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She's Got Soul: Featuring Capathia Jenkins

She’s Got Soul: Featuring Capathia Jenkins

Vocalist Capathia Jenkins will reprise pop songs from artists such as Whitney Houston, Gladys Knight, Chaka Khan, and Adele backed by the Seattle Symphony. Dates May 31, 8 p.m. June 1, 8 p.m. June 2, 2 p.m.  

Potlatch Symphony

Potlatch Symphony

Returning to a landmark project from 2013, Potlatch Symphony 2020 brings the Seattle Symphony and artists from Puget Sound’s First Nations together in an exchange that celebrates this region’s land and ancestral history. In addition to this world premiere, the Symphony will share the stage with our Community Partner, Kids in Concert, for a side-by-side performance. Tickets…

Handel Messiah

Handel Messiah

A triumph of music and text, Handel’s Messiah is a matchless December tradition. The exquisite choral writing and the exultant “Hallelujah” chorus — featuring the Seattle Symphony, Chorale and a strong cast of soloists — honor Handel’s greatest work. Show dates/times Dec. 15, 8 p.m. Dec. 16, 8 p.m. Dec. 17, 2 p.m.

Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic

Disney in Concert: The Sound of Magic

Be dazzled as a cast of musical theatre stars, the Seattle Symphony and conductor Stuart Chafetz bring your favorite Disney animated film scores to life. Featuring hit songs from Cinderella, Beauty and the Beast, The Lion King, Moana, Encanto and many more, join us as original Disney film footage is projected live on the big…

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert with the Seattle Symphony

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert with the Seattle Symphony

Get ready to join Dumbledore’s Army™! When Professor Umbridge™ takes over Hogwarts™ School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, what else can Harry do to resist her terrible rule? Find out in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix™ in Concert, accompanied by the Seattle Symphony performing Nicholas Hooper’s dramatic score live in the concert hall. WIZARDING…

Seattle Symphony's Leading Man is Leaving for Los Angeles

Seattle Symphony’s Leading Man is Leaving for Los Angeles

After helping lead the symphony's innovative label, President and CEO Simon Woods is out.

Simon Woods (left) and recording engineer Dimitri Lipay helped bring Seattle Symphony Media to prominence.

The Must List: Seattle Museum Month, Smash Putt!, Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow

The Must List: Seattle Museum Month, Smash Putt!, Hop Mob Triple IPA Roadshow

Limited time remains to “put your balls on the line at Smash Putt’s last ever robotic extravaganza”

The Must List: Woody Sez, the Music of David Bowie, Finding Neverland

The Must List: Woody Sez, the Music of David Bowie, Finding Neverland

The spirit and music of David Bowie live on with a number of tributes this weekend

Fall Arts Preview 2016: Music

Fall Arts Preview 2016: Music

Sounds to fit anyone's fancy

Music-ability – Mindie Lind The tradition of American singers who first found their calling at church and continue to draw on their early experiences at places of worship, is as old as America itself. Whether the faith is maintained or lost, the language of higher love and the promise of redemption remain. Here in the…

Hey Marseilles Cleans Up Nice

Hey Marseilles Cleans Up Nice

Last year, our photographer Hayley Young photographed local band Hey Marseilles for a story in Performer magazine. Hayley approached Jane Parsen, general manager at the Seattle Brooks Brothers store, to help style the band for that shoot. Thanks to Jane and Brooks Brothers (and Hayley’s great creative direction, of course), the boys looked very dapper…

Meet your Maker: Adam Stern, Seattle Symphony Guest Conductor

Meet your Maker: Adam Stern, Seattle Symphony Guest Conductor

Stern conducts live scores for classic movies in the upcoming series.

ARTIST: Adam Stern, seattle symphony guest conductor SPECIALTY: Conducting for the “symphonic cinema” program, in which the music is removed from a famous film (the dialogue remains) and the live orchestra plays the score as the movie screens overhead. PERFORMANCES: Stern is conducting live scores for Casablanca (7/6 & 7/8) and The Wizard of Oz…

Charlie and Benita Staadecker Create a Lasting Arts Legacy

Charlie and Benita Staadecker Create a Lasting Arts Legacy

The local couple is on a mission to commission new work by Seattle artists.

Charlie and Benita Staadecker should come with a warning label: Contact with contents may result in channeling all your discretionary income into funding artistic projects. As endearing as they are enthusiastic, the Seattle couple is out to prove that commissioning art isn’t just for Vanderbilts and Guggenheims—it’s actually within reach for “ordinary people”—and it may…

Maestro Gerard Schwarz Bows Out

Maestro Gerard Schwarz Bows Out

Seattle Symphony conductor plays his final concert as music director. Get the scoop on his finale pe

The year 1985 was a big one for music: USA for Africa’s “We Are the World” raised $70 million, David Lee Roth left Van Halen for a solo career, and Madonna embarked on her first tour—The Virgin Tour, which kicked off in Seattle. But of much greater import locally, Gerard Schwarz took the position of…

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