Festival of Lessons & Carols

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
A traditional candlelight worship celebration of Christmas, based on the famed A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols, performed each year since 1918 by the King’s College Choir at Cambridge University.

Free

The Esoterics present Excelsis: Contemplating extremity

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Kevin Puts – To touch the sky
Kevin Puts – If I were a swan
Paul John Rudoi – Spheres of Influence
Kala Pierson – Flung open (world premiere commission)
Andrea Clearfield – Khandroma (world premiere commission)

$22 in advance ($15 students/seniors)

Candlelight Concerts presents Festive Baroque with the Sans Souci Ensemble

Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
J.S. Bach – Brandenburg Concerto No. 5
Telemann – Quartet for flute, strings, and harpsichord
Kuhlau – Quintet for flute and strings

$15-$25 free-will offering; 18 & under free

BetaSounds III: Time Out

Monday, December 4, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
The Conservatory Coffee Shop, Seattle, WA, United States
Tuck into The Conservatory Coffeehouse for warm, romantic, enchanting quartet music brought to you by our special guests, the KASA Quartet.

$15

Town Music: A Cello Conspiracy feat. Joshua Roman

Monday, December 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Fremont Abbey Arts Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-cello show by four of the Seattle Symphony’s current star cellists and Joshua Roman.

$20/$15 for members

Gloria! A PLU Christmas

Monday, December 4, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
See the musicians of Pacific Lutheran University in the most beloved holiday traditions in the Northwest as they present their annual Christmas concert.

$5-$35

Bach's Lunch: Baroque Christmas Music from Latin America

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 12:10pm – 12:50pm (PST)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Seldom-heard Christmas works for soprano, strings, and continuo from 18th century Guatemala, Mexico, Cuba, and Bolivia.

Free

West Seattle Community Orchestras: Debut Orchestra Concert

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Program to be announced.

Free (Free)

'Tis the Season: University of Puget Sound Chorale & Dorian Singers

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Featuring music of Aspaas, Rutter, Eddleman, Hughes, Forrest, and Hampton.

Free

Auburn Symphony: A Community Holiday Celebration

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
An evening of warmth and merriment with the Rainier Chorale and other special guests.

$37 / $30 / $10

Northwest University: Christmas Traditions

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Northwest University Choirs, joined by Coro Amici, perform a concert of Christmas music.

$15-$30

UW Modern Ensemble

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Quartet for the End of Time
Stockhausen – Tierkreis
Glass – Music in Similar Motion

Free

PLU Music Department: String Kaleidoscope

Tuesday, December 5, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
String Kaleidoscope features students of the string department.

Free

Carla Rutschman & the WWU Low Brass Ensemble: Holiday music for tubas & euphoniums

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 10:30am – 11:30am (PST)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Traditional carols and seasonal pieces for tubas and euphoniums.

Free

UW CarolFest

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
7 conductors, 6 choral ensembles, 5 hundred singers, 4 graduate conductors, 3 choral faculty, 2 hours of great music, and 1 impressive grand finale.

$10

PLU Music Department: University Concert Band

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Pacific Lutheran University Music Department presents a concert by the University Concert Band.

Free

Ravenna String Orchestras: Khachaturian, Handel, Britten & more

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Doug Spata's Across The Wind, Khachaturian's Adagio Theme from Spartacus, and more.

Free

Ladies Musical Club: Works by Janet Anderson, 'The Birds,' and more

Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 12:00pm – 2:00pm (PST)
Seattle Art Museum (Downtown), Seattle, WA, United States
Janet Anderson – For Snow song cycle
Janet Anderson – Variations on She Moved through the Fair
Nicholas Marshall – Selections from The Birds
Racheal Cogen – Sughisti
Matthias Maute – Les Barricades

Free (Free)

UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band with Michael Partingon: Colors & Contrasts

Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Northwest premiere of A Concerto of Colours (2017) by Stephen Goss.

$10

BMC Night Beat with the Tubas

Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Congregational Church, Bellingham, WA, United States
A smile-inducing mass effect of tubas and their cousins playing music originally designed for angels and harps.

$20 / $15 / teens free