Winds – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Wind Symphony: Spring Zephyrs
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture (trans. Donald Hunsberger)
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
$20 ($18 seniors; $5 students)
Music of Remembrance: After Life
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Pablo Picasso and Gertrude Stein meet again – and argue about art and life – in a new opera by composer Tom Cipullo and librettist David Mason, commissioned by Music of Remembrance.
$40 ($30 age 30 and under)
Early Music Underground presents 'I Love Paris in the Springtime'
Tuesday, May 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
Baroque violinist Aubrey Burdick, baroque oboist Curtis Foster and harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky play works by Lully, Marais, Leclair and more in celebration of the City of Light.
$20
Eckstein Middle School Wind Ensemble at Folklife
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A Folklife performance by the 80-member Eckstein Middle School Wind Ensemble.
Free
SPU Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance by the Seattle Pacific University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble.
Free
Saxophone: UNCOVERED
Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Expanding the contemporary classical saxophone repertoire, Kevin Baldwin will premiere new works by local Seattle composers, as well as lesser-performed pieces from famed composers Luciano Berio, Gerard Grisey and Giacinto Scelsi.
$5-$15
Music of Today: The Music of Harry Partch
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 @ 3:35pm – 4:35pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Music students and faculty perform music by 20th century composer Harry Partch on the composer's unique hand-made instruments, now in residence at the University of Washington.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Prized: Premio Roma
Thursday, May 28, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Huck Hodge – from the language of shadows
Norman Dello Joio – Satiric Dances
Vittorio Giannini – movements from Symphony No. 3
Bohuslav Martinů – Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Piano in C minor
Norman Dello Joio – Satiric Dances
Vittorio Giannini – movements from Symphony No. 3
Bohuslav Martinů – Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Piano in C minor
$15 ($10 student/senior)
WSCO: Overture to Summer
Friday, May 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Chief Sealth International High School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Reed – A Festive Overture
Carter – Overture for Winds
Ticheli (arr.) – Amazing Grace
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, Finale
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
J. Strauss, Jr. – Blue Danube Waltz
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Carter – Overture for Winds
Ticheli (arr.) – Amazing Grace
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 5, Finale
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture
Rachmaninoff – Vocalise
J. Strauss, Jr. – Blue Danube Waltz
Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Free
Bruno Maderna's Don Perlimplin
Friday, May 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A semi-staged production of Bruno Maderna’s 1962 experimental opera Don Perlimplín.
$15 ($10 youth/senior)
Maderna Fest: 2015
Saturday, May 30, 2026 @ 8:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Stone Way Cafe, Seattle, WA, United States
Come join us for a night on the "other side" of classical music, featuring works for saxophone, percussion, and cello from composers George Crumb, Luciano Berio and Bruno Maderna.
Free
The Washington Wind Symphony presents 'Romance'
Sunday, May 31, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
R. Strauss – Vienna Philharmonic Fanfare
Debussy – The Engulfed Cathedral
Lynch – Were You There?
Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds
Grainger – My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone
Tull – Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
Hindemith – March from Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
Debussy – The Engulfed Cathedral
Lynch – Were You There?
Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds
Grainger – My Robin is to the Greenwood Gone
Tull – Sketches on a Tudor Psalm
Hindemith – March from Symphonic Metamorphosis of Themes by Carl Maria von Weber
$18 ($13 youth/senior)
Friction Quartet & Christian Pincock
Friday, June 5, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Friction Quartet (SF) premieres works by Pacific Northwest composers, and performs John Adams' First Quartet. Christian Pincock opens with solo works on trombone and computer.
$10-$15 suggested donation
2015 Frances Walton Competition: Finals and Winners' Concert
Saturday, June 6, 2026 @ 9:00am – 7:00pm (PDT)
Bethany Lutheran Church (Greenlake), Seattle, WA, United States
A day of competition finals, followed by the winners' concert.
Free
Chamber Music in Greenlake: Mozart, Arnold, Fauré, Bach
Saturday, June 27, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Bethany Lutheran Church (Greenlake), Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quartet in F major, K. 370
Arnold – Oboe Quartet Op. 61
Fauré – Pavane Op. 50
Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor
Arnold – Oboe Quartet Op. 61
Fauré – Pavane Op. 50
Bach – Concerto for Violin and Oboe in C minor
Free
Seattle Wind Symphony presents: Star-Spangled Spectacular
Wednesday, July 1, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Favorite patriotic tunes decorate this birthday party for America.
Free
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Beethoven & Kirchner
Wednesday, July 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, Op. 16
Kirchner – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
Beethoven – String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
Kirchner – Trio for Violin, Cello and Piano (1954)
Beethoven – String Quartet in E minor, Op. 59 No. 2
$48 ($16 Student)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars
Friday, July 17, 2026 @ 7:15pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Bliss Quintet performs Oboe Quintet, followed by an audio broadcast live from Benaroya Hall (Britten, Brahms, Strauss).
Free
Wayward Music Series: Douglas DeVries & Yvonne Chen
Thursday, August 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A program of new American works by Alexandra T. Bryant, Evan Fein, Alishan Gezgin, Jake Heggie and Daniel Knaggs.
$10-$15
Popstronauts + Clifford Kimbrel-Dunn
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Popstronauts performs non-apologetic free improvisation taking influence from free jazz, Carribbean and African rhythmic forms, electronic noise, and popular music. Clifford Kimbrel-Dunn pushes the limits of the flute’s capabilities.
$5-$15 suggested donation