Winds – Upcoming Concerts
NOCCO: Solstice Celebration
Sunday, December 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A sonic respite with music of Stravinsky, Respighi, and Bach, plus a work by Seattle composer Angelique Poteat.
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
The Sound Ensemble: Life After Y2K
Friday, January 7, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sarah Bassingthwaighte – Premiere
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
Sean Osborn – 12-4-6 (2005)
Marcin Pączkowski – Deep Decline (2015)
Greg Dixon – Piece for tuba and electronics (premiere)
Daron Hagen – Chamber Symphony (2003)
$10-$15
Washington Wind Symphony presents Tabula Rasa
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
Jacques Press – Wedding Dance
Franz Biebl – Ave Maria
William Bolcom – Machine
John Williams – Overture to The Cowboys
Ryan George – Firefly
Mark Camphouse – Watchman Tell Us of the Night
Dana Wilson – Shortcut Home
Franz Biebl – Ave Maria
William Bolcom – Machine
John Williams – Overture to The Cowboys
Ryan George – Firefly
Mark Camphouse – Watchman Tell Us of the Night
Dana Wilson – Shortcut Home
$10-$20
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Ropartz, Dvořák, Rota & more
Saturday, January 29, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Guy Ropartz – Deux Pieces for Wind Quintet
Antonin Dvorak – Slavonic Dances Op. 46, No. 3
Nino Rota – Concerto for Strings
Franz Schmidt – Zwischenspiel from Opera Notre Dame
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade for Strings
Antonin Dvorak – Slavonic Dances Op. 46, No. 3
Nino Rota – Concerto for Strings
Franz Schmidt – Zwischenspiel from Opera Notre Dame
Hugo Wolf – Italian Serenade for Strings
$15-$20
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)
China Star and Liquid Letters
Monday, February 7, 2028 @ 8:30pm – 11:30pm (PST)
The Spite House, Seattle, WA, United States
A ritual soundscape inspired by sending messages across water, featuring music performed by China Faith Star on winds, objects, and electronics.
Free (Free)
NOCCO: RESONANCE – A Celebration of Black American Composers
Friday, February 18, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
New Holly Gathering Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
NOCCO: RESONANCE – A Celebration of Black American Composers
Saturday, February 19, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute, Seattle, WA, United States
Hanna Benn – Sankofa
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
Joplin – Selections from Treemonisha (1912, arr. Rick Benjamin)
Walker – Orpheus for Chamber Orchestra and narrator (1994)
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
Seattle Pacific University: Symphonic Wind Ensemble
Thursday, February 24, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Symphonic Wind Ensemble directed by Danny Helseth.
Free
Concert and Campus Bands: Boundless
Tuesday, February 29, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Concert and Campus Bands present a concert of works for wind band.
$10
Second City Chamber Series: Home Turf
Friday, March 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Mozart – Quintet for Piano and Winds in E-flat major, K. 452
Ravel (arr. Doppmann/Kracht) – Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Ibert – Trois pièces brèves
Poulenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds
Ravel (arr. Doppmann/Kracht) – Suite from Ma mère l’oye
Ibert – Trois pièces brèves
Poulenc – Sextet for Piano and Winds
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
Seattle Wind Symphony: Hands Across the Sea
Sunday, March 12, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Shorecrest Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Vaughan Williams – Toccata Marziale
Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
Bennett – Autobiography
Reed – Armenian Dances
Ives – Old Home Days
Grainger – Australian Up-Country Tune
Shostakovich – Satiric Dances
Sousa – Hands Across the Sea
Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
Bennett – Autobiography
Reed – Armenian Dances
Ives – Old Home Days
Grainger – Australian Up-Country Tune
Shostakovich – Satiric Dances
Sousa – Hands Across the Sea
$5-$20
Cursive presents: Tall Wind
Thursday, March 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ronald Roseman – Come Chitarra
Judith Shatin – Gazebo Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams – selections from 10 Blake Songs
Dennis Riley – Summer Music
Tison Street – Variations for Flute, Guitar and Cello
William Sydeman – Three Emily Dickinson Songs
Chinary Ung – Tall Wind
Jordan Nobles – Aether
Judith Shatin – Gazebo Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams – selections from 10 Blake Songs
Dennis Riley – Summer Music
Tison Street – Variations for Flute, Guitar and Cello
William Sydeman – Three Emily Dickinson Songs
Chinary Ung – Tall Wind
Jordan Nobles – Aether
$5-$15 suggested donation
Washington Wind Symphony: Prima Vera
Sunday, March 26, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
Alfred Reed – The Hounds of Spring
Tomas Luis De Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Ira Hearshen – Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa
Tomas Luis De Victoria – O Magnum Mysterium
Arturo Marquez – Danzon No. 2
Ira Hearshen – Symphony on Themes of John Philip Sousa
$10-$20
Ladies Musical Club: Herbolsheimer, Zahnhausen, Telemann, & more
Thursday, April 6, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Zahnhausen – Toccata
Telemann – Sonata No. 1 in F major
Hirose – Ode II
Irish, Traditional – Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles)
American, Traditional – From American Folk Song Settings (arr. Bern H. Herbolsheimer)
Telemann – Sonata No. 1 in F major
Hirose – Ode II
Irish, Traditional – Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles)
American, Traditional – From American Folk Song Settings (arr. Bern H. Herbolsheimer)
Free
NOCCO: The Silken Ladder
Saturday, April 8, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to La Scala di Seta
Haydn – Symphony No. 60
Sean Osborn – New work
Haydn – Symphony No. 60
Sean Osborn – New work
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
Ladies Musical Club: Morris, Herbolsheimer, & more
Sunday, April 9, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Morris – Up and Away – The Story of a Balloon
de Grandval – Trio de Salon
Irish, Traditional – Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles)
American, Traditional – From American Folk Song Settings (arr. Bern H. Herbolsheimer)
de Grandval – Trio de Salon
Irish, Traditional – Danny Boy (arr. Julie Knowles)
American, Traditional – From American Folk Song Settings (arr. Bern H. Herbolsheimer)
Free (Free)
NOCCO: The Silken Ladder
Sunday, April 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to La Scala di Seta
Haydn – Symphony No. 60
Sean Osborn – New work
Haydn – Symphony No. 60
Sean Osborn – New work
$15-$25 (under 18 free)
Emerald City Music: Without Words
Friday, April 14, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
MadArt Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
$45 (includes one drink)
Emerald City Music: Without Words
Saturday, April 15, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool
$10-$43