Women composers – Upcoming Concerts
Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: Celebrating Baroque Women Composers
Tuesday, February 11, 2031 @ 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
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: Strength & the Art of Dance
Tuesday, February 11, 2031 @ 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
Seattle Symphony: The Best of Quincy Jones
Friday, February 14, 2031 @ 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
Friday, February 14, 2031 @ 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
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Ode to Joy
Saturday, February 15, 2031 @ 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
Saturday, February 15, 2031 @ 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
Seattle Symphony: The Best of Quincy Jones
Saturday, February 15, 2031 @ 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 Symphony: The Best of Quincy Jones
Sunday, February 16, 2031 @ 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
Emerald City Music: The Aizuri Quartet
Sunday, February 16, 2031 @ 4:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Lairmont Manor, Bellingham, 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
$75
Seattle Pacific University: Wind Ensemble Concert
Friday, February 21, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
David Del Tredici – In Wartime
Cait Nishimura – Chasing Sunlight
Kevin Day – Shimmering Sunshine
Cait Nishimura – Chasing Sunlight
Kevin Day – Shimmering Sunshine
Free (Free)
Cornish Faculty Composers Concert
Friday, February 21, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Kaley Lane Eaton – FREE
Ha-Yang Kim – Aeros
Tom Baker – Traces: Sarah
Heather Bentley – Winter Walks on the Moon
Jarrad Powell – Simultaneous Broken Symmetries
Kaley Lane Eaton – FREE
Ha-Yang Kim – Aeros
Tom Baker – Traces: Sarah
Heather Bentley – Winter Walks on the Moon
Jarrad Powell – Simultaneous Broken Symmetries
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Wonder Women
Saturday, February 22, 2031 @ 11:00am – 11:35am (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ruth Crawford Seeger – Rissolty Rossolty
Amy Beach – "Alla siciliana: Allegro vivace" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
Florence Price – "Tempo moderato" from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade, Op. 35
Amy Beach – "Alla siciliana: Allegro vivace" from Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 32, “Gaelic”
Florence Price – "Tempo moderato" from Violin Concerto No. 2 in D minor
Lili Boulanger – D'un matin de printemps ("Of a Spring Morning")
Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov – "The Sea and Sinbad's Ship" from Scheherazade, Op. 35
$25 / $15
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Through the Glass
Saturday, February 22, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Hot Shop
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
$35 ($25 seniors; 21 & under free)
Quasar Saxophone Quartet: American Tour
Saturday, February 22, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Émilie Girard-Charest (Qc) – Bestiaire (2018) (US premiere)
Analia Llugdar (Argentina) – Cathédrale Lumière (2013) for 4 spatialized saxophones (displayed in the space) (US premiere)
Yannick Plamondon (Qc) – Passages (2019) (US premiere)
Ofer Pelz (Israël-Canada) – I need to hear it first (2019)
Donald J. Stewart (USA) – l’Âme[éclatant]e (2020) (world premiere)
Katia Makdissi-Warren (Qc) – ADN 0,5% (2020) (US premiere)
Free (Free)
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Through the Glass
Sunday, February 23, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Hot Shop
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
$35 ($25 seniors; 21 & under free)
Weather
Monday, February 24, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Gordon – Weather One
Eve Beglarian – Until it Blazes
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude
James Holt – Prelude
Eve Beglarian – Until it Blazes
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude
James Holt – Prelude
$25 ($12 students & under 25)
Seattle Symphony: Community Concert in Renton
Tuesday, February 25, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
John Corigliano – Voyage
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 4 Novelleten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
John Corigliano – Voyage
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 4 Novelleten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Free (Free (RSVP encouraged))
Seattle Symphony: Community Concert at Seattle City Hall
Wednesday, February 26, 2031 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PST)
Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jessie Montgomery – Starburst
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
John Corigliano – Voyage
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 4 Novelleten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
John Corigliano – Voyage
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – 4 Novelleten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Free (Free (RSVP encouraged))
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Concerto-Aria Winners
Thursday, February 27, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Ciranda das sete notas ("Dance of the seven notes")
André Jolivet – Flute Concerto No. 1
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Aric MacDavud – Tango Symphonique
André Jolivet – Flute Concerto No. 1
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Aric MacDavud – Tango Symphonique
Free
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Composers’ Salon
Thursday, February 27, 2031 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Keith Eisenbrey, Doug Palmer, Sheila Bristow, Mariza Costa-Cabral, and Jeremiah Lawson.
$5 – $15 donation