Symphony Tacoma: Saxophone Fusion

Saturday, April 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – Overture in C
Francis Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Roberto Sierra – Caribbean Rhapsody
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, Op. 81 (with multimedia)

$24-$78

Groupmuse House Concert: Wild Wind Trios w/ Onomatopoeia

Wednesday, April 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Loyal Heights, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)

$10+ donation, RSVP required

South Sound Saxophone Ensemble

Sunday, May 5, 2030 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
Pacific Lutheran University Department of Music presents a performance featuring the South Sound Saxophone Ensemble.

Free

Seattle Pacific University Chamber Music Concert

Tuesday, May 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
A variety of chamber ensembles from string quartet, to brass ensemble, to saxophone ensemble and more.

Free

Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra: Food Bank Concert

Monday, May 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Skyline High School, Sammamish, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – The Hebrides Overture
Alexander Glazunov – Saxophone Concerto in E-flat major, Op. 109
Aaron Copland – "Hoe-Down" from Rodeo
Georges Bizet – Carmen Suite No. 1
Bedřich Smetana – "The Moldau" from Má vlast

Free

Port Townsend Summer Band Memorial Day Concert & Ceremony

Monday, May 27, 2030 @ 11:30am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Port Townsend American Legion Post #26, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Patriotic music to accompany Port Townsend's annual Memorial Day ceremony, including marches, an Armed Forces Salute, and two original works written by local composer Karl Bach.

Free

Emerald City Saxophone Quartet at the Ballard Locks

Sunday, June 2, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Emerald City Saxophone Quartet for a free outdoor concert at the Ballard Locks.

Free

Wayward Music Series: Smith-McElroy Duo

Thursday, June 6, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An adventurous program of modern music featuring the new Six Moments by Seattle composer Tom Baker.

$5-$15 donation

Bellevue School of Music Student Recital: Piano, saxophone, flute, & clarinet

Sunday, June 16, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Piano, saxophone, flute, & clarinet students of all ages share their talents.

$10 (age 13 & under free)

Wayward Music Series: Lotus Lungs + Welch + Coulter/Freedlund

Saturday, June 22, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Improvised acoustic and electric sets from three innovative and accomplished guitarists; acoustic solo works for soprano, tenor and bass saxophones; and free improv for voice and trombone.

$5-$15 donation at the door

Wayward Music Series: Rich Pellegrin & Neil Welch

Wednesday, July 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Having played together for a decade as part of the Rich Pellegrin Quintet, saxophonist Neil Welch and pianist Rich Pellegrin perform together for the first time as a duo casting light on abstract sound/silences through various means.

$5-$15 donation

Seattle Saxophone Institute Student Showcase

Thursday, July 18, 2030 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Seattle Saxophone Institute as they present their beginning through advanced high school students in performance for the camp's student showcase!

Free

Wayward Music Series: McDonas, Denio, & Boshnack

Saturday, August 17, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Three musicians approach music with precision and abandon, fierceness and joy as they explore the infinite possibilities of their instruments and their relationship to each other.

$5-$15 donation

Professor Gadget Sax Quintet at the Ballard Locks

Sunday, August 18, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Join the Professor Gadget Sax Quintet for a free outdoor concert at the Ballard Locks.

Free

Saltwater Music Series: Winds of Summer

Saturday, August 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Des Moines United Methodist Church (WA), Des Moines, WA, United States
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Steven Luksan – Prayer
Steven Luksan – Suite for flute and piano
Steven Luksan – Four Pieces
Steven Luksan – Sonata
Benjamin Godard – "Waltz" from Suite de trois morceaux, Op. 116

Free

Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores'

Saturday, September 21, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that uses web technologies to generate and render scores and explores some recurring thoughts, visions, and dreams from a dark and surreal time.

$5-$15 donation

PLU Artist Series: Erik Steighner, saxophone

Sunday, October 6, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Joan Tower – Wings
Jennifer Higdon – Soprano Saxophone Concerto
Hilary Tann – Like Lightnings
Fernande Decruck – Sonata in C-sharp minor

$10 / $5

Music from Home: Deborah Anderson

Sunday, October 13, 2030 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Original works for solo piano, saxophone and piano, viola and bassoon, and more by composer Deborah Anderson.

$25

Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: 75th Anniversary Opening Gala

Saturday, October 26, 2030 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Gina Gillie – Philharmonic Fanfare (SPO commission)
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 75 in D major
Fernande Decruck – Sonata in C-sharp for saxophone
Aaron Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man
Aaron Copland – Suite from Appalachian Spring
Aaron Copland – Lincoln Portrait

$35 / $24 / FREE under age 16

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

$15 ($10 seniors /youth FREE)