A world-renowned string quartet, live from the Classical KING studios! Plus, local concerts and a celebration of choral community!

 

Seattle Sings 2025: You Created a Song 

Seattle is home to a vibrant choral community, hear them in harmony at Seattle Sings! Over 30 choirs on one stage, with a brand-new anthem composed just for this moment. Three days of performances showcasing our region’s exceptional voices, October 23 through 25 at Seattle First Baptist. Learn more at classicalking.org/seattlesings. 

 

Happy Birthday, Johann Strauss Jr! 

Happy 200th birthday to Johann Strauss Jr! Classical KING is playing a full hour of his music to celebrate this Saturday, October 25 at 8pm. 

 

Northwest Focus Live 

Seattle Chamber Music Society: Balourdet Quartet 

Friday, October 24 | 7pm 

Host: Dave Beck 

Hear the nationally recognized Balourdet Quartet, this Friday on Northwest Focus Live! The recipients of the 2024 Avery Fischer Career Grant, the Balourdet Quartet will feature in two masterclasses hosted by the Seattle Chamber Music Society this Saturday. Dave Beck is your host this Friday at 7pm on Classical KING. For more information, visit classicalking.org/show/nw-focus-live. 

 

Second Inversion 

Fun-Sized Halloween 

Saturday, October 25 | 4pm 

Host: Maggie Molloy 

Monsters and witches and werewolves, oh my! Nothing sets the scene for All Hallows’ Eve quite like some ghostly music. This Saturday on Second Inversion: ghosts, goblins, and things that go bump in the night. Listen along as we visit a musical Frankenstein, spend a night at the Bates Motel, and step inside a composer’s nightmare. 

 

The Score with Edmund Stone 

The Transformative Power of Music 

Saturday, October 25 | 4pm 

Get ready for trick or treat with Edmund Stone this Sunday with Fun-Sized Halloween. It’s a bag full of fun movies for kids of all ages. Hear music from Casper, Monsters vs. Aliens, Goosebumps, The House with a Clock in its Walls, and more. It’s Halloween music just for fun! Next Sunday on The Score. 

 

TBA! 

Sunday, October 26 | 4pm 

Join Edmund Stone for an exciting adventure of movie score favorites! 

 

Northwest Focus Concert Calendar 

Seattle Chamber Orchestra: Berberio Bash 

Friday, October 24 | 8pm | Good Shepherd Center, Seattle 

Works to celebrate the 100th birthday of Italian composers Luciano Berio and Cathy Berberian, this Friday in Seattle! 

 

Winds5: Live at the Eleanor 

Friday, October 24 | 8pm | Tacoma Armory 

A program featuring music inspired by forests, Bon Iver, and video game music! Hear this local wind quintet in Tacoma this Friday. 

 

Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra featuring composer Sous Chef 

Sunday, October 26 | 2pm | Chimacum High School 

Hear the world premiere of a work for keyboard, piano, electronics, and orchestra paired with favorites by Still and Tchaikovsky! 

 

Visit the Classical KING Northwest Focus Concert Calendar to learn more about all of these performances and more in your community. 

 

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