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2012-2013 Season at a Glance

Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul  Aug 
October
FREE Watjen Concert Organ Recital-Demonstration
Oct. 31, 2011, Dec. 12, 2011, Jan. 30, 2012, Apr. 2, 2012, Jun. 4, 2012, Aug. 6, 2012

August
Weird Al Yankovic: Alpocalypse Tour
Aug. 16, 2012

September
NWAA & The Stranger present

IRA GLASS: REINVENTING RADIO
Sep. 8, 2012
Indigo Girls
Sep. 12, 2012
Live @ Benaroya Hall: DWIGHT YOAKAM
Sep. 13, 2012
Opening Night Concert and Gala
Sep. 15, 2012
NWAA, NFMA & The Stranger present

THE BAREFOOT CONTESSA: Ina Garten in Conversation with Greg Atkinson
Sep. 16, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures / MARK BITTMAN
Sep. 19, 2012
Morlot Conducts Pines of Rome
Sep. 20, 2012 - Sep. 22, 2012
"SET THE HOUSE ON FIRE" COMEDY TOUR
Sep. 21, 2012
"Seattle Goes Country": A Benefit for ALL ABOUT HOPE
Sep. 22, 2012
The Cocktail Hour: Music of the Mad Men Era
Sep. 27, 2012 - Sep. 30, 2012
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: XUEFEI YANG
Sep. 29, 2012

October
Rufus Wainwright
Oct. 1, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures / DEAN YOUNG
Oct. 2, 2012
Tchaikovsky and Sibelius
Oct. 4, 2012 - Oct. 7, 2012
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Season Opening Celebration
Oct. 5, 2012
Square Peg Concerts presents ALFIE BOE
Oct. 5, 2012 - Oct. 6, 2012
Live @ Benaroya Hall: THE FLATLANDERS
Oct. 9, 2012
UNIVERSITY OF WASHINGTON Jazz Faculty Showcase
Oct. 10, 2012
Seattle Bride presents URBAN UNVEILED 2012
Oct. 11, 2012
Tiny Tots: Hi-Lo Big Top Circus
Oct. 12, 2012 - Oct. 13, 2012
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Tribute to Clarence Acox w/ Garfield High School Jazz Band
Oct. 12, 2012
Bach & Vivaldi
Oct. 12, 2012 - Oct. 13, 2012
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Danilo Perez Trio
Oct. 13, 2012
FINISH THE TASK: A Benefit Concert for Pneuma Springs, YWAM-AIIM
Oct. 14, 2012
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle presents AUTUMN EVENINGS
Oct. 14, 2012
András Schiff
Oct. 15, 2012
EARSHOT JAZZ FESTIVAL: Vijay Iyer Trio
Oct. 17, 2012
Beethoven, Mozart & Haydn
Oct. 18, 2012, Oct. 20, 2012
Symphony Untuxed: Haydn's "Drumroll" Symphony
Oct. 19, 2012
[untitled]: 1962
Oct. 19, 2012
Seattle Symphony Community Celebration at Seattle Center
Oct. 21, 2012
An Afternoon with Bill Cosby
Oct. 21, 2012
Live @ Benaroya Hall: JAKE SHIMABUKURO
Oct. 24, 2012
Gil Shaham Plays Mozart
Oct. 25, 2012, Oct. 27, 2012
Live @ Benaroya Hall: CARLOS NÚÑEZ
Oct. 25, 2012
Sonic Evolution
Oct. 26, 2012
The Gilman Family Discover Music Series: A Little Night Music for Halloween
Oct. 27, 2012
The METROPOLITAN OPERA NATIONAL COUNCIL Auditions
Oct. 28, 2012

November
Live @ Benaroya Hall: FLAMENCO FEATURING KAREN LUGO
Nov. 1, 2012 - Nov. 4, 2012
Tchaikovsky's Violin Concerto
Nov. 1, 2012 - Nov. 3, 2012
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: New Orleans Night Out w/ special guest Branford Marsalis
Nov. 3, 2012
Brahms & Medtner
Nov. 4, 2012
SEATTLE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Nov. 4, 2012, Jan. 13, 2013, Apr. 28, 2013, May. 19, 2013
Joseph Adam, Organ Recital
Nov. 5, 2012
Town Hall Presents: BILL McKIBBEN & 350.ORG -- ‘Doing the Math’ on Global Warming
Nov. 7, 2012
Beethoven's "Emperor" Concerto
Nov. 8, 2012 - Nov. 11, 2012
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Licad Plays Chopin
Nov. 9, 2012
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: MICHAEL PARTINGTON
Nov. 10, 2012
Live @ Benaroya Hall: JIM BRICKMAN -- On A Winter's Night
Nov. 14, 2012
Emanuel Ax Plays Brahms' Piano Concerto No. 2
Nov. 15, 2012 - Nov. 18, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures / MAGGIE NELSON & EILEEN MYLES
Nov. 15, 2012
Tiny Tots: Sing & Sway Musical Adventure
Nov. 16, 2012 - Nov. 17, 2012
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: The Emperor of Atlantis
Nov. 16, 2012 - Nov. 18, 2012
CASCADE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA in concert with the Trinity Lutheran College Invitational Chorus
Nov. 17, 2012
Seattle Opera Young Artists Production: King for a Day
Nov. 17, 2012
Deseret Book presents THE FORGOTTEN CAROLS
Nov. 21, 2012
Brandi Carlile with the Seattle Symphony
Nov. 23, 2012 - Nov. 25, 2012
Morlot Conducts Mahler
Nov. 29, 2012, Dec. 1, 2012
SEATTLE MEN'S CHORUS: Baby, It's Cold Outside
Nov. 30, 2012, Dec. 1, 2012, Dec. 9, 2012, Dec. 16, 2012, Dec. 20, 2012, Dec. 21, 2012, Dec. 22, 2012, Dec. 22, 2012

December
Kindermusik® Symphony Serenades:

Holiday Spectacular

Dec. 1, 2012
Beyond the Score®: Mahler's Fourth Symphony
Dec. 2, 2012
A PLU Christmas: A CHILD IS BORN
Dec. 3, 2012
Holiday Musical Salute
Dec. 4, 2012
Rainier Symphony, Northwest University & University Presbyterian Church present CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
Dec. 4, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures / MIRANDA JULY
Dec. 5, 2012
Holiday Pops
Dec. 6, 2012 - Dec. 9, 2012
Yefim Bronfman
Dec. 10, 2012
Handel's Messiah
Dec. 14, 2012 - Dec. 16, 2012
An Irish Christmas
Dec. 18, 2012
THE IRISH TENORS Holiday Concert
Dec. 19, 2012
THE COATS: Annual Holiday Show
Dec. 21, 2012 - Dec. 23, 2012
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Dec. 23, 2012
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Dec. 28, 2012 - Dec. 30, 2012
New Year's Eve: Concert, Countdown & Celebration
Dec. 31, 2012

January
Rachmaninov Festival 1
Jan. 3, 2013
Rachmaninov Festival 2
Jan. 5, 2013
Mendelssohn's Piano Concerto No. 1
Jan. 10, 2013, Jan. 12, 2013
Symphony Untuxed: Stravinsky & Mozart
Jan. 11, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: LOUDON WAINWRIGHT III & DAR WILLIAMS
Jan. 11, 2013 - Jan. 12, 2013
Kindermusik® Symphony Serenades:

Horns a Plenty

Jan. 12, 2013
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
ENRIC SALA: Pristine Seas
Jan. 13, 2013 - Jan. 15, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: LOS LOBOS -- ACOUSTIC EN VIVO
Jan. 16, 2013
Seattle Arts & Lectures / DAVID WAGONER
Jan. 16, 2013
Chris Botti
Jan. 17, 2013
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: 2013 Winter Festival
Jan. 18, 2013, Jan. 19, 2013, Jan. 20, 2013, Jan. 25, 2013, Jan. 26, 2013
Bach & Telemann
Jan. 18, 2013 - Jan. 19, 2013
Live Nation presents JACKSON BROWNE
Jan. 20, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: MONTEREY JAZZ FESTIVAL ON TOUR
Jan. 22, 2013
Nobuyuki Tsujii Plays Debussy and Chopin
Jan. 22, 2013
Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
Jan. 23, 2013
78th Annual MTR Western SPORTS STAR OF THE YEAR
Jan. 25, 2013
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: 2013 Winter Festival Family Concert
Jan. 26, 2013
Friends of Garfield Orchestra presents the 20th ANNUAL WINTER WALTZ
Jan. 26, 2013
Celebrate Asia
Jan. 27, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: MARC COHN
Jan. 28, 2013 - Jan. 29, 2013
Paul Jacobs, Organ Recital
Jan. 28, 2013
THE ST. OLAF CHOIR in Concert
Jan. 30, 2013
Morlot Conducts Messiaen
Jan. 31, 2013, Feb. 2, 2013

February
Celtic Arts Foundation presents MASTERS OF SCOTTISH ARTS
Feb. 1, 2013
French Masters
Feb. 1, 2013
The Gilman Family Discover Music Series: East Meets West
Feb. 2, 2013
SHOWTUNES presents Falsettos
Feb. 2, 2013 - Feb. 3, 2013
The Tenors
Feb. 3, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: SUZANNE VEGA
Feb. 5, 2013
Brahms' Symphony No. 4
Feb. 7, 2013 - Feb. 10, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: MARK KOZELEK
Feb. 8, 2013
SEATTLE WOMEN'S CHORUS: Celebrate!
Feb. 8, 2013
CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL CHOIR FESTIVAL
Feb. 11, 2013
Seattle Arts & Lectures / NICK FLYNN
Feb. 13, 2013
Love Stories
Feb. 14, 2013, Feb. 16, 2013
ANDRE FERIANTE -- Words of Love
Feb. 14, 2013
Tiny Tots: “A” You’re Adorable
Feb. 15, 2013 - Feb. 16, 2013
Symphony Untuxed: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 21
Feb. 15, 2013
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: New Discovery
Feb. 15, 2013
[untitled] series: Pierrot Lunaire
Feb. 15, 2013
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle presents WINTER NIGHTS
Feb. 17, 2013
Itzhak Perlman in Recital
Feb. 19, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: AARON NEVILLE
Feb. 19, 2013 - Feb. 20, 2013
Marvin Hamlisch Tribute
Feb. 21, 2013 - Feb. 24, 2013
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: DAVID RUSSELL
Feb. 23, 2013
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
BØRGE OUSLAND: Adventures in Polar Exploration
Feb. 24, 2013 - Feb. 26, 2013
Mozart's Flute Concerto No. 1
Feb. 28, 2013, Mar. 2, 2013

March
The Gilman Family Discover Music Series: Peter and the Wolf with Magic Circle Mime
Mar. 2, 2013
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Thad Jones -- From Count Basie to the Village Vanguard
Mar. 2, 2013
Anne-Sophie Mutter
Mar. 3, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: BLUES AT THE CROSSROADS TWO -- MUDDY AND THE WOLF
Mar. 7, 2013
Vivaldi's The Four Seasons
Mar. 8, 2013 - Mar. 9, 2013
2013 SUZUKI CELEBRATION CONCERT
Mar. 9, 2013
Artbeat presents IN THE MOOD -- A 1940s Big Band Revue
Mar. 10, 2013
Bruch's Violin Concerto No. 1
Mar. 14, 2013, Mar. 16, 2013
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Chaplin's The Gold Rush (Special Event)
Mar. 15, 2013
Beyond the Score®: Enigma Variations
Mar. 17, 2013
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
GERLINDE KALTENBRUNNER: K2: Danger and Desire on the Savage Mountain
Mar. 17, 2013 - Mar. 19, 2013
Seattle Arts & Lectures / STANLEY PLUMLY
Mar. 19, 2013
[CANCELLED] / Live @ Benaroya Hall: U.S. Air Force Travis Brass
Mar. 20, 2013
Beethoven's Symphony No. 5
Mar. 21, 2013 - Mar. 23, 2013
Kindermusik® Symphony Serenades:

From Sea to Shining C

Mar. 23, 2013
The Composition Lab & Burmer Music LLC present CELEBRATE WORLD MUSIC!
Mar. 24, 2013
Rimsky-Korsakov's Scheherazade
Mar. 28, 2013, Mar. 30, 2013
Symphony Untuxed: Scheherazade
Mar. 29, 2013

April
The One and Only Tommy Dorsey Orchestra
Apr. 4, 2013 - Apr. 7, 2013
Pacific MusicWorks presents HANDEL'S APOLLO E DAFNE AND GLORIA
Apr. 5, 2013
Thierry Escaich, Organ Recital
Apr. 8, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: ANN & NANCY WILSON (HEART) -- Acoustic Concert & Conversation with Biographer Charles R. Cross
Apr. 9, 2013
Gerard Schwarz Conducts Mozart
Apr. 11, 2013 - Apr. 13, 2013
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance III -- Ellington's "Reminiscing in Tempo"
Apr. 13, 2013
Stravinsky, Dvořák & Ravel
Apr. 14, 2013
FREE Watjen Concert Organ Recital and Demonstration
Apr. 15, 2013
Stravinsky's Firebird Suite
Apr. 18, 2013, Apr. 20, 2013
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Awadagin & Mostly Mozart
Apr. 19, 2013
Live @ Benaroya Hall: AN ACOUSTIC EVENING WITH MARY CHAPIN CARPENTER & SHAWN COLVIN ON STAGE TOGETHER
Apr. 19, 2013
The Gilman Family Discover Music Series: We've Got Rhythm!
Apr. 20, 2013
"A COLORFUL MUSICAL JOURNEY"
Apr. 21, 2013
FREE EVENT: Daejeon Yeonjeng Municipal Orchestra's Korea Fantasy
Apr. 22, 2013
Hilary Hahn Plays Sibelius
Apr. 25, 2013, Apr. 27, 2013
Seattle Arts & Lectures / NIKKY FINNEY
Apr. 25, 2013
Tiny Tots: Gallop & Go!
Apr. 26, 2013 - Apr. 27, 2013
Symphony Untuxed: Beethoven's Symphony No. 7
Apr. 26, 2013
KPLU Presents: JIMMY JAZZOID RIDES AGAIN
Apr. 26, 2013
[untitled]: New Expressions
Apr. 26, 2013
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: BENJAMIN VERDERY
Apr. 27, 2013
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
TIM LAMAN & ED SCHOLES: Birds of Paradise
Apr. 28, 2013 - Apr. 30, 2013

May
Mozart & Haydn
May. 2, 2013, May. 4, 2013
Oregon Symphony
May. 3, 2013
Caspar Babypants with the Seattle Symphony
May. 4, 2013
Beyond the Score®: Beethoven's Fifth Symphony
May. 5, 2013
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4
May. 9, 2013
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Gold Medalist Mayuko Kamio
May. 10, 2013
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5
May. 10, 2013
Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 5
May. 10, 2013
RBC Wealth Management presents "TEN GRANDS"
May. 11, 2013
SHOWTUNES presents Singin' in the Rain
May. 11, 2013 - May. 12, 2013
NWAA, NFMA & The Stranger present

An Evening with MICHAEL POLLAN --
“COOKED: A Natural History of Transformation”
May. 13, 2013
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: Farewell, Auschwitz!
May. 14, 2013
Seattle Arts & Lectures / SUSAN ORLEAN
May. 14, 2013
POSTPONED / Seattle Arts & Lectures presents Jorie Graham
May. 15, 2013
Shostakovich's Symphony No. 5
May. 16, 2013
Shostakovich's Cello Concerto No. 1
May. 17, 2013
Kindermusik® Symphony Serenades:

Oh Say Can You Sing?

May. 18, 2013
NWAA, Planned Parenthood & The Stranger present

An Evening with EVE ENSLER
May. 18, 2013
NWAA, Planned Parenthood & The Stranger present

An Evening with EVE ENSLER
May. 18, 2013
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC LIVE!
WILLIAM SATURNO: In Search of the Ancient Maya
May. 19, 2013 - May. 21, 2013
THE 8TH ANNUAL JUMP SESSION SHOW
May. 24, 2013
Davis 1 Entertainment presents "MEET THE BROWNS"
May. 25, 2013
Beethoven's Violin Concerto
May. 30, 2013 - Jun. 2, 2013
Tiny Tots: Musical Zoo for Me and You!
May. 31, 2013 - Jun. 1, 2013

June
Coleman Studio: "EVENING OF ENCORES"
Jun. 2, 2013
UPDATED: Seattle Arts & Lectures / AMY TAN
Jun. 5, 2013
A Night at the Cotton Club
Jun. 6, 2013 - Jun. 9, 2013
Table & Chairs Presents:
ROSCOE MITCHELL PERFORMING NONAAH
Jun. 7, 2013
Britten's War Requiem
Jun. 13, 2013, Jun. 15, 2013
The Gilman Family Discover Music Series: Hear America Singing
Jun. 15, 2013
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: The Great American Songbook V w/ special guests Stephanie Porter & Primo Kim
Jun. 15, 2013
FREE Watjen Concert Organ Recital and Demonstration
Jun. 17, 2013
Morlot Conducts Shostakovich and Adams
Jun. 20, 2013 - Jun. 23, 2013
Club Ludo 2
Jun. 22, 2013
Saint-Saëns' "Organ" Symphony
Jun. 27, 2013 - Jun. 30, 2013
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: 2013 Summer Festival
Jun. 29, 2013, Jul. 1, 2013, Jul. 3, 2013, Jul. 5, 2013, Jul. 8, 2013, Jul. 10, 2013, Jul. 12, 2013, Jul. 15, 2013, Jul. 19, 2013, Jul. 22, 2013, Jul. 24, 2013, Jul. 26, 2013

July
Cirque de la Symphonie
Jul. 12, 2013 - Jul. 13, 2013
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY:
Carnival of the Animals (Family Concert)
Jul. 13, 2013
Parker J. Palmer: Healing the Heart of Democracy
Jul. 16, 2013
The Boba Cabaret Presents
PLAY ME -- THE MUSIC OF NEIL DIAMOND
Jul. 25, 2013
FREE Watjen Concert Organ Recital and Demonstration
Jul. 29, 2013

August
THE INTERNATIONAL: Dota2 Championships
Aug. 7, 2013 - Aug. 11, 2013

January
Don Tiki's Hot Lava Holiday Show
Jan. 1, 2000
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