Timber: a sound + light experience

Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.

$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)

Symphony Tacoma Voices: Holiday Favorites

Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Symphony Tacoma’s annual collage of seasonal delights for the whole family. Guest artists TBA.

$24-$85

University of Puget Sound: WinterFest – A Celebration of Winter in Music & Poetry

Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
UPS's Adelphian Concert Choir & Voci d’Amici present a performance of music & poetry from many traditions, cultures, & lands conducted by Steven Zopfi & narrated by Rev. David Wright ’96.

$10 ($5 seniors/military/UPS campus members)

Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert

Sunday, December 5, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Annual Christmas concert featuring PLU's Choir of the West, University Chorale, & University Symphony Orchestra. Modern works mix with traditional carols & seasonal favorites in this celebration of hope & renewal.

TBA

Seattle Symphony: Barber Symphony No. 1

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Florence Price – "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"

Ticket price TBD

Medieval Women's Choir: Music of Mirth

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
MWC celebrates a new beginning with medieval music focused on the miracle of Christmas & on spiritual renewal.

$30 / Pay-What-You-Can

Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Annual Christmas concert featuring PLU's Choir of the West, University Chorale, & University Symphony Orchestra. Modern works mix with traditional carols & seasonal favorites in this celebration of hope & renewal.

TBA

Timber: a sound + light experience

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.

$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)

University of Puget Sound: WinterFest – A Celebration of Winter in Music & Poetry

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
UPS's Adelphian Concert Choir & Voci d’Amici present a performance of music & poetry from many traditions, cultures, & lands conducted by Steven Zopfi & narrated by Rev. David Wright ’96.

$10 ($5 seniors/military/UPS campus members)

Port Townsend Symphony: Villa-Lobos, Karłowicz, Holst

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Heitor Villa-Lobos – Fantasia for saxophone, 3 horns, & strings, W. 490
Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op. 2
Gustav Holst – Brook Green Suite, H. 190
Plus a Holiday Surprise!

Free

Bellingham Symphony Orchestra: Holiday Joy

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Mount Baker Theatre, Bellingham, WA, United States
Local actor Ramona Abbott narrates A Dickens Christmas Carol Suite, plus holiday favorites including It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year, Silent Night, & more.

$15-$39

CMNW: Brentano String Quartet – A Tribute to Stravinsky

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland, WA, United States
Brentano String Quartet presents an immersive program in celebration of Igor Stravinsky, interlacing the modernist composer's works with poetry & music from his contemporaries & historical influences.

$62.50 ($20 ages 30 & under)

Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Basaltic Void Dervishes

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent presents his expanded solo work for 10 amplified cymbals & field recordings as a 3-hour immersive performance in collaboration with movement artists Katrina Wolfe & Kawtee Wolfe, performed in near darkness.

$5-$15 donation

Timber: a sound + light experience

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.

$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)

UW Campus Philharmonia Autumn Quarter Concert

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
The Campus Philharmonia, led/conducted entirely by UW conducting students, under the supervision of Dr. David Alexander Rahbee, performs its quarterly concert.

Free

Federal Way Symphony: Ring Out the Old, Ring In the New – Holiday Concert

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
Traditional gems (selections from The Nutcracker), a nod towards Viennese New Year's concerts (Johann Strauss II's Emperor Waltz), & some surprises that might become new holiday traditions.

$35 ($25 senior/military, ages 18 & under free)

Pacific Lutheran University: Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble

Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 1:00pm – 2:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Performance by the Sølvvinden Flute Ensemble, a flute choir featuring students of Pacific Lutheran University.

Free

Cappella Romana: Benedict Sheehan – Divine Liturgy in English

Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/guest conductor Benedict Sheehan leads Cappella Romana in the world premiere of his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Featuring baritone Michael Hawes & Grammy-winning basso profundo Glenn Miller.

$30-$50

UW Composition Studio

Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerging & established composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in this concert of music by students, faculty, alumni, & guests of the UW Composition program.

Free

CMNW: Brentano String Quartet – A Tribute to Stravinsky

Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Lincoln Performance Hall, Portland, WA, United States
Brentano String Quartet presents an immersive program in celebration of Igor Stravinsky, interlacing the modernist composer's works with poetry & music from his contemporaries & historical influences.

$62.50 ($20 ages 30 & under)