Meany Center: Imani Winds & Catalyst Quartet

Wednesday, January 26, 2022 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Mongo Santamaria, arr. Valerie Coleman – Afro Blue
Florence Price – Newly discovered work TBA
Jessie Montgomery – Sergeant McCauley
Roberto Sierra – Concierto de Cámara

$65 (subscriptions available)

Fifth Inversion in Concert: Trip the Light Fantastic

Monday, December 6, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Works include:
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
Gunther Schuller – Suite for Wind Quintet
Eugène Bozza – Variations Sur Un Thème Libre, Op. 42
Paul Valjean – Dance Suite
Four exquisite Argentine songs by Mariano Mores, Sebastian Piana, and Osmar Maderna (arr. by Silvia Coricelli)

Free

Bremerton WestSound Symphony: Bach Wedding Cantata & Advent Celebration

Sunday, November 28, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, Port Orchard, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 "Wedding Cantata"
Music for Advent TBA
George Frideric Handel – Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287
Antonio Vivaldi – Recorder Concerto in C minor, RV 441

Free (Free (reservations recommended))

Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO is Bach

Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
An afternoon of Baroque & Baroque-inspired concertos. Soloists include: Alex Klein, oboe; Director Yaniv Attar & Michael Partington, guitar; & BSO's 4 principal violinists.

$15-$49

Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: The BSO is Bach

Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
An evening of Baroque & Baroque-inspired concertos. Soloists include: oboist Alex Klein; Director Yaniv Attar & Michael Partington on guitar; & BSO's 4 principal violinists.

$15-$49

Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: The Year of Re(new)al

Tuesday, November 9, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – "I. Allegro moderato" & "III. Andante con moto " from from 4 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano

$20 ($15 senior, $0-$10 student)

Composers Concordance: Woodwind Motion

Friday, November 5, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Concert event pairing new music for woodwind quintet with an array of contemporary dance choreographies. Featuring the Sylvan Winds; choreographer Max Pollak; & an NYC premiere for composer Stanley Babin.

Free (Online: Free | In-person: $15-$20)

SFCM Baroque Orchestra: Vivaldi, Purcell, Destouches

Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Strings in A minor, RV 161
Antonio Vivaldi – Concerto for Four Violins in B minor, RV 580
Arcangelo Corelli – Concerto grosso in D major, Op. 6, No. 4
Henry Purcell – Suite in G major, Z. 700
André Cardinal Destouches – Air from Callirhoé
Johann Sebastian Bach – "I. Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust" from Vergnügte Ruh, beliebte Seelenlust, BWV 170

Free (Free (in person: RSVP required))

UW Wind Ensemble: Chamber Winds Concert

Sunday, October 31, 2021 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Bohuslav Martinů – Sextet for Piano & Wind Instruments, H. 174
Kurt Weill – Little Threepenny Music: Suite from The Threepenny Opera
Richard Strauss – Serenade in E-flat major, Op. 7
Chou Wen-Chung – Suite for Harp & Wind Quintet
Ruth Gipps – Seascape, Op. 63

Free (Free)

Port Townsend Symphony: PNW Premiere by Blauth

Sunday, October 24, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Brenno Blauth – Concertino for oboe & strings (PNW premiere)
Alan Hovhaness – Psalm & Fugue, Op. 40a
Leoš Janáček – Suite for Strings

Free (Free (reservations encouraged))

Eastman School of Music: Student Degree Recital – Kate Bruns, oboe

Saturday, October 23, 2021 @ 8:00am – 9:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Degree recital featuring Eastman student Kate Bruns, oboe.

Free

Groupmuse: Music Your Streaming Service Won’t Play for You

Saturday, October 16, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
Contemporary chamber music for woodwinds, performed by the Peregrine Rose Trio & Compass Winds. Works by Alexandra Molnar-Suhajda, Daniel Dorff, Sean Osborn, & more.

$5 registration; $20 (or pay as you can) at concert

Carpe Diem String Quartet: Something Old & Something New

Tuesday, October 12, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Bassoonist Yoshi Ishikawa, oboist Peter Cooper, & the Carpe Diem String Quartet will present the world premiere of a sextet by Korine Fujiwara, as well as works by Jennifer Higdon, Antonio Vivaldi, & Franz Danzi.

Free

Bellingham Music Club Night Beat presents Oboist Bhavani Kotha & pianist Rebecca Manalac

Friday, October 8, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Oboist Bhavani Kotha and pianist Rebecca Mañalac present works by Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, and William Grant Still.

$20 (take-a-teen-for-free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Tri-Again

Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 1:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The musicians of Tri-Again – Laura Adkins (oboe, etc.), Jonathan Hannau (piano, etc.), & Riley Leitch (trombone, etc.) – present their collaborative composition Combinatorial Optimization.

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Patricia Morehead

Saturday, October 2, 2021 @ 11:00am – 11:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Performer/composer Patricia Morehead presents her 2019 composition Sounds and Sighs for John for solo oboe, oboe d'amore, & electronics.

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Fulcrum Point New Music Project

Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 3:15pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Darlene Castro Ortiz – Desmoronamiento for flute & live electronics
Ricardo Lorenz – Jaromiluna for violin & harp
Lupita Diaz-Donato – Nubes for solo B-flat clarinet (world premiere)
Clarice Assad – Book of Spells for mixed ensemble

Free (Free)

Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: 5th Wave Collective

Friday, October 1, 2021 @ 11:45am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Works for string quartet with & without oboe, by Shulamit Ran, Gabriella Smith, Stacy Garrop, Osnat Netzer, & Clarice Assad.

Free (Free)

Seattle Symphony: Free Opening Weekend Concert

Sunday, September 19, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Celebration including the unveiling of a commissioned work of Indigenous art, a cross-cultural musical performance, & a mainstage performance by the SSO at 2pm.

Free (Free (reservation required))

Gallery Concerts: Wind Power

Sunday, March 1, 2020 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Queen Anne Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Some of the finest period wind players join fortepianist Jonathan Oddie for rarely-heard chamber music for winds by Franz Ignaz Danzi, Johann Nepomuk Hummel, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Jacques Christian Michel Widerkehr, Johann Pfeiffer, and Duvernay.

$35 / $30 / $15 / FREE ages 7-15