Thalia Symphony Orchestra season opener: Borodin, Honegger, Copland, & Schumann

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Borodin – In the Steppes of Central Asia
Honegger – Pastorale d'été
Copland – Billy the Kid
Schumann – Symphony No. 3, "Rhenisch"

$20

Wayward Music Series: Vocalise: Out of the Drawer

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Vocalise Women’s Ensemble's inaugural performance – Out of the Drawer – featuring new contemporary classical music by living composers for women’s voices.

$20 suggested donation

Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 11:00pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one

$45 includes open bar; $10 students

Seattle Phonographers Union at Georgetown Steam Plant

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Georgetown Steam Plant, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance using sounds that are recorded in, or evocative of, the Georgetown Steam Plant.

$25

Cathedrals XVIII

Friday, October 27, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Singer-songwriter Tyler Edwards is accompanied by a piano sextet comprised of some of Seattle's finest freelance musicians.

$14-$20

Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Kids' Halloween Concert

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 10:30am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Westminster Chapel, Bellevue, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Danse Macabre, Op. 40
Gounod – Funeral March of the Marionette
Humperdinck – Hänsel and Gretel: Witches Ride
Grieg – Peer Gynt: In the Hall of the Mountain King
Dvořák – Symphony No. 9, New World (last movement)

$10 (18 & under free)

Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Saint-Saëns, Fauré, Ravel, Vaughan Williams

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Saint-Saëns – Suite algérienne, Op. 60: Marche militaire française
Saint-Saëns – Danse macabre, Op. 40
Fauré – Pavane, Op. 50
Ravel – Concerto for the Left Hand
Vaughan Williams – Sea Songs
Vaughan Williams – Norfolk Rhapsody No. 1
Vaughan Williams – Symphony No. 8 in D minor

$20-$30

The Life and Works of Claude Debussy

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-Debussy program.

Free (Free)

At First Light: Chinese Music in the Year of the Rooster

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Combining traditional Chinese and modern Western instruments to weave a mesmerizing tapestry of sound.

$20-$30

La Musica d'Italia with Island Consort

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Works by Monteverdi, Argento, Scarlatti, Boccherini, and more.

$20 (youth $5)

Andy Akiho... at Emerald City Music

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Akiho – Stop Speaking, for solo snare drum
Akiho – 21, for cello and steel pan
Pärt – Spiegel im Spiegel, for violin and piano
Akiho – Pillar IV, for percussion quartet
Akiho – Deciduous, for violin and steel pan
Golijov – Mariel, for cello and percussion
Akiho – NO one To kNOW one

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

Ritual: Music from Sacred Tradition

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of sacred music from the Eastern and Western Christian tradition.

$18-$28

Sound of Late: Steelworks

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Flutter Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Somei Satoh – Birds in Warped Time II
Anna Clyne – Beauty
Giacinto Scelsi – Kho-Lho
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Thread and Fray (West Coast premiere)
Noel Kennon – New Work (world premiere)
Anna Clyne – Steelworks (West Coast premiere)

$15 includes open bar ($5 students)

Wayward Music Series: Todd Barton + Guest

Saturday, October 28, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A live improvisation which “Follows the Sound” of a Buchla Music Easel.

$5-$15 donation at the door

UW Chamber Winds: Fountain of Youth

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A side-by-side concert with students and professors of the Shanghai Conservatory, performing works by Mendelssohn, Strauss, Vincent Persichetti, and UW composition student Aidan Gold.

Free

A Night at the Ballet, Opera, & Symphony with the Port Townsend Community Orchestra

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Chimacum High School Auditorium, Chimacum, WA, United States
Tchaikovsky – Waltz from Eugene Onegin
Khachaturian – “Adagio” from Spartacus
Kalinnikov – Symphony No. 1 in G minor

Free (Free)

Deborah Gandolfo piano recital

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Works by Bach-Busoni, Beethoven, Chopin, Grieg, Debussy.

$15 in advance, $20 at the door

Washington Wind Symphony presents: Enchantments

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Redmond Performing Arts Center, Redmond, WA, United States
Emilio José González – El Chupacabra
Andrew Boss – A La Machaut
Paul Dukas (trans. Mark Hindsley) – The Sorcerer's Apprentice
Peter Van Zandt Lane – Hivemind
Malcom Arnold (arr. John P. Paynter) – Tam O'Shanter Overture
Frank Ticheli – Wild Nights!

$20 / $15 / $10

Seattle Symphony: Shostakovich Symphony No. 10

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 4:20pm (PDT)
Shostakovich – Festive Overture
Prokofiev – Piano Concerto No. 3
Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10

$22-$122 (age 8-18 free)

Vocalpoint! Seattle presents 'Hop 'Til You Drop'

Sunday, October 29, 2028 @ 2:30pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Broadway Performance Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A high-energy 1950s rock & roll revue that’ll bring you back to where it all started!

$10-$20