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.
With generous support and partnership from:
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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
Music for Soprano, Flute, and Piano
Flammende Rose (Flaming Rose) by Georg Friedrich Händel (1685-1759)
Der Hirt auf dem Felsen (Shepherd on the Rock) by Franz Schubert (1797-1828)
Le Portrait (The Portrait) by Cecile Chaminade (1857-1944)
Susan Strick, soprano
Jan Bleakney, flute
Sharon Wong, piano
Twelve Months of Music
January: At the Fireside from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky (1840–1893)
February: Carnivalse by Chilly Gonzales (b. 1972)
March: Frühling, S. 480/2 by Franz Liszt (1811–1886)
April: Snowdrop from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 4 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
May: May Night, Op. 27, No. 4 by Selim Palmgren (1878–1951)
June: Sommervise, Op. 45, No. 3 by Agathe Backer-Grøndahl (1847–1907)
July: Song of the Reaper from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
August: Mysterious Summer’s Night by Larysa Kuzmenko (b. 1956)
September: In Autumn from Woodland Sketches, Op. 51, No. 4 by Edward MacDowell (1860–1908)
October: Autumn Song from The Seasons, Op. 37b, No. 1 by Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky
November: Thanksgiving by George Winston (1949–2023)
December: Postludium from Winterreigen, Op. 13, No. 10 by Ernö Dohnányi (1877–1960)
Karin McCullough, piano
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
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