Winds – Upcoming Concerts
River Winds Concert Band: Pictures at an Exhibition
Saturday, June 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
North Shore Performing Arts Center, Bothell, WA, United States
Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, dello Joio's Scenes from the Louvre, Symphonic Suite from Star Trek, Stars and Stripes Forever, and performances by Flute Choir, Trombone Choir, and Trumpet Choir.
Free
Seattle Wind Symphony: Star-Spangled Spectacular
Monday, July 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Favorite patriotic tunes, including a sing-along with the 55-piece Seattle Wind Symphony and 80-voice choir.
Free (Free)
Bellingham Festival of Music: Chamber by the Bay
Sunday, July 9, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Bellingham Cruise Terminal, Bellingham, WA, United States
Mozart – Serenade for Winds in C minor, K. 388
Brahms – Viola Quintet in F major, Op. 88
Brahms – Viola Quintet in F major, Op. 88
$60
Sunsets at Mary Olson Farm: Opus Zoo
Thursday, July 20, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
Featuring Luciano Berio's Opus Number Zoo, bring the family out for an evening of summer music and fun!
$20 ($10 students)
Marrowstone Faculty Chamber Music: Schubert, Quantz, Stravinsky
Thursday, July 27, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Franz Schubert – Quintet for Piano and Strings (“The Trout”)
Johann Quantz – Trio Sonata in C minor
Igor Stravinsky – L’Histoire du Soldat
Johann Quantz – Trio Sonata in C minor
Igor Stravinsky – L’Histoire du Soldat
$10-$17
Summer at SAM and MV Music Presents: one gate
Saturday, August 26, 2028 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Benjamin Marx – one gate
Free (Free)
Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Pacifica Chamber Concert: Debussy, Williamson, Still, Janáček
Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Debussy – Petit Suite (arr. for wind quintet)
Williamson – Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Strings
Still – Miniatures for Wind Quintet
Janáček – Idyll
Williamson – Concerto No. 2 for Piano and Strings
Still – Miniatures for Wind Quintet
Janáček – Idyll
$20 ($15 senior/student)
The Sound Ensemble: Kammermusik
Saturday, October 14, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: I. Le Printemps, Op. 43
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
Michael Djupstrom – To the Eastern Sea
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre: II. Pastorale, Op. 49
Judd Greenstein – At the End of a Really Great Day
Darius Milhaud – Symphonie de Chambre; III. Sérénade, Op. 71
James Falzone – In a World of One Color... The Sound of Wind
Paul Hindemith – Kammermusik I
$15 (under age 12 free)
PLU: University Wind Ensemble
Sunday, October 15, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Featuring the West Coast premiere of James Stephenson's this is most certainly true.
$5-$10 (students free)
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$45 includes open bar; $10 students
Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one
$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)
Sound of Late: Steelworks
Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)
$15 includes open bar ($5 students)
UW Chamber Winds: Fountain of Youth
Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A side-by-side concert with students and professors of the Shanghai Conservatory, performing works by Mendelssohn, Strauss, Vincent Persichetti, and UW composition student Aidan Gold.
Free
Washington Wind Symphony presents: Enchantments
Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Emilio José González – El Chupacabra
Andrew Boss – A La Machaut
Paul Dukas (trans. Mark Hindsley) – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Van Zandt Lane – Hivemind
Malcom Arnold (arr. John P. Paynter) – Tam O'Shanter Overture
Frank Ticheli – Wild Nights!
Andrew Boss – A La Machaut
Paul Dukas (trans. Mark Hindsley) – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Van Zandt Lane – Hivemind
Malcom Arnold (arr. John P. Paynter) – Tam O'Shanter Overture
Frank Ticheli – Wild Nights!
$20 / $15 / $10
A Night at the Ballet, Opera, & Symphony with the Port Townsend Community Orchestra
Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Khachaturian – “Adagio” from Spartacus
Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Khachaturian – “Adagio” from Spartacus
Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Free (Free)
PLU Regency Series: Camas Wind Quintet
Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 3:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A performance by the Camas Wind Quintet.
$5-$10 (students free)
Music Works NW Student Showcase
Sunday, November 5, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Come hear our talented students play a variety of works on various instruments.
Free (Free)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Forces of Nature
Saturday, November 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Early music and new music intertwine like never before, including the world premiere of a concerto for electric theorbo by Seattle-based composer Aaron Grad.
$40 (students $20)
PLU University Wind Ensemble: Meij's UFO Concerto
Sunday, November 19, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Pacific Lutheran University's Wind Ensemble performs Meij's UFO Concerto.
$5-$10 (students free)