The Fretless live at Empty Sea

Thursday, February 12, 2015 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Empty Sea Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
This unique band is taking string music to fascinating places as it transforms fiddle tunes and folk melodies into intricate, beautiful, high-energy arrangements.

$15-$18

Arnica String Quartet: Portlandia

Friday, January 30, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Samuel Barber – String Quartet, Op. 11 (1936)
Kenji Bunch – String Quartet No. 2 “Concussion Theory” (2011)
Daniel Ott – String Quartet No. 2 (2012)

$10-$25 (age 18 and under free)

Modern Music Ensemble/Inverted Space

Thursday, January 29, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Crumb – Dream Sequence (Images II)
Schnittke – Piano Quintet
Stockhausen – Kreuzspiel
Jacob Sundstrom – no comment from the Grey Room

$15 ($10 student/senior)

Mozart's Birthday Toast at Town Hall

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate Mozart's birthday with his String Quartet in C major, selections from Don Giovanni, and works from Beethoven and Schubert, curated by Nathan Whittaker. Top it off with chocolates and sparkling beverages!

$13-$18

Holocaust Remembrance Concert Commemorating the 70th Anniversary of the Liberation of Auschwitz

Tuesday, January 27, 2015 @ 5:00pm – 6:15pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Jake Heggie – Farewell, Auschwitz (2013)
Robert Dauber – Serenata (1942)
Terezín cabaret music (1942)
David Beigelman – Dybbuk Dances (1941)
Erwin Schulhoff – Duo (1925)
Ernest Bloch – Prayer (1924)

Free (see note)

Old World Masters

Friday, November 21, 2014 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Christian Church of Kent, Kent, WA, United States
Dvořák – String Quartet in F major (The American Quartet)
Haydn – String Quartet in D major (The Lark)
Mozart – String Quartet in B-flat major (The Hunt)

$17 ($10 students)

World Premiere: Transfigured Night

Sunday, November 9, 2014 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Leo Smit – Sextet for Quintet and Piano (1928)
Dick Kattenburg – Escapades (1938)
Tap Dance (1936)
Songs and Satire from Terezin
Arnold Schoenberg – Verklaerte Nacht (1899)

$40 ($30 age 30 and under)

Club Shostakovich Special 50th Anniversary Edition

Friday, November 7, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 1:00am (PST)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 8 in C minor, Op. 110
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 9 in E-flat major, Op. 117
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 10 in A-flat major, Op. 118

Plus: Late jazz set with Quartet Royale!

Free

Ladies Musical Club at the Frye Art Museum

Saturday, November 1, 2014 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Fauré – Les Roses d’Ispahan
Fauré – Au bord de l’eau
Fauré – Claire de lune
Fauré – Rêve d’Amour
Falla – Seven Spanish Folksongs
Beethoven – String Quartet Op. 18, No. 1

Free

Seattle Composers Alliance: Call for Scores Competition

Tuesday, October 21, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Ten winning scores will be performed by the Saint Helens String Quartet:

Susan Maughlin Wood – Mirasteros
Paul Reale – Simplexity
Michael Kovell – Minuet
Victoria Malawey – Vestiges
Daniel Webbon – Three Short Songs for String Quartet
Heidi Fivash – Indecision
Daniel Espen – Danza visionaria
Michael Zapruder – Tritone Arch
Jiyoung Kim – Grey-Ari and Red-Ari

$5-$15

Beethoven: The Final Years

Saturday, August 23, 2014 @ 2:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
BEETHOVEN – Variations on "Ich bin der Schneider Kakadu" for Piano Trio, Op. 121a
BEETHOVEN – Sonata No. 10 in G major for violin and piano, Op. 96
BEETHOVEN – String Quartet in C-Sharp minor, Op. 131

$14-$33, children under 7 free

Seattle Chamber Music Festival: Schumann, Beethoven & Dvořák

Monday, July 28, 2014 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Robert Schumann – Sonata for Violin and Piano in A minor, Op. 105
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio in D Major, Op. 9 No. 2
Antonín Dvořák – Quartet for Piano and Strings in D Major, Op. 23

$16-$48

Bellingham Festival of Music: Calidore String Quartet Recital

Thursday, July 10, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
BEETHOVEN - Op. 18 No. 1
GOLIJOV - Tenebrae
SCHUBERT - String Quartet No. 14, "Death and the Maiden"

$12-$35

Bellingham Festival of Music: Kernis, Rodrigo, Elgar & Beethoven

Tuesday, July 8, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
AARON JAY KERNIS - Musica Celestis
RODRIGO - Concerto for Flute and Orchestra
ELGAR - Introduction and Allegro for Strings, Op. 47
BEETHOVEN - Symphony No. 7 in A Major, Op. 92

$12-$45

Chamber Music at Richmond Beach - Music for String Quartet

Friday, June 13, 2014 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Richmond Beach Congregational Church, Shoreline, WA, United States
Mendelssohn - Op. 44 No. 1
Beethoven - Op. 74
Shostakovich - Quartet No. 11

$20

Haydn's Surprise, and Mozart and Beethoven Too!

Sunday, April 6, 2014 @ 2:15pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart - Concerto in E-flat major, K. 449
Haydn - Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise Symphony")
Beethoven - String quartet (TBD)

$15-$30

Haydn's Surprise, and Mozart and Beethoven Too!

Saturday, April 5, 2014 @ 6:45pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart - Concerto in E-flat major, K. 449
Haydn - Symphony No. 94 in G Major ("Surprise Symphony")
Beethoven - String quartet (TBD)

$15-$30