Tasting Notes: Concert & Exclusive Wine Tasting

Sunday, May 20, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Cellars, Kirkland, WA, United States
Virtuosic music for the viola da gamba, featuring gamba superstar William Skeen.

$25 ($15 ages 21-30)

String Orchestra of the Rockies: The Cascades Meet the Rockies

Saturday, May 19, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by regional and acclaimed composers reflecting the grandeur and beauty of the Northwest.

Free

Pacific Lutheran University: Chamber Music Kaleidoscope

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Featuring students of the PLU Department of Music string studios.

Free

OSSCS Chamber Music: Mozart, Crespo, Previn & more

Sunday, May 13, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Mozart – Violin Sonata in G major, K. 301
Crespo – Bruckner Etude
Previn – Trio for Piano, Oboe and Bassoon
Prokofiev – Sonata for Two Violins in C major, Op. 56
Beethoven – String Trio in D major, Op. 9, No. 2

$25

Northwest Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Brahms Symphony No. 2

Saturday, May 12, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Kyr – Fanfare for a New Dawn (2003)
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings in C major, Op. 48
Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73

$12-$20

JACK Quartet with Joshua Roman

Thursday, May 10, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Baptist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Jefferson Friedman – Quintet
Carlo Gesualdo – Madrigals (arranged by JACK founder Ari Streisfeld)
Joshua Roman – Tornado
Amy Williams – Richter Textures
John Zorn – Ouroboros

$20/$15 for Town Hall members

Metamorphosis... by Emerald City Music

Friday, May 4, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:50pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Eyeglass Duo, for viola and cello
Strauss – Metamorphosen, for string sextet
Bernstein – On Beethoven
Beethoven – Viola Quintet in C major

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

OSSCS Chamber Music: Shaw, Mozart, & Choral Selections

Sunday, April 29, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Woodhouse Wine Estates, Woodinville, WA, United States
Shaw – Punctum
Mozart – String Quintet in D major, K. 593
Various composers – A cappella choral selections

$25

Highlands Chapel Concert Series: Bazhanov, Farkas, DiLorenzo, & Barston String Quartet

Sunday, April 29, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Florence Henry Memorial Chapel at The Highlands, Shoreline, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet, Op. 64 No. 5 "Lark Quartet"
Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Handel – Passacaglia (arr. Halvorsen)

$30

Fulton Street Chamber Players: Dvořák's string quintet in G major

Monday, April 23, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
A quintet rich with folkloric material, with the unusual feature of a string bass as the fifth player.

$20 ($15 for Folio members)

Byron Schenkman & Friends: Vivaldi & the High Baroque

Sunday, April 22, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of virtuoso sonatas and concertos by Joseph Bodin de Boismortier, Anna Bon, George Frideric Handel, and Vivaldi.

$10-$42

Puget Sound Music Academy: The Insignia Sessions w/ Seattle Rock Orchestra Quintet

Sunday, April 22, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Insignia Towers – South Tower, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring music for piano and violin.

Free

Ustad Usman Khan, sitar & Ravi Albright, tabla

Saturday, April 21, 2018 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
University Heights Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Master sitarist Ustad Usman Khan and local tabla maestro Ravi Albright bring a performance that is not to be missed.

Free

Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Passion Through Harmony

Saturday, April 21, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Hearthstone at Green Lake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach (arr. Stern) – Prelude and Fugue in G minor, BWV 885
Bach – Air on the G String
Bach – Keyboard Concerto No. 1 in D minor, BWV 1052
Sibelius – Suite champêtre
Sibelius (arr. Stern) – Impromptu, Op. 5 No. 3
Verdi – String Quartet in E minor

Free

Kin of the Moon: What Better Than Call A Dance?

Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A hybrid of through composed and improvised music, the retrospective/reworking includes dance music of the Renaissance, and new view on the waltz and the tango, and a sort of EDM thing... and electronics.

$5-$15 donation

SMCO Season Finale: Songs & Dances of Peace

Sunday, April 15, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Rainier Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Golijov – Last Round
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings

$15-$25

SMCO Season Finale: Songs & Dances of Peace

Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Golijov – Last Round
Barber – Canzonetta for Oboe and Strings
Bernstein – Halil – Nocturne for Flute and Orchestra
Tchaikovsky – Serenade for Strings

$15-$25

48-Hour Composition Competition

Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
48 hours to compose, six days to prepare, and one very unusual concert.

Free

Wayward Music Series: Adam Briggs

Friday, April 13, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Premiere of Adam Briggs' first string quartet and a large work for split percussion and orchestra.

$5-$15 donation

Bainbridge First Sundays: Skyros Quartet

Sunday, April 8, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
A concert from the Skyros Quartet.

$20 ($5 youth)