String quartet – Upcoming Concerts
Meany Center presents the JACK Quartet
Monday, January 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Deemed “superheroes of the new music world” by The Boston Globe, the JACK Quartet electrifies audiences worldwide with their virtuosity and viscerally exciting performances.
$37-$42
Wayward Music Series: State of Mind – Susan Maughlin Wood & Michaud Savage
Friday, January 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string sextet.
$10
Fulton Street Chamber Players Serve Up a Trout
Monday, January 17, 2028 @ 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
Schubert – "Trout" quintet
$10-$20
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Janáček, Reich, Shostakovich
Thursday, January 27, 2028 @ 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
Reich – Different Trains
Shostakovich – Quintet for Piano and Strings in G minor, Op. 57
$16-$52
Meany Center presents the Escher String Quartet
Tuesday, February 1, 2028 @ 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
Webern – Five Pieces for Quartet, Op. 5
Debussy – Quartet in G minor, Op. 10
$40-$45
Cornish Mid-day Concert: Chamber Ensembles
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Cornish College students performing chamber music, program TBD.
Free (Free)
The Sound of Strings: An evening with the Barston Quartet
Thursday, February 3, 2028 @ 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
Beethoven – String Quartet in C major, Op. 59 No. 3
$20
Ancora presents Wild!
Ancora and
Skyros Quartet
Friday, February 4, 2028 @ 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
Bach’s Lunch: The Corda Quartet
Monday, February 7, 2028 @ 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)
Groupmuse: Metamorphoses
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 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
Mozart – String Quartet in D major, K. 575
Mendelssohn – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 80
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Emerald City Music: Strings Attached
Thursday, February 10, 2028 @ 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
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
$45 (includes open bar)
Emerald City Music: Strings Attached
Friday, February 11, 2028 @ 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
Arensky – Quartet for Violin, Viola, and Two Cellos
Martinu – Three Madrigals for Violin and Viola
Brahms – String Sextet No. 2
$10-$43
Andrew Joslyn & the Passenger String Quartet
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 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
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Russians & Jews
Saturday, February 12, 2028 @ 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
Chamber Music at Hale's Palladium: Mendelssohn & Dvořák
Saturday, February 19, 2028 @ 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)
Skyros Quartet: Beneath the Surface – love, death, and transformation
Friday, February 25, 2028 @ 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
Feeling Hungary: An evening of Hungarian-inspired string quartets
Friday, March 3, 2028 @ 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
Dohnányi – Serenade in C major, Op. 10
Brahms – String Quartet No. 2 in A minor, Op. 51
$20
Seeing Nature: Chamber Music at Seattle Art Museum
Thursday, March 16, 2028 @ 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
Emerald City Music: Artist Spotlight, Harpist Bridget Kibbey
Friday, March 17, 2028 @ 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)
Bach in the Subways at the Seattle Public Library
Saturday, March 18, 2028 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Seattle Public Library - Central Library Microsoft Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Local musicians give free public performances of the music of J.S. Bach in celebration of his 332nd birthday.
Free