Mostly Nordic: Finnish Crossroads

Sunday, January 6, 2019 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
A smörgåsbord of more than 10 instruments with a program of music spanning the folk and classical traditions of Finland.

$30 ($25 museum members)

Pacific MusicWorks Underground: Corelli Goes Global

Sunday, January 6, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Music by the true first celebrity violinist, Arcangelo Corelli, and the composers he influenced, including music from Mexico, Sweden, China, and Russia.

$25

Seattle Historical Arts for Kids: Family concert! Medieval Music for Everyone

Saturday, January 5, 2019 @ 1:30pm – 2:30pm (PST)
University Heights Community Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Shulamit Kleinerman plays the medieval fiddle, joined by soprano Linda Strandberg and Jacob Breedlove on hurdy-gurdy, percussion, and other instruments.

$9 (infants FREE)

The Gothard Sisters: A Celtic New Year Celebration

Thursday, January 3, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
A blend of Celtic, folk, classical, world, and northwest musical influences.

$20 ($25 at the door)

Puget Sound Concert Opera: Puccini's 'Suor Angelica'

Monday, December 31, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
PSCO celebrates the 100th anniversary of this opera’s premiere with a special performance for flute, violin, and piano of Puccini’s Suor Angelica.

$17

Curiouser & Curiouser: E.ravenscraft Improvised Violin

Sunday, December 30, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Lava Lounge, Seattle, WA, United States
The experimental soundtrack of an improvised violin in a Seattle tiki bar.

Free (Free)

Byron Schenkman & Friends: Baroque String Extravaganza

Sunday, December 30, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto in A major for harpsichord, strings, and continuo, BWV 1055
Tomaso Albinoni – Sonata in G minor for two violins, two violas, and continuo, Op. 2 No. 6
Georg Philipp Telemann – Concerto in G major for viola, strings, and continuo, TWV 51:G9
Robert de Viseé – Prelude in A minor for theorbo
Élisabeth Jacquet de la Guerre – Sonata No. 5 in A minor for violin and continuo
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto in F minor for violin, strings, and continuo, Op. 8 No. 4 “Winter”
Giuseppe Antonio Brescianello – Chaconne in A major for strings and continuo

$10-$48

Key To Change Holiday Recital

Saturday, December 22, 2018 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Luther's Table, Renton, WA, United States
Key to Change students perform in a holiday-themed recital celebrating the culmination of Fall Semester lessons.

Free (Free (RSVP requested))

Joe Kye & Sophie Lippert: Home for the Holidays

Wednesday, December 19, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring original compositions alongside classical masterpieces, solo and collaborative performances, and a few fresh takes on the holidays.

$15 / $10 / $35

Auburn Symphony Orchestra: Rockin' Christmas Eve

Monday, December 17, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
An exciting and diverse program of holiday music including an electric violin, favorite holiday film music, and holiday rock!

$37 ($30 senior, $10 student)

Whidbey Island Orchestra: Hallelujah Holiday Concert

Sunday, December 16, 2018 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
St. Augustine's in-the-Woods Episcopal Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Share in the season with music from Handel, Massenet, and your holiday favorites – including a cheerful selection of sing-alongs for a jolly good time.

Free

Wayward Music Series: Struber & Fitzpatrick: Theme & Variations

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Luigi Dallapicolla – Tartiniana Seconda
Olivier Messiaen – Theme and Variations
Arvo Pärt – Fratres
Benjamin Britten – Lachrymae
Dmitri Shostakovich – Violin Sonata
Witold Lutosławski – Paganini Variations by Lutoslawski (arr. Marcin Paczkowski)

$5-$15 donation at the door

Whidbey Island Orchestra: Hallelujah Holiday Concert

Friday, December 14, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Share in the season with music from Handel, Massenet, and your holiday favorites – including a cheerful selection of sing-alongs for a jolly good time.

Free

Frequency at the Royal Room

Sunday, December 9, 2018 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Join this Seattle-based modular chamber ensemble as they perform music by Bloch, Klein, Kodály, and Watras.

$15 (FREE for military/students)

UW Ethnomusicology Visiting Artist Concert: Ganesh Rajagopalan, violin

Saturday, December 8, 2018 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Floyd and Delores Jones Playhouse Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Master violinist and vocalist of Carnatic music Ganesh Rajagopalan performs traditional and new music of South India.

$25 ($10 student/senior)

(Im)migration: Music of Displaced Peoples

Sunday, December 2, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Béla Bartók – Contrasts
Frederic Chopin – Polonaise-Fantaisie in A-flat major, Op. 61
Arnold Schoenberg – Six Little Piano Pieces, Op. 19
Paul Hindemith – Sonata for Flute and Piano
Mario Castelnuovo-Tedesco – Sonatina for flute and guitar, Op. 205

Free

Curiouser & Curiouser: E.ravenscraft Improvised Violin

Sunday, November 25, 2018 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Lava Lounge, Seattle, WA, United States
The experimental soundtrack of an improvised violin in a Seattle tiki bar.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: In Perfect Harmony

Sunday, November 18, 2018 @ 3:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for voices, violin, and piano by Charles Ives, Benjamin Godard, Jules Massenet, Gustav Holst, Edward Elgar, and Ralph Vaughan Williams.

Free

String Trio: Pamela Liu & Friends

Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
Astor Piazzolla – Four Seasons of Buenos Aires
George Gershwin – Selections from Porgy and Bess
William Bolcom – Graceful Ghost Rag

$15 ($10 museum members)

UW DMA Recital: Emily Acri, violin

Saturday, November 17, 2018 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A recital for violin, presented by University of Washington School of Music doctoral student Emily Acri.

Free