in G major from Soirées musicales, Op. 6 No. 5
Robert Schumann – Davidsbündlertänze, Op. 6
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 3 in C minor, Op. 60
$20-$40 (age 7-12 free)
BMC presents Ballance Duo
Wednesday, September 4, 2030 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Jared and Ruth Marie Ballance present a program of exquisite music for cello, violin, and piano by Mozart, Sibelius, Clarke, Kodály, Mark O'Connor, and more.
Free (Free)
BMC Night Beat presents Ballance Duo
Thursday, September 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
Jared and Ruth Marie Ballance present a program of exquisite music for cello, violin, and piano by Mozart, Sibelius, Clarke, Kodály, Mark O'Connor, and more.
$20 ($15 seniors, take a teen for free)
Archipelago Collective Chamber Music Festival: Concert I
Friday, September 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Heitor Villa Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon
Megan Bledsoe-Ward – Nevertheless for harp and bassoon (world premiere)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Megan Bledsoe-Ward – Nevertheless for harp and bassoon (world premiere)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20 (age 18 & under FREE)
Music from Home II: Ibidunni Ojikutu, soprano
Sunday, September 8, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Soprano Ibidunni Ojikutu performs music by Libby Larsen, Nailah Nombeko, Florence Price, and Nina Simone as part of an inclusive social ceremony of wine, beer, and musical storytelling.
$25 / $15
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)
Sustain Music Project: Music + Yoga + Wine
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind yoga class featuring live music for flute and marimba, from J.S. Bach and Franz Schubert to music written in the 21st century.
$40
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)
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Clara Schumann Bicentennial Celebration
Sunday, September 15, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Piano Trio in F major, Hob. XVI:6
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Clara Schumann – Romance in A-flat major, Op. 7 No. 2
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
Clara Schumann – Piano Trio in G minor, Op. 17
Clara Schumann – Romance in A-flat major, Op. 7 No. 2
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47
$48 / $41 / $10
Seattle Symphony: Mahler Symphony No. 1
Thursday, September 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lotta Wennäkoski – Flounce
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1
Johannes Brahms – Piano Concerto No. 2 in B-flat major
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 1
$24-$134 (age 8-18 free)
Una Hwang, pianist
Friday, September 20, 2030 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Pianist Una Hwang plays Robert Schumann’s Davidsbündlertänze, and mazurkas and etudes by Clara Wieck Schumann and Frédéric Chopin on the Hamburg Steinway grand piano.
Donations welcome
Ascend Ascend: A Poetic Performance with Janaka Stucky & Lori Goldston
Friday, September 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
All Pilgrims Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An immersive, multidisciplinary performance involving light, scent, and sound by mystic poet/performer Janaka Stucky and cellist/composer Lori Goldston.
$18.50 / $45
Wayward Music Series: Cellista, Zero Collective, & noisepoenobody
Friday, September 20, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ambient noise with slices of hip hop, classical music, and alternative pop paired with improvisation, and noise and audio surrealism.
$5-$15 donation
The Sound Ensemble: Reflections
Saturday, September 28, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Christopher Dietz – Contretemps
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
$20 / $15 / FREE under age 12
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Nielsen, Hindemith, Coricelli, & Hovhaness
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
Carl Nielsen – Humorous Bagatelles, Op. 11 for winds
Paul Hindemith – The Four Temperaments for piano and strings
Silvia Coricelli – Argentine Encores for winds
Alan Hovhaness – Sinfonia No. 31, Op. 294 for strings
Paul Hindemith – The Four Temperaments for piano and strings
Silvia Coricelli – Argentine Encores for winds
Alan Hovhaness – Sinfonia No. 31, Op. 294 for strings
$20 ($15 student / senior)
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Origins
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Carlos Garcia – Vast Array (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Choral Arts Northwest: Music of the Spheres
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks including Kevin Siegfried's Music of the Spheres, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Komm, Jesu, Komm, and rarely heard music by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko.
$24-$32 (students free w/ID)
Philharmonia Northwest: Songs of Life – Music by Female Composers, Past & Present
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Reedbird for winds and brass
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
$15-$25
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
James Kazik – Eviler Elves
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
$20 / $18 / $5
PLU Artist Series: Erik Steighner, saxophone
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Joan Tower – Wings
Jennifer Higdon – Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Hilary Tann – Like Lightnings
Fernande Decruck – Sonata in C-sharp minor
Jennifer Higdon – Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Hilary Tann – Like Lightnings
Fernande Decruck – Sonata in C-sharp minor
$10 / $5