First Free Methodist Church – Upcoming Concerts
Seattle Pacific University Percussion Ensemble Concert
Tuesday, March 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Travel through a world of grooves and sounds.
Free (Free)
Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Stravinsky, Brahms, Broughton
Saturday, March 9, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Igor Stravinsky – The Firebird Suite (1919 version)
Bruce Broughton – Concerto for Tuba
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
Bruce Broughton – Concerto for Tuba
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 73
$20 ($15 students/seniors)
OSSCS: Out of the Depths
Saturday, March 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Lili Boulanger – Psaume CXXIX
Lili Boulanger – Du fond de l’abîme
César Franck – Symphony in D minor
Lili Boulanger – Du fond de l’abîme
César Franck – Symphony in D minor
$25 / $20 / $10 (students/youth free)
Brass Band Northwest: 'The Armed Man' – a mass for peace
Saturday, March 23, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An hour-long work based on L'Homme armé, a secular melody that was used as the basis for mass settings in the Renaissance. By combining texts from Jewish, Muslim, and Christian traditions, the composer transformed this music into a plea for world peace.
$25 / $20 / $5 (kids age 6-10 free)
OSSCS: Spring Symphony
Saturday, April 27, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Lili Boulanger – D’un matin de printemps
Johannes Brahms – Vier Gesänge, Op. 17
Johann Sebastian Bach – Der Himmel Lacht!, BWV 31
Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (second movement)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”), Op. 38
Johannes Brahms – Vier Gesänge, Op. 17
Johann Sebastian Bach – Der Himmel Lacht!, BWV 31
Frédéric Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 2 in F minor, Op. 21 (second movement)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 1 (“Spring”), Op. 38
$25 / $20 / $10 (students/youth free)
Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Debussy, Schumann, Ravel
Saturday, May 4, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Maurice Ravel – Miroirs: Alborada del gracioso
Robert Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy – La mer
Robert Schumann – Cello Concerto in A minor, Op. 129
Claude Debussy – Prélude à l'après-midi d'un faune
Claude Debussy – La mer
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Seattle Pacific University All-Choir Concert
Friday, May 10, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Celebrating unity in diversity by coming together in song.
Free
Northwest Chorale: A Very Choral Springtime feat. John Rutter's 'Requiem'
Saturday, May 11, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Lobet den Herrn, alle Heiden, BWV 230
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Anton Bruckner – "Graduale" from Locus iste
Johannes Brahms – Schaffe in mir, Gott, ein rein Herz, Op 29 No. 2
S.T. Joshi – Sunset (world premiere)
Brian Butz – Absalom (world premiere)
John Rutter – Requiem
Free
Seattle Pacific University Wind Ensemble Concert
Friday, May 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Music from composers of color and non-Western cultures.
Free
Seattle Pacific University Symphony Orchestra
Thursday, May 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A wide variety of musical styles from modern-day composers as well as Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart and Ludwig van Beethoven.
Free
Lake Union Civic Orchestra: Nicolai, Jones, Shostakovich
Friday, June 14, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Otto Nicolai – Overture to The Merry Wives of Windsor
Samuel Jones – Cello Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
Samuel Jones – Cello Concerto
Dmitri Shostakovich – Symphony No. 10 in E minor, Op. 93
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Manhattan String Quartet plays Haydn, Elgar, Beethoven
Saturday, June 29, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Josef Haydn – Quartet in F major, Op. 77, No. 2
Edward Elgar – Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Edward Elgar – Quartet in E minor, Op. 83
Ludwig van Beethoven – Quartet in F minor, Op. 95 "Serioso"
Free
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Origins
Saturday, October 5, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Carlos Garcia – Vast Array (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
LUCO: Vienna Waits for You
Saturday, October 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Erich Wolfgang Korngold – Theme and Variations, Op. 42
Alban Berg – Seven Early Songs
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Maurice Ravel – La valse
Alban Berg – Seven Early Songs
Franz Schubert – Symphony No. 8 in B minor, D. 759 "Unfinished"
Maurice Ravel – La valse
$20 ($15 senior/student)
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Memorials
Saturday, November 2, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Jennifer Higdon – blue cathedral
Huntley Beyer – Circumference (world premiere),
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
Huntley Beyer – Circumference (world premiere),
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 55 “Eroica”
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Seattle Pacific University: Chamber, Concert, & Women’s Choirs Concert
Friday, November 8, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of beautiful choral music to warm the soul on a cool autumn evening.
Free (Free)
Seattle Pacific University: Instrumental Concert
Friday, November 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
The SPU Wind Ensemble, Symphony Orchestra, and small chamber ensembles perform western art music and give a preview of SPU's Sacred Sounds of Christmas.
Free (Free)
Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra: Home Turf
Saturday, November 16, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Györgi Ligeti – Concert Românesc: Allegro vivace
Leos Janácek – Suite for Strings
Reena Esmail – Teen Murti
Frederic Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
Leos Janácek – Suite for Strings
Reena Esmail – Teen Murti
Frederic Chopin – Piano Concerto No. 1 in E minor, Op. 11
$25 / $20 / $15
LUCO: Carnivale
Saturday, January 25, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Hector Berlioz – Roman Carnival Overture, H. 95
Michael Daugherty – Fire and Blood
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Parsifal, WWV 111
Ottorino Respighi – Roman Festivals
Michael Daugherty – Fire and Blood
Richard Wagner – Prelude to Parsifal, WWV 111
Ottorino Respighi – Roman Festivals
$20 ($15 senior/student)
SPU Presents Joseph Daley's 'Seven Deadly Sins'
Friday, January 31, 2031 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a genre-bending work by Joseph Daley that includes freely improvised sections and Latin-American grooves. Also featuring original chamber works by SPU student composers.
Free (Free)