Seattle Chamber Music Society: Price, Brahms

Sunday, August 1, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Florence Price – String Quartet in G major
Johannes Brahms – Piano Quartet in C minor, Op. 60

$75

Music@Menlo 2021 Festival: Concert Program IX

Sunday, August 1, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Gabriel Fauré – Violin Sonata No. 1 in A major, Op. 13
Antonín Dvořák – Piano Quintet No. 2 in A major, Op. 81, B. 155

$25

[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade

Sunday, August 1, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52

Sold Out

Listen Live at Lunch: Onomatopoeia Trio

Wednesday, August 4, 2032 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Flute/sax/horn trio Onomatopoeia presents a wide-ranging program spanning the 18th Century to today. Works by W.A. Mozart, Friedrich Kuhlau, & Ben Seavello, with pops arrangements by Jessi Harvey.

Free

Ballard Opera Man: Live Lawn Concert

Friday, August 6, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 5:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Stephen Wall, a tenor with the Seattle Opera, delights his neighbors with live nightly operatic performances from his front lawn – every Friday, weather permitting.

Free

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Welcome Back!

Friday, August 6, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lachezar Kostov – Ballade in C minor, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47

$40 ($10 ages 6-18)

Nadia Boulanger & Her World, Program 2 – Contemporaries & Colleagues

Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Nadia Boulanger – Selected songs TBA
Nadia Boulanger & Raoul Pugno – Selection from Les heures claires
Lili Boulanger – Selected songs TBA
Florent Schmitt – Andantino, Op. 30, No. 1
Claude Debussy – Trois Chansons de France, L. 102
Charles Koechlin – Épitaphe de Jean Harlow, Op. 164
Maurice Ravel – Piano Trio in A minor
Gabriel Fauré – Barcarolle No. 6 in E-flat, Op. 70
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
Marion Bauer – Four Piano Pieces, Op. 21

$10 ($55 in-person)

Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra & PNW Conducting Institute Concert

Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.

$25

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Welcome Back!

Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Johann Sebastian Bach – Keyboard Concerto in D minor, BWV 1052
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, arr. Lachezar Kostov – Ballade in C minor, Op. 73
Robert Schumann – Piano Quartet in E-flat major, Op. 47

Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))

CMNW Summer Festival AT-HOME: Festival Finale – A Journey Into the Light (on-demand until 8/31/2021)

Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Kaul Auditorium at Reed College, Portland, OR, United States
Olivier Messiaen – "V. Praise to the Eternity of Jesus” from Quatuor pour la fin du temps ("Quartet for the End of Time")
Davóne Tines – Excerpts from Recital No. 1: MASS
Franz Schubert – String Quintet in C major, D. 956, Op. posth. 163 "Cello Quintet"

$20 ($150 AT-HOME Summer Festival Pass)

Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union + Tom Varner’s Sound Vespers

Saturday, August 7, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Double bill featuring sets by the sound recordist collective Phonographers Union, & jazz French hornist Tom Varner.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Nadia Boulanger & Her World, Program 4 – The Epitome of Chic: Paris Between the Wars

Sunday, August 8, 2032 @ 10:00am – 12:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Nadia Boulanger – Selected songs TBA
Lili Boulanger – Cortège
Erik Satie – Passacaille
Pierre Menu – Sonatine pour quatuor à cordes
Germaine Tailleferre – Piano Trio
Georges Auric – Trois Interludes
Francis Poulenc – "Toccata" from Trois Pièces, FP 48
Elsa Barraine – Crépuscules et Fanfare
Albert Roussel – Sérénade, Op. 30

$10 ($55 in-person)

Olympia Symphony: Concert at the Quarry

Sunday, August 8, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 2:15pm (PDT)
Tenino Rock Quarry Pool, Tenino, WA, United States
Celebrate the return of live music with this free outdoor concert inside the drained Tenino Rock Quarry Pool. Enjoy a mix of patriotic & "Americana" favorites followed by familiar classical tunes made popular in old cartoons.

Free

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Old World, New World

Tuesday, August 10, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
George Gershwin, arr. James Cohn – Three Preludes
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven – "I. Music, Love, and Wine" from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
Franz Schubert – "IV. Andantino – Allegretto" from Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Roman Sokruta – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Pablo Ziegler – Michelangelo '70
Aram Khachaturian, arr. Greg Anderson – "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Jennifer Higdon – A Gentle Notion
Morton Gould – "VIII. Jaunty" from Benny’s Gig
Dick Hyman – "Allegro" from Sextet for clarinet, piano, & string quartet

Free ($40 ($10 ages 6-18))

Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: Old World, New World

Wednesday, August 11, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Online and in-person
George Gershwin, arr. James Cohn – Three Preludes
Amy Beach – Quartet for Strings, Op. 89
Ludwig van Beethoven – "I. Music, Love, and Wine" from 25 Scottish Songs, Op. 108
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Trio No. 4 in B-flat major, Op. 11 "Gassenhauer"
Franz Schubert – "IV. Andantino – Allegretto" from Piano Quintet in A major, D. 667 “Trout”
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Roman Sokruta – Libertango
Astor Piazzolla, arr. Pablo Ziegler – Michelangelo '70
Aram Khachaturian, arr. Greg Anderson – "Sabre Dance" from Gayane
Jennifer Higdon – A Gentle Notion
Morton Gould – "VIII. Jaunty" from Benny’s Gig
Dick Hyman – "Allegro" from Sextet for clarinet, piano, & string quartet

Free (Free ($10-$40 in-person))

New Music Gathering 2021: Sidney San Martin, Verdant Vibes, Kyle Hutchins, Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck

Thursday, August 12, 2032 @ 11:00am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sidney San Martin – Donate a Note
Kirsten Volness – The Pathless Woods
The Honourable Elizabeth A. Baker – ICD-10CM R55
Zack Baltich & Ilan Blanck – Giving

Free (Free (registration required))

Michael Harrison performs Indian Ragas & Compositions for Piano & Tabla, with Nitin Mitta

Thursday, August 12, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Composer/pianist Michael Harrison offers his debut performance of traditional Indian classical music, adapted for piano with tabla accompaniment.

$40 ($25-$55 in-person)

New Music Gathering 2021: Mary Prescott, Marianne Parker, Julia Lougheed, 113, Ryan McMasters

Thursday, August 12, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Mary Prescott – “Moon” from Tida
Stephanie Ann Boyd – Pincushion Protea (world premiere)
The Persistence of Art Music: COVID works for Clarinet
Yu Kuwabara – In Between
Ryan McMasters – phonetinus_

Free (Free (registration required))

Live on the Lawn! An Evening of Chamber Music

Thursday, August 12, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Bainbridge Performing Arts, Bainbridge Island, WA, United States
Enjoy the soothing sounds of strings under a setting sun as the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra brings the concert hall to the BPA patio. Featuring a special opening performance from the Valhalla Brass Quintet.

Free

New Music Gathering 2021: COULTER HILL, Girlnoise, John Dorhauer

Friday, August 13, 2032 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
COULTER HILL – Concert
Girlnoise – For What, For Whom
John Dorhauer – The National Coin Shortage

Free (Free (registration required))