Concert – Past Concerts
Port Townsend Symphony: Open Dress Rehearsal – Villa-Lobos, Karłowicz, Holst
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (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!
Mieczysław Karłowicz – Serenade for String Orchestra in C major, Op. 2
Gustav Holst – Brook Green Suite, H. 190
Plus a Holiday Surprise!
Free
Ball State Wind Ensemble & Wind Symphony
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Program of concert band music featuring the Ball State University Wind Ensemble (director Thomas Caneva) & Wind Symphony (director Caroline Hand). Program TBA.
Free (Free ($0-$5 in person))
University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon – A German Christmas
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
UPS Faculty organist Wyatt Smith performs works by J.S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederick Frahm, Rebecca Groom te Velde, & others, centered around the Christmas hymn Puer natus in Bethlehem.
Free (Free)
WWU: Student Chamber Music II
Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Performances by student chamber ensembles of the WWU Department of Music.
Free
Timber: a sound + light experience
Thursday, December 2, 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)
UW Chamber Singers & University Chorale
Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The UW’s top auditioned choirs present their fall quarter concert.
$10
Seattle Symphony: Barber Symphony No. 1
Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
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"
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
WWU Wind Symphony: Maslanka, Bernstein, Orff
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
David Maslanka – Concerto for Alto Saxophone & Wind Ensemble
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Carl Orff – Carmina Burana (arr. for winds & percussion)
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Carl Orff – Carmina Burana (arr. for winds & percussion)
Free
UW Percussion Ensemble
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The University of Washington Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) presents its Autumn Quarter concert.
$10
WWU Symphonic Band
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Performance featuring the WWU Symphonic Band.
Free
Celebrity Series of Boston: Conrad Tao, piano
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 6:15pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Conrad Tao & John Adams – Improvisation / China Gates
Jason Eckardt – Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes"
Johann Sebastian Bach & Conrad Tao – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 / Improvisation
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
Conrad Tao – Keyed In (Boston premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Jason Eckardt – Antennaria plantaginifolia, "Pussytoes"
Johann Sebastian Bach & Conrad Tao – Wenn wir in höchsten Nöten sein, BWV 641 / Improvisation
Robert Schumann – Kinderszenen ("Scenes from Childhood"), Op. 15
Conrad Tao – Keyed In (Boston premiere)
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 31 in A-flat major, Op. 110
Online: $18-$20 | In person: $10 obstructed view
First Wednesday Concert Series: UW Baroque Ensemble
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:30pm (PST)
UW North Allen Library Lobby, Seattle, WA, United States
UW Baroque Ensemble performs in this lunchtime concert series co-hosted by UW Music & UW Libraries.
Free
Lo, How a Rose: Celebrating 400 years of Praetorius & his contemporaries
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Anna Marsh & Henry Lebedinsky offer a program centered around the 400 year-old Lo, how a rose. Works for Baroque wind instrumetns & virginal by Michael Praetorius, Johann Pachelbel, & more.
Free (Free)
WWU: Student Chamber Music I
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
WWU Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Performance featuring student chamber ensembles from the WWU Department of Music.
Free
Pacific Lutheran University: Saxophone Quartets & Jazz Combos
Tuesday, November 30, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PST)
The Cave – Anderson University Center (PLU), Parkland, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Double bill featuring PLU student classical saxophone chamber ensembles & jazz combos.
Free
Bremerton WestSound Symphony: Bach Wedding Cantata & Advent Celebration
Sunday, November 28, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. Gabriel Roman Catholic Church, Port Orchard, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Weichet nur, betrübte Schatten, BWV 202 "Wedding Cantata"
Music for Advent TBA
George Frideric Handel – Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287
Antonio Vivaldi – Recorder Concerto in C minor, RV 441
Music for Advent TBA
George Frideric Handel – Oboe Concerto No. 3 in G minor, HWV 287
Antonio Vivaldi – Recorder Concerto in C minor, RV 441
Free (Free (reservations recommended))
Everett Philharmonic: Opening Concert – Masterworks
Sunday, November 28, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett Civic Auditorium, Everett, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
$10-$25
Everett Philharmonic: Masterworks Season Opener – with Carrie Rehkopf, violin
Sunday, November 28, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Everett Civic Auditorium, Everett, WA, United States
Felix Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 5, Op. 107 "Reformation"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky – Violin Concerto in D major, Op. 35
$25 ($20 senior/military, $10 youth/students)
Roulette: Zeljko McMullen – 8 hours
Saturday, November 27, 2021 @ 11:00am – 7:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Artist/composer/filmmaker Zeljko McMullen presents 8 hours of 3-minute long etudes strung together to form an emotional & psychic journey, accompanied by a visual din of animated abstract sigil paintings.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
UVic Wind Symphony: (RE)PLAY
Friday, November 26, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Program featuring compositions that reimagine a tune, place, or concept. Featuring a world premiere by UVic student Liam Catarina, with works by Satoshi Yagisawa, John Mackey, Jennifer Jolley, & more.
Free (Free (in person: RSVP required))