Barry Lieberman & Friends: Ted Botsford

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Patrick Neher – Reflet sur Cher
Olivier Messiaen – Louange à l’Éternité de Jésus from Quatuor pour la Fin du Temps
Lowell Liebermann – Sonata for Contrabass and Piano
Edgar Meyer – selections from Concert Duo for Violin and Bass, transcribed and arranged for Viola and Bass

Free (Free)

Rainier Symphony Series 5: Romanticism Reimagined

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Foster Performing Arts Center, Tukwila, WA, United States
Hérold – Overture to Zampa
Brahms – Violin Concerto Op. 77
Mussorgsky – Pictures at an Exhibition

$17 ($12 student/senior; age 12 & under free)

OSSCS: Devil May Care

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Mozart – Piano Concerto No. 23 in A major, K. 488
Kai-Young Chan – Seeking, Searching
Elgar – From the Bavarian Highlands, Op. 27

$10-$25, youth free

Out of Darkness – An Opera of Survival

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A two-act opera and portrait of survival that conveys the vastness of the scope of the Holocaust through emotionally rich depictions of those caught in its grasp.

$30-$45

Bremerton Symphony Orchestra: Alexander Nevsky & Disciples

Saturday, May 22, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Bremerton Performing Arts Center, Bremerton, WA, United States
Prokofiev – Alexander Nevsky
Performance by Young Artists Competition winner

$8-$26

UW Modern Music Ensemble

Sunday, May 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Messiaen – Pièce pour piano et quatuor à cordes (1991)
Tristan Murail – Feuilles à travers les cloches (1998)
Takemitsu – Rain Spell (1983)
Aperghis – Les Sept crimes de l’amour (1979)
Sofia Gubaidulina – Quasi Hoquetus (1985)
Lutoslawski – String Quartet (1964)

$10

Town Music: Joshua Roman, Arnaud Sussman, Karen Gomyo & Kyle Armbrust: Britten’s Second String Quartet

Monday, May 24, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – String Quartet No. 2 in C major, Op. 36
Additional programming TBA

$10-$25

Saint Mark’s Choir School Spring Gala Concert

Tuesday, May 25, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint Mark's Choir School spring gala concert with the Cathedral Junior Choristers, Senior Choristers, and Schola, directed by Rebekah Gilmore.

$12-$18 suggested donation

Percussion Ensemble: World Percussion Bash

Tuesday, May 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Percussion Ensemble, Steel Drum Ensemble, and Gamelan Ensemble present music from a variety of musical traditions.

$10

UW Chorale: Resonant Streams

Tuesday, May 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Works by Bouzignac, Charpentier, Faure, Tormis, Idumean, Wyers, and others.

$10

SPU Symphony Orchestra Concert

Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The Seattle Pacific University Symphony Orchestra, directed by Eric Hanson, presents a concert. Free and open to the public.

Free (Free)

UW Wind Ensemble, Symphonic, and Campus Bands

Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Works by Alban Berg and others, with solos from pianist Cristina Valdés and violinist Eric Rynes.

$10

Cursive presents: Black Anemones

Wednesday, May 26, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Vespertine Noise, Seattle, WA, United States
A unique chamber music concert of individualist masterworks by Schulhoff, Fine, Schwantner, and others.

$5-$15 suggested donation

Voix Etouffees (‘Stifled Voices’): Schulhoff, Tokayer, Korngold & Weill

Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Haller Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Schulhoff – Selections from Jazz Partita for Solo Piano
Tokayer – Unpublished duets
Korngold – Selections from Shakespearean Songs and Much Ado About Nothing
Weill – Songs for soprano/piano

$5-$20 suggested donation

UW Chamber Singers present Two Stars Falling: Music of Love, Life, Mystery

Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Abbie Betinis – From Behind the Caravan
Kevin Jay Isaacs – It's the morning...
Paul Rudoi – Song of Sky and Sea

$10

UW Mallethead Series

Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Percussion Studies Chair Tom Collier and bassist Dan Dean, faculty pianist Marc Seales, and L.A.-based drumer Moyes Lucas present Professor Collier's "Retirement Celebration" Mallethead Series concert.

$10-$20

Second Inversion Showcase at Northwest Folklife 2016

Thursday, May 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Center House Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
A showcase of great contemporary classical ensembles in the Northwest: Portland-Seattle based new music ensemble Sound of Late, the Seattle-based Skyros Quartet, and the bi-coastal brass quartet The Westerlies!

Free

Seattle Cello eXperiment at Folklife

Friday, May 28, 2027 @ 11:00am – 11:30pm (PDT)
Fisher Green Stage at the Seattle Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An experiment in cello.

Free

Guitarmuse

Friday, May 28, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Pioneer Park Pavilion, Puyallup, WA, United States
An afternoon of lovely guitar music

$10 suggested donation; RSVP required

Korean Music Association of WA: The 7th Open Concert

Saturday, May 29, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Operatic arias, Italian canzoni, and Korean art songs.

$30