Strings – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Cromatica Quartet at Bastille: Fauré, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Wednesday, July 29, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Bastille Cafe & Bar, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Free ($10 suggested donation)
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars
Friday, July 31, 2026 @ 7:15pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Live chamber performance by the Möbius Quartet, followed by an audio broadcast live from Benaroya Hall (Beethoven, Dvořák, Schumann, Dohnányi).
Free (Free)
Olympic Music Festival Summer Gala: Sarah Chang & Julio Elizalde in Recital
Saturday, August 1, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Vitali – Chaconne in G minor
Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Ravel – Tzigane
Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Ravel – Tzigane
$60
Seattle Chamber Music Society: Music Under the Stars
Saturday, August 1, 2026 @ 7:15pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Freeway Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Live chamber performance by the Möbius Quartet, followed by an audio broadcast live from Benaroya Hall (Brahms, Borodin, Rachmaninoff).
Free (Free)
Olympic Music Festival Summer Gala: Sarah Chang & Julio Elizalde in Recital
Sunday, August 2, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Vitali – Chaconne in G minor
Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Ravel – Tzigane
Prokofiev – Violin Sonata No. 2 in D major, Op. 94bis
Franck – Violin Sonata in A major
Ravel – Tzigane
$60
Patti LaBelle with Tacoma Symphony Orchestra
Tuesday, August 4, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Washington State Fair, Puyallup, WA, United States
The R&B diva will take the stage with The Tacoma Symphony at the Washington State Fair.
$28-$75
Groupmuse House Concert: Handel, Bach, Paganini
Wednesday, August 5, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel/Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Viola
Handel/Halvorsen – Sarabande con variazioni
Paganini – Caprice No. 17
Bach – TBD
Handel/Halvorsen – Sarabande con variazioni
Paganini – Caprice No. 17
Bach – TBD
$10 (suggested donation)
Cellists of Auburn Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, August 6, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mary Olson Farm, Auburn, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for Two Cellos
Grieg – Hall of the Mountain King
Piazzolla – Libertango
Villa Lobos – Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
Grieg – Hall of the Mountain King
Piazzolla – Libertango
Villa Lobos – Bachianas Brasilieras No. 5
$10-$18
Olympic Music Festival: Heroic Beethoven
Saturday, August 8, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Variations for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 44
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Beethoven – Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern,” WoO 46
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Beethoven – Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern,” WoO 46
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: Heroic Beethoven
Sunday, August 9, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Variations for Violin, Cello, and Piano in E-flat major, Op. 44
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Beethoven – Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern,” WoO 46
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 7 in C minor, Op. 30 No. 2
Beethoven – Variations for Cello and Piano on Mozart’s “Bei Männern,” WoO 46
Beethoven – Piano Trio in D major, Op. 70 No. 1 “Ghost”
$20-$32
Groupmuse House Concert: Girsky String Quartet plays Mendelssohn and Beethoven
Tuesday, August 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – Quartet in A minor
Beethoven – Quartet Op. 59, No. 3
Beethoven – Quartet Op. 59, No. 3
$10 (suggested donation)
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: Schumann, Bartók, Dvořák
Saturday, August 15, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Schumann – Piano Trio No. 3 in G minor, Op. 110
Bartók – String Quartet No. 3
Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
Bartók – String Quartet No. 3
Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: Schubert, Mozart, Tchaikovsky
Sunday, August 16, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Schubert – Violin Sonata in D major, D. 384
Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
Mozart – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, K. 478
Tchaikovsky – String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 “Souvenir de Florence”
$20-$32
Groupmuse House Concert: Girsky String Quartet plays Mendelssohn and Beethoven
Thursday, August 20, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
An energetic house concert with the Girsky String Quartet.
$10 (suggested donation)
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: From Mendelssohn to Chausson & Beyond
Saturday, August 22, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in F major, Op. 77 No. 2
Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Chausson – Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
Suk – Piano Quartet in A minor, Op. 1
Chausson – Concerto for Violin, Piano and String Quartet
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival Artists & Fellows: From Mendelssohn to Chausson & Beyond
Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Trio in E major, K. 542
Schubert – Characteristic March in C major for Piano Four Hands, D. 968B
Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Mendelssohn – String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
Schubert – Characteristic March in C major for Piano Four Hands, D. 968B
Strauss – Violin Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 18
Mendelssohn – String Octet in E-flat major, Op. 20
$20-$32
Bach's 'The Art of Fugue'
Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of Orchestra Seattle and friends present a free performance of Johann Sebastian Bach's masterpiece The Art of Fugue, transcribed for strings and woodwinds.
Free
Olympic Music Festival: The quintets of Franck & Schubert
Saturday, August 29, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Haydn’s Keyboard Suite in G minor
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: The quintets of Franck & Schubert
Sunday, August 30, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Halvorsen – Passacaglia for Violin and Cello after Haydn’s Keyboard Suite in G minor
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Franck – Piano Quintet in F minor (1879)
Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20-$32
Groupmuse House Concert: Cello duets with Kevin Krentz & Haeyoon Shin
Wednesday, September 2, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Vivaldi – Concerto for two cellos!
Gliére – Duos for two cellos
Popper – Duos for two cellos
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Saint-Saëns – The Swan
Mark Summer – Julie-O
Coldplay – A very cool and unusual encore
Gliére – Duos for two cellos
Popper – Duos for two cellos
Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances
Saint-Saëns – The Swan
Mark Summer – Julie-O
Coldplay – A very cool and unusual encore
$10 (suggested donation)