String quartet – Past Concerts
Groupmuse: Skyros Quartet Summer Series I: Ballard
Friday, August 12, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Ballard, Seattle, WA, United States
The first installment of a roving three-part Groupmuse summer series, bringing the Skyros Quartet to living rooms all around Seattle!
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Britten, Schoenberg, Poulenc, Brahms
Thursday, August 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Britten – Phantasy Quartet
Schoenberg – Transfigured Night
Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1
Schoenberg – Transfigured Night
Poulenc – Sextet for Winds and Piano
Brahms – String Quartet No. 1
$10-$15
Kam Morrill: New Works
Saturday, July 30, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiering 9 works written in Seattle over the past 2 decades, including works for piano, unaccompanied cello, string quartet, piano quartet, and vocal quartet.
$5-$15
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mendelssohn, Prokofiev & Schubert
Friday, July 15, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
Prokofiev – Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 80
Schubert – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, D. 898
Prokofiev – Sonata for Violin and Piano in F minor, Op. 80
Schubert – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in B-flat major, D. 898
$16-$50
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Haydn, Schumann, Turner & Beethoven
Monday, July 11, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet No. 24 in A major, Op. 20 No. 6, Hob. III:36
Schumann – Marchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Jeremy Turner – The Inland Seas (world premiere)
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Ghost"
Schumann – Marchenbilder for Viola and Piano, Op. 113
Jeremy Turner – The Inland Seas (world premiere)
Beethoven – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano in D major, Op. 70 No. 1, "Ghost"
$16-$50
Bellingham Festival of Music: Rossini, Juan Ramírez, Schumann
Saturday, July 9, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to William Tell
Juan Ramírez – Suite Latina (2002) World Premiere
Schumann – Symphony No. 1 in B-flat major, Op. 38 "Spring"
$12-$45
Seattle Video Game Orchestra & Choir: Chamber Works from Games, Movies, & Anime
Saturday, July 9, 2016 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Kinokuniya Bookstore, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalists and chamber musicians from the Seattle Video Game Orchestra will be performing video game, movie, and anime chamber pieces.
Free (Free)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet
Thursday, July 7, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 44
Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
$25-$45
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Ravel, Puccini, Hindemith & Strauss II
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ravel – Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Puccini – I Crisantemi for String Quartet
Hindemith – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Johann Strauss II – Roses from the South, Op. 388 (Trans. Arnold Schoenberg)
Johann Strauss II – Wine, Women and Song, Op. 33 (Trans. Alban Berg)
Johann Strauss II – Treasure Waltz, Op. 418 (Trans. Anton Webern)
Johann Strauss II – Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 (Trans.Arnold Schoenberg)
Puccini – I Crisantemi for String Quartet
Hindemith – Sonata for Trumpet and Piano
Johann Strauss II – Roses from the South, Op. 388 (Trans. Arnold Schoenberg)
Johann Strauss II – Wine, Women and Song, Op. 33 (Trans. Alban Berg)
Johann Strauss II – Treasure Waltz, Op. 418 (Trans. Anton Webern)
Johann Strauss II – Emperor Waltz, Op. 437 (Trans.Arnold Schoenberg)
$16-$50
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Open Rehearsal
Wednesday, July 6, 2016 @ 1:15pm – 2:45pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ravel – Introduction and Allegro for Harp, Flute, Clarinet and String Quartet
Puccini – I Crisantemi for String Quartet
Puccini – I Crisantemi for String Quartet
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Mozart, Schumann & Beethoven
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A major, K. 305
Schumann – Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 47
Beethoven – String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
Schumann – Quartet for Piano and Strings in E-flat major, Op. 47
Beethoven – String Quartet in A minor, Op. 132
$16-$50
SCMS String Quartet Beethoven Recital
Tuesday, July 5, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet in A major, Op. 18 No. 5
Free
Manhattan String Quartet: Beethoven, Shostakovich, Schubert
Saturday, June 25, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet in C minor, Op. 18, No. 4
Shostakovich – Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Schubert – String Quartet in A minor, Op. 29
Free
Manhattan String Quartet: Mozart, Bartok, Brahms
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quartet in B-flat major, K. 458 (“The Hunt”)
Bartók – String Quartet No. 2, Op.17
Brahms – String Quartet No. 3 in B-flat major, Op. 67
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Beethoven! with the Serendipity String Quartet
Saturday, June 18, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Borodin – String Quartet No. 2
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky"
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 7, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky"
$10 minimum donation, RSVP required
Listen Live at Lunch: Aronoff Chamber Players
Wednesday, June 15, 2016 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Beethoven – Excerpts from String Quartet No. 7 in F major, Op. 59 No. 1 "Razumovsky"
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Free (Freewill donation)
LMC 2016 Frances Walton Competition Finals & Concert
Saturday, June 4, 2016 @ 9:00am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Bethany Lutheran Church (Greenlake), Seattle, WA, United States
A day of competition finals, followed by the winners' concert.
Free
UW Student Chamber Concert: Daana Quartet
Sunday, May 15, 2016 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert from the Daana Quartet, winners of the 2015 UW Strings and Piano Chamber Music Competition.
Free
LUCO: Chamber Music Cabaret
Saturday, May 7, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of LUCO present their favorite short chamber music works in a cabaret-like setting. Always a great variety of music and a really fun time!
Free (Donations welcome (reserved seating available))
Club Shostakovich XV: The Last Quartet & The Lost Composers
Sunday, May 1, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich's transcendent 15th Quartet, which premiered less than a year before his death, plus string trios and quartets by Hans Krása, Erwin Schulhoff, and Viktor Ullmann.
$10-$15