Strings – Past Concerts
PLU String Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
String Kaleidoscope, featuring students of the string department.
Free
PLU Chamber Music Kaleidoscope
Tuesday, December 4, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Chamber Music Kaleidoscope featuring students of the string department.
Free
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Christmas Concert: Taffanel, Waterhouse, Barthe, & more
Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Paul Taffanel – Wind Quintet in G minor
Graham Waterhouse – Jig, Air and Reel, Op. 9
Adrien Barthe – Passacaille for Winds
Gerald Finzi – Romance for Strings, Op. 11
Uuno Klami – Suite for String Orchestra
Graham Waterhouse – Jig, Air and Reel, Op. 9
Adrien Barthe – Passacaille for Winds
Gerald Finzi – Romance for Strings, Op. 11
Uuno Klami – Suite for String Orchestra
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Fall Student Chamber Music Concert
Wednesday, November 28, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle University chamber music students perform their annual fall concert. Dr. Quinton Morris directs both piano and string students.
$12 / $8 / $5
Vintersong Nordic Holiday Concert
Seattle Lilla Spelmanslag,
Seattle-Bergen Sister City Association, and
Northwest Edvard Grieg Society
Sunday, November 18, 2018 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A Nordic holiday concert of yuletide favorites to top off the Ballard Julefest weekend.
Free
Capriccio String Ensemble: Grieg, Barber, Mendelssohn, Elgar
Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Woodland Park Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for string ensemble by Edvard Grieg, Samuel Barber, Felix Mendelssohn, and Edward Elgar.
Free
Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Courtly Dance & Music of Renaissance Italy
Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Courtly dances of the Renaissance accompanied by skilled teen musicians on instruments of the time. Appropriate for all ages.
$12 (youth $8)
[CANCELLED] Northwest Sinfonietta: It’s a Woman’s World
Thursday, November 15, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Metropolist, Seattle, WA, United States
This performance has been cancelled.
Performance cancelled.
Childsplay: Fiddlers, Fiddles, & Fiddlemaker, with guest Karan Casey
Sunday, November 11, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Virtuosic fiddling, from all-Ireland and Scottish fiddle champions to members of the Boston Symphony.
$34.50 / $26.50 / $19.50
Octava Chamber Orchestra: Mendelssohn, Dove, Zwilich, Méhul
Sunday, November 11, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – String Symphony No. 7 in D minor
Jonathan Dove – Figures in the Garden
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Concerto for Trumpet and 5 players
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
Jonathan Dove – Figures in the Garden
Ellen Taaffe Zwilich – Concerto for Trumpet and 5 players
Étienne-Nicolas Méhul – Symphony No. 1 in G minor
$13-$20 (kids FREE)
From Sea to Shining Sea: Island Consort Presents American Music
Saturday, November 10, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
An all-American music program including Gershwin's Lullaby for Strings, Copland's Quiet City, settings of Walt Whitman poems by Spencer Arias, and more.
$20 suggested donation
Russian Chamber Music Foundation: Autumn Evenings w/ Rimsky-Korsakov String Quartet
Sunday, November 4, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A visiting quartet performs music by Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov, Dmitri Shostakovich, and Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky.
$35 / $25 / $15 / $10
Emerald City Music: Café Music
Saturday, October 27, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
$28–$43 ($10 students)
Kate Kayaian: The Voice of the Cello
Saturday, October 27, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Stroum Jewish Community Center, Mercer Island, WA, United States
International concert cellist Kate Kayaian explores the expressive range of her beloved instrument through works by J.S. Bach, George Crumb, Alan Hovhaness, and George N. Gianopoulos.
$25 ($15 students & seniors)
Emerald City Music: Café Music
Friday, October 26, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for bassoon and piano
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
Francaix – String Trio
Poulenc – Trio for oboe, bassoon, and piano
Milhaud – Sonatina for oboe and piano
Schoenfield – Café Music
$45 ($10 students)
Fulton Street Chamber Players: Beethoven & Fauré
Monday, October 22, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – String Trio, Op. 9, No. 1
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor
Gabriel Fauré – Piano Quartet in C minor
$25 ($20 for Folio members)
Pacific Lutheran University Regency Series: Regency String Quartet
Sunday, October 21, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Jennie Lee Hansen Recital Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Pacific Lutheran University presents a concert by the Regency String Quartet.
$10 ($5 senior/military/alumni, students free)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: Byron Schenkman's Favorites
Saturday, October 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Harpsichord concertos by Haydn and Amélie-Julie Candeille in the style of le concert spirituel, an 18th century public concert series in Paris.
$20-$40
The Fretless
Saturday, October 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Phinney Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A young band transforms Celtic fiddle tunes, folk melodies, and chamber music into intricate and beautiful arrangements.
$9-$20
Amazon Symphony Orchestra of Seattle: Halloween Spooktacular 2018
Friday, October 19, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Amazon Meeting Center, Seattle, WA, United States
All ghosts, skeletons, and ghouls are invited for a frightfully fun concert featuring sinister selections like Bach's Toccata and Fugue in D minor, Saint-Saëns' Danse Macabre, and the mystical music of Harry Potter!
Free (Free)