NW Folklife: SixTeen Strings

Friday, May 25, 2018 @ 4:50pm – 5:25pm (PDT)
The ensemble SixTeen Strings play fiddle tunes from around the world at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

Free

NW Folklife: Vancouver Fiddle Philharmonic

Friday, May 25, 2018 @ 2:20pm – 2:50pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The Vancouver Fiddle Philharmonic plays fiddle tunes from around the world at the Northwest Folklife Festival.

Free

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto

Thursday, May 24, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Featuring J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and other works for flute, violin, harpsichord, and string chamber orchestra.

$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)

Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Bach's Brandenburg Concerto

Wednesday, May 23, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bethel Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring J.S. Bach's Brandenburg Concerto No. 5, and other works for flute, violin, harpsichord, and string chamber orchestra.

$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)

West Seattle Community Orchestras: Debut Orchestra, Beginning Strings, & Intermediate Orchestra Spring 2018 Concert

Tuesday, May 22, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Steven Bryant – Dusk
Robert W. Smith – Into the Storm
Percy Grainger – Irish Tune from County Derry
Carl Strommen – Prairiesong
Michael Mogensen – Quest for the Grail
Additional works TBA

Free (Free)

Music of Remembrance: Gaman – to persevere

Sunday, May 20, 2018 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Christophe Chagnard – Gaman (2018 – world premiere)
Shinji Eshima – August 6th (1995)
Erwin Schulhoff – Five Pieces for String Quartet (1923)
Mieczyslaw Weinberg – Rhapsody on Moldavian Themes (1949)
Songs from Terezin

$45 ($30 for under 30)

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