UW World Series: Angela Hewitt

Monday, May 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Bach – Italian Concerto, BWV 971
Scarlatti – Sonatas
Bach – Chromatic Fantasy and Fugue, BWV 903
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 26 in E-flat major, Op. 81a, “Les Adieux”
Liszt – Après une Lecture du Dante: Fantasia quasi Sonata (from Années de pèlerinage: Italie)

$40-$45

1600: Winds of the Renaissance

Monday, May 18, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Paul's Episcopal Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.

$15-$25 suggested donation

1600: Winds of the Renaissance

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 @ 12:00pm – 1:30pm (PDT)
San Juan Island Grange, Friday Harbor, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music. Bag-lunch concert!

$15-$25 suggested donation

1600: Winds of the Renaissance

Tuesday, May 19, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Adventist Fellowship Church, Eastsound, WA, United States
The elusive dulcian, the rarely heard renaissance transverse flute and the lute will be showcased in an evening of 16th and early 17th-century chamber music.

$15-$25 suggested donation

Maplewood Student Orchestra at Folklife

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 12:40pm – 1:10pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Students in 6th, 7th and 8th Grade perform at Folklife, a highlight of their musical year.

Free

Eckstein Middle School Wind Ensemble at Folklife

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 2:00pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A Folklife performance by the 80-member Eckstein Middle School Wind Ensemble.

Free

Steven Arntson at Folklife: New Music for Concertina & Voice

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 4:40pm – 5:10pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Steven Arntson performs new music for the duet concertina and voice.

Free

Breath of Aire at St. Stephen the Martyr

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen the Martyr Catholic Church, Renton, WA, United States
A benefit concert for Terrific Tuesday Meals.

Free

SPU Symphonic Wind Ensemble

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance by the Seattle Pacific University's Symphonic Wind Ensemble.

Free

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)

Stella Haze | Pulling Out the Light | Raica

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of electronic music by three Seattle-based artists, presented by Nonsequitur.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Passenger String Quartet at Folklife

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 8:45pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
The Passenger String Quartet is an avant-garde, experimental neo-classical group formed by Northwest composer/violinist Andrew Joslyn

Free

Seattle Cello eXperiment at Folklife

Friday, May 22, 2026 @ 9:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Music spanning many musical genres, including popular, rock, film and television, classical, Latin and fiddling.

Free

Hamilton International Middle School Chamber Orchestra at Folklife

Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 11:40am – 12:05pm (PDT)
Mural Amphitheatre at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A Folklife performance by the Hamilton International Middle School Chamber Orchestra.

Free

Maier Hall Concert Series: Onyx Chamber Players

Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Peninsula College Maier Performance Hall, Port Angeles, WA, United States
Onyx Chamber Players combine a unique blend of early music performance style with the brilliance and virtuosity of modern instruments. Audiences and critics alike have hailed their musical energy, the exciting chemistry among the players and the musical intensity Onyx brings to their performances.

$15 (students $5 w/ID)

Saxophone: UNCOVERED

Saturday, May 23, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Expanding the contemporary classical saxophone repertoire, Kevin Baldwin will premiere new works by local Seattle composers, as well as lesser-performed pieces from famed composers Luciano Berio, Gerard Grisey and Giacinto Scelsi.

$5-$15

Seattle Mandolin Orchestra at Folklife

Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 11:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from early 20th-century mandolin orchestra originals as well as other classics reimagined for plucked strings.

Free

Onyx Chamber Players at First Church Seattle

Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
First Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music of Schubert, Weber and Mendelssohn.

$10-$25

Valse Café Orchestra at Folklife

Sunday, May 24, 2026 @ 9:00pm – 9:50pm (PDT)
Seattle Center Fisher Pavilion, Seattle, WA, United States
Postmodern renditions of dance-hall classics, a mélange of Viennese waltz and American jazz, plus Argentine tangos, rumbas, cha-chas, polkas, schottisches and the blues.

Free

1,000 Cellos

Monday, May 25, 2026 @ 1:30pm – 2:20pm (PDT)
Cornish Courtyard at Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Cellists from all over the region perform an original work for cello orchestra.

Free