Viola – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
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)
Schubert – String Trio in B-flat major, D. 471
Handel – Passacaglia (arr. Halvorsen)
$30
Wayward Music Series: Inverted Space Ensemble
Friday, April 27, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring four newly-commissioned works by four eclectic composers, written for a unique ensemble of violin, viola, sax, clarinet, acoustic/electric guitar, piano, and percussion.
$5-$15 donation
PLU Artist Series: Brahms & Beyond
Wednesday, April 25, 2018 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Featuring performers Soon Cho (mezzo-soprano), Ames Asbell (viola), and Joey Martin (piano).
$10 ($5 senior / military / alumni, students free)
Music Works in Concert: Whitney Pierce Chamber Trio
Tuesday, April 24, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Chamber Trio with guitar, flute, and viola.
Free
Kin of the Moon: What Better Than Call A Dance?
Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A hybrid of through composed and improvised music, the retrospective/reworking includes dance music of the Renaissance, and new view on the waltz and the tango, and a sort of EDM thing... and electronics.
$5-$15 donation
UW Chamber Orchestra with Melia Watras, viola
Friday, April 20, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – Lachrymae
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wolf – Italian Serenade
Wagner – Siegfried Idyll
Wolf – Italian Serenade
Free
Vijay Chalasani, viola (UW DMA Recital)
Sunday, April 15, 2018 @ 1:30pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital for viola, presented by UW School of Music doctoral student Vijay Chalasani.
Free
48-Hour Composition Competition
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Gallery 1412, Seattle, WA, United States
48 hours to compose, six days to prepare, and one very unusual concert.
Free
Seattle Modern Orchestra: The Clouds Receding
Saturday, April 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Furrer – Aria for soprano and six instruments (1999, West Coast premiere)
Garcia – the clouds receding into the mountains for viola and ensemble (2017, world premiere)
Ligeti – Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971, Seattle premiere)
Garcia – the clouds receding into the mountains for viola and ensemble (2017, world premiere)
Ligeti – Melodien for chamber orchestra (1971, Seattle premiere)
$25 / $15 / $10
Bainbridge First Sundays: Skyros Quartet
Sunday, April 8, 2018 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
A concert from the Skyros Quartet.
$20 ($5 youth)
Ladies Musical Club: Mozart, Chopin, & Brahms
Saturday, April 7, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 7 in C K. 309
Chopin – Etude in C major Op. 10, No. 1
Chopin – Etude in G-Flat major Op. 25, No. 9
Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major Op. 120, No. 2
Chopin – Etude in C major Op. 10, No. 1
Chopin – Etude in G-Flat major Op. 25, No. 9
Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major Op. 120, No. 2
Free
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle: Bach, Bridge, & Brahms
Thursday, April 5, 2018 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Sonata No. 1 in G major for Viola da gamba, BWV 1027
Frank Bridge – Four Pieces for Cello and Piano (arranged for viola)
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
Frank Bridge – Four Pieces for Cello and Piano (arranged for viola)
Johannes Brahms – Viola Sonata in E-flat major, Op. 120, No. 2
Free
'Pairs': Violists Atar Arad & Melia Watras with guests Michael Jinsoo Lim & Cristina Valdés
Wednesday, March 28, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Arad, Britten, Penderecki, and Watras.
$20 ($10 students/seniors 62+)
UW Master Class: Atar Arad, viola
Tuesday, March 27, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Violist Atar Arad, Professor of Viola at the Jacobs School of Music at Indiana University, leads a master class with students of Melia Watras.
Free
Bach in the Subways: The Fremont Bach Players
Sunday, March 25, 2018 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Public Library, Greenlake Branch, Seattle, WA, United States
The Fremont Bach Players perform a free public concert honoring the 333rd birthday of J.S. Bach.
Free
Bach's Coffeehouse – A Brief History of the String Quartet
Friday, March 23, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
The dynamic San Francisco-based period instrument group The Sylvestris Quartet blends wit and insight as they explore the development of the quartet from Biber to Beethoven and beyond.
$25/$20 (under 18 FREE)
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Romeo & Juliet
Sunday, March 18, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2
Rachmaninoff – The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2
$18 ($14 seniors & minors)
Seattle Baroque Orchestra: The Fairy Queen
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Henry Purcell's The Fairy Queen, Matthew Locke's The Tempest, and other English Baroque favorites.
$20-$40
Seattle Festival Orchestra: Romeo & Juliet
Saturday, March 17, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
New Hope Presbyterian Church, Kent, WA, United States
Fauré – Pelléas et Mélisande Suite, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2
Rachmaninoff – The Isle of the Dead, Op. 29
Prokofiev – Selections from Romeo and Juliet Suites 1 & 2
$18 ($14 seniors & minors)
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Four-Part Canzonas 1585-1625
Tuesday, March 13, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Luke's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
An in-depth exploration of the rarely-heard Italian four-part canzona, inspired by four-part French and Flemish chansons.
$15-$25 suggested donation (18 & under free)