Public Concerts and Other LMC Events

Free Public Concert Series

LMC’s most visible face is its Public Concert Series that offers free classical music concerts from October through May by LMC member-musicians and guests. The classical music series is presented at a variety of venues throughout the Seattle metro area, including Seattle Art Museum, Seattle Public Library – Central and West Seattle Branches, University House Wallingford, Mirabella Seattle, Tagney Jones Hall, Bellevue’s Crossroads Community Center Theater, and the Music Center of the Northwest in North Seattle.

These intimate, one-half-hour to one-hour, music programs are free and open to the public. A selection of these are now available online through our Facebook page and YouTube channel. No advance tickets are required.

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The 2024 Frances Walton Competition Outreach Tours are supported in part by the Western States Arts Federation (WESTAF) and the National Endowment for the Arts.

Event Calendar

Nov
17
Sun
Schubert Quintet | Songs of Finland @ West Seattle Library
Nov 17 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Schubert Quintet

Quintet in C Major, Op. 163 by Franz Schubert (1797–1828); Originally for string quintet, arranged for reed quintet by Gail Perstein
I. Allegro ma non troppo

Sharon Jung and Bernard Shapiro, oboes
Gail Perstein, English horn
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Julie Shankland, bass clarinet

Songs of Finland

Suvilaula by Yrjö Kilpinen (1892–1959)
Rakastunut

Purjein kuutamolla by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)
Sinipiika
Kaiutar by Jean Sibelius (1865–1957)
Paimenet by Toivo Kuula (1883–1918)

Pai, pai, paitaressu by Oskar Merikanto (1868–1924)
Ma elän

Tiina Ritalahti, soprano
Joan Lundquist, piano

Artist bios

Jan
12
Sun
Music for Woodwind Ensemble | Vocal Works by Mahler @ West Seattle Library
Jan 12 @ 3:00 pm – 4:00 pm

Music for Woodwind Ensemble

Quartet in D Minor by Karl Goepfart (1859–1942)
The Bass with the Delicate Air by Otto Luening (1900–1996)
Woodwind Quartet by Bill Douglas (b. 1944)

Jan Bleakney and Stasia Kulsa, flutes
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon

Vocal Works by Mahler

Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen, Song cycle by Gustav Mahler (1860–1911)
Adagietto from Symphony No. 5, by Gustav Mahler with lyrics adapted by Karin McCullough

Colin Ward, baritone
Karin McCullough, piano

 

Feb
10
Mon
Works for Woodwind Ensemble | Piano Works by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, & Others @ University House Wallingford
Feb 10 @ 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm

Works for Woodwind Ensemble

Program TBA

Sharon Jung
Bernard Shapiro
Gail Perstein
Julie Shankland
Eric Shankland

Piano Works by Rachmaninoff, Liszt, and Others

Prelude in B Minor Op. 32, No. 10 by Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873–1943)
Prelude in D Major Op. 23, No.4 by Sergei Rachmaninoff
Notturno by Ottorino Respighi (1879–1936)
Sonetto 123 del Petrarca by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
“The Maiden’s Wish” from Chants Polonaise Op. 74 by Chopin/Liszt

Joyce Gibb, piano

 

Mar
12
Wed
“Living Room Concert” – Program TBD @ Seattle Public Library - Central Library
Mar 12 @ 12:00 pm – 1:00 pm

This month’s concert will take place in the Living Room on Level 3 of the Central Branch.

Program TBA

Gail Perstein
Bernard Shapiro
Julie Shankland

Program TBA

Performers TBA

 

May
17
Sat
Music for Stringed Instruments and Piano | Woodwind Ensemble @ Mirabella Seattle
May 17 @ 2:00 pm – 3:00 pm

Music for Stringed Instruments and Piano

Romance for Violin and Piano, Op. 23 by Amy Beach (1867–1944)
Sonata for Cello and Piano, Op 40, selected mvts. by Dimitri Shostakovich (1906–1975)

Ann Rackl, violin
Lawrence Chu, cello
Selina Chu, piano

Music for Woodwind Ensemble

Libertango by Astor Piazzolla (1921–1992)
La cheminee du roi rene by Darius Milhaud (1892–1974)

Jan Bleakney and Stasia Kulsa, flutes
Julie Shankland, clarinet
Gail Perstein, oboe
Eric Shankland, bassoon
Mariane Hermanson (guest artist), French horn