Concert – Upcoming Concerts
UPS Sound Chorale and Dorian Singers: 'Tis the Season
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
A variety of seasonal vocal pieces, including Britten's A Ceremony of Carols.
Free (Free)
ASO: Home for the Holidays – Nutcracker, Messiah & More
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Auburn Performing Arts Center, Auburn, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Troika
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
Handel – Messiah
Anderson – Sleigh Ride
Anderson – Christmas Festival
Tchaikovsky – Nutcracker
Handel – Messiah
$10-$35
Northwest University presents Christmas Traditions
Kirkland Civic Orchestra,
Coro Amici,
Northwest University Concert Choir, and
Northwest University Chamber Choir
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating the traditions of Christmas, featuring new carol arrangements and traditional selections by Anton Bruckner, Jan Sweelinck, Dan Forrest, John Rutter, Craig Courtney and more, including a few traditional sing-a-longs.
$14-$26
Ravenna String Orchestras: Haydn, Brahms, Buxtehude & more
Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Eckstein Middle School Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Cello Concerto in D major (first mvt.)
Brahms – String Sextet No. 1 (first mvt.) arr. for string orchestra
Reinecke – March from Serenade for Strings
Bob Matthews – Celebration
Buxtehude – Chaconne in E minor
Haydn – Presto from Symphony No. 4, arr. McCashin
Brahms – String Sextet No. 1 (first mvt.) arr. for string orchestra
Reinecke – March from Serenade for Strings
Bob Matthews – Celebration
Buxtehude – Chaconne in E minor
Haydn – Presto from Symphony No. 4, arr. McCashin
Free
Fibonacci: A Chamber Music Trio
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Bayview Retirement Community, Seattle, WA, United States
Mozart – Divertimento No. 2
Charles Huguenin – Trio No. 1
Halvorsen (arr. Simpson) – Passacaglia for woodwind trio
Joplin – Solace
Eugene Bozza – Suite Breve en Trio, Mvt. 1
Donald Draganski – La Cantina
Charles Huguenin – Trio No. 1
Halvorsen (arr. Simpson) – Passacaglia for woodwind trio
Joplin – Solace
Eugene Bozza – Suite Breve en Trio, Mvt. 1
Donald Draganski – La Cantina
Free
UW CarolFest
Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Seven conductors, six choral ensembles, five hundred singers, four graduate conductors, three choral faculty, two hours of great music, and one impressive grand finale.
$10
Pianist Artem Alexanyan in Concert
Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Beethoven – Piano Sonata No. 21, Op. 57 (Waldstein)
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 1
Prokofiev – Sonata No. 6, Op. 82
J.S. Bach – Partita No. 1
Free
UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic & Campus Bands: Luminaries
Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Highlights include the Northwest premiere of Joseph Schwantner’s Luminosity: Concerto for Wind Orchestra.
$10
Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah
Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Edmonds United Methodist Church, Edmonds, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.
$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)
Wayward Music Series: Noisegasm, Goldenrod, Brad Anderson, Matt Fay
Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Come for an intense, psychedelic, and completely original sound. A variety of sonic textures mixed with classically influenced keyboard lines. Mood music for the terminally relaxed.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Friends of Bastyr Holiday Concert with Breath of Aire
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
A holiday concert from Breath of Aire.
Free
Rainier Symphony Holiday Favorites
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:45pm (PST)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Holiday favorites for the whole family.
$12-$17 (age 12 & under free)
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Patterned after the Christmas Eve observance at King’s College in Cambridge, England, this classical performance consists of nine holiday readings, each followed by a traditional carol performed by the choir, and another carol sung by the choir and audience.
$16-$28
South Sound Classical Choir
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Puyallup United Methodist Church, Puyallup, WA, United States
Program will include works from Handel, Mozart, Lauridsen, Rutter, Biebl, and others.
Free
UW Symphony with Cyndia Sieden: Schumann, Sibelius, Strauss
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Schumann – Symphony in D minor (original 1841 version of Symphony No. 4 in D minor, Op. 120)
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
Sibelius – Luonnotar, Op. 70
R. Strauss – Death and Transfiguration, Op. 24
$10-$15
WSCO: Wind Symphony Concert
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Providence Mt. St. Vincent Chapel, Seattle, WA, United States
Jacob – Earle of Oxford's Marche
Holst – Second Suite in F, 4 movements
Anderson – A Christmas Festival
Selected works for French horn quartet
Holst – Second Suite in F, 4 movements
Anderson – A Christmas Festival
Selected works for French horn quartet
Donations welcome
The Esoterics present SVIRIDOV: Georgy Sviridov Centennial
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert of luxurious and majestic music inspired by folksong, poetry of the Silver Age, and the Russian Orthodox liturgy, celebrating the life and music of the neo-Romantic Russian composer Georgy Sviridov.
$22-$25
Seattle Symphony: Holiday Pops
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:20pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-new Holiday Pops program featuring Broadway star Capathia Jenkins and the renowned Tony DeSare.
$35-$95
Pacific MusicWorks presents Handel Messiah
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Emmanuel Episcopal Church, Mercer Island, WA, United States
A revolutionary approach, as practiced by Handel, of embedding the soloists in the choir.
$10-$45 (age 5-17 free)
Seattle Choral Company presents Cathedral Christmas: Peace On Earth
Friday, December 11, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Experience the realm of inner peace with choir, string orchestra and organ.
$5-$25 (age 9 & under free)