Olympic Music Festival: Beyond Virtuosity

Sunday, September 3, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Ravel – Sonata for Violin and Cello (1922) Bach – Partita No. 2 in D minor for Solo Violin, BWV 1004 Brahms – Piano Quartet No. 1 in G minor, Op. 25

$33-40 (youth under 12 free)

The Living: Contemporary Music for Solo Piano

Thursday, September 7, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Frederic Rzewski – De Profundis
John Joubert – Piano Sonata No. 2, Op. 71 (American premiere)
Jacob TV – The Body of Your Dreams
Eric McElroy – The Perilous Realm

$5-$15 donation

Wayward Music Series: Steve O’Brien’s moving out

Friday, September 8, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The evening will start with a brass quintet piece, then two septet pieces, trios arranged for sextet, collective improvisations using conduction, and more.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Olympic Music Festival: Beethoven’s String Quartets

Saturday, September 9, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 Beethoven – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 “Serioso” Beethoven – String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

$33-40 (youth under 12 free)

Emerald Ensemble presents The Two Elizabeths: Music fit for a monarch

Saturday, September 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A journey through some of the music composed for two of England's grandest monarchs.

$25/$35

Wayward Music Series: Janet Feder & Fred Frith

Saturday, September 9, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Come for the incredibly lovely compositions, stay for the wildly inventive improvisational interplay.

$5-$15 donation

Olympic Music Festival: Beethoven's String Quartets

Sunday, September 10, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Wheeler Theater at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Beethoven – String Quartet in F major, Op. 18 No. 1 Beethoven – String Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 'Serioso' Beethoven – String Quartet in C-sharp minor, Op. 131

$33-40 (youth under 12 free)

Bainbridge First Sundays: Finisterra Piano Trio

Sunday, September 10, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Waterfront Park Community Center, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Music up close at an intimate venue.

$20 (youth $10)

Novus Project in Concert: Celebrating Finnish Composers

Sunday, September 10, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 5:30pm (PDT)
Nordic Heritage Museum (venue closed), Seattle, WA, United States
Vocal and instrumental music of Jean Sibelius and other Finnish composers.

$20 / $15

Seattle Symphony: 'Star Trek Beyond' Live

Wednesday, September 13, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
A soaring orchestral score by Oscar®-winning composer Michael Giacchino breaks new ground and reprises many of the beloved musical themes he created for the prior two Star Trek installments. See the film with live score performed by the Seattle Symphony!

$45-$120

Cornish@Amazon Summer Concert Series: James Falzone’s Musique Actuelle

Thursday, September 14, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
Van Vorst Plaza, Seattle, WA, United States
James Falzone (clarinet and woodwinds), Ruth Dornfeld (fiddle), and Dave Bartley (guitar).

Free

Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Friday, September 15, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito Concert Celebrating Hispanic & Latino Heritage

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Hiram Chittenden Locks (Ballard Locks), Seattle, WA, United States
Paula Madrigal (conductor), Teo Benson (violin), Jose Iniguez (tenor), Antonio Navarro (classical guitar), and Mariachi Festival Mexicana, guest artist.

Free

Seattle Symphony: Opening Night with Renée Fleming

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 5:00pm – 7:20pm (PDT)
Be part of the glamour of Opening Night as renowned soprano and Grammy Award winner Renée Fleming joins Music Director Ludovic Morlot and the Symphony.

$65-$90

Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: Music Around the World

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Mercer Island Presbyterian Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
Works by Chopin, Schubert, Schumann, Scriabin, Rachmaninoff, Tchaikovsky, and more.

$20 / $10 / 18 & under free

Aronoff Chamber Players: Schumann, Brahms, Bridge & more

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saltwater Unitarian Universalist Church, Des Moines, WA, United States
Works by Schumann, Brahms, Bridge, and more.

Free (Free)

Not Even the Wind... by Emerald City Music

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Washington Center for the Performing Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Bernstein – America!, for Violin and Piano
Norman – Light Screens
Adams – there is no one, not even the wind...
Reich – Nagoya Marimbas, for two marimbas
Dvořák – Piano Quartet in E-flat major

$28-$43 ($10 w/ student ID)

Music at St. James Cathedral: French Concert Organist Christophe Mantoux

Saturday, September 16, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Franck – Choral No. 1 in E Major Widor – Allegro vivace from Organ Symphony No. 5 Dupont – Méditation Vierne – Allegro from Symphony No. 2 Duruflé – Prélude, Adagio et Choral varié sur le thème du Veni Creator

$18 suggested donation

Ballard Civic Orchestra: Duo Nayarit

Sunday, September 17, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Columbia City Theater, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate Mexico's independence day with music from Paganini, Villa Lobos, Cardoso, Bach, and Ysaye.

Free (Free)

Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito Concert Celebrating Hispanic & Latino Heritage

Monday, September 18, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Paula Madrigal (conductor), Teo Benson (violin), Jose Iniguez (tenor), Antonio Navarro (classical guitar), and Mariachi Festival Mexicana, guest artist.

Free (Free)