Schubertiade

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – Suleika Songs
Schubert – Quartetsatz
Schubert – Dances and Marches, for piano with four hands
Schubert – Introduction and Variations, Op. 160, for flute and piano

Free (Free)

Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Snowflake Season

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Bellevue High School Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
A performance by the BYSO Sinfonia, Premiere, and Percussion Ensemble.

$12-$15

Redmond Chorale: Gloria! Gloria!

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Featuring the Vivaldi "Gloria" and Glorias from around the world.

$14-$40

Seattle Mandolin Orchestra: Mandolin Messiah

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Green Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Handel's beloved oratorio – like you've never heard it!

$15-$20

The Pleasures of Pan

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
University Christian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
J.G. Janitsch – Suonata da Camera Prima
Holst – Terzetto
W.F. Bach – Trio for oboe, flute, viola
Jean-Baptiste Wekerlin – Pastorale
C.P.E. Bach – Trio for flute, viola and harpsichord
Schubert – Nocturne, Op. 148

$15-$25 suggested donation

Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra: Magic of Mistletoe

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Bellevue High School Performing Arts Center, Bellevue, WA, United States
A performance by the BYSO Youth, Philharmonia, Flute Orchestra, and Flute Choir.

$12-$15

Music for the Feast of St. Nicholas

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrate the Feast of St. Nicholas with Benjamin Britten’s brilliantly entertaining and moving cantata, Saint Nicolas.

$25-$30

Portland Cello Project’s Holiday Spectacular

Sunday, December 6, 2026 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Music you wouldn’t normally hear coming from a cello!

$35-$40

Pacific Lutheran University presents A Christmas Invitation

Monday, December 7, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The world premiere of JAC Redford's A Christmas Invitation, plus traditional Christmas favorites and a carol sing-along.

$17-$32

WSCO: A Winter Celebration of Music!

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Chief Sealth High School, Seattle, WA, United States
Bizet – Aragonaise from Carmen
Isaac – Mexican Overture
Waldteufel – España
Beethoven – Symphony No. 7, 2nd Mvmt.
Christmas Classics

Donations welcome

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

$10-$35

Northwest University presents Christmas Traditions

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
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

UW Percussion Ensemble

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Students of Tom Collier perform works for percussion.

$10

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)

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

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

Free

UW CarolFest

Wednesday, December 9, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
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

Free

UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic & Campus Bands: Luminaries

Thursday, December 10, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
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)