Meany Center: Sharon Isbin

Friday, March 18, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Guitarist & 2020 Musical America Worldwide Instrumentalist of the Year Sharon Isbin performs a selection of Spanish works for solo guitar.

$65 (subscriptions available)

Music of Remembrance: Stormy Seas

Sunday, March 13, 2022 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR reprises Sahba Aminikia’s Stormy Seas, premiered virtually in 2020, for a live audience in this program also featuring Sid Robinovitch's Rodas Recordada, songs based on Judeo-Spanish poems, & more.

Ticket price TBA

Choral Arts Northwest: A Light in Winter

Sunday, December 12, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical contemplation of the season celebrating our emergence from pandemic silence. Featuring world premieres from Jessica French & Melinda Bargreen, & interspersed with works for solo guitar.

$25-$30 suggested donation; students free

Choral Arts Northwest: A Light in Winter

Saturday, December 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical contemplation of the season celebrating our emergence from pandemic silence. Featuring world premieres from Jessica French & Melinda Bargreen, & interspersed with works for solo guitar.

$25-$30 suggested donation; students free

Pacific Lutheran University: Guitar Orchestra & Guitar Ensemble

Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Large ensembles featuring guitar students of Pacific Lutheran University.

Free

Seattle Classic Guitar Society: Michael Partington Live Concert

Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Classical guitarist Michael Partington, "one of the most engaging of the new generation of concert players", performs by Manuel Ponce, Bryan Johanson, Domenico Scarlatti, Johann Kaspar Mertz, & Julián Arcas.

$35 ($30 senior/youth)

Listen Live at Lunch: 2021 Season Finale

Wednesday, August 25, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Antonio Soler – Keyboard Sonata in G major, R. 31
Luigi Boccherini – Piano Quintet in E minor, Op. 57, No. 3, G. 415
Antonio Soler – Prelude No. 3 in C major (from Llave de la modulacion, y antiguedades de la musica)
Luigi Boccherini – "III. Variazioni sulla Ritirata notturna di Madrid: Tempo di una lenta marcia" from Piano Quintet in C major, Op. 56, No. 3, G. 410
Luigi Boccherini – "III.Grave assai" & "IV. Fandango" from Guitar Quintet No. 4 in D major, G. 448

Free (Free)

Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade

Sunday, July 18, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.

$150

Whidbey Island Music Festival: An die Musik – A Schubertiade

Saturday, July 17, 2021 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Cultus Bay Gardens, Clinton, WA, United States
Soprano Danielle Reutter-Harrah, violinist Tekla Cunningham, harpist Maxine Eilander, & guitarist Stephen Stubbs perform songs by Franz Schubert on 19th-c. instruments. With instrumental works by Zoe de la Ruë & Niccolò Paganini.

$25

[SOLD OUT] CMNW Summer Festival: Garden Chamber Party – Guitar Quartets in the West Hills

Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Chamber music from guitarist Jason Vieaux, violinist, CMNW Artistic Director Soovin Kim, the Dover Quartet’s Milena Pajaro-van de Stadt (viola), & Camden Shaw (cello).

Sold Out

[LIVESTREAM + in person] Social Distancing Concert at the Couth Buzzard

Friday, March 13, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Couth Buzzard, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfonso X the Wise (attributed) – "To Dispell All Doubts" and "One Who Serves Sanat Maria" from the Cantigas de Santa Maria
Narciso Yepes (arranger) – Excerpts from Suite Espanol based on themes by Gaspar Sanz
Francesco Corbetta – Two Chaconnes
Andrew York – Woven World
Carlos Moscardini – Argentina (1959) ("Milonga de un entrevaro," "Un Ultimate Aliente," "Camino des troopas")
Quique Sinese – Seras Verdad, Terunno, El Abrazo
Mark Hilliard Wilson – Suite Mas Costa (Montserratina, Dalí, Maia and the bullfrog)

Free (Free)

Groupmuse House Concert: The Art of Spanish & Latin Guitar

Sunday, March 8, 2020 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, United States
Anonymous – Spanish Romance
Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe
João Pernambuco – Sons de Carrilhões
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
Leo Brouwer – Un dia de noviembre
Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Tye Austin – Bésame Mucho
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. Tye Austin – The Girl from Ipanema
Luiz Bonfá, arr. Tye Austin – Manhã de Carnaval
Tye Austin – Tango Fumar

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Groupmuse House Concert: The Art of Spanish & Latin Guitar

Saturday, March 7, 2020 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Private home in Queen Anne, Seattle, WA, United States
Anonymous – Spanish Romance
Enrique Granados – Spanish Dance No. 5 "Andaluza"
Isaac Albéniz – Asturias (Leyenda)
Francisco Tárrega – Recuerdos de la Alhambra
Francisco Tárrega – Capricho Árabe
João Pernambuco – Sons de Carrilhões
Johann Sebastian Bach – Prelude from Cello Suite No. 1 in G major, BWV 1007
Agustín Barrios – La Catedral
Leo Brouwer – Un dia de noviembre
Consuelo Velázquez, arr. Tye Austin – Bésame Mucho
Antônio Carlos Jobim, arr. Tye Austin – The Girl from Ipanema
Luiz Bonfá, arr. Tye Austin – Manhã de Carnaval
Tye Austin – Tango Fumar

$10+ donation, RSVP required

Student Showcase at Music Works Northwest

Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Music Works Northwest, Bellevue, WA, United States
Selected students of Music Works Northwest are invited to perform in a professional venue.

Free (Free)

Seattle Classic Guitar Society presents Michael Kudirka

Saturday, February 15, 2020 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Francesco Canova da Milano – Fantasias, Ricercars, and Improvisations John Dowland – Three Lute Pieces
Johann Sebastian Bach – Chaconne, from Partita II in D minor, BWV 1004
Dusan Bogdanovic – Levantine Suite
Fernando Sor – Introduction and Variations on a Theme of Mozart, Op. 9

Free (Free)

Bach's Lunch: Trío Guadalevín

Tuesday, January 7, 2020 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Discover the roots that bind the Americas with Southern Europe, the Maghreb, the Middle East, and West Africa with this captivating program of music for voices, plucked strings, and colorful percussion.

Free (Free)

Emerald City Music: Jason Vieaux, classical guitar & Kristin Lee, violin

Saturday, December 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Olympia Ballroom, Olympia, WA, United States
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements I & II)
Mauro Giuliani – Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52
Niccolò Paganini – Cantabile, MS 109
VARIOUS – Selected Brazilian tunes
Vivian Fung – Twist
Pat Metheny – Work for solo guitar
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements III & IV)

$28-$43 (students $10)

Emerald City Music: Jason Vieaux, classical guitar & Kristin Lee, violin

Friday, December 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements I & II)
Mauro Giuliani – Gran Duetto Concertante, Op. 52
Niccolò Paganini – Cantabile, MS 109
VARIOUS – Selected Brazilian tunes
Vivian Fung – Twist
Pat Metheny – Work for solo guitar
Astor Piazzolla – Histoire du Tango (movements III & IV)

$45 (students $10)