Contemporary (1945+) – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
UW Percussion Ensemble
Friday, May 24, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Caroline Shaw
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Selected works
Elena Rykova — Selected works
Qu Xiao-Song — Selected works
Pauline Oliveros — Selected works
George Lewis — Selected works
Stacey Bowers — Selected works
Elena Rykova — Selected works
Qu Xiao-Song — Selected works
Pauline Oliveros — Selected works
George Lewis — Selected works
Stacey Bowers — Selected works
$10
The Washington Wind Symphony: soUSA
Saturday, May 25, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Robertson Performing Arts Center (Redmond Performing Arts Center), Redmond, WA, United States
Program includes works by
John Philip Sousa,
Karl King,
William Schuman,
Aaron Copland,
Ray Heraty,
Kevin Day,
Charles Ives, and
Omar Thomas.
$15 ($10 senior; students/youth free)
Recorder Orchestra of Puget Sound
Saturday, May 25, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 3:00pm (PDT)
Maple Leaf Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Free
The Humanity Funds & The Seattle Series: A Child's Dream
Saturday, May 25, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
$30-$100 ($20 senior/youth)
UW Wind Ensemble & Symphonic Band: Timeless
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ottorino Respighi
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Selected works
Huck Hodge — Selected works
David Maslanka — Selected works
Cindy McTee — Selected works
Huck Hodge — Selected works
David Maslanka — Selected works
Cindy McTee — Selected works
$10
Spite House Concerts
Tuesday, May 28, 2024 @ 8:30pm – 11:30pm (PDT)
The Spite House, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Spite House is a DIY venue in a very small live/work studio captured by an arm of Capitol Hill's runaway gentrification. It is also a room …
Free ($20 suggested donation)
Wayward Music Series: Automatic Overtone Environment
Wednesday, May 29, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
David Stanford and Dave Knott have been experimenting with bristlebots/hexbugs (little vibrating motor driven toy bugs) inside cast aluminu…
$5-$20 donation at the door
Wayward Music Series: Stefan Maier + RF Francis
Thursday, May 30, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
$5-$20 donation at the door
Marysville Community Band Spring Fling Concert
Friday, May 31, 2024 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Marysville Historical Society, Marysville, WA, USA
Program includes works by
John Stafford Smith,
Robert W. Smith,
Eric Osterling,
Various,
John Powell,
Aaron Copland,
Clare Grundman,
Eric Whitacre, and
Edwin Eugene Bagley.
Free
UW Symphony with UW Choirs: What a Wonderful World
Friday, May 31, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Adolphus Hailstork
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Three Spirituals for Orchestra
Antonín Dvořák — "II. Largo" from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" (selection)
Jake Runestad — Earth Symphony
Bob Thiele / George David Weiss — What a Wonderful World (arr. Matthäus Crepaz)
Antonín Dvořák — "II. Largo" from Symphony No. 9 in E minor, Op. 95, B. 178 "From the New World" (selection)
Jake Runestad — Earth Symphony
Bob Thiele / George David Weiss — What a Wonderful World (arr. Matthäus Crepaz)
$10
Seattle Philharmonic: "My best work" – Tchaikovsky's Second
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall – S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Jean Sibelius
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Luonnotar, Op. 70
Grace Williams — Fairest of Stars (Stacey Mastrian, soprano)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17
Grace Williams — Fairest of Stars (Stacey Mastrian, soprano)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — Symphony No. 2 in C minor, Op. 17
$25 ($15 student/senior)
Puget Brass: Bangers & Brass Concert & Fundraiser
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Paul Lovatt-Cooper
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Fire in the Blood
Traditional — Carrickfergus
Imogen Holst — The Unfortunate Traveler
Gordon Langford — March of the Pacemakers
Traditional — Carrickfergus
Imogen Holst — The Unfortunate Traveler
Gordon Langford — March of the Pacemakers
$30 ($20 student/veteran; ages 9 & under free)
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra Summer Concert: Freund, Nishimura, Sarasate
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Zion Lutheran Church, Everett, WA, United States
Don Freund
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Gold
John Corigliano — Voyage for string orchestra
Yukiko Nishimura — River Stories
Frank Bridge — Suite for String Orchestra, H. 93
Pablo de Sarasate — Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
John Corigliano — Voyage for string orchestra
Yukiko Nishimura — River Stories
Frank Bridge — Suite for String Orchestra, H. 93
Pablo de Sarasate — Zigeunerweisen, Op. 20
$25 ($20 students ages 17 & under/seniors age 65+); at the door only
Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra: Celebrating Latin America
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 4:15pm (PDT)
Bastyr University Chapel, Kenmore, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Traditional,
Unknown,
Rubén Fuentes,
Astor Piazzolla,
Carlos Gardel,
Consuelo Velázquez,
Agustín Lara,
José Barros,
Juan Bautista Madera Castro,
Bebo Valdés,
Carlinhos Brown,
Isidro Infante,
Sergio George, and
Fernando Osorio.
$25 ($12 ages 13-18/student/senior; ages 12 & under free)
44th Korean Music Association Annual Concert
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Illsley Ball Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Giovanni Battista Martini,
Daniel Gawthrop,
Hyeyoung Cho,
Hong Nan-pa,
Niccolò Paganini,
Gioachino Rossini,
Sun Ahn,
Johann Sebastian Bach,
Traditional,
Clara Schumann,
Pablo de Sarasate,
TBA,
Giacomo Puccini, and
Giuseppe Verdi.
$35 ($15 youth/senior)
UW Undergraduate Composers Concert
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
The UW Composition program presents a year-end concert of works by undergraduate composers.
Free
Cascadian Chorale: Firesong Madrigals
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Episcopal Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Claudio Monteverdi
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Se per havervi, ohimè, SV 24
Nicolas Gombert — Lugebat David Absalon
Gary D. Cannon — O Absalom
Maurice Duruflé — Ubi Caritas et Amor, Op. 10, No. 1
Tara O'Brien Pride — Free Toes
Morten Lauridsen — Madrigali: Six 'Fire Songs' on Italian Renaissance Poems
Tara O'Brien Pride — Selected works
Nicolas Gombert — Lugebat David Absalon
Gary D. Cannon — O Absalom
Maurice Duruflé — Ubi Caritas et Amor, Op. 10, No. 1
Tara O'Brien Pride — Free Toes
Morten Lauridsen — Madrigali: Six 'Fire Songs' on Italian Renaissance Poems
Tara O'Brien Pride — Selected works
Advance: $20 ($15 student/senior)
At the door: $25 ($20 student/senior)
Ages 18 & under free w/adult
SMCO: Bohemian Queen – Music of Mozart, Tchaikovsky, & Assad
Saturday, June 1, 2024 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Great Hall at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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Divertimento in D major, K. 136 "Salzburg Symphony No. 1"
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
Clarice Assad — Bohemian Queen (West Coast premiere)
Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky — String Sextet in D minor, Op. 70 "Souvenir de Florence"
Clarice Assad — Bohemian Queen (West Coast premiere)
$35 ($10 student)
Thalia Symphony Concert: Old & New
Sunday, June 2, 2024 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
George Whitefield Chadwick
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Euterpe
Ray Heraty — Remembering an Irish Mam (world premiere)
Bernhard Crusell — Sinfonia Concertante for Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, and Orchestra, Op. 3
Edward Elgar — In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
Ray Heraty — Remembering an Irish Mam (world premiere)
Bernhard Crusell — Sinfonia Concertante for Clarinet, Bassoon, French Horn, and Orchestra, Op. 3
Edward Elgar — In the South (Alassio), Op. 50
$25 ($20 student/senior); fee applies for online orders
Music from Home: American Focus 2 – Music from the Pan American Era
Sunday, June 2, 2024 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Program includes works by
Manuel Ponce,
Miguel Bernal Jiménez,
Alberto Ginastera,
Carlos Guastavino,
Charles Ives, and
Aaron Copland.
$35 ($28 student/senior/military, $17.50 ages 6-17; ages 5 & under free)