Percussion – Upcoming Concerts
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Music of Missions & Mysteries: Latin American Baroque
Friday, August 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music by Esteban Salas, Manuel José de Quiroz, Manuel de Zumaya, and others.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Whidbey Island Music Festival: Music of Missions & Mysteries: Latin American Baroque
Sunday, August 6, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Music by Esteban Salas, Manuel José de Quiroz, Manuel de Zumaya, and others.
$20 ($10 students/military)
Summer at SAM and MV Music Presents: one gate
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Marx – one gate
Free (Free)
Olympic Music Festival: Musicians from GardenMusic
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Defy expectations as classical music mixes with jazz, Latin, bluegrass, and other styles. Featuring Gershwin’s jazz-inspired masterpiece, An American in Paris.
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Olympic Music Festival: Musicians from GardenMusic
Sunday, August 27, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Defy expectations as classical music mixes with jazz, Latin, bluegrass, and other styles. Featuring Gershwin’s jazz-inspired masterpiece, An American in Paris.
$33-$40 (youth under 12 free)
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Master Class: Bonnie Whiting with Jennifer Torrence: New Music for Singing/Speaking Percussionists
Wednesday, September 27, 2028 @ 11:30am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of world premieres, including a work for crash cymbals, resonant feedback, and singing by Paula Matthusen, and music for small electronic toys and deconstructed language by Bethany Younge.
Free
Bonnie Whiting with Jennifer Torrence: New Music for Singing/Speaking Percussionists
Wednesday, September 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of world premieres, including a work for crash cymbals, resonant feedback, and singing by Paula Matthusen, and music for small electronic toys and deconstructed language by Bethany Younge.
$20 ($10 students and seniors)
On Stage with Classical KING FM: Seattle Marimba Quartet Returns
Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
The Seattle Marimba Quartet will showcase a unique blend of drumming styles from around the world, as well as their arrangements of marimba repertoire.
$20-$25
Wayward Music Series: Radiosonde
Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
With scores designed by Graczyk and Baker, the group follows prompts (shapes, words, colors) to give an overall shape to the moment-by-moment decisions being made in real-time.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra: In Time of War…
Thursday, October 12, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Crumb – Dream Sequence (Images II) for violin, cello, piano and percussion (1976)
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
Crumb – Black Angels (Images I) for electric string quartet (1969)
Eastman – Gay Guerrilla (1979) – Version for 13 strings
$25 / $15 / $10
Music of Today: Intercontinental Experimental Music Ensemble
Wednesday, October 25, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
A rare convergence of world-renowned musicians from four continents featuring Garth Knox, members of the 6 Tones, The Cuong Vu Trio , Bonnie Whiting, Richard Karpen, and Juan Pampin.
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Sound of Late: Steelworks
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
$15 includes open bar ($5 students)
A Night at the Ballet, Opera, & Symphony with the Port Townsend Community Orchestra
Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Khachaturian – “Adagio” from Spartacus
Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Khachaturian – “Adagio” from Spartacus
Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Free (Free)
UW Symphony w/ Seattle Symphony Horns
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Schumann – Konzertstück for Four Horns in F major, Op. 86
Dvořák – The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
Schumann – Konzertstück for Four Horns in F major, Op. 86
Dvořák – The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109
$15 ($10 students/seniors)
Music Works NW Student Showcase
Sunday, November 5, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Come hear our talented students play a variety of works on various instruments.
Free (Free)
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mozart, Hahn, and Janáček
Sunday, November 5, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Mozart: Symphony No. 29 in A major
Reynaldo Hahn: Le Bal de Beatrice for winds, harp, piano, and percussion
Janáček: Suite for Strings
$20, $15 for students/seniors 65+