UW Modern Music Ensemble

Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Louis Andriessen – Dubbelspoor for piano, harpsichord, celesta, & vibraphone/glockenspiel
Sylvano Bussotti – Selections from Sette Fogli: una collezione occulta
Pauline Oliveros – Elemental Gallop for flute, piano, cello, & voice
Frederic Rzewski – Spots for 4 instruments
Julius Eastman – Joy Boy

Free

Northwest Chamber Chorus: A New Day

Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (PST)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Johannes Brahms, Frank Ticheli, R. Nathaniel Dett, Rosephanye Powell, Dolly Parton, & more, plus new twists on familiar holiday songs.

$25 ($20 seniors/choral singers, ages 18 & under free)

Seattle Symphony: Barber Symphony No. 1

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Florence Price – "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"

Ticket price TBD

Port Townsend Symphony: Villa-Lobos, Karłowicz, Holst

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for saxophone, 3 horns, & strings, W. 490
Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op. 2
Gustav Holst – Brook Green Suite, H. 190
Plus a Holiday Surprise!

Free

Port Townsend Symphony: Open Dress Rehearsal – Villa-Lobos, Karłowicz, Holst

Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for saxophone, 3 horns, & strings, W. 490
Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op. 2
Gustav Holst – Brook Green Suite, H. 190
Plus a Holiday Surprise!

Free

Seattle Symphony: Barber Symphony No. 1

Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Florence Price – "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"

Ticket price TBD

Celebrity Series of Boston: Conrad Tao, piano

Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:15pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Conrad Tao & John Adams – Improvisation / China Gates
Jason Eckardt – Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes"
Johann Sebastian Bach & Conrad Tao – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 / Improvisation
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
Conrad Tao – Keyed In (Boston premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110

Online: $18-$20 | In person: $10 obstructed view

Wine Down Mondays: Sandbox Percussion

Monday, November 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Sandbox Percussion gives ECM a behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming performance of Andy Akiho's Seven Pillars.

Free (Free (registration required))

The “O” Antiphons Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols

Sunday, November 28, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Saint Mark's presents this free, annual liturgy of music & pageantry celebrating the beginning of Advent. A newly commissioned anthem by Dr. Zanaida Robles will premiere alongside traditional hymns.

Free (Free)

UVic Wind Symphony: (RE)PLAY

Friday, November 26, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Program featuring compositions that reimagine a tune, place, or concept. Featuring a world premiere by UVic student Liam Catarina, with works by Satoshi Yagisawa, John Mackey, Jennifer Jolley, & more.

Free (Free (in person: RSVP required))

Toronto Symphony Orchestra: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto

Wednesday, November 24, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Ludwig van Beethoven – Overture to Egmont, Op. 84
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Florence Price – "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35

Online: $8.02-$80.25 | In person: $28.09-$130.82

Classical Uncorked: Rum & Rebellion (Medina)

Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PST)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Baritone Jean Bernard Cerin joins violinist Tekla Cunningham & pianist Henry Lebedinsky for works by Ignatius Sancho, José Mauricio Nuñes Garcia, Joseph Boulogne, & 19th- and 20th-c. Créole composers.

$25

Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO is Bach

Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
An afternoon of Baroque & Baroque-inspired concertos. Soloists include: Alex Klein, oboe; Director Yaniv Attar & Michael Partington, guitar; & BSO's 4 principal violinists.

$15-$49

Thalia Symphony Returns to Town Hall

Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine" ("The Queen")
Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2

$25 (General Admission) $20 (Students/Seniors)

Dances in the Sky: SMCO & Emerald City Trapeze Arts

Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Emerald City Trapeze Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO joins forces with Emerald City Trapeze Arts for a one-of-a-kind collaboration. Featuring performances from acclaimed flying trapeze artist Jordan Tribble & harpist Sophie Baird-Daniel.

$61-$95

Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO is Bach

Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
An evening of Baroque & Baroque-inspired concertos. Soloists include: oboist Alex Klein; Director Yaniv Attar & Michael Partington on guitar; & BSO's 4 principal violinists.

$15-$49

Symphony Tacoma: Classics II

Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 11, No. 2
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Andante in C for flute & orchestra, K. 315/285e
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Rondo for flute & orchestra in D major, KV Anh. 184
Gabriel Fauré – Fantasie for flute & chamber orchestra, Op. 79
Maurice Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin

$24-$83

92Y: Berta Rojas, guitar, plays Presti, Anido, & more

92Y
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Berta Rojas returns to 92Y with a program of music written by or composed in honor of pioneering guitarists Ida Presti & María Luisa Anido. Includes the NY premiere of Sérgio Assad's Anido's Portrait.

Online: $20 | In-person: $20-$45

Classical Uncorked: Rum & Rebellion (Whidbey Island)

Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Baritone Jean Bernard Cerin joins violinist Tekla Cunningham & pianist Henry Lebedinsky for works by Ignatius Sancho, José Mauricio Nuñes Garcia, Joseph Boulogne, & 19th- and 20th-c. Créole composers.

$30

The Esoterics: The Rewaking

Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Olympia, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Program featuring newly-written choral music by living composers who comprise “the new majority”: women, transgender people, people of color, & members of the greater LGBTQIA+ community.

Donations accepted