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2011-2012 Season at a Glance

Aug  Sep  Oct  Nov  Dec  Jan  Feb  Mar  Apr  May  Jun  Jul 
October
FREE Watjen Concert Organ Recital-Demonstration
Oct. 4, 2010, Dec. 6, 2010, Jan. 24, 2011, Mar. 14, 2011, Jun. 27, 2011, Aug. 1, 2011

September
Opening Night Concert & Gala
Sep. 17, 2011
Seattle Symphony's DAY OF MUSIC at Benaroya Hall
Sep. 18, 2011
Beethoven's "Eroica" Symphony
Sep. 22, 2011 - Sep. 25, 2011
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: DAVID LEISNER
Sep. 24, 2011
Morlot Conducts The Rite of Spring
Sep. 29, 2011, Oct. 1, 2011
2011 Decibel Festival presents OPTICAL 1: SINE YOUR NAME ACROSS MY HEART
Sep. 30, 2011

October
SEATTLE WOMEN'S CHORUS: True Country
Oct. 1, 2011 - Oct. 2, 2011
2011 Decibel Festival presents OPTICAL 2: GRAINS OF SOUND
Oct. 1, 2011
MUSOU BAND
Oct. 3, 2011
SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES: Poetry Series
Oct. 5, 2011, Dec. 8, 2011
Rachmaninov's Symphonic Dances
Oct. 6, 2011, Oct. 8, 2011
The Story of Babar
Oct. 8, 2011
Chopin and Bach
Oct. 9, 2011
Square Peg Concerts presents
IDAN RAICHEL & INDIA.ARIE
Oct. 9, 2011
SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES: Literary/Arts Series
Oct. 11, 2011, Oct. 26, 2011, Nov. 15, 2011
URBAN UNVEILED
Oct. 12, 2011
Sci-Fi at the Pops with Special Guest Jonathan Frakes
Oct. 13, 2011 - Oct. 16, 2011
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Brahms Piano Concerto No. 2
Oct. 14, 2011
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: AUTUMN EVENINGS
Oct. 15, 2011
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Season Opener
Oct. 16, 2011
Hilary Hahn & Valentina Lisitsa
Oct. 17, 2011
Sonic Evolution
Oct. 18, 2011
Valery Gergiev and the Mariinsky Orchestra
Oct. 19, 2011
Haydn's Cello Concerto
Oct. 20, 2011, Oct. 22, 2011
Earshot Jazz Festival presents BRAD MEHLDAU
Oct. 21, 2011
Heineken City Arts Fest:
RYAN ADAMS with REBECCA GATES
Oct. 21, 2011
Seattle Int'l Piano Competition: YOUTH COMPETITION
Oct. 22, 2011
Seattle Int'l Piano Competition: COLLEGE/PRO COMPETITION
Oct. 22, 2011
Seattle Int'l Piano Competition: AWARDS CEREMONY
Oct. 22, 2011
Seattle Int'l Piano Competition: AMATEUR WINNERS
Oct. 23, 2011
Seattle Int'l Piano Competition: YOUTH & SIPF WINNERS
Oct. 23, 2011
Halloween Hooray
Oct. 28, 2011 - Oct. 29, 2011
Genius Inspires Genius: With Bach's Brandenburg No. 5
Oct. 28, 2011 - Oct. 29, 2011
NWAA, NCLR & The Stranger present
KATE CLINTON: "The GLEE Party!"
Oct. 28, 2011
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: "An Evening with Ol' Blue Eyes: The Music of Frank Sinatra"
Oct. 29, 2011 - Oct. 30, 2011
Beyond the Score®: Stravinsky's The Rite of Spring
Oct. 30, 2011
FREE Watjen Concert Organ Recital-Demonstration
Oct. 31, 2011, Dec. 12, 2011, Jan. 30, 2012, Apr. 2, 2012, Jun. 4, 2012, Aug. 6, 2012

November
Earshot Jazz presents KEITH JARRETT, GARY PEACOCK & JACK DEJOHNETTE
Nov. 1, 2011
Insight Lectures presents
DR. JILL BOLTE TAYLOR: "My Stroke of Insight"
Nov. 2, 2011
Isabelle Faust Performs Schumann's Violin Concerto
Nov. 3, 2011 - Nov. 6, 2011
Flamenco
Nov. 4, 2011 - Nov. 5, 2011
The Symphony Guild presents
THE LAST WONDER OF THE WORLD
Nov. 4, 2011
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: What a Life!
Nov. 7, 2011
Organ Concert: S. Wayne Foster
Nov. 7, 2011
Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Nov. 10, 2011 - Nov. 13, 2011
Rush Hour: Rachmaninov's Rhapsody on a Theme of Paganini
Nov. 11, 2011
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Mozart & Salieri
Nov. 11, 2011
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: FABIO ZANON
Nov. 12, 2011
The Metropolitan Opera National Council Auditions
Nov. 13, 2011
Leila Josefowicz Performs Knussen's Violin Concerto
Nov. 17, 2011, Nov. 19, 2011
Mother Goose Goes to the Symphony
Nov. 18, 2011 - Nov. 19, 2011
Herbie Hancock Plays Rhapsody in Blue
Nov. 18, 2011
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Bach, Mozart, Stravinsky
Nov. 18, 2011
CASCADE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Nov. 19, 2011
Seattle Opera Young Artists Program: Werther
Nov. 19, 2011
Elgar and Brahms
Nov. 20, 2011
SEATTLE YOUTH SYMPHONY ORCHESTRA
Nov. 20, 2011, Feb. 26, 2012, May. 20, 2012
SIFF Presents: AN EVENING WITH WARREN MILLER
Nov. 20, 2011
JAZZ IN THE CITY
Nov. 25, 2011
SEATTLE MEN'S CHORUS: Cool Yule
Nov. 26, 2011, Nov. 27, 2011, Dec. 3, 2011, Dec. 11, 2011, Dec. 18, 2011, Dec. 19, 2011, Dec. 22, 2011, Dec. 23, 2011, Dec. 23, 2011
Seattle Pacific University presents THE SACRED SOUNDS OF CHRISTMAS
Nov. 28, 2011 - Nov. 29, 2011
SEATTLE ARTS & LECTURES: SAL Presents
Nov. 30, 2011

December
Rainier Symphony, Northwest University & University Presbyterian Church present
CHRISTMAS TRADITIONS
Dec. 2, 2011
The Snowman
Dec. 3, 2011
Pacific Lutheran University presents
A PLU CHRISTMAS
Dec. 5, 2011
Holiday Pops with Marvin Hamlisch
Dec. 8, 2011 - Dec. 11, 2011
Seattle Arts & Lectures: TERRANCE HAYES
Dec. 8, 2011
THE COATS: Annual Holiday Show
Dec. 9, 2011, Dec. 10, 2011, Dec. 11, 2011, Dec. 16, 2011, Dec. 17, 2011
Holiday Symphony Serenade
Dec. 10, 2011
Canadian Brass
Dec. 12, 2011 - Dec. 13, 2011
Handel's Messiah
Dec. 16, 2011 - Dec. 18, 2011
Go Tell It on the Mountain: The Blind Boys of Alabama Christmas Show
Dec. 20, 2011
A Festival of Lessons & Carols
Dec. 21, 2011
Beethoven's Ninth Symphony
Dec. 28, 2011 - Dec. 30, 2011
GABE BONDOC LIVE!
Dec. 29, 2011
New Year's Eve: Concert, Countdown & Celebration!
Dec. 31, 2011

January
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 20
Jan. 5, 2012, Jan. 7, 2012
Rush Hour: Doctor Atomic
Jan. 6, 2012
Joshua Bell with Seattle Symphony
Jan. 10, 2012
The Bach Family: With Bach's Brandenburg No. 2
Jan. 13, 2012 - Jan. 14, 2012
Mendelssohn's "Italian" Symphony
Jan. 19, 2012, Jan. 21, 2012
Viva la Música
Jan. 20, 2012
A Birthday Party for Mozart
Jan. 21, 2012
Cultural Pursuits presents
"Come and Go With Me To My Father's House" (featuring The Sound of The Northwest)
Jan. 21, 2012
Maestro Artist Management presents DENIS MATSUEV
Jan. 22, 2012
77th Annual SPORTS STAR OF THE YEAR, presented by ROOT Sports™
Jan. 25, 2012
Hamelin Performs Chopin
Jan. 26, 2012, Jan. 28, 2012
Russian Quintets with Marc-André Hamelin
Jan. 27, 2012
Dancing with the Symphony
Jan. 28, 2012
National Geographic Live!
BRIAN SKERRY: Ocean Soul
Jan. 29, 2012 - Jan. 31, 2012
19th Annual GARFIELD ORCHESTRA WINTER WALTZ: On the Beautiful Blue Danube
Jan. 29, 2012

February
Seattle Arts & Lectures: JENNIFER EGAN
Feb. 1, 2012
Bond and Beyond: Celebrating 50 Years of 007
Feb. 2, 2012 - Feb. 5, 2012
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Winter Festival
Feb. 2, 2012
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Winter Festival
Feb. 3, 2012 - Feb. 5, 2012
SEATTLE CHAMBER MUSIC SOCIETY: Winter Festival Family Concert
Feb. 4, 2012
Catholic High School Choir Festival
Feb. 6, 2012
Pictures at an Exhibition
Feb. 9, 2012 - Feb. 12, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures: ALBERT GOLDBARTH
Feb. 9, 2012
Celtic Arts Foundation: MASTERS OF SCOTTISH ARTS
Feb. 10, 2012
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Puccini Opera Scenes
Feb. 10, 2012
ANDRE FERIANTE: In The Theater of Love
Feb. 11, 2012
Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle: WINTER NIGHTS featuring the PRIMA TRIO
Feb. 12, 2012
Beethoven's Piano Concerto No. 2
Feb. 16, 2012, Feb. 18, 2012
Sailing the Musical Seas
Feb. 17, 2012 - Feb. 18, 2012
Rush Hour: Schumann's Symphony No. 4
Feb. 17, 2012
SEATTLE WOMEN'S CHORUS: Shot Through the Heart
Feb. 18, 2012 - Feb. 19, 2012
Julia Fischer
Feb. 20, 2012
Itzhak Perlman with Seattle Symphony
Feb. 22, 2012 - Feb. 23, 2012
Celebrate Asia
Feb. 24, 2012
Maestro Artist Management presents VLADIMIR SPIVAKOV & OLGA KERN
Feb. 25, 2012
SEATTLE CHAMBER PLAYERS present ICEBREAKER VI: New Music from the Mediterranean
Feb. 25, 2012 - Feb. 26, 2012
National Geographic Live!
CATHERINE KARNOW: Journey to Vietnam
Feb. 26, 2012 - Feb. 28, 2012
NWAA & The Stranger present

AN EVENING WITH JOAN RIVERS
The Lady. The Legend. The Dirt!!
Feb. 29, 2012

March
Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27
Mar. 1, 2012, Mar. 3, 2012
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: ODAIR ASSAD
Mar. 2, 2012
NWAA & The Stranger present

FRAN LEBOWITZ: Public Speaking
(A Conversation with DAN SAVAGE & the Audience)
Mar. 2, 2012
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA:
"Benny Carter's Peaceful Warrior: A Tribute to Martin Luther King"
Mar. 3, 2012
Beyond the Score®: Mozart's Piano Concerto No. 27
Mar. 4, 2012
Organ Concert: Douglas Cleveland
Mar. 5, 2012
The American Beauty Project
Mar. 6, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures: AMANDA HESSER
Mar. 8, 2012
Like Father, Like Son: With Bach's Brandenburg No. 3
Mar. 9, 2012 - Mar. 10, 2012
A Young Person's Guide to the Orchestra
Mar. 10, 2012
Emanuel Ax
Mar. 11, 2012
WINDS FOR HOPE: Tomodachi Through Music (A Benefit Concert for Japan)
Mar. 11, 2012
Morlot Conducts Debussy and Ravel
Mar. 15, 2012, Mar. 17, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures: LOUISE GLÜCK
Mar. 15, 2012
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Tchaikovsky Violin Concerto
Mar. 16, 2012
Renée Fleming with Ludovic Morlot and Seattle Symphony
Mar. 16, 2012
A Little Barn Moo-sic
Mar. 17, 2012
Symphonic Stories
Mar. 18, 2012
Xavier Phillips in Recital
Mar. 18, 2012
Brahms' Violin Concerto
Mar. 22, 2012 - Mar. 25, 2012
Rush Hour: Ravel's La Valse
Mar. 23, 2012
Jason Michael Paul Productions, Inc. and Nintendo present THE LEGEND OF ZELDA™: SYMPHONY OF THE GODDESSES
Mar. 26, 2012
Count Basie Orchestra
Mar. 29, 2012 - Apr. 1, 2012
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Adams, Barber, Copland
Mar. 31, 2012

April
National Geographic Live!
ALBERT LIN WITH FREDRIK HIEBERT: Searching for Genghis Khan
Apr. 1, 2012 - Apr. 3, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures: TROY JOLLIMORE & JOHN KOETHE
Apr. 4, 2012
Schwarz Conducts Mahler's First Symphony
Apr. 5, 2012 - Apr. 7, 2012
Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Apr. 12, 2012, Apr. 14, 2012
Rush Hour: Tchaikovsky's Fourth Symphony
Apr. 13, 2012
Beyond the Score®: Tchaikovsky's Symphony No. 4
Apr. 15, 2012
Myung-Whun Chung and the Seoul Philharmonic Orchestra
Apr. 16, 2012
Simon Trpceski Performs Ravel
Apr. 19, 2012, Apr. 21, 2012
Beethoven's Birthday Bear
Apr. 20, 2012 - Apr. 21, 2012
Seattle Classic Guitar Society: PARIS GUITAR DUO
Apr. 20, 2012
Pink Martini with Seattle Symphony
Apr. 20, 2012
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: "North by Northwest: Music of Seattle's Jazz Composers"
Apr. 21, 2012
Brahms' Piano Quartet, Op. 60, with Simon Trpceski
Apr. 22, 2012
Cantaré Vocal Ensemble presents Giuseppe Verdi's REQUIEM
Apr. 22, 2012
Schwarz Conducts Prokofiev and Shostakovich
Apr. 26, 2012, Apr. 28, 2012
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Mendelssohn "Italian" Symphony
Apr. 27, 2012
National Geographic Live!
MATTIAS KLUM WITH JOHAN ROCKSTRÖM: The Big Picture
Apr. 29, 2012 - May. 1, 2012
NWAA & The Stranger present

DAVID SEDARIS
Apr. 29, 2012

May
Seattle Arts & Lectures: CHIMAMANDA NGOZI ADICHIE
May. 2, 2012
Mozart's Violin Concerto No. 2
May. 3, 2012, May. 5, 2012
Hungarian Dances
May. 4, 2012
Maestro Artist Management presents MOSCOW SOLOISTS CHAMBER ORCHESTRA
May. 6, 2012
Organ Concert: Joseph Adam
May. 7, 2012
Swing Me Up and Swing Me Down
May. 12, 2012
RBC Wealth Management presents "TEN GRANDS"
May. 12, 2012
MUSIC OF REMEMBRANCE: Another Sunrise
May. 14, 2012
Bluebeard's Castle
May. 15, 2012, May. 17, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures: MATTHEW & MICHAEL DICKMAN
May. 15, 2012
Suite from Amelia
May. 17, 2012
Mozart's Requiem
May. 18, 2012 - May. 19, 2012
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Performs Bolcom
May. 18, 2012
Nadja Salerno-Sonnenberg Performs Taaffe Zwilich
May. 19, 2012
National Geographic Live!
BRYAN SMITH: Extreme Filmmaking
May. 20, 2012 - May. 22, 2012
Seattle Arts & Lectures: COLUM McCANN
May. 24, 2012
Camp Jitterbug presents
THE JUMP SESSION SHOW
May. 25, 2012
SEATTLE METROPOLITAN CHAMBER ORCHESTRA: Season Finale
May. 25, 2012
Marvin Hamlisch's American Songbook
May. 31, 2012 - Jun. 3, 2012

June
NORTHWEST SINFONIETTA: Schwarz Conducts Beethoven (Special Benefit Gala)
Jun. 1, 2012
CHOPIN ACADEMY OF MUSIC: 2012 Honors Recital
Jun. 3, 2012
Hugh Laurie
Jun. 4, 2012
Jesús López-Cobos Conducts Capriccio espagnol
Jun. 7, 2012 - Jun. 10, 2012
Ravel and Dutilleux with Cristina Valdés
Jun. 8, 2012
Symphony Sing–Along
Jun. 9, 2012
Rachmaninov's Piano Concerto No. 3
Jun. 14, 2012 - Jun. 17, 2012
SEATTLE REPERTORY JAZZ ORCHESTRA: "Jazz of the Harlem Renaissance II: All-Acoustic Jazz"
Jun. 16, 2012
Morlot Conducts The Damnation of Faust
Jun. 21, 2012, Jun. 23, 2012
A Percussion Picnic
Jun. 22, 2012 - Jun. 23, 2012
Natalie Merchant
Jun. 22, 2012
The Matrix Live: Film in Concert
Jun. 28, 2012 - Jun. 29, 2012
Disney in Concert: Magical Music from the Movies
Jun. 30, 2012

July
The Planets—An HD Odyssey
Jul. 12, 2012, Jul. 14, 2012
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