Jacobsen Series: When the Violin Sings

Friday, September 24, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Reena Esmail – When the Violin
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25

$20 ($15 senior/military/UPS, students free)

Desert Fantasy/Hyaline/Eat Your Greens

Sunday, September 26, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Triple bill featuring electroacoustic percussion act Desert Fantasy; genre-bending trio Hyaline; & electronic vibraphone/drumset duo Eat Your Greens.

$10 advance ($7 students, $12 doors)

The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss

Saturday, October 2, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)

$20 (students/seniors "pay-what-you-can", ages 12 & under free)

Philharmonia Northwest: Prismatic Colors with Amber Archibald

Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Gabriela Lena Frank – Five Scenes
Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76

$15 online; in-person ticket price TBD

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Opening Concert

Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Archbishop Murphy High School, Everett, WA, United States
Oreste Ravanello – Due Pezzi per Orchestra d'Archi, Op. 11
Eugene Goossens – Phantasy Sextet, Op. 37
Ernst von Dohnányi – String Sextet in B-flat major (string orchestra version)

$20 ($15 student/ages 65+)

The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss

Sunday, October 3, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)

$15 advance, $20 at the door, $7 student

SMCO: Welcome Back Bash with Cellist Nathan Chan

Wednesday, October 6, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
AXIS Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO & cellist Nathan Chan present an eclectic variety of music including works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sufjan Stevens, Siamak Aghaei, & Colin Jacobsen. Includes beverages, hors d’oeuvres, & access to a visual art gallery.

$50 ($75 reserved seating)

Ravenna Strings Reading Session

Thursday, October 7, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:10pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sight read string music with Ravenna Strings in these weekly sessions at Phinney Center, Thursdays through November 18. Beginner/intermediate & intermediate/advanced sessions available; come for 1 or both.

Free (Free (registration required))

SMCO with Cellist Nathan Chan at Town Hall: Music of Shostakovich, Haydn, & more

Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen – Ascending Bird
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101 "The Clock"
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael Atkinson – Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107

$35 ($10 student)

Federal Way Symphony: Season Premiere – The Magic of Sound

Sunday, October 10, 2032 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Clare Longendyke performs as soloist on L.v. Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2, in this program that also features P.I. Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 3 & Morton Gould's Symphonette No. 2.

$35 ($25 senior/military, $10 child)

Olympia Symphony Orchestra Season Opening Concert

Sunday, October 10, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Georg Philipp Telemann – Ouverture-Suite, TWV 55:G10 "Burlesque de Quixotte"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Divertimento in D major K. 136, "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Edvard Grieg – Holberg Suite, Op. 40

$6-$65 (discounts available)

Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes

Tuesday, October 12, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
The 101, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs from iconic anime series like Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Naruto, & more, performed by string quartet in a romantic candlelit setting.

$45

Wayward Music Series: Skyros Quartet + arx duo – Bows & Mallets

Tuesday, October 12, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
New works for string quartet & percussion by Michael Laurello & Christopher Dietz, plus works from the 20th & 21st Centuries.

$5-$15 donation

Classical Tuesdays in Old Town Tacoma: String Quartets

Tuesday, October 12, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:40pm (PDT)
Slavonian Hall, Tacoma, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – String Quartet No. 59 in G minor, Op. 74, No. 3, Hob. III:74 "Rider"
Joseph Bologne, Chevalier de Saint-Georges – String Quartet No. 5 in G minor, Op. 1
Sergei Prokofiev – String Quartet No. 2 in F major, Op. 92

Free (Free)

Candlelight: Favorite Anime Themes

Tuesday, October 12, 2032 @ 9:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The 101, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs from iconic anime series like Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Naruto, & more, performed by string quartet in a romantic candlelit setting.

$45

Ravenna Strings Reading Session

Thursday, October 14, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:10pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Sight read string music with Ravenna Strings in these weekly sessions at Phinney Center, Thursdays through November 18. Beginner/intermediate & intermediate/advanced sessions available; come for 1 or both.

Free (Free (registration required))

Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Stravinsky

Thursday, October 14, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maurice Ravel – Le tombeau de Couperin
Brett Dean – Carlo
Adeliia Faizullina – Tatar Folk Songs Igor Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite

Ticket price TBD

Pacific Lutheran University Orchestra Festival

Friday, October 15, 2032 @ 5:00am – 4:59am (PDT)
Day of music making & sharing featuring performances from the finest high school orchestras in the Puget Sound.

Free

University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Music & the Power of Influence

Friday, October 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The UPS School of Music Symphony Orchestra presents works by Maria Newman, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Edward Elgar, conducted by Anna Edwards.

Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))

Meany Center: Danish String Quartet

Friday, October 15, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
An imaginative program of Henry Purcell as arranged by Benjamin Britten; a suite of dances by composers spanning continents & centuries; & the DSQ’s own unique arrangements of traditional Nordic folk music.

$65 (subscriptions available)