The Darkest Midnight in December

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Two groups from the University of Puget Sound present seasonal vocal music from around the world.

$5-$10

Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: Sounds of the Seasons

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Music Director Sarah Ioannides will ascend the podium for her first Sounds of the Season performance, featuring the Tacoma Youth Chorus.

$19-$79

Schubertiade

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – Suleika Songs
Schubert – Quartetsatz
Schubert – Dances and Marches, for piano with four hands
Schubert – Introduction and Variations, Op. 160, for flute and piano

Free (Free)

Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas with Benjamin Britten’s brilliantly entertaining and moving cantata, Saint Nicolas.

$25-$30

UPS Sound Chorale and Dorian Singers: 'Tis the Season

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
A variety of seasonal vocal pieces, including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols.

Free (Free)

Ladies Musical Club Recital: Bach to Barber in Words and Music

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Beth Ann Bonnecroy (soprano), Janet Anderson (piano) and Karin McCullough (piano) perform works by Bach, Barber, Fauré, Debussy, Bemberg and Mozart.

Free

Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.

$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)

UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Schumann – Symphony in D minor (original 1841 version of Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120)
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

$10-$15

Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.

$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)

LMC: Classical Music for the Holidays

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolf – Serenade in G major ("Italian Serenade")
J.S. Bach – "Quia Respexit" from Magnificat
J.S. Bach – “Ich ende behende mein irdisches Leben” from Cantata No. 57
J.S. Bach – Jesu, der du meine Seele BWV 78
Franz Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37b (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)

Free (Free)

Christmas with Seattle Pro Musica – a Family Holiday Concert

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Traditional carols, holiday favorites and an audience sing-along for children and families.

$5-$25

Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Christmas Concert

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
A “can’t-miss” celebration that will warm your heart with traditional and contemporary holiday favorites.

$15 ($10 student/senior)

Bellevue Chamber Chorus: Season of Wonder

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bothell United Methodist Church, Bothell, WA, United States
Brighten your seasonal celebrations with wondrous sacred and secular music for winter and the holidays.

$5-$20

NORTHERN LIGHTS – Music of the Baltics and Scandinavia

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning a thousand years of Baltic and Nordic choral music, from medieval chant to contemporary works by Rautavaara, Mäntyjärvi, Kreek and Tormis, and a piece by Ešenvalds that recreates the wonder of the northern lights in sound using voices, chimes and tuned water goblets.

$12-$35

Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah

Saturday, December 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.

$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)

Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.

$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)

Der Freischütz (select scenes) by Carl Maria von Weber

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Carl Maria von Weber – Der Freischütz (select scenes)

Free

Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
A “can’t-miss” celebration that will warm your heart with traditional and contemporary holiday favorites.

$15 ($10 student/senior)

LMC at University House Wallingford

Monday, December 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Telemann – Sonata in C minor
Handel – Sonata in G minor
Schubert – Shepherd on the Rock
Tchaikovsky – The Seasons Op. 37 (October, November, December)
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker Suite (Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy, Trepak)

Free

Long Piece Fest I: Antoine Beuger's / jankélévitch sextets/

Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Inverted Space continues its “Long Piece Fest" with Antoine Beuger’s jankélévitch sextets. Seattle premiere.

$5-$15 suggested donation