Side-by-Side: UW Symphony and the Seattle Symphony

Friday, April 24, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Beethoven – Egmont Overture, Op. 84
Debussy – Prélude à "L'après-midi d'un faune" ("Prelude to the Afternoon of a Faun")
Stravinsky – Pulcinella Suite
Ravel – Ma Mère l'Oye (Mother Goose)

Free

UW Symphony with Maria Larionoff: Sibelius, Stravinsky, Beethoven

Friday, November 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Sibelius – Two Humoresques, for violin and orchestra, Op. 87
Stravinsky – Violin Concerto in D major
Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 "Eroica"

$10-$15

UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss

Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Schumann – Symphony in D minor (original 1841 version of Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120)
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24

$10-$15

Michael Gibbs and Bill Frisell with the UW Symphony and Jazz Studies Faculty

Thursday, January 14, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Guitarist Bill Frisell revisits arrangements by composer Michael Gibbs’ arrangements, joined by the UW Symphony and Jazz Studies faculty Cuong Vu, Ted Poor, and Luke Bergman.

$20 (students $10)

UW Symphony with Glenn Dicterow

Friday, February 12, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Tchaikovsky – Polonaise from Eugene Onegin
Barber – Violin concerto, Op. 14
Borodin – Polovtsian Dances from Prince Igor
Stravinsky – Suite from The Firebird, 1919

$10-$15

UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winner

Thursday, March 11, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Rachmaninoff – Symphony No. 2 in E minor, Op. 27
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129

$10-$15

Oppression-Faith-Rebellion-Freedom: A View of Beethoven’s Fifth

Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The UW Symphony Orchestra and director David Alexander Rahbee present a lecture-concert exploring deeper themes of Beethoven's masterwork.

Free (Free)

UW Symphony: Satie, Brahms, Rachmaninoff, Williams

Thursday, June 3, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Satie – Two Gymnopédies
Brahms – Academic Festival Overture, Op. 80
Rachmaninoff – Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Op. 18, Mvt. 1
Williams –Tuba Concerto

$10-$15

UW Symphony with Sæunn Thorsteinsdóttir, cello

Thursday, November 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Martinů – Memorial to Lidice, H. 296
Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E flat, Op. 107
Brahms – Symphony No. 4 in E minor, Op. 98

$10-$15

UW Symphony with Jonathan Biss

Thursday, December 9, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Moritz Moszkowski – Prelude and Fugue, Op. 85
Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C major, Op. 15
Tchaikovsky – Symphony No. 5 in E minor, Op. 64

$10-$15

UW Symphony & Seattle Symphony Orchestra: Side by Side

Wednesday, January 26, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Beethoven –  Leonore Overture No. 3, Op. 72b
Shostakovich – Piano Concerto No. 1 in C minor
Berlioz – Judges of the Secret Court, Overture, Op. 3
Copland – Fanfare for the Common Man

Free (Free, RSVP required)

UW Symphony with Concerto Competition Winners and Ludovic Morlot

Friday, March 10, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Messiaen – Les offrandes oubliée
Ibert – Flute concerto, mvts. 1 & 2
Grieg – Piano concerto in A minor, Op. 16, mvt. 1
Sibelius – Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47, mvt. 1
Ravel – Pavane pour une infante défunte
Ravel – La Valse

$15 ($10 student/senior)

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín

Friday, June 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:25pm (PDT)
A profoundly moving multimedia concert-drama combining the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimonials and narration, to tell the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp who performed the celebrated Verdi Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.

$15/$10

Defiant Requiem: Verdi at Terezín

Saturday, June 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:25pm (PDT)
Tacoma Armory, Tacoma, WA, United States
A profoundly moving multimedia concert-drama combining the magnificent music of Verdi with video testimonials and narration, to tell the story of the courageous Jewish prisoners in the Theresienstadt Concentration Camp who performed the celebrated Verdi Requiem while experiencing the depths of human degradation.

$35 ($20 student/senior)

UW Symphony w/ Seattle Symphony Horns

Friday, November 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Schumann – Konzertstück for Four Horns in F major, Op. 86
Dvořák – The Golden Spinning Wheel, Op. 109

$15 ($10 students/seniors)

UW Symphony: Gershwin & Prokofiev with Jon Kimura Parker, piano

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Gershwin – Piano Concerto in F major
Prokofiev – Symphony No. 5 in B-flat major, Op. 100

$15 ($10 students/seniors)

UW Symphony at Benaroya Hall: Rossini, Stravinsky, Beethoven, Enesco

Monday, February 5, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Rossini – William Tell Overture
Stravinsky – Symphony in Three Movements
Beethoven – Triple Concerto for Violin, Cello, and Piano in C major, Op. 56
Enesco – Romanian Rhapsody No. 1 in A major, Op. 11

$22 / $12

UW Symphony w/ Concerto Competition Winners: Vaughan Williams, Liszt, Webbon & more

Friday, March 9, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
R. Strauss – Till Eulenspiegel
Haydn – Cello Concerto No. 1 in C major, Mvt. 1 (Natalie Hagwood, cello)
Vaughan Williams – Oboe Concerto, Mvt. 1 (Logan Esterling, oboe)
Liszt – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major
D. Webbon – That is to Say

$15 ($10 students/seniors 62+)

UW Symphony Orchestra with Ben Lulich, clarinet

Friday, April 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Lutoslawski – Dance Preludes
Ravel – Le Tombeau de Couperin
Haydn – The Haydn Experience

$15 ($10 students/seniors 62+)

UW Symphony & Combined University Choirs: Debussy & Brahms

Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Claude Debussy – La Damoiselle Elue
Johannes Brahms – Ein Deutsches Requiem

$15 ($10 students/seniors)