SYAMFA Music Festival

Monday, March 20, 2028 @ 9:00am – 5:00pm (PDT)
UW School of Music, Seattle, WA, United States
Young classical musicians from 5th through 12th grades participate in master classes for piano, strings, and woodwinds with nationally renowned adjudicators. Open to the public.

Free (Free)

Cursive presents: Tall Wind

Thursday, March 23, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ronald Roseman – Come Chitarra
Judith Shatin – Gazebo Music
Ralph Vaughan Williams – selections from 10 Blake Songs
Dennis Riley – Summer Music
Tison Street – Variations for Flute, Guitar and Cello
William Sydeman – Three Emily Dickinson Songs
Chinary Ung – Tall Wind
Jordan Nobles – Aether

$5-$15 suggested donation

Wayward Music Series: Lori Goldston

Friday, March 24, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle based cellist and composer Lori Goldston plays amplified cello in honor of visual artist, musician and poet Geneviève Castrée, whose death in 2016 left a gigantic hole in many hearts.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Bach Suite (Cello) Marathon

Saturday, March 25, 2028 @ 10:00am – 2:15pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
The complete Suites for Solo Cello by Johann Sebastian Bach performed by cellists from around the Pacific Northwest.

Free

Jacobsen Series: Close to the Bridge

Friday, March 31, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
A performance by cellist Alistair MacRae.

$15/$10

Ladies Musical Club: Haydn, Scriabin, Tailleferre & more

Saturday, April 1, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet, Op. 33, No. 2 “The Joke”
Mozart – A Musical Joke, K. 522 (III. Adagio cantabile)
Tailleferre – Deux pieces pour piano
Scriabin – Sonata-Fantasy, Op. 19 (Andante, Presto)
Carl Vine – The Anne Landa Preludes (V. Ever After Ever)
Schulhoff – Esquisses de jazz (Charleston)

Free (Free)

Chris Young Cello Recital

Saturday, April 1, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Chris Young performs a degree recital on the cello.

Free (Free)

UW Faculty Recital: Craig Sheppard, piano; Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

Tuesday, April 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Sonata in G minor, Op. 5, No. 2
Beethoven – Sonata in C major, Op. 102, No. 1
Andrew Norman – Sonnets for piano and cello
César Franck – Sonata in A major

$20/$10

NOCCO: The Silken Ladder

Saturday, April 8, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to La Scala di Seta
Haydn – Symphony No. 60
Sean Osborn – New work

$15-$25 (under 18 free)

NOCCO: The Silken Ladder

Sunday, April 9, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – Overture to La Scala di Seta
Haydn – Symphony No. 60
Sean Osborn – New work

$15-$25 (under 18 free)

Emerald City Music: Without Words

Friday, April 14, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
MadArt Gallery, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool

$45 (includes one drink)

Emerald City Music: Without Words

Saturday, April 15, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Mozart – Kegelstatt Trio for Clarinet, Viola, and Piano
Wagner – Isolde's Liebestod for Solo Piano
Verdi – String Quartet
Grainger – Fantasy on Gershwin's Porgy and Bess
Schiff – Divertimento from Gimpel the Fool

$10-$43

Fulton Street Chamber Players: Haydn & Dvořák

Tuesday, April 18, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – String Quartet in G major, Op. 54, No. 1
Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

$20 (members $15)

Meany Center presents the Emerson String Quartet with Craig Sheppard

Friday, April 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 4 in D major, Op. 83
Turnage – Shroud (2016)
Dvorák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81

$43-$48

Mostly Nordic: Finland's Musical Centennial

Sunday, April 23, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Finnish chamber music encompassing the last century of musical innovation and beauty, including works by Sibelius, Wessman, Rautavaara, Salmenhaara, and more.

$25-$60

Seattle Philharmonic Strings: Tchaikovsky & Takemitsu

Sunday, April 23, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:20pm (PDT)
Seattle Central Library Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky's moving and lyrical Serenade for Strings, plus works by Baroque masters Henry Purcell and Antonio Caldara, and two contrasting 20th-century masterpieces by Paul Hindemith and Toru Takemitsu.

Free (Free)

Epiphany Music Guild Fundraising Dinner & Concert

Sunday, April 23, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Epiphany Parish of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States

By donation

Byron Schenkman & Friends: Mozart & the Bachs

Sunday, April 30, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Baroque meets Classical as we juxtapose great chamber music by Carl Philip Emanuel Bach, Johann Christian Bach, and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, including Mozart’s Flute Quartet in D and transcriptions of fugues by Johann Sebastian Bach.

$10-$42

Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestras performs a premiere by Yiğit Kolat

Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Grace Church, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Works by Mozart and Tchaikovsky and a world premiere from Yiğit Kolat.

Free (Free)

Cascade Symphony Orchestra: Pictures at an Exhibition

Monday, May 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Edmonds Center for the Arts, Edmonds, WA, United States
Haydn – Concerto for Cello in C major
Mussorgsky (arr. Ravel) – Pictures at an Exhibition

$5-$27