Upcoming Performance

Northwest Sinfonietta: Butterfly Fantasy
May
16

Northwest Sinfonietta: Butterfly Fantasy

BUTTERFLY FANTASY

Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Melissa White violin

Che-Yi Lee Dancing Strings
Chen/He Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Ravel Mother Goose (complete)

Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen joins us for this phenomenal East meets West program. Following Che-Yi Lee's dynamic and virtuosic Dancing Strings, violinist Melissa White brings us the beloved Butterfly Lovers' Concerto, a tale of love, longing and transformation. Ravel's Mother Goose closes our season, with magical spinning wheels, pagodas, princesses and enchanted gardens. This program includes a mini Taiwan Festival with food and activities provided by Asia Pacific Cultural Center. 

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Northwest Sinfonietta
May
17

Northwest Sinfonietta

BUTTERFLY FANTASY

Mei-Ann Chen conductor
Melissa White violin

Che-Yi LeeDancing Strings
Chen/He Butterfly Lovers Concerto
Ravel Mother Goose (complete)

Artistic Partner Mei-Ann Chen joins us for this phenomenal East meets West program. Following Che-Yi Lee's dynamic and virtuosic Dancing Strings, violinist Melissa White brings us the beloved Butterfly Lovers' Concerto, a tale of love, longing and transformation. Ravel's Mother Goose closes our season, with magical spinning wheels, pagodas, princesses and enchanted gardens. This program includes a mini Taiwan Festival with food and activities provided by Asia Pacific Cultural Center. 


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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents: Exuberance & Elegy
May
29

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents: Exuberance & Elegy

The BSO closes out their season with a concert that captures the joy of life and the poignancy of its impermanence. Gabriela Ortiz's Kauyumari opens the program – a joyful work filled with rhythmic vitality by one of Mexico's most celebrated living composers. Next the BSO is thrilled to welcome back virtuoso violinist Yvette Kraft to perform Samuel Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto. The concert culminates in the BSO's first-ever performance of Tchaikovsky’s final masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique"—a work of astonishing beauty, grandeur, and vulnerability. 

Program:

Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

-Yvette Kraft, violin

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor “Pathétique

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents: Exuberance & Elegy
May
30

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents: Exuberance & Elegy

The BSO closes out their season with a concert that captures the joy of life and the poignancy of its impermanence. Gabriela Ortiz's Kauyumari opens the program – a joyful work filled with rhythmic vitality by one of Mexico's most celebrated living composers. Next the BSO is thrilled to welcome back virtuoso violinist Yvette Kraft to perform Samuel Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto. The concert culminates in the BSO's first-ever performance of Tchaikovsky’s final masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique"—a work of astonishing beauty, grandeur, and vulnerability. 

Program:

Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

-Yvette Kraft, violin

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor “Pathétique

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents: Exuberance & Elegy
May
31

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra Presents: Exuberance & Elegy

The BSO closes out their season with a concert that captures the joy of life and the poignancy of its impermanence. Gabriela Ortiz's Kauyumari opens the program – a joyful work filled with rhythmic vitality by one of Mexico's most celebrated living composers. Next the BSO is thrilled to welcome back virtuoso violinist Yvette Kraft to perform Samuel Barber's lyrical Violin Concerto. The concert culminates in the BSO's first-ever performance of Tchaikovsky’s final masterpiece, the Symphony No. 6 in B minor "Pathétique"—a work of astonishing beauty, grandeur, and vulnerability. 

Program:

Gabriela Ortiz: Kauyumari

Samuel Barber: Violin Concerto, Op. 14

-Yvette Kraft, violin

Piotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky: Symphony No. 6 in B minor “Pathétique

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Seattle Chamber Orchestra: METAMORPHOSIS
May
1

Seattle Chamber Orchestra: METAMORPHOSIS

Ottorino RESPIGHI Antiche Arie e Danze Suite III
Nimrod BORENSTEIN Concerto for Alto Saxophone Op,70a (US Premiere) 
Elliott CARTER Elegy for string orchestra
Richard STRAUSS Metamorphosen for 23 string players

Michael BROCKMAN alto saxophone
Lorenzo MARASSO conductor 
Seattle Chamber Orchestra


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Northwest Symphony Orchestra: “CRESCENDO: A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON LANDSCAPES”
Apr
24

Northwest Symphony Orchestra: “CRESCENDO: A SYMPHONIC CELEBRATION OF WASHINGTON LANDSCAPES”

Concert includes stunning nature photographs from Washington State

  • Morning Mood- Edvard Grieg

  • In the Hall of the Mountain King- Edvard Grieg

  • Horizons- Christopher Tyler Nickel

  • Pavane for the Sleeping Beauty in the Woods- Maurice Ravel

  • The Enchanted Garden- Maurice Ravel

  • Spring Morning- Frederick Delius

  • Intermezzo- Georges Bizet

  • March of the Toreadors- Georges Bizet

  • Slavonic Dance Op. 8 No.1- Antonin Dvorak

  • Farandole- Georges Bizet

  • Entry of the Gods into Valhalla- Richard Wagner

    *Special Guests- The Musical Mountaineers- Anastasia Allison, violin; Rose Freeman, piano

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Olympia Symphony Orchestra: MOVE
Apr
19

Olympia Symphony Orchestra: MOVE

Pacific Northwest harpist Elizabeth Landis takes the spotlight in Ginastera’s Harp Concerto, a thrilling and percussive showpiece full of Latin American vibrance. A familiar face in the regional music scene, Landis performs regularly with Seattle Symphony, Symphony Tacoma, and Northwest Sinfonietta—and now steps center stage with the Olympia Symphony.

Then, by popular request from our orchestra musicians, we perform one of the most powerful symphonies of the 20th century: Shostakovich’s Symphony No. 5. Written under Soviet censorship, it’s a deeply emotional journey—steeped in irony, defiance, sorrow, and triumph.

Celebrate the end of the season with bold music, unforgettable artistry, and a full house at the Washington Center. Let’s close this chapter in motion—together. 

Alberto GINASTERA: Harp Concerto (1956)

featuring Elizabeth Landis, harp

Dmitri SHOSTAKOVICH: Symphony No. 5 (1937)


Alexandra Arrieche, Music Director and Conductor

Approximate run time:  1 hour 45 minutes (including intermission)

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Bainbridge Chorale Present: Celebration & Ceremony
Apr
12

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Bainbridge Chorale Present: Celebration & Ceremony

For the first time since 2017, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra joins forces with Bainbridge Chorale for an all-French concert that revels in pageantry, color, and shared musical experience. The program features the brilliant brass of Dukas’s La Péri, the elegant lyricism of Fauré’s Pavane, the sacred intimacy of Messiaen's O sacrum convivium, and the luminous orchestral colors of Debussy’s Nocturnes. The evening culminates in a performance of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, a work of warmth and serenity that offers a profoundly moving expression of reflection, unity, and the transcendent power of music.

Program:

Paul Dukas: Fanfare pour précéder La Péri

Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!

Claude Debussy: Nocturnes

– intermission –

Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9

-Madeleine Smith, mezzo-soprano & Darrell Jordan, baritone

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Bainbridge Chorale Present: Celebration & Ceremony
Apr
11

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Bainbridge Chorale Present: Celebration & Ceremony

For the first time since 2017, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra joins forces with Bainbridge Chorale for an all-French concert that revels in pageantry, color, and shared musical experience. The program features the brilliant brass of Dukas’s La Péri, the elegant lyricism of Fauré’s Pavane, the sacred intimacy of Messiaen's O sacrum convivium, and the luminous orchestral colors of Debussy’s Nocturnes. The evening culminates in a performance of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, a work of warmth and serenity that offers a profoundly moving expression of reflection, unity, and the transcendent power of music.

Program:

Paul Dukas: Fanfare pour précéder La Péri

Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!

Claude Debussy: Nocturnes

– intermission –

Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9

-Madeleine Smith, mezzo-soprano & Darrell Jordan, baritone

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Bainbridge Chorale Present: Celebration & Ceremony
Apr
10

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra & Bainbridge Chorale Present: Celebration & Ceremony

For the first time since 2017, the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra joins forces with Bainbridge Chorale for an all-French concert that revels in pageantry, color, and shared musical experience. The program features the brilliant brass of Dukas’s La Péri, the elegant lyricism of Fauré’s Pavane, the sacred intimacy of Messiaen's O sacrum convivium, and the luminous orchestral colors of Debussy’s Nocturnes. The evening culminates in a performance of Maurice Duruflé’s Requiem, a work of warmth and serenity that offers a profoundly moving expression of reflection, unity, and the transcendent power of music.

Program:

Paul Dukas: Fanfare pour précéder La Péri

Gabriel Fauré: Pavane, Op. 50

Olivier Messiaen: O sacrum convivium!

Claude Debussy: Nocturnes

– intermission –

Maurice Duruflé: Requiem, Op. 9

-Madeleine Smith, mezzo-soprano & Darrell Jordan, baritone

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Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Spring Concert
Mar
21

Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Spring Concert

Program:

​String Poems, A Tripartite----------------------------------Kjell Magne Andersen

Serenade for String Orchestra--------------------------------------------Dag Wiren

Suite Champetre Op. 98b-----------------------------------------------Jean Sibelius

Concerto for Piano and String Orchestra--------------------------Adam Neiman
Jason Kuo, Piano Soloist

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Northwest Sinfonietta: Sky & Stone
Mar
15

Northwest Sinfonietta: Sky & Stone

SKY & STONE

Yaniv Attar conductor

Angelique Poteat Pebble Conglomerate (World Premiere)
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Northwest Sinfonietta brings the wonders of the great outdoors inside the concert hall with Sky & Stone. This innovative and collaborative program opens with a newly commissioned piece by NWS clarinetist Angelique Poteat inspired by the famous Chuckanut Formation near Bellingham, Washington. Next we transform the hall into the bogs and frozen tundra of the Arctic with Rautavaara's concerto for birdsong and orchestra, Cantus Arcticus. Beethoven's pastoral Symphony No. 6 concludes the concert with its bubbling brook, thunder storm and joyful country gathering. Northwest Sinfonietta is partnering with Tacoma Tree Foundation, Tahoma Bird Alliance, Spaceworks Tacoma and Tacoma Youth Symphony for this performance.

https://nwsinfonietta.org

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Northwest Sinfonietta: Sky & Stone
Mar
14

Northwest Sinfonietta: Sky & Stone

SKY & STONE

Yaniv Attar conductor

Angelique Poteat Pebble Conglomerate (World Premiere)
Rautavaara Cantus Arcticus, Concerto for Birds and Orchestra
Beethoven Symphony No. 6, Pastoral

Northwest Sinfonietta brings the wonders of the great outdoors inside the concert hall with Sky & Stone. This innovative and collaborative program opens with a newly commissioned piece by NWS clarinetist Angelique Poteat inspired by the famous Chuckanut Formation near Bellingham, Washington. Next we transform the hall into the bogs and frozen tundra of the Arctic with Rautavaara's concerto for birdsong and orchestra, Cantus Arcticus. Beethoven's pastoral Symphony No. 6 concludes the concert with its bubbling brook, thunder storm and joyful country gathering. Northwest Sinfonietta is partnering with Tacoma Tree Foundation, Tahoma Bird Alliance, Spaceworks Tacoma and Tacoma Youth Symphony for this performance.

https://nwsinfonietta.org

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Take A Hike! (With Beethoven)
Mar
14

Take A Hike! (With Beethoven)

TAKE A HIKE! (WITH BEETHOVEN) - FREE FAMILY CONCERT

Rebekah O’Brien conductor

Come Take a Hike! with Beethoven and Northwest Sinfonietta at the beautiful Rialto Theater in downtown Tacoma on March 14. Led by conductor Rebekah O'Brien, orchestra and audience will explore nature through Beethoven's Pastoral symphony, full of bubbling brooks, chirping birds and even a surprise summer storm. Designed for adventurers of all ages (0-99), this concert welcomes every response to the music.

This concert runs approximately 60 minutes, and is FREE to the community with support from Tacoma Creates and many other funders. We will be joined at the concert by our friends at Tacoma Youth Symphony Association and other partners, including Tacoma Tree Foundation and Tahoma Bird Alliance.

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Lake Union Civic Orchestra: FRIENDS
Feb
21

Lake Union Civic Orchestra: FRIENDS

Program:

​Moncayo  Tierra de temporal
Liebermann  Piccolo Concerto 
with Julin Cheung, piccolo
Barber  The School for Scandal,  Overture
Copland  Appalachian Spring  

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: All Aboard
Feb
15

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: All Aboard

  • The Buxton Center for Bainbridge Performing Arts (map)
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This joyful midwinter concert whisks you away on a symphonic journey—by land, sea, and imagination. All Aboard celebrates motion, momentum, and the thrill of travel, with Dvořák’s sunny and optimistic Symphony No. 8 as the centerpiece. Full of pastoral charm and radiant orchestral color, it’s the perfect musical escape to shake off the winter blues and explore the world through sound.

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: All Aboard
Feb
14

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: All Aboard

  • The Buxton Center for Bainbridge Performing Arts (map)
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This joyful midwinter concert whisks you away on a symphonic journey—by land, sea, and imagination. All Aboard celebrates motion, momentum, and the thrill of travel, with Dvořák’s sunny and optimistic Symphony No. 8 as the centerpiece. Full of pastoral charm and radiant orchestral color, it’s the perfect musical escape to shake off the winter blues and explore the world through sound.

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Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: All Aboard
Feb
13

Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra: All Aboard

  • The Buxton Center for Bainbridge Performing Arts (map)
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This joyful midwinter concert whisks you away on a symphonic journey—by land, sea, and imagination. All Aboard celebrates motion, momentum, and the thrill of travel, with Dvořák’s sunny and optimistic Symphony No. 8 as the centerpiece. Full of pastoral charm and radiant orchestral color, it’s the perfect musical escape to shake off the winter blues and explore the world through sound.

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Winter Chamber Music: Bainbridge Performing Arts
Feb
8

Winter Chamber Music: Bainbridge Performing Arts

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Join members of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra for an afternoon of beautiful chamber music in the Cynthia Sears Studio. This program will feature Johan Halvorsen's famous Passacaglia in G minor after G. F. Händel, Claude Debussy's charming Petit Suite for woodwind quintet, and Johannes Brahms' epic String Sextet No. 1 in B-flat Major.


This chamber-style performance offers audiences a closer look at the musicians of the Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra and timeless works that continue to inspire performers and listeners alike.

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Student Recital Fall 2025
Nov
16

Student Recital Fall 2025

Location: Wedgwood Presbyterian Church

Time: 11/16 (Sunday) 6:00pm

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Second City Chamber Series: Young Chamber Players Resident Ensemble
Jul
7
to Jul 11

Second City Chamber Series: Young Chamber Players Resident Ensemble

  • Tacoma Community College Performing Arts Center (map)
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Final Concert:

Date: Friday, July 11, 2025
Time: 6:00pm
Venue: Tacoma Community College Performing Arts Center
Tickets: General admission by donation

https://www.scchamberseries.org/young-chamber-players

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Allen Library Concert
Jul
2

Allen Library Concert

Program:

Luigi Boccherini - Duet for two violins in G major, op.5, no. 1

Luigi Boccherini - Duet for two violins in E major, op.5, no. 2

Jean Marie Leclair - Six Sonatas for Two Violins, op. 3, no. 1

https://music.washington.edu/events/2025-07-02/first-wednesday-concert-series-students-uw-school-music

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Cascade Conducting Orchestral Concert
Jun
21

Cascade Conducting Orchestral Concert

  • Lagerquist Hall, Pacific Lutheran University (map)
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Recit & Aria from Cosi fan Tutte: Temerari....Come scoglio (soprano) 6’........................W.A. Mozart

Variations on Theme by Haydn.......................................................................................……..J. Brahms

Firebird Suite (1919)........................................................................................................………..I. Stravinsky 

Symphony No.3..............................................................................................................………….L. Farrenc

1. Adagio–Allegro - 9’

2. Adagio cantabile - 10’

3. Scherzo: Vivace - 6’

4. Finale: Allegro - 7’

Oboe Concerto..............................................................................................................…………..Vaughan Williams

1. Rondo pastorale 7’

2. Minuet and Musette 3’

3. Finale (Scherzo) 9’

Additional workshop arias (Don Giovanni): No. 23 Recit. accomp. and Aria Soprano (Crudele...Non mi dir)

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UW Baroque Ensemble
May
19

UW Baroque Ensemble

Program:

Bach: Arrangement of Vivaldi's Concerto Op. 3 No. 8 for harpsichord and orchestra 

Stradella: Concerto Grosso

Vivaldi: Concerto for Recorder and Orchestra in D major

Vivaldi: Lo seguitai felice from L'olimpiade, RV 725

Handel: Concerto Grosso Op. 3 No. 2 in B flat major

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