Concert band – Past Concerts
Chris Mathakul, wind conducting (UW DMA Recital)
Saturday, February 29, 2020 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A wind conducting recital, presented by University of Washington School of Music DMA student Chris Mathakul.
Free (Free)
Seattle Pacific University: Wind Ensemble Concert
Friday, February 21, 2020 @ 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)
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
Seattle Pacific University: Music Alumni Band Homecoming Concert and Reception
Saturday, February 8, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A festive celebration of the history of the Wind Ensemble at Seattle Pacific University, featuring emeriti and former conductors along with current SPU students and alumni.
Free (Free)
Washington Wind Symphony Presents ‘Connections’
Saturday, January 25, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Kit Mills – Beyond the Desert Sands
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
$15 ($10 seniors, students FREE)
Northwest High School Honor Bands
Saturday, January 11, 2020 @ 5:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Music performed by some of the finest high school musicians from Idaho, Oregon, and Washington.
Free (Free)
Ring the Bells! It's Christmas
Friday, December 20, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Wagner Performing Arts Center, Monroe, WA, United States
Ride a sleigh down a ferociously fast slope in Midnight Sleighride, visit Medieval Christmas times, and saddle up for some Cowboy Christmas shenanigans, along with many more musical Christmas adventures.
Free (Free)
Tacoma Concert Band: Angels In The Architecture – A Holiday Celebration
Friday, December 6, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Beautiful classic melodies of the season, plus transcriptions of rarely performed works with a holiday theme.
$18-$36 / free
West Seattle Community Orchestras: Wind Symphony & Symphony Orchestra
Friday, December 6, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Reed – Russian Christmas Music
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2 (selections)
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suites No. 1 and 2 (selections)
Free (Free)
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble & Concert Band
Thursday, December 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
The University of Puget Sound School of Music presents a performance by the university Wind Ensemble and Concert Band.
Free (Free)
University of Washington Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Divisi
Thursday, December 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Larry Tuttle – Across the Divide
David Maslanka – Symphony No. 4
Additional selections TBA
David Maslanka – Symphony No. 4
Additional selections TBA
$10
Seattle Pacific University: Sacred Sounds of Christmas
Sunday, November 24, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The best of sacred Advent music from around the world, performed by the SPU Music Department’s nationally recognized student and faculty musicians.
$22 ($25 preferred section)
Seattle Pacific University: Instrumental Concert
Friday, November 15, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The SPU Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and small chamber ensembles perform western art music and give a preview of SPU's Sacred Sounds of Christmas.
Free (Free)
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Honoring Our Veterans
Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A program honoring all veterans and active-duty military personnel for their service to our nation, featuring multi-media and narrated works of remembrance, military salutes, patriotic favorites and well-known marches.
$25 ($15 senior/student, veterans / active duty FREE)
Port Townsend Summer Band Veterans Day Concert
Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 10:30am – 12:30pm (PST)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The Port Townsend Summer Band performs patriotic pieces, marches, and Karl Bach's Quilts of Valor as part of the Veterans' Day ceremony in Port Townsend.
Free (Free)
The Washington Wind Symphony presents ‘Horizon’
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Julie Giroux – Symphony No. V "Elements"
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
$15 ($10 seniors /youth FREE)
University of Puget Sound: Wind Ensemble/Symphony Orchestra
University of Puget Sound School of Music,
University of Puget Sound Wind Ensemble, and
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, October 17, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Aaron Copland – The Promise of Living
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
David Maslanka – Give Us This Day
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite
Carlos Simon – Sweet Chariot (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Tacoma Concert Band Presents 'Tie the Knot' 40th Anniversary Season Opener
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music inspired by stories of love by J.S. Bach, Leonard Bernstein, Richard Wagner, and Aaron Copland, plus W.A. Mozart's Horn Concerto No. 3 and a Sousa march or two!
$18-$36 (age 18 & under free)
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 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
Pops & Picnic with the Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra
Friday, September 27, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Vern Burton Community Center, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Georges Bizet – "Les Toreadors" from Carmen
Claude Debussy – Petite Suite
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Additional selections
Claude Debussy – Petite Suite
Leonard Cohen – Hallelujah
Additional selections
$20