Instrument Petting Zoo @ Chamber Music in the Park

Saturday, July 29, 2028 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Volunteer Park Amphitheater, Seattle, WA, United States
Music Center brings its popular instrument petting zoos to Volunteer Park for the annual Seattle Chamber Music Society Chamber Music in the Park concert.

Free (Free)

Pianos in the Parks at Alki Beach Park

Sunday, July 30, 2028 @ 10:00am – 6:00pm (PDT)
Alki Beach Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Yoga, free youth piano lessons, piano performance, KING FM's Young Artist Award Finalists, Seattle Art Song Society, ARC Dance Company, and more.

Free

Curiouser & Curiouser: An evening with improvised violin

Monday, September 25, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Two Bells Bar & Grill, Seattle, WA, United States
What happens when you set an evening of drinking in a historic Seattle bar to the soundtrack of improvised violin?

Free (Free)

2017 Seattle International Piano Festival & Competition: Collegiate & Professional Artists

Sunday, October 1, 2028 @ 1:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Seattle Int’l Piano Competition Finalists. Collegiate and professional Artists. Attendees may vote for the Audience and Teachers’ Favorites award.

$35 / $25 / $15

Zach Finkelstein Album Release Party: 'Britten and Pears: The Canticles' featuring Byron Schenkman

Thursday, October 19, 2028 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Ada's Technical Books, Seattle, WA, United States
Admission includes a copy of the CD (physical and digital), refreshments and a short preview of the album's first track.

$20

Curiouser & Curiouser: An evening with improvised violin

Monday, October 30, 2028 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Two Bells Bar & Grill, Seattle, WA, United States
What happens when you set an evening of drinking in a historic Seattle bar to the soundtrack of improvised violin?

Free (Free)

Duruflé Requiem for the Feast of All Souls

Thursday, November 2, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Cathedral Organist Joseph Adam accompanies the Cathedral Choir and Jubilate Young Women's Ensemble in the solo organ version of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, Op. 9.

Free

UW Concerto Competition: Strings

Tuesday, November 14, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW string performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.

Free

UW Concerto Competition: Piano/Keyboard

Friday, November 17, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
University of Washington keyboard performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.

Free

Conversation with Orchestra Conductor Adam Stern at Cascadia Art Museum

Saturday, November 18, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Cascadia Art Museum, Edmonds, WA, United States
A rare and interesting glimpse into the creative process of conducting an orchestra, with illustrations at the piano.

$15 ($10 museum members)

UW Concerto Competition: Woodwind, Brass, Percussion

Monday, November 20, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
UW woodwind, brass, and percussion performance students compete for a chance to perform with the UW Symphony.

Free

On the Boards: Phil Kline’s Unsilent Night

Saturday, December 2, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Gather in the lobby of On the Boards, simultaneously press “play,” and hit the streets in a wash of shimmering electronica.

Free (Free)

Scores of Sound: Day 1

Wednesday, December 6, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.

Free (Free)

Scores of Sound: Day 2

Thursday, December 7, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.

Free (Free)

Scores of Sound: Day 3

Friday, December 8, 2028 @ 10:00am – 9:00pm (PST)
PONCHO Concert Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An all-day festival including performances from many ensembles and genres, including jazz, classical, new music, African drumming, and Gamelan.

Free (Free)

Music at St. James Cathedral: A Service of Readings & Carols

Friday, December 15, 2028 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Britten – A Ceremony of Carols (selections) Pärt – Magnificat Wachner – Niño lindo Biebl – Ave Maria Congregational carols with brass

Free

Greater Seattle Tubachristmas

Sunday, December 17, 2028 @ 4:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Seattle Center Armory | Center Theatre, Seattle, WA, United States
Scores of tuba players play seasonal music!

Free

Seattle Rock Orchestra at First Night Tacoma

Sunday, December 31, 2028 @ 6:00pm – 11:55pm (PST)
First Night Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Ring in the new year with surprises, collaborations, and an epic orchestral party!

$12-$15 (age 10 & under free)

Paper Puppet Opera presents Winterreise

Friday, January 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Trinity Episcopal Church - Parish Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
David Hoffman (baritone) and Peter Nelson-King (pianist) perform all 24 songs in Schubert's song cycle about romantic rejection, winter wandering, and existential angst.

$25

Masquerade X at the Century Ballroom

Friday, January 26, 2029 @ 8:30pm – 12:30am (PST)
Century Ballroom, Seattle, WA, United States
A concert that plays out across one 4-hour act in which the masked dancers become performers in their own impetuous evening.

$25-$65