Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures

Saturday, December 4, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lori Laitman – Four Dickinson Songs
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Schumann – From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands
Nikita Koshkin – Usher Waltz
Franz Liszt – Sposalizio 

Free

Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: Schubert Octet

Monday, February 21, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert's inviting Octet and Bolcom's shimmering Serenata Notturna paint two shades of night music, renewing the spirit of Mozart and his gregarious serenades.

$40

Ravenna String Orchestras: Aaron Copland's 'Quiet City'

Wednesday, March 22, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart (arr. Doan) – Kyrie from Requiem
Shirl Jae Atwell – Mist
William M. Rich – Klezmer Fantasy
Vivaldi – Concerto Grosso, Op. 3 No. 11
Aaron Copland – Quiet City
Dvořák – Tempo di Valse from Serenade for String Orchestra

Free

Washington Wind Symphony: In Memoriam

Sunday, May 21, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Kirkland Performance Center, Kirkland, WA, United States
We end the season on a reflective note by paying homage to the memory of those who gave their lives to protect our freedom.

$10-$20

River Winds Concert Band: Pictures at an Exhibition

Saturday, June 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
North Shore Performing Arts Center, Bothell, WA, United States
Moussorgsky's Pictures at an Exhibition, dello Joio's Scenes from the Louvre, Symphonic Suite from Star Trek, Stars and Stripes Forever, and performances by Flute Choir, Trombone Choir, and Trumpet Choir.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: An evening of chamber music for wind instruments

Monday, December 11, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Sharon Jung (oboe), Madeline Beery (flute), and Rosemary Bell, oboe/English horn.

Free (Free)

Ladies Musical Club: Schubert’s 'Frauenliebe-und leben' & oboe/English horn duets

Sunday, December 17, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Sonata for oboe and English horn (trans. Alan Hawkins)
Alex Shapiro – Re:pair (duet for oboe and English horn)
Robert Schumann – Frauenliebe und -leben ("Woman’s love and life")

Free (Free)

Ladies Musical Club: Chausson, Wolf, Boutry & more

Saturday, February 24, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Works for mixed small ensembles by Graham Powning, Beethoven, Chausson, Hugo Wolf, Roger Boutry, and Eugéne Bozza.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: Celebrating Johann Sebastian Bach

Saturday, March 17, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Ladies Musical Club of Seattle celebrates the birth month of Johann Sebastian Bach by performing his works for soprano, mezzo-soprano, violin, flute, recorder, oboe, English horn, and piano.

Free

Nielsen & Maslanka

Sunday, April 8, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Márquez – Danza de mediodía
Bozza – Trois pièces pour une musique de nuit
Nielsen – Wind Quintet, Op. 43
Maslanka – Quintet for Winds No. 3

Free (Free)

48-Hour Composition Competition

Saturday, April 14, 2029 @ 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

Ladies Musical Club: Things That go Bump in the Night – A Halloween Extravaganza

Sunday, October 28, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Merrill Gardens, Burien, WA, United States
Arrigo Boito's "L’altra notte" from Mefistofele, Schubert's Der Tod und das Mädchen, music from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone, and more.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: Desert Fables for Oboe

Thursday, November 8, 2029 @ 1:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Crossroads Community Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
Jenni Brandon's Desert Fables for Solo Oboe, plus cabaret songs by Weill, Britten, Bolcom, and Schoenberg.

Free

From Sea to Shining Sea: Island Consort Presents American Music

Saturday, November 10, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Island Church of Whidbey, Langley, WA, United States
An all-American music program including Gershwin's Lullaby for Strings, Copland's Quiet City, settings of Walt Whitman poems by Spencer Arias, and more.

$20 suggested donation

Ladies Musical Club: French & British Songs

Monday, December 10, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
French and British songs, along with trios for oboes and English horn with music by Debussy, Faure, and more.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: Elgar's 'Sea Pictures' + trios for oboes & English horn

Sunday, January 20, 2030 @ 3:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Edward Elgar – Sea Pictures, Op. 37
Graham Powning – Variations and Fugue on St. Antoni Chorale for two oboes and English horn
Allan Stephenson – Mini-trio for 2 oboes and English horn

Free

SPU Faculty Artist Series: Exploring Nature Through Music (Family Concert)

Sunday, May 5, 2030 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Spanish and Latin American works inspired by Pinocchio and Puss in Boots, and music celebrating aspects of the natural world.

Free

Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Rautavaara, Debussy, Haydn

Friday, October 11, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelette Op. 52, No. 3 in A minor
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"

$15 (age 16 & under free w/ adult)

Port Angeles Chamber Orchestra: Rautavaara, Debussy, Haydn

Saturday, October 12, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Trinity United Methodist Church, Sequim, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – Novelette Op. 52, No. 3 in A minor
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Ballad, for harp and strings
Claude Debussy – Danse sacrée et danse profane
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 104 in D major, H 1/104 "London"

$15 (age 16 & under free w/ adult)

Ladies Musical Club: Mezzo-Soprano Songs & Double Reed Trios

Sunday, October 20, 2030 @ 3:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Mirabella Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Songs by Reynaldo Hahn, Miguel Sandoval, Johannes Brahms, and Cole Porter for mezzo-soprano, plus trios for three oboes, and two oboes with English horn.

Free (Free)