Bassoon – Upcoming Concerts
Archipelago Collective Chamber Music Festival: Concert I
Friday, September 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brickworks, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Heitor Villa Lobos – Bachianas Brasileiras No. 6 for flute and bassoon
Megan Bledsoe-Ward – Nevertheless for harp and bassoon (world premiere)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
Megan Bledsoe-Ward – Nevertheless for harp and bassoon (world premiere)
Claude Debussy – Sonata for flute, viola, and harp
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956
$20 (age 18 & under FREE)
Archipelago Collective Chamber Music Festival: BARPfest at the Library
Saturday, September 7, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
San Juan Island Library, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
Join bassoonist Dana Jackson and harpist Sophie Baird-Daniel for a family-friendly concert to learn more about these wonderful instruments and hear how they sound together.
Free
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Thalia Symphony Orchestra: Mendelssohn Symphony No. 3 'Scottish'
Saturday, October 26, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Laniakea (world premiere)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
Edvard Grieg – Peer Gynt
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 (“Scottish”)
$24 ($18 student/senior)
Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra: New World
Sunday, October 27, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191: mvt. II
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Bassoon Concerto in B-flat major, K. 191: mvt. II
Antonín Dvořák – Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95 "From the New World"
Free
The Washington Wind Symphony presents ‘Horizon’
Sunday, October 27, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Julie Giroux – Symphony No. V "Elements"
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
Eric Whitacre – Sleep
Satoshi Yagisawa – Machu Picchu: City in the Sky
Felix Mendelssohn – Overture for Winds (arr. John Boyd)
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied ("Evening Song") (arr. Shelley Hanson)
Philip Sparke – Music of the Spheres
$15 ($10 seniors /youth FREE)
Port Gardner Bay Music Society: Ballard Breeze Wind Quintet
Sunday, October 27, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Our Saviour's Lutheran Church, Everett, WA, United States
A quintet made up of flute, oboe, clarinet, horn, and bassoon presents a program of quality chamber music.
$15 / $12 / $5
EUUC Concert Series: From Classical to Broadway
Saturday, November 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Edmonds Unitarian Universalist Congregation, Edmonds, WA, United States
Chamber music of W.A. Mozart, Ludwig van Beethoven, Giacomo Puccini, Max Bruch, Francis Poulenc, George Gershwin, Jerome Kern, Irving Berlin, and others for clarinet, bassoon, soprano, tenor, and piano.
$15 / $10 / free
A Concert with a Cause at Faith Lutheran Church: Relaxing Music before the Holidays
Sunday, November 24, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (PST)
Faith Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Claude Debussy, Jules Massenet, Jacques Offenbach, Maurice Ravel, Gabriel Fauré, Charles-Marie Widor, and Camille Saint-Saëns.
Free
UW Symphony with Mary Lynch, Seth Krimsky, Rachel Lee Priday, & Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir
Friday, December 6, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Joseph Haydn – Sinfonia Concertante in B-flat major, Hob. I:105
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 6 in B minor, Op. 74, "Pathétique"
$15 / $10
Ladies Musical Club: Jake Heggie; Music for Oboe/Clarinet/Bassoon
Wednesday, December 11, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Seattle Public Library – Central Branch, Seattle, WA, United States
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle presents Jake Heggie’s On the Road to Christmas, followed by a program of trios for oboe, clarinet, and bassoon.
Free (Free)
First Fridays @ Epiphany Wine Tasting Concert: Reed All About It
Friday, January 3, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Epiphany Parish Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
The 18th century’s finest music for double reeds is paired with premium wines from Two Vintners Winery, included in the ticket price.
$35
Sanctuary in the City: Reed All About It – Music for Oboe & Bassoon
Wednesday, January 8, 2031 @ 12:10pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Christ Our Hope at the Josephinum, Seattle, WA, United States
Music by Antonio Vivaldi, Georg Philipp Telemann, Giovanni Benedetto Platti, and more.
Free (Free)
Washington Wind Symphony Presents ‘Connections’
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Kit Mills – Beyond the Desert Sands
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
Kevin M. Walczyk – Eloi, Eloi
Frank Ticheli – Blue Shades
John Barnes Chance – Variations on a Korean Folk Song
Derek M. Jenkins – We Seven
Donald Grantham – Southern Harmony
$15 ($10 seniors, students FREE)
Spiritus Winds: Beethoven & Reicha
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quintet in E-flat major for Piano and Winds, Op. 16
Györgi Ligeti – Six Bagatelles
Antonín Reicha – Quintet in C minor, Op. 91, No. 6
Györgi Ligeti – Six Bagatelles
Antonín Reicha – Quintet in C minor, Op. 91, No. 6
Free
Collaborative Musicians' Project: Compass Winds
Tuesday, January 28, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kirkland Arts Center Gallery, Kirkland, WA, United States
Alyssa Morris – Melting Pot
Paquito d'Rivera – Aires Tropicales
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
William Grant Still – Folk Suite No. 4
Paquito d'Rivera – Aires Tropicales
Valerie Coleman – Umoja
William Grant Still – Folk Suite No. 4
$20 / $10 / $5 / FREE
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Through the Glass
Saturday, February 22, 2031 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Youngstown Cultural Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Hot Shop
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
$35 ($25 seniors; 21 & under free)
North Corner Chamber Orchestra: Through the Glass
Sunday, February 23, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Heather Bentley – Hot Shop
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
Ethel Smyth – Serenade in D major
Luigi Boccherini – Cello Concerto in B-flat major, I. Allegro moderato
Carl Maria von Weber – Bassoon Concerto in F major, I. Allegro ma non troppo
$35 ($25 seniors; 21 & under free)
University of Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Concerto-Aria Winners
Thursday, February 27, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Ciranda das sete notas ("Dance of the seven notes")
André Jolivet – Flute Concerto No. 1
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Aric MacDavud – Tango Symphonique
André Jolivet – Flute Concerto No. 1
Caroline Shaw – Entr'acte
Edward Elgar – Cello Concerto in E minor, Op. 85
Aric MacDavud – Tango Symphonique
Free
Marmaduke Overend Festival: Concert 1 & Sherry Tasting
Saturday, July 31, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, Tacoma, WA, United States
Join harpsichordist Henry Lebedinsky, baroque violinists Anna Okada & Eleanor Legault, & baroque bassoonist Anna Marsh for a tour of late Baroque English trio sonatas, paired with a tasting of 4 exceptional sherries.
$35