Kid-friendly – Past Concerts
First Wednesday Concert Series: Students of the UW Strings Program
Wednesday, November 3, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
UW North Allen Library Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of the UW Strings Program perform in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music & UW Libraries.
Free
Seattle Symphony: Complete Beethoven Cello Sonatas
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
In the first program in the 3-concert Chamber Series, cellists of the Seattle Symphony perform the complete cello sonata cycle of Ludwig van Beethoven — a delightful odyssey through his composing life.
Ticket price TBD
Music at St. James Cathedral: Solemn Mass for the Feast of All Souls – Requiem by Duruflé
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:45pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
St. James Cathedral commemorates the Feast of All Souls with a solemn Mass for the Dead featuring Maurice Duruflé's Requiem, his sublime sacred work of music based on Gregorian chant.
Free (Free)
Ball State Faculty Artist Series: Elizabeth Crawford, clarinet
Tuesday, November 2, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Recital featuring Elizabeth Crawford, Ball State University professor of music performance (clarinet).
Free
Ensemble Dal Niente: Guest Artist Recital at University of Iowa
Monday, November 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Ensemble Dal Niente performs music by Rebecca Saunders, Aida Shirazi, Alican Çamcı, Kyong Mee Choi, Juan Ortiz de Zarate, Sivan Cohen Elias, & Igor Stravinsky.
Free
Eastman Wind Ensemble
Monday, November 1, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Lee – Fanfare for the Unspoken Heroes of Our Times (world premiere)
Bernard Rogers – Three Japanese Dances
Jeff Tyzik – Trilogy: Variations on Themes of Howard Hanson
Sydney Hodkinson – Symphony X: Six Reflections
Bernard Rogers – Three Japanese Dances
Jeff Tyzik – Trilogy: Variations on Themes of Howard Hanson
Sydney Hodkinson – Symphony X: Six Reflections
Free
Compline Choir: The Office of Compline
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Every Sunday evening at 9:30pm (Pacific) in the Cathedral's nave, the all-male Compline Choir leads this formal choral service that is a Seattle tradition.
Free (Free)
Epiphany Seattle: Organ Vespers
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Service featuring organ music based on the chorale Wer nur den lieben Gott by William Albright, J. S. Bach, & Max Reger, along with a Magnificat cycle by Samuel Scheidt.
Free (Free)
Second City Chamber Series: Chamber Music of Horrors
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Dystopian State Brewing Co., Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrate Oktoberfest & Halloween at the Dystopian State Brewery as the KASA Quartet performs classical chamber music, bluegrass, pop, jazz, & everything in-between.
$30 plus service fee
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Un ritorno trionfante!
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 73 in D major, H. I:73 “La chasse”
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Ticket price TBA
Tacoma City Ballet: The Haunted Theatre
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
The Merlino Art Center – Jan Collum Ballroom Theatre, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrate Halloween & have Goulish fun with Tacoma City Ballet at this all-ages, family-oriented production – a Tacoma tradition that marks its 10th anniversary this season.
$15 ($12 ages 12 & under)
SFCM Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi, Purcell, Destouches
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in A minor, RV 161
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Henry Purcell – Suite in G major, Z. 700
André Cardinal Destouches – Air from Callirhoé
Johann Sebastian Bach – "I. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" from Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Henry Purcell – Suite in G major, Z. 700
André Cardinal Destouches – Air from Callirhoé
Johann Sebastian Bach – "I. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" from Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170
Free (Free (in person: RSVP required))
UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert
Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63
Free (Free)
Sarah Cahill: The Future is Female, performed at Mills College
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Pianist Sarah Cahill performs selections from her project "The Future is Female". Presented by the Mills College Music Department, this program features works by composers who have been students or teachers at Mills College.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $0-$15)
Seattle Symphony: Nancy Wilson of Heart with the Seattle Symphony
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rock icon Nancy Wilson of the band Heart teams up with the Seattle Symphony for a highly anticipated evening of rock 'n' roll on the Benaroya Hall stage.
Ticket price TBD
Tacoma Youth Symphony: A Night at the Movies Costume Concert
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Urban Grace Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Students from the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association perform music from popular films including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, & more. Wear your Halloween costume to this family-friendly event!
$20 ($70 Family Pack of 4 tickets)
Seattle Opera: La bohème
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 10:05pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Opera presents Giacomo Puccini's La bohème, a timeless story of the simple joys & heartbreaking sorrows of the idealistic young.
$62-$249
Konnect Club: Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas – Live at the Phinney Center
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Neighborhood Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Alasdair Fraser & Natalie Haas, standard-bearers of fiddle & cello playing in traditional music for the past 20 years, perform in this live concert from the Phinney Neighborhood Center in Seattle.
Online: $20-$30 | In person: $10-$30
Tacoma Youth Symphony: A Night at the Movies Costume Concert
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Urban Grace Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Students from the Tacoma Youth Symphony Association perform music from popular films including Star Wars, Raiders of the Lost Ark, & more. Wear your Halloween costume to this family-friendly event!
$20 ($70 Family Pack of 4 tickets)
Tacoma City Ballet: The Haunted Theatre
Saturday, October 30, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
The Merlino Art Center – Jan Collum Ballroom Theatre, Tacoma, WA, United States
Celebrate Halloween & have Goulish fun with Tacoma City Ballet at this all-ages, family-oriented production – a Tacoma tradition that marks its 10th anniversary this season.
$15 ($12 ages 12 & under)