Bach in the Subways at the Seattle Public Library

Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Local musicians give free public performances of the music of J.S. Bach in celebration of his 332nd birthday.

Free

Bach in the Subways at the downtown Seattle ferry terminal

Saturday, March 18, 2017 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Seattle Ferry Terminal, Seattle, WA, United States
Local musicians, professional and amateurs alike, perform the music of J.S. Bach in celebration of his 332nd birthday.

Free

Emerald City Music: Artist Spotlight, Harpist Bridget Kibbey

Friday, March 17, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Collaborating with The Sebastians, a renowned early music ensemble, Bridget Kibbey curates a special evening of music by Johann Sebastian Bach, reinvented for the harp.

$45 (includes one drink)

Seeing Nature: Chamber Music at Seattle Art Museum

Thursday, March 16, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Music of composers living in the same period as the artists featured in the SAM Seeing Nature exhibition, highlighting connections between visual and musical art inspired by natural landscapes.

Free with SAM admission to Seeing Nature

Feeling Hungary: An evening of Hungarian-inspired string quartets

Friday, March 3, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet No. 63 in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4, “Sunrise”
Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51

$20

Skyros Quartet: Beneath the Surface – love, death, and transformation

Saturday, February 25, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Works by Mozart, Ligeti, Dvořák, and Mendelssohn that explore a complete cycle of emotion and expression.

$20

Chamber Music at Hale's Palladium: Mendelssohn & Dvořák

Sunday, February 19, 2017 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Hale's Palladium, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of Orchestra Seattle visit Ballard’s Hale’s Brewery to perform chamber works by Mendelssohn and Dvořák.

$25 (includes one glass of wine or beer)

Byron Schenkman & Friends: Russians & Jews

Sunday, February 12, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Glinka (Sonata for viola and piano), Prokofiev (“Overture on Hebrew Themes”), and composers associated with the Russian Society for Jewish Folk Music.

$10-$42

Andrew Joslyn & the Passenger String Quartet

Sunday, February 12, 2017 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Violist and composer Andrew Joslyn will be performing with The Passenger String Quartet, an avant-garde, experimental neo-classical group.

$5/$10/$20

Emerald City Music: Strings Attached

Saturday, February 11, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Dvořák – Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2

$10-$43

Emerald City Music: Strings Attached

Friday, February 10, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Dvořák – Terzetto for Two Violins and Viola
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2

$45 (includes open bar)

Groupmuse: Metamorphoses

Friday, February 10, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Private home in Inverness, Seattle, WA, United States
Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1, "Métamorphoses nocturnes"
Mozart – String Quartet in D major, K. 575
Mendelssohn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Bach’s Lunch: The Corda Quartet

Tuesday, February 7, 2017 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
The Corda Quartet, a UW Scholarship Ensemble, plays quartets by Haydn and Mendelssohn.

Free (Free)

Ancora presents Wild!

Saturday, February 4, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Classic and contemporary choral works by Randall Thompson, Ola Gjeilo, Sarah Quartel, Joan Szymko, Dan Forrest, and Jackson Berkey.

$11-$16

The Sound of Strings: An evening with the Barston Quartet

Friday, February 3, 2017 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Dvořák – String Quartet No. 14 in A-flat major, Op. 105
Beethoven – String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3

$20

Cornish Mid-day Concert: Chamber Ensembles

Friday, February 3, 2017 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Cornish College students performing chamber music, program TBD.

Free (Free)

Meany Center presents the Escher String Quartet

Wednesday, February 1, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 127
Webern – Five Pieces for Quartet, Op. 5
Debussy – Quartet in G minor, Op. 10

$40-$45

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Janáček, Reich, Shostakovich

Friday, January 27, 2017 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Janáček – Pohadka
Reich – Different Trains
Shostakovich – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57

$16-$52

Fulton Street Chamber Players Serve Up a Trout

Tuesday, January 17, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, K. 493
Schubert – "Trout" quintet

$10-$20

Wayward Music Series: State of Mind – Susan Maughlin Wood & Michaud Savage

Saturday, January 14, 2017 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string sextet.

$10