Lecture-concert – Upcoming Concerts
Cornish Lecture Recital Series: Melinda Abendroth, Baroque flute
Wednesday, February 10, 2027 @ 4:30pm – 5:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Melinda Abendroth (Baroque flute), a 2016 degree candidate for the Artist Diploma in Early Music at Cornish College of the Arts, gives a lecture-recital on “French & Italian: Comparing national styles of the 18th century through flute music.”
Free (Free)
Cornish Lecture Recital Series: Thomas Albanese, tenor
Wednesday, February 10, 2027 @ 5:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Albanese, a 2016 degree candidate for the Artist Diploma in Early Music at Cornish College of the Arts, gives a lecture-recital on “John Beard: Examining the life and influence of Handel's favorite tenor.”
Free (Free)
Town Music: ‘we do it to one another,’ Poetry and Performance Featuring Joshua Roman, Tracy K. Smith, and Jessica Rivera
Thursday, February 25, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A performance of Joshua Roman's we do it to one another (based on Tracy K. Smith's Life on Mars), a reading by Smith, and a conversation between the artists on the creative process, music, and poetry.
$10-$25
Hesperion XXI: Man and Nature
Saturday, February 27, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Folk traditions of the British Isles inspired Renaissance and Baroque composers as illustrated in this lively program of humors, marches, galliards, reels, and jigs.
$20-$39
Seattle Composers' Salon
Thursday, March 4, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of music and discussion with Seattle composers Jeremiah Lawson, Sean Osborn, Nicole Truesdell, Neil Welch, and Marcin Pączkowski.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Schubertiade
Saturday, March 6, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – The Shepherd on the Rock
Schubert – "Arpeggione" Sonata for viola and piano
Schubert – "Arpeggione" Sonata for viola and piano
Free (Free)
Multiple Bach: Concertos on Caffeine
Friday, March 12, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Original Bach compositions as well as Alexander Weimann’s own reconstructions and arrangements from Bach’s Kaffeehaus concerts.
$20-$39
Seattle Bach Choir: Singet Dem Herrn
Saturday, March 13, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PST)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Monteverdi – Beatus Vir
Mozart – Missa Brevis in B-flat
Georg Philip Telemann – Laudate Jehovam
J.S. Bach – Singet dem Herrn
Mozart – Missa Brevis in B-flat
Georg Philip Telemann – Laudate Jehovam
J.S. Bach – Singet dem Herrn
$15-$18
Annual Ladies Musical Club Luncheon & Concert
Friday, March 19, 2027 @ 11:00am – 1:00pm (PDT)
Women's University Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Join us as we celebrate the historic 125th Anniversary of the Ladies Musical Club of Seattle.
$50
Viola and Vixens: A Celebration of Female Composers in honor of Women's History Month
Wednesday, March 31, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Seattle University - Pigott Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring the world premiere of a new work by renowned composer and Seattle native Angelique Poteat, plus works by Libby Larsen, Jennifer Higdon, and Rebecca Clarke.
Free
Stile Antico: The Touches of Sweet Harmony
Friday, April 9, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Firmly established as one of the most accomplished and innovative vocal ensembles, the 12 members of Stile Antico return to Seattle with a program marking the 400th anniversary of the death of William Shakespeare.
$20-$39
Piffaro: Back Before Bach
Friday, April 30, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Piffaro, the Renaissance wind band, returns to Seattle to make Town Hall ring with its full array of shawms, sackbuts, dulcians, krumhorns, drums, and bagpipes.
$20-$39
Schubertiade
Saturday, May 1, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Schubert – Sonata in A major for piano, D.V. 664
Schubert – Allegretto in C minor, D.V. 915 for piano
Schubert – Hungarian Melody, D.V. 817 for piano
Schubert – Allegretto in C minor, D.V. 915 for piano
Schubert – Hungarian Melody, D.V. 817 for piano
Free (Free)
Oppression-Faith-Rebellion-Freedom: A View of Beethoven’s Fifth
Thursday, May 13, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Kane Hall Room #130, University of Washington Campus, Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Symphony Orchestra and director David Alexander Rahbee present a lecture-concert exploring deeper themes of Beethoven's masterwork.
Free (Free)
Simple Measures All-Natural Concert: Music Inspired by Nature
Wednesday, May 19, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Haydn – Divertimento
Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello
Liszt – Vallee D’Obermann
Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon
Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Kodaly – Duo for violin and cello
Liszt – Vallee D’Obermann
Gilbert Vinter – Hunter’s Moon
Brahms – Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
Free
Jonathan Shames Piano Recital
Wednesday, May 19, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Prélude, “La terrasse des audiences du clair de lune”
Debussy – Étude, “Pour les arpèges composés”
Berio – Sonata (Seattle premiere)
J.-F. Durand – Enfance (world premiere)
Y. Kolat – Halki/Heybeliada (world premiere)
Debussy – Étude, “Pour les arpèges composés”
Berio – Sonata (Seattle premiere)
J.-F. Durand – Enfance (world premiere)
Y. Kolat – Halki/Heybeliada (world premiere)
$5-$15 suggested donation
Musical Experiences Farewell Concert: Music of Mendelssohn & Schumann
Friday, June 4, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Green Lake United Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Local pianist Fred Kronacher and guest cellist Jennifer Culp (formerly of Kronos String Quartet and the Philadelphia String Quartet) perform music by Mendelssohn and Schumann.
$12-$25
Bellingham Festival of Music: Haydn, Schumann, Beethoven
Thursday, July 1, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Haydn – Overture to L'Infedeltà delusa, Hob. 28:5
Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
$12-$45
Bellingham Festival of Music: Verdi, Mozart, Mendelssohn
Monday, July 5, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Western Washington University Performing Arts Center, Bellingham, WA, United States
Verdi – Prelude to La Traviata
Mozart – Violin Concerto No. 4 in D major, K. 218
Mendelssohn – Symphony No. 3 in A minor, Op. 56, "Scottish" Symphony
$12-$45
Aaron Grad: Chamber Music Festival Primer
Wednesday, July 7, 2027 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer and guitarist Aaron Grad provides a preview of concerts at the Seattle Chamber Music Festival, talking about how composers draw from friends, family, patrons, rivals, and themselves in finding material for their works. He’ll illustrate with musical excerpts.
Free