Lecture-concert – Upcoming Concerts
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening with Heifetz
Sunday, August 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
Sold out
Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival: An Evening with Heifetz
Monday, August 16, 2027 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Orcas Center, Eastsound, WA, United States
OICMF celebrates the legacy of violinist Jascha Heifetz with music from pianist/violinist Ayke Agus and violinist Chee-Yun, illuminated with stories about Heifetz and excerpts from the documentary God’s Fiddler.
$10-$33
Jeffrey Siegel's 'The Sumptuous Sounds of Steinway'
Thursday, September 23, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Steinway Piano Gallery of Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
A brilliantly polished concert-with-commentary format in which captivating remarks precede virtuoso performances of piano masterpieces.
Free (Free)
Under the Hood: Understanding Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata
Friday, October 15, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Resonance at SOMA Towers, Bellevue, WA, United States
Beethoven’s fiery “Appassionata” Sonata, plus favorite selections by Liszt and Bach.
$20
A Literary/Musical Salute to 'Moss' – A New NW Journal
Sunday, October 17, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Folio: The Seattle Athenaeum, Seattle, WA, United States
Eric Wagner on the profound connection between his experiences growing up on the Oregon Coast and the passion, depth, and power of Beethoven's Appassionata, followed by a performance of the sonata by distinguished pianist Mark Salman.
$5-$10
Film Screening: 'The Boys of Terezín' + chamber music
Friday, October 22, 2027 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Seattle Art Museum, Plestcheef Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
This film takes you inside the Terezín concentration camp as seen through the eyes of teenage boys imprisoned there, and then to the improbable reunion of four survivors 65 years later. The free program includes live musical performance of chamber music composed in Terezín.
Free (Free)
John Cage Musicircus
Friday, November 19, 2027 @ 6:30pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical works and lectures written and influenced by John Cage. Dance inspired by Cage and Cunningham. Live art inspired by the I Ching and chance operations.
$5-$15 donation (youth free)
Lecture-Recital: San-Ky Kim, Lithuanian art songs
Tuesday, November 23, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-recital of Lithuanian art songs performed by Fulbright scholar Dr. San-Ky Kim, Associate Professor of Voice at Texas Christian University.
Free
Intersections: Music, Words, and Pictures
Saturday, December 4, 2027 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Lori Laitman – Four Dickinson Songs
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Schumann – From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands
Nikita Koshkin – Usher Waltz
Franz Liszt – Sposalizio
Sibelius – The Swan of Tuonela
Schumann – From Fantasy Pieces, Op. 12
Ravel – Mother Goose Suite, piano, four hands
Nikita Koshkin – Usher Waltz
Franz Liszt – Sposalizio
Free
Faculty Lecture-Recital: “Beethoven sonatas”
Monday, January 10, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 10:15pm (PST)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
SPU faculty lecture-recital.
Free (Free)
Dainius Vaičekonis Piano Lecture-Recital
Wednesday, January 12, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
A lecture-recital focused on aspects of unity in the last three piano sonatas of Beethoven: Opus 109, Opus 110, and Opus 111.
Free
NUMUS Northwest Music Festival
Friday, January 28, 2028 @ 9:00am – 10:00pm (PST)
Cornish College of the Arts - Kerry Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
A day-long, artistically-stunning event dedicated to the creation, performance, and experience of new music in Seattle.
$20 day pass (students free)
Intersections: Music, Words, & Pictures
Sunday, March 5, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Debussy – Images, Book 2
Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind
Takemitsu – And then I knew 'twas Wind
Free (Free)
The Astronaut, the Electric Theorbo, and the Plan that Wasn’t
Tuesday, April 11, 2028 @ 6:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Naked City Brewery and Taphouse, Seattle, WA, United States
An astronaut and an electric theorbo walk into a bar... come celebrate with live improvised theorbo music and tales of spacewalks as LMP turns 3!
$15-$20
Intersections: Music, Pictures, & Words w/ Prof. Michael Shapiro
Sunday, May 7, 2028 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Performances by UW piano and voice students, preceded by a lecture on the connection of music to literature and the other arts.
Free
[CANCELLED] A General Talk About Dhrupad and A Dhrupad Vocal Concert by Sri Yvan Trunzler
Friday, May 19, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
This concert has been cancelled due to travel issues.
CANCELLED
Seattle Bach Choir: Spring Songbook
Sunday, June 4, 2028 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Centuries of American music for unaccompanied choir: Billings, Foster, Barber, Parker-Shaw, Shaker tunes, and spirituals.
$18 ($15 youth/senior)
Philharmonia Northwest: Season Launch Party
Sunday, September 10, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Food and wine, live chamber music, and a talk from special guest Dave Beck on From Rocketry to Rachmaninoff: 35 years in Pacific Northwest Public Radio.
Free
Seattle Opera: Community preview of 'Barber of Seville'
Saturday, September 30, 2028 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring professional singers with piano, the 45-minute presentations take audiences on a journey through the story and music of the upcoming mainstage opera.
Free (Free)
University of Washington: Intersections with pre-concert lecture by Michael Shapiro
Sunday, December 3, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 6:00pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Granados – Two Goyescas
Toru Takemitsu – All in Twilight
Carpenter – Selected works
Rachmaninoff – Selected works
Debussy – l’Isle Joyeuse
Telemann – Don Quixote Suite
Toru Takemitsu – All in Twilight
Carpenter – Selected works
Rachmaninoff – Selected works
Debussy – l’Isle Joyeuse
Telemann – Don Quixote Suite
Free (Free)