Viola – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles
Saturday, May 14, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Salish Sea Early Music Festival: Versailles
Monday, May 9, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Bethel Church, Vashon, WA, United States
Featuring music and instruments from the early 18th-century court of Louis XIV.
$15-$25 suggested donation
Club Shostakovich XV: The Last Quartet & The Lost Composers
Sunday, May 1, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Shostakovich's transcendent 15th Quartet, which premiered less than a year before his death, plus string trios and quartets by Hans Krása, Erwin Schulhoff, and Viktor Ullmann.
$10-$15
Sound of Late: What Water Knows
Friday, April 29, 2016 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Center for Wooden Boats, Seattle, WA, United States
The shimmering, colorful music of composers Emily Doolittle, Nicole Portley, Bright Sheng, and Toru Takemitsu will be featured alongside music and poetry of marine biologists and commercial fishers.
$10
Early Music Underground: (Baroque) Band of Brothers at Northwest Cellars
Sunday, April 24, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Northwest Cellars, Kirkland, WA, United States
It's sibling revelry (and rivalry) as we explore the relationship between the violin and viola through the music of famous musical brothers, including the Purcells, the Grauns, and more.
$25 (includes wine tasting)
Early Music Underground: Tasting Notes – Finn Hill Winery
Saturday, April 23, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. John's Episcopal Church Kirkland, Kirkland, WA, United States
An elegant evening of great wine and great music featuring outstanding Bordeaux-style wines from Finn Hill Winery paired with baroque music for violin, viola, and harpsichord.
$20-$25 suggested donation includes wine tasting
Rainier Symphony Series 4: Of Worlds Unseen
Sunday, April 17, 2016 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Weber – Overture to Oberon
Walton – Viola Concerto
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Walton – Viola Concerto
Franck – Symphony in D minor
$17 ($12 student/senior; age 12 & under free)
Rainier Symphony Series 4: Of Worlds Unseen
Saturday, April 16, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Weber – Overture to Oberon
Walton – Viola Concerto
Franck – Symphony in D minor
Walton – Viola Concerto
Franck – Symphony in D minor
$17 ($12 student/senior; age 12 & under free)
Viola and Vixens: A Celebration of Female Composers in honor of Women's History Month
Thursday, March 31, 2016 @ 6:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by renowned composer and Seattle native Angelique Poteat, plus works by Libby Larsen, Jennifer Higdon, and Rebecca Clarke.
Free
The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center
Saturday, March 19, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Quartet in E-flat major for Piano, Violin, Viola, and Cello, K. 493
Schubert – Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D. 438
Mendelssohn – Double Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano, and Strings
Schubert – Rondo in A major for Violin and Strings, D. 438
Mendelssohn – Double Concerto in D minor for Violin, Piano, and Strings
$40-$45 (age 17 & under free)
Bach in the Subways: Susan M. Wood’s Chamber Orchestra
Saturday, March 19, 2016 @ 11:00am – 11:30am (PDT)
Beacon Hill Metro Station, Seattle, WA, United States
A chamber group of amateur musician friends will perform a selection of works by Bach.
Free
American String Project Chamber Players: Ligeti & Beethoven
Friday, March 18, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ligeti – String Quartet No. 1
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Beethoven – String Quartet No. 12 in E-flat major, Op. 127
Free (Free)
Fulton Street Chamber Players debut at Folio
Tuesday, March 15, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Members of the Seattle Symphony debut a new ensemble, performing Mozart's String quartet in B-flat major and Clarinet quintet in A major.
$15
UW Faculty Chamber Music Concert
Sunday, March 6, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of high-voltage chamber music, including works by Haydn, Kodály, and Dvořák.
$10-$20
Byron Schenkman & Friends: Mozart Piano Quartets
Sunday, March 6, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Quartet in E-flat major (K. 493)
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor (K. 478)
Hélène Liebmann née Riese – Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 11 (with variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni)
Mozart – Piano Quartet in G minor (K. 478)
Hélène Liebmann née Riese – Cello Sonata in B-flat major, Op. 11 (with variations on La ci darem la mano from Don Giovanni)
$10-$42
Bainbridge First Sundays: Cosi Quartet
Sunday, March 6, 2016 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
A waterfront performance by the Cosi Quartet: Curtis Foster, Linda Melsted, Laurel Wells, and Meg Brennand.
$10-$20
Listening to Mozart
Sunday, March 6, 2016 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Favorite works by Mozart, interspersed with readings by poet Esther Altshul Helfgott from her most recent book, Listening to Mozart.
$20 suggested donation
Second City Chamber Series: Two, Three, Four
Friday, March 4, 2016 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Great Hall at Annie Wright School, Tacoma, WA, United States
Haydn – Piano Trio in G major "Gypsy", Hob XV:25
Kodály – Duo for Violin and Cello
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
Kodály – Duo for Violin and Cello
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 87
$10-$25 (18 & under free)
A Quartet of Trios at Bayview Retirement Community
Wednesday, March 2, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Bayview Retirement Community, Seattle, WA, United States
Four flute trios perform works by Ibert, Weber, Arnold, and Bruch.
Free (Free)
Groupmuse House Concert: Serendipity String Quartet
Saturday, February 27, 2016 @ 7:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Quartet in B-flat major, Op. 76, No. 4 "Sunrise"
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3
Shostakovich – String Quartet No. 3
$10 suggested donation, RSVP for location