Strings – Upcoming Concerts
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)
Olympic Music Festival: Ray Chen returns to the OMF
Saturday, September 5, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival: Ray Chen returns to the OMF
Sunday, September 6, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Beethoven – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D major, Op. 12 No. 1
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
Saint-Saëns – Violin Sonata No. 1 in D minor, Op. 75
Ysaÿe – Sonata No. 4 for Solo Violin in E minor
Falla – Suite Populaire Espagnole
Monti – Czárdás
$20-$32
Olympic Music Festival Encore: Jeremy Kittel Band
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Grammy-nominated violinist Jeremy Kittel brings his band to the OMF barn to perform music from bluegrass, jazz, and Celtic traditions.
$20-$32
Music Around the World
Saturday, September 12, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Franck – Violin Sonata
Shostakovich – Four Pieces for violin and piano
Saint-Saëns – The Swan for cello and piano
Mendelssohn – Songs without Words, Op. 109 for cello and piano
Ravel – Habanera for cello and piano
Rachmaninoff – Suites for Piano, Four Hands No. 4 and No. 6
Shostakovich – Four Pieces for violin and piano
Saint-Saëns – The Swan for cello and piano
Mendelssohn – Songs without Words, Op. 109 for cello and piano
Ravel – Habanera for cello and piano
Rachmaninoff – Suites for Piano, Four Hands No. 4 and No. 6
$10-$25, kids up to 18 free
Olympic Music Festival Encore: Jeremy Kittel Band
Sunday, September 13, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Quilcene Barn, Quilcene, WA, United States
Grammy-nominated violinist Jeremy Kittel brings his band to the OMF barn to perform music from bluegrass, jazz, and Celtic traditions.
$20-$32
Baroque Brittania
Tuesday, September 15, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
A lively and irreverent program of baroque music from Jolly Old England, including works by Purcell, Handel, Blow, Boyce, Arne, and Overend. Rumours of a Monty Python-themed pub quiz may or may not be exaggerated.
$20 (includes complimentary beverage)
UPS School of Music Faculty/Student Collage
Friday, September 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Fast-moving concert featuring many styles of music performed by University of Puget Sound School of Music faculty and students.
Free
Chamber Music at Richmond Beach: Mendelssohn & Shostakovich
Sunday, September 20, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Richmond Beach Congregational Church, Shoreline, WA, United States
Mendelssohn – String Quartet No. 6 Op. 80
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
Shostakovich – Piano Trio No. 2
$20 suggested donation
Two Quintessential Piano Quintets
Sunday, September 20, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Dvořák – Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Dvořák – Piano Quintet in A major, Op. 81
Free
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Telemann, Milhaud, Brahms
Sunday, September 27, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Everett First Presbyterian Church, Everett, WA, United States
Telemann – Concerto in F major for 3 violins
Milhaud – La Cheminée du roi René
Brahms – Sextet No. 2 in G major (arr. for string orchestra)
Milhaud – La Cheminée du roi René
Brahms – Sextet No. 2 in G major (arr. for string orchestra)
$20 ($15 student/senior)
The Daphnes and AMA Trio
Tuesday, September 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
The Daphnes play modern chamber pop compositions; AMA TRIO is richly polyrhythmic and soulfully melodic.
Donations welcome