Woodwinds – Past Concerts
Port Townsend Summer Band Veterans Day Concert
Monday, November 11, 2019 @ 10:30am – 12:30pm (PST)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The Port Townsend Summer Band performs patriotic pieces, marches, and Karl Bach's Quilts of Valor as part of the Veterans' Day ceremony in Port Townsend.
Free (Free)
Wayward Music Series: Pneuma
Thursday, November 7, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Quartet consisting of clarinets, voice, and electronics presents a body of work at the intersections of Jewish music, contemporary classical music, and free jazz.
$10-$20 sliding scale
Music of Remembrance Presents 'Passage; Confronting Intolerance'
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ryuichi Sakamoto – Passage
Shinji Eshima – Veritas
Paul Schoenfield – Camp Songs
Shinji Eshima – Veritas
Paul Schoenfield – Camp Songs
$55 ($30 under 30, $5 Teentix)
Dia de Los Muertos Benefit Concert for Casa Latina
Carlos Monzón,
Singing in the Rain Family Choir,
Sari Breznau, and
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra
Sunday, November 3, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A truly awesome afternoon of music and multicultural community, helping to support the empowering work of Casa Latina. Featuring a new work by Mexican composer Arturo Márquez, with texts based on the words of Guillermo Velázquez, Mahatma Ghandi, Chief Seattle, and Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.
Free (Free)
Pacfic Lutheran University Regency Series: Camas Wind Quintet
Saturday, November 2, 2019 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
The PLU Department of Music presents a concert by the Camas Wind Quintetas part of their Regency Series.
$10 / $5 / free
Port Gardner Bay Music Society: Ballard Breeze Wind Quintet
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Everett, WA, United States
A quintet made up of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon presents a program of quality chamber music.
$15 / $12 / $5
The Washington Wind Symphony presents ‘Horizon’
Sunday, October 27, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Julie Giroux – Symphony No. V "Elements"
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
$15 ($10 seniors /youth FREE)
Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Rautavaara, Debussy, Haydn
Saturday, October 12, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity United Methodist Church, Sequim, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelette Op. 52, No. 3 in A minor
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad, for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad, for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
$15 (age 16 & under free w/ adult)
Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Rautavaara, Debussy, Haydn
Friday, October 11, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelette Op. 52, No. 3 in A minor
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"
$15 (age 16 & under free w/ adult)
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
James Kazik – Eviler Elves
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
$20 / $18 / $5
Bach's Lunch: Bach for the Flute
Tuesday, October 1, 2019 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Virtuosic sonatas by Johann Sebastian Bach and his sons Carl Philipp Emmanuel and Johann Christoph Friedrich.
Free (Free)
Seattle Flute Society's Flute Celebration Day
Sunday, September 22, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music featuring members of the Seattle Symphony, Ah Tempo Flute Choir, Bellevue Youth Symphony, the Jolly-Jones Duo, and Flûtes-en-Bois, plus contemporary music by Steven Luksan, Sarah Bassingthwaighte, Leanna Keith, Bun-Ching Lam, Stuart Zobel, and Naoyuki Sawada.
Free
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Seattle Symphonic Band: Holst's 'Mars'
Sunday, June 9, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
North Seattle College, Seattle, WA, United States
Gustav Holst – "Mars" from The Planets
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story
Trad. – Shenandoah
Percy Grainger – Children's March
Gustav Holst – 1st Suite for Band
John Philip Sousa – Fairest of the Fair
Ralph Hultgren – Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!!
Leonard Bernstein – West Side Story
Trad. – Shenandoah
Percy Grainger – Children's March
Gustav Holst – 1st Suite for Band
John Philip Sousa – Fairest of the Fair
Ralph Hultgren – Whirr, Whirr, Whirr!!!
Free ($5 suggested donation)
Northwest Clarinet Choir: Mendelssohn, Poulenc, Fauré, & more
Sunday, June 2, 2019 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Large clarinet ensemble performs classical, contemporary, 12-tone, and jazz music by Felix Mendelssohn, Francis Poulenc, Gabriel Fauré, Ernst Krenek, and Astor Piazzolla.
Free
Port Townsend Summer Band Memorial Day Concert & Ceremony
Monday, May 27, 2019 @ 11:30am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Patriotic music to accompany Port Townsend's annual Memorial Day ceremony, including marches, an Armed Forces Salute, and two original works written by local composer Karl Bach.
Free
PLU Music: Woodwind Students
Saturday, May 11, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music presents a performance featuring the students of the woodwind studios.
Free
Pacific Sound Woodwind Quintet: Alyssa Morris' 'Melting Pot'
Sunday, May 5, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Juanita Community Club, Kirkland, WA, United States
Alyssa Morris – Melting Pot (world premiere)
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
Peter Schickele – A Year in the Catskills
Astor Piazzolla – Tango Suite
Erik Satie – Sonatine bureaucratique
$10
The Sound Ensemble Presents: Songwriter Showcase
Saturday, May 4, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cross-genre collaborations in partnership with singer/songwriters.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Flute Society Flute Choir Spring Concert
Sunday, April 7, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Redmond United Methodist Church, Redmond, WA, United States
A 25-member flute ensemble including piccolo, C flute, alto flutes, bass flutes and contra-bass flutes.
Free (Free)