Kid-friendly – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Live on the Lawn! An Evening of Chamber Music
Thursday, August 12, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Enjoy the soothing sounds of strings under a setting sun as the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra brings the concert hall to the BPA patio. Featuring a special opening performance from the Valhalla Brass Quintet.
Free
Listen Live at Lunch: Eneida Larti, piano
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
George Frideric Handel – Chaconne in G major, HWV 435
Franz Liszt – "II. Der Müller und der Bach" from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S. 565
Franz Liszt – "VIII. Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
Robert Schumann – "I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton" from Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Çesk Zadeja – Tokkata
Franz Liszt – "II. Der Müller und der Bach" from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S. 565
Franz Liszt – "VIII. Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
Robert Schumann – "I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton" from Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Çesk Zadeja – Tokkata
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union + Tom Varner’s Sound Vespers
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bill featuring sets by the sound recordist collective Phonographers Union, & jazz French hornist Tom Varner.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra & PNW Conducting Institute Concert
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.
$25
Mystic Chords of Memory
Thursday, August 5, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/performer Nat Evans & saxophonists Neil Welch & Kate Olson perform a new, semi-improvisatory work while drifting around Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free (Free)
Listen Live at Lunch: Onomatopoeia Trio
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Flute/sax/horn trio Onomatopoeia presents a wide-ranging program spanning the 18th Century to today. Works by W.A. Mozart, Friedrich Kuhlau, & Ben Seavello, with pops arrangements by Jessi Harvey.
Free
[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
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Marmaduke Overend Festival: Concert 2 & Afternoon Tea
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Join harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky, baroque violinists Anna Okada & Eleanor Legault, & baroque bassoonist Anna Marsh for a tour of late Baroque English trio sonatas – paired with afternoon tea, claret, & stories.
$35
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Price, Brahms
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Florence Price – String Quartet in G major
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60
$75
Erin Jorgensen: Live at Olympic Sculpture Park
Thursday, July 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Marimbist Erin Jorgensen performs in the shadow of Alexander Calder's "The Eagle" at Seattle's Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Medieval Arts Pop-Up Performance
Thursday, July 29, 2021 @ 6:15pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Warren G. Magnuson Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Longtime SHAK student & guest singers share a casual performance of catchy tunes from the 13th & 14th centuries — plus a live demonstration of calligraphy of the period.
Free
Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Capitol
Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Olympia Capitol Campus Lawn, Olympia, WA, United States
Bring a lawn chair or blanket, an umbrella for shade, & enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.
Free
Port Townsend Summer Band Live Outdoor Free Concert
Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Music includes: His Honor March by Henry Fillmore; The Mandalorian; themes from Superman, James Bond, & Batman; Fanfare for the Unsung Hero; & more.
Free (Free)
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
Summer Recital Series: Nathan Whittaker, cello – J.S. Bach Cello Suites, Volume 1
Wednesday, July 21, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
St. James Cathedral's 2021 Summer Recital Series continues with cellist Nathan Whittaker, performing J.S. Bach's Cello Suites Nos. 1-3.
Suggested donation $18 ($10 seniors/students)
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – String Trios in Eastmoreland
Tuesday, July 20, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from Brentano Quartet violist Misha Amory, Emerson String Quartet cellist Paul Watkins, & CMNW Artistic Director/violinist Soovin Kim.
Sold Out
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$150
Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade
Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.
$25
[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – Guitar Quartets in the West Hills
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from guitarist Jason Vieaux, violinist, CMNW Artistic Director Soovin Kim, the Dover Quartet’s Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola), & Camden Shaw (cello).
Sold Out
Rachel Barton Pine String Masterclass
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Renton High School, Renton, WA, United States
Masterclass with celebrated violinist Rachel Barton Pine.
Free (Free (RSVP required))