Percussion – Upcoming Concerts
Olympic Music Festival: Midsummer Gala feat. Musicians from GardenMusic
Sunday, August 25, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Maritime Center, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The party of the summer overlooks Port Townsend Bay and features a dazzling arrangement of George Gershwin's Rhapsody in Blue.
$60 (age 7-12 free)
Good Vibes Only
Friday, August 30, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An ace team of Northwest musicians presents a one-night-only end-of-summer concert of music for marimbas and vibraphones in a mesmerizing environment at Seattle's historic Washington Hall.
$25
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Sustain Music Project: Music + Yoga + Wine
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 1:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A one-of-a-kind yoga class featuring live music for flute and marimba, from J.S. Bach and Franz Schubert to music written in the 21st century.
$40
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores'
Saturday, September 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that uses web technologies to generate and render scores and explores some recurring thoughts, visions, and dreams from a dark and surreal time.
$5-$15 donation
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Dvořák, & Milhaud
Sunday, September 29, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Overture to The Magic Flute, K. 620
Antonín Dvořák – In Nature's Realm, Op. 91
Antonín Dvořák – Othello, Op. 93
Darius Milhaud – Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone
Antonín Dvořák – In Nature's Realm, Op. 91
Antonín Dvořák – Othello, Op. 93
Darius Milhaud – Concerto for Marimba and Vibraphone
$13-$20 (kids FREE)
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 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
Orquesta Northwest presents 'Voces Latinas' Latino Chamber Music Festival day 3
Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Ballard Homestead, Seattle, WA, United States
Performances by Three by Three Percussion Trio, [R]evolve Orchestra Project, soprano Carolina Botero, and Duo Chismosas.
Free (Free)
Duo Violão + 1 in Concert
Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Internationally acclaimed Rogério Souza and genre-bending Edinho Gerber join with in-demand percussionist Ami Molinelli to brilliantly demonstrate Brazilian choro’s virtuosic possibilities.
$20 / $18 / $10
Town Hall presents Indian Classical Music: Trichy Sankaran & Ganesh Rajagopalan
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Ganesh Rajagopalan (violin) and Trichy Sankaran (mridangam) take the stage together as part of Town Hall’s Global Rhythms series.
$15-$20
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
Saturday, October 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (world premiere)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
$24 ($18 student/senior)
Jacobsen Series: Cabaret!
Saturday, October 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
A retrospective of music born from the fin-de-siècle cabaret tradition, culminating in Arnold Schoenberg's landmark Pierrot Lunaire.
$20 / $15 / free
The Washington Wind Symphony presents ‘Horizon’
Sunday, October 27, 2030 @ 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)
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Norwegian Odyssé
Sunday, November 3, 2030 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Rebecka Sofia Ahvenniemi – Barnet som blev osynligt ("The child who became invisible") for soprano, percussion and electronics (US premiere)
Anders Torgunrod Røshol – Livorno Fragments (US premiere)
Lasse Thoresen – Hagen ("The Garden") (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Odyssé for sinfonietta (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Svev for piano trio (US premiere)
Anders Torgunrod Røshol – Livorno Fragments (US premiere)
Lasse Thoresen – Hagen ("The Garden") (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Odyssé for sinfonietta (US premiere)
Knut Vaage – Svev for piano trio (US premiere)
$30 / $25 / $10
Dia de Los Muertos Benefit Concert for Casa Latina
Carlos Monzón,
Singing in the Rain Family Choir,
Sari Breznau, and
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra
Sunday, November 3, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A truly awesome afternoon of music and multicultural community, helping to support the empowering work of Casa Latina. Featuring a new work by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, with texts based on the words of Guillermo Velázquez, Mahatma Ghandi, Chief Seattle, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free (Free)
Seattle Pacific University: Jazz/Percussion Concert
Tuesday, November 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Co-produced by SPU’s Jazz Ensemble and Percussion Ensemble, this concert features a multitude of styles – including traditional, be-bop, and contemporary.
Free (Free)
Port Townsend Summer Band Veterans Day Concert
Monday, November 11, 2030 @ 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)
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Honoring Our Veterans
Monday, November 11, 2030 @ 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)
Wayward Music Series: Pete Leinonen solo + quartet
Thursday, November 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bassist, composer, and bandleader Pete Leinonen presents long form improvisation as a soloist, and together with saxophonist Wally Shoup, trumpeter Jim Knodle, and percussionist Greg Campbell.
$5-$20 suggested donation