Concert – Upcoming Concerts
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Friday, May 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Fiddler Darol Anger with the Saratoga Orchestra
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
South Whidbey Performing Arts Center, Langley, WA, United States
Our Spring Gala featuring jazz and blues fiddler Darol Anger.
$25 ($20 seniors; ages 5-18 free)
Seattle Wind Symphony: Spring Zephyrs
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
Dmitri Shostakovich – Festive Overture (trans. Donald Hunsberger)
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
Arthur Sullivan – Pineapple Poll
Georges Hüe – Fantasie
Charles Ives – Country Band March
John Zdechlik – Chorale and Shaker Dance
J.S. Bach – O Mensch (arr. Percy Grainger)
David Maslanka – Hell's Gate
Camille Saint-Saëns – Pas Redouble
$20 ($18 seniors; $5 students)
Tacoma Symphony Orchestra: The Planets
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Chadwick – Euterpe
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Holst – The Planets
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Holst – The Planets
$19-$79
Bremerton Symphony Orchestra Season Finale: Beethoven’s Ninth Symphony
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Beethoven – Symphony No. 9
$26 ($22 senior/military; $8 student)
Respighi, Mozart, Goodman, Schumann
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Maple Park Church, Lynnwood, WA, United States
Respighi – Ancient Airs & Dances
Mozart – Oboe Concerto
Goodman – Tessellations
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
Mozart – Oboe Concerto
Goodman – Tessellations
Schumann – Overture, Scherzo & Finale
$13-$20
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
The Young Artists Concerto Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Theodore Roethke Auditorium at UW Kane Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Barber – Concerto in G major, Op. 14, II. Andante, III. Presto in moto perpetuo
Mendelssohn – Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Beethoven – Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, I. Allegro moderato
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, I. Allegro maestoso
Mendelssohn – Concerto in E minor, Op. 64, I. Allegro molto appassionato
Rachmaninoff – Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini, Op. 43
Beethoven – Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58, I. Allegro moderato
Tchaikovsky – Variations on a Rococo Theme, Op. 33
Paganini – Concerto No. 1 in D major, Op. 6, I. Allegro maestoso
$15 suggested contribution
Imogen Cooper: Mozart Piano Concertos Nos. 17 & 24
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 17 in G major, K. 453
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 24 in C minor, K. 491
$20-$76
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs The Beatles
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
The program features 'Across The Universe,' 'Let It Be,' 'Get Back,' 'Come Together,' 'Something,' 'Oh! Darling,' and concludes with Abbey Road's famous 16-minute medley. SRO marries the unabashed performance energy of rock'n'roll with the broader palette of musical nuances treasured in classical music.
$22.50
FHTAGN
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Employing elements of chance-operations, free improvisation, polytonality, atonality and alternative conducting techniques, FHTAGN seeks to deliver a massively immersive musical experience in the traditions of Charles Ives, John Cage and Karlheinz Stockhausen.
$5-$15 donation
Prism: Pärt & MacMillan
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating Arvo Pärt’s 80th birthday with works by Pärt, MacMillan and Muehleisen.
$12-$35
Peter Hallock Gala Tribute Concert
Saturday, May 9, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
The music of Peter R. Hallock (1924–2014) provides a sonic feast as Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble, the Compline Choir and Saint Mark’s Cathedral Boys & Girls Choir are joined by guest soloists, handbells, string orchestra, organ, brass sextet and percussion.
$20-$25
Seattle Symphony: Tchaikovsky String Quartet No. 1
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Quintet, Op. 39
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
Tchaikovsky – String Quartet No. 1 in D major, Op. 11
Schumann – Piano Quintet in E-flat major, Op. 44
$39
Barry Lieberman and Friends: American String Project Chamber Players
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Rossini – String Sonata No. 2
Mendelssohn – Quintet in B-flat major
Brahms – Quintet in G major
Mendelssohn – Quintet in B-flat major
Brahms – Quintet in G major
$15
Seattle Rock Orchestra performs The Beatles
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
The Moore Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
The program features 'Across The Universe,' 'Let It Be,' 'Get Back,' 'Come Together,' 'Something,' 'Oh! Darling,' and concludes with Abbey Road's famous 16-minute medley. SRO marries the unabashed performance energy of rock'n'roll with the broader palette of musical nuances treasured in classical music.
$22.50
Mozart's 'The Magic Flute'
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
An entirely new staging conception by stage director Dan Wallace Miller, with one of the reigning “Queens of the Night” in our time, Cyndia Sieden.
$40-$65 ($25 students, $10 UW students)
Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church, Freeland, WA, United States
Works by Strauss, Sibelius, Queen and the Beatles, and music from Downtown Abbey.
Free (donations encouraged)
Ladies Musical Club at West Seattle Library
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
West Seattle Library, Seattle, WA, United States
Alfred Tokayer – Day in the Life of My Child
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Bernstein – Children’s songs
Music by Schumann and Granados
Free
Seattle Youth Symphony: Verdi, Puccini, Mahler
Sunday, May 10, 2026 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Verdi – Scenes from La Traviata
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
Puccini – Scenes from La Bohème
Mahler – Das Lied von der Erde (Songs of the Earth)
$15-$48