Percussion – Upcoming Concerts
Scores of Sound: Gamelan
Tuesday, April 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Showcasing the very best work that has been achieved during the course of the semester.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Leviathan Worship Service + DTMF
Thursday, April 29, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique improvised experience with electric harp and loops; synthesizer & electronics; Casio & electronics; prepared bass; and amplified gamelan and guitar.
$5-$15
University of Puget Sound Percussion Ensemble
Sunday, May 2, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Works by Colgrass, Reich, Ekimovsky, Hovhaness, Alfieri, and Brostrom.
Free
Long Piece Fest III: Kolat/Baldwin World Premieres
Monday, May 10, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with the premiere of works by Seattle composers Kevin Baldwin and Takemitsu Prize-winner Yigit Kolat.
Free ($5-$15 suggested donation)
Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Sinfonia and Percussion Ensemble
Saturday, May 15, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra's Highlight III concert, featuring Sinfonia and Percussion Ensemble.
$12-$15
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Popular Classics & Movie Hits!
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
New Hope Presbyterian Church, Kent, WA, United States
Sibelius – Finlandia
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story
Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Suite
Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story
Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Suite
Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Season Finale
Friday, May 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Overture to The Abduction from the Seraglio
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
Carter – Two Controversies and a Conversation
Ligeti – Mysteries of the Macabre
Haydn – Symphony No. 100 “Military"
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Popular Classics & Movie Hits!
Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Sibelius – Finlandia
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story
Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Suite
Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Bernstein – Selections from West Side Story
Powell – How to Train Your Dragon Suite
Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Percussion Ensemble: World Percussion Bash
Tuesday, May 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drum Ensemble, and Gamelan Ensemble present music from a variety of musical traditions.
$10
UW Mallethead Series
Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussion Studies Chair Tom Collier and bassist Dan Dean, faculty pianist Marc Seales, and L.A.-based drumer Moyes Lucas present Professor Collier's "Retirement Celebration" Mallethead Series concert.
$10-$20
SPU Percussion Ensemble Concert
Monday, May 31, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU McKinley Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The SPU Percussion Ensemble, directed by Dan Adams, presents a concert. Free and open to the public.
Free (Free)
Seattle Peace Chorus: Songs, Marimbas & Schubert for our Children
Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
West – Cantata for the Children
Schubert – Mass in G
Schubert – Mass in G
$18-$20
Seattle Peace Chorus: Songs, Marimbas & Schubert for our Children
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
University Congregational United Church of Christ, Seattle, WA, United States
West – Cantata for the Children
Schubert – Mass in G
Schubert – Mass in G
$18-$20
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Bloch, Ibert, Shchedrin
Saturday, June 5, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Bloch – Concertino for Flute, Viola and Strings
Ibert – Divertissement
Shchedrin – Bizet-Carmen, Ballet Suite for Strings and Percussion
Ibert – Divertissement
Shchedrin – Bizet-Carmen, Ballet Suite for Strings and Percussion
$20 ($15 student/65+)
Jack Straw New Media Gallery Performance
Thursday, June 10, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New multimedia work by composer James Borchers. With performers Dale Speicher, Daniel Webbon, and Peter Williams.
Free (Free )
Washington Wind Symphony presents 'Voyages'
Saturday, June 12, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
Karel Husa – Music for Prague 1968
Samuel Hazo – Ride
Percy Grainger – Molly on the Shore
Frank Ticheli – Shenandoah
Alfred Reed – Armenian Dances
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
Samuel Hazo – Ride
Percy Grainger – Molly on the Shore
Frank Ticheli – Shenandoah
Alfred Reed – Armenian Dances
Klaus Badelt – Pirates of the Caribbean
$10-$20
LUCO: Stravinsky, Shostakovich, and more Shostakovich!
Friday, June 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Stravinsky – Circus Polka
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 8
$18 ($13 senior/student)
Picnic & Percussion: Make Music Day Seattle
Monday, June 21, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Jack Block Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Make Music Day with a picnic followed by the Seattle premiere of composer Dean Rosenthal's "Stones/Water/Time/Breath."
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Late Night Concert at The Triple Door
Thursday, July 8, 2027 @ 10:30pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
Triple Door, Seattle, WA, United States
Grammy Award nominee and trumpet virtuoso Jens Lindemann emcees a band of SCMS musicians for a genre-bending evening of music and merriment.
$50-$75
Seattle Chamber Music Society Family Concert: Percussion Extravaganza
Friday, July 23, 2027 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A celebration of rhythm, sound, and melody. Includes a free musical instrument "petting zoo" at 10 am.
$12