UW School of Music – Upcoming Concerts
Guest Artist Recital: Wendy Yamashita, piano
Tuesday, April 28, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Sonata No. 10 in C major, K. 330
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
Chopin – Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 23 in F minor, Op. 57
Chopin – Scherzo No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 31
Chopin – Andante Spianato and Grande Polonaise, Op. 22
$15
Guest Artist Master Class: Wendy Yamashita, piano
Wednesday, April 29, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
School of Music alumna Wendy Yamashita, now a faculty member at the University of Hawaii, Manoa, leads a master class with UW piano students.
Free
Guitar Master Class: Marcin Dylla
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 10:00am – 11:00am (PDT)
UW School of Music – Room 213, Seattle, WA, United States
One of the world’s elite performers of the classical guitar leads a master class with UW music students and young professional artists. Open to the public.
$10 (UW staff/students free)
Music from the War to End All Wars: Music of Debussy, Ives and Prokofiev
Sunday, May 3, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Ives – Tom Sails Away
Ives – Flanders Field
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 3
Debussy – Selected Etudes for Piano
De Falla – Danza del fuego fatuo for guitar quartet
Ives – Flanders Field
Vaughan Williams – The Lark Ascending
Prokofiev – Piano Sonata No. 3
Debussy – Selected Etudes for Piano
De Falla – Danza del fuego fatuo for guitar quartet
$10
Brechemin Piano Series
Thursday, May 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW music students perform works for piano.
$5
Student recital: Laura Colmenares, flute
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Laura Colmenares performs a recital in flute. Open to the public.
Free
Music of Today: Harry Partch Instruments Presentation
Monday, May 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Charles Corey, director of the Harry Partch Institute at the University of Washington, leads a public demonstration of instruments from the Harry Partch Instrument Collection.
Free
Student recital: Trevor Cosby, french horn
Tuesday, May 12, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:15pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Trevor Cosby performs a recital in french horn. Free and open to the public.
Free
UW Chamber Orchestra: After Mozart
Wednesday, May 13, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Excerpts from The Magic Flute for wind octet (arr. Heidenreich)
Colin Matthews – To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music... A realization of A Musical Dice Game by W. A. Mozart
Schnittke – Moz-Art à la Haydn
Raskatov – Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart
Berio – Divertimento for Mozart, based on a theme from The Magic Flute
Mozart – Divertimento for 2 horns and strings in F major: A Musical Joke, K. 522
Colin Matthews – To Compose Without the Least Knowledge of Music... A realization of A Musical Dice Game by W. A. Mozart
Schnittke – Moz-Art à la Haydn
Raskatov – Five Minutes from the Life of Mozart
Berio – Divertimento for Mozart, based on a theme from The Magic Flute
Mozart – Divertimento for 2 horns and strings in F major: A Musical Joke, K. 522
$5
Student recital: Nora Gunning piano
Thursday, May 14, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Nora Gunning performs a master's recital in piano. Free and open to the public.
Free
Doctoral recital: Emerald Lessley, voice
Friday, May 15, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW doctoral student Emerald Lessley performs a DMA recital in voice. Free and open to the public.
Free
[Canceled] Student recital: Stella Stephanie Kosim, guitar
Saturday, May 16, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Stella Stephanie Kosim performs a bachelor's degree recital in guitar. Free and open to the public.
UW Voice Division Recital
Monday, May 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW voice students perform their Spring Quarter recital.
$5
Mallethead Series: Collier and Dean 50 Year Anniversary
Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussionist and UW professor Tom Collier and bassist Dan Dean celebrate their 50-year musical partnership with an evening of music from throughout their performance career.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
Music of Today: The Music of Harry Partch
Tuesday, May 26, 2026 @ 3:35pm – 4:35pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Music students and faculty perform music by 20th century composer Harry Partch on the composer's unique hand-made instruments, now in residence at the University of Washington.
$20 ($12 student/senior)
UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Chamber Singers and University Chorale present their spring quarter concert.
$15 ($10 student/senior)
UW Percussion Ensemble: World Percussion Bash
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Percussion Ensemble and the UW Steel Drum Ensemble (directed by Shannon Dudley) present music from a variety of musical traditions.
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Student recital: Andy Abel, Tuba
Wednesday, May 27, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW student Andy Abel gives a recital on the tuba.
Free
Prized: Premio Roma
Thursday, May 28, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Huck Hodge – from the language of shadows
Norman Dello Joio – Satiric Dances
Vittorio Giannini – movements from Symphony No. 3
Bohuslav Martinů – Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Piano in C minor
Norman Dello Joio – Satiric Dances
Vittorio Giannini – movements from Symphony No. 3
Bohuslav Martinů – Concertino for Cello, Winds, Percussion and Piano in C minor
$15 ($10 student/senior)
Students of Michael Partington: Guitar Ensemble
Friday, May 29, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of Michael Partington perform music written or arranged for guitar.
$5