Brass – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Concerto Competition: Brass, Woodwind & Percussion
Monday, November 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW instrumental performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.
Free
Cascade Symphony Orchestra performs Holiday Pops
Sunday, December 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Herbert – March from Babes in Toyland
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Marcus and R. Seletsky (arr.) – Chanukah Medley
Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Anderson – Jazz Legato
Marcus and R. Seletsky (arr.) – Chanukah Medley
Anderson – Bugler’s Holiday
Handel – Hallelujah Chorus from Messiah
$10-$27
Brass Band Northwest: Unto Us a Child is Born
Tuesday, December 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bellevue Presbyterian Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
G. F. Handel – Unto Us a Child is Born
O. Gjeilo – Away in a Manger
O. Gjeilo – Magnum Mysterium
Trad. – Go Tell it on the Mountain
G. F. Handel – Alleluia
A. DiLorenzo – Christmas Toons
O. Gjeilo – Away in a Manger
O. Gjeilo – Magnum Mysterium
Trad. – Go Tell it on the Mountain
G. F. Handel – Alleluia
A. DiLorenzo – Christmas Toons
$10 ($5 youth/senior)
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
Praetorius Christmas Vespers
Wednesday, December 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
A massive ensemble of twelve vocal soloists, strings, winds, brass, lutes, organ, and full choir combine to fill the chapel with sounds of the holiday season.
$20-$39
Praetorius Christmas Vespers
Friday, December 18, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
A massive ensemble of twelve vocal soloists, strings, winds, brass, lutes, organ, and full choir combine to fill the cathedral with sounds of the holiday season.
$20-$39
TUBACHRISTMAS in North Seattle
Saturday, December 19, 2026 @ 5:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
All tuba and euphonium players are invited to join in for an evening play-along conducted by Michael Alstad.
Free
First Friday Salon: Mosaic Brass Quintet
Friday, January 8, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A range of Renaissance to the 21st century, from one of the region’s most in-demand brass ensembles.
$20 (students $15)
Earle Brown Retrospective
Tuesday, January 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the life and works of American composer Earle Brown with a concert featuring works from each decade of his career.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Ray Larsen
Thursday, January 21, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Unique instrumentation and diverse compositional and improvisational approaches – a live recording of 14 of Seattle’s great improvising musicians.
$5-$15
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Beethoven, Lalo, Dvořák
Saturday, January 30, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
New Hope Presbyterian Church, Kent, WA, United States
Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 21 (Selected movements)
Dvořák – Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 21 (Selected movements)
Dvořák – Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Beethoven, Lalo, Dvořák
Sunday, January 31, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Egmont Overture
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 21 (Selected movements)
Dvořák – Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
Lalo – Symphonie Espagnole for Violin and Orchestra in D minor, Op. 21 (Selected movements)
Dvořák – Symphony No. 6 in D major, Op. 60
$20 ($10 student/senior)
Master class: Stuart Dempster
Tuesday, February 2, 2027 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/trombonist and UW Professor Emeritus Stuart Dempster discusses his composition work and his history with Cornish.
Free
LUCO: Higdon, Lalo, Beethoven
Friday, February 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Higdon – blue cathedral
Lalo – Cello Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No. 2
Lalo – Cello Concerto
Beethoven – Symphony No. 2
$18 ($13 senior/student)
The Westerlies + Robin Holcomb & Peggy Lee
Saturday, February 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that is both “folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous," followed by compositions extended by improvisation, songs and settings of the poetry of Nazim Hikmet.
$10-$20
Wally Shoup / Greg Campbell / Greg Kelley
Thursday, February 18, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three experienced Seattle musicians come together to fine tune the art of improvisation.
$5-$15
Northwest Brass Festival Finale
Friday, March 5, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The climax of the Northwest Brass Festival is the evening concert where brass bands and participants share the stage with featured soloist Al Vizzutti and guest conductor Stephen Allen.
$15 ($10 youth/senior)
Inverted Space Ensemble: Long Piece Fest 2.2: asleep, forest, melody, path
Monday, March 8, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A 60-minute piece using sounds gathered in Seattle, mixing piano, violin, electric guitar, and saxophone with melodies superimposed with and separated from these field recordings.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Washington Wind Symphony: Of Commoners and Kings
Saturday, March 20, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
William Walton – Crown Imperial
Gordon Jacob – An Original Suite
Travis Cross – Momento
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Wind Instruments
John Mackey – Sheltering Sky
David Holsinger – In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War
Karl L. King – The Trombone King
Gordon Jacob – An Original Suite
Travis Cross – Momento
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Wind Instruments
John Mackey – Sheltering Sky
David Holsinger – In the Spring at the Time When Kings Go Off to War
Karl L. King – The Trombone King
$10-$20
Seattle Modern Orchestra Chamber Ensemble presents: It's Neo-Classical!
Friday, March 26, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Dahl – Music for Brass Instruments
Poulenc – Sextet
Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
Poulenc – Sextet
Stravinsky – Octet for Wind Instruments
$10-$20