Seattle Chamber Music Society

06/05/2026

🙌 The first two albums from SCMS Records drop this month!

🎧 Listen to the very first track today when you pre-add it on and more: https://bit.ly/43SkMYE

📆 June 19: Brahms Violin Sonatas
🤩 Featuring James Ehnes and Andrew Armstrong!

📆 June 26: Dvořák String Quintets
🤩 Featuring James Ehnes, Tessa Lark, Jonathan Vinocour, Ani Aznavoorian, Timothy Cobb, Amy Schwartz Moretti, Paul Neubauer, Che-Yen Chen, and Edward Arron

06/04/2026

🧺🎼 No tickets required! On Saturday, July 18, Seattle Chamber Music Society's revered Summer Festival musicians perform at Volunteer Park!

It's high quality. It's casual. It's SCMS Chamber Music in the Park!

Want to perform with us? Register (link below) to join us an hour before the performance for a Community Play-Along.

📆 Saturday, July 18
🎻 Play-Along: 6:30 PM
🎶 Concert: 7:30 PM

06/02/2026

🎉 Experience The World's Largest Chamber Music Party across the Eastside this Summer!

📆 For full concert lineups, read our blog ➡️ https://bit.ly/4vg3lwM

Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2026 Summer Festival is expanding across the region in exciting new ways—and for Eastside audiences, this season offers extended opportunities to experience unforgettable performances closer to home! From two Mainstage concerts at Meydenbauer Center in Bellevue to four free outdoor performances from The Concert Truck® in parks and public spaces across the Eastside, Summer Festival 2026 brings an extraordinary music lineup this season.

Seattle Chamber Music Society’s 2026 Summer Festival is expanding across the region in exciting new ways

06/01/2026

🎶 SCMS Youth Academy Applications Are Open Now!

👉 https://bit.ly/3Pn6VGi

The Youth Academy for Chamber Music is an intense pre-college level program designed to develop the next generation of world-class chamber musicians.

🔑 Key Fall 2026 Semester Dates
📆 Early Application Window: Monday, June 1 - Saturday, July 11 ($50)
📆 Fee increase: Sunday, July 12 - Monday, August 10 ($75)
📆 Submission deadline: Monday, August 10
📆 Fall 2026 Dates: Sunday, September 27 - Sunday, December 13

05/29/2026

☀️🎶 Week Two of the Summer Festival sees our Mainstage Concerts on the move!

July 13–19 brings concerts to Vashon Island, Bainbridge Island, and Bellevue! Don't miss these exciting opportunities to experience SCMS Festival Musicians on all new stages!

👉 Swipe through for the full schedule and claim your seats today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4uU5XQM

05/28/2026

🚚🎶 The Concert Truck® rolls into Seattle on June 18!

This concert hall on wheels brings live chamber music directly to neighborhoods, parks, and markets—free and open to the public—through 23 performances across all 9 districts of King County.

June 18–July 6, SCMS musicians join The Concert Truck founder, Susan Zhang, to perform four engaging, hour-long programs that transform everyday spaces into vibrant concert experiences. Perfect for families, first-time listeners, and music lovers alike, bring a chair and a picnic and enjoy the music!

05/23/2026

We are so proud of all of our graduating seniors and everything they’ve contributed to the SCMS Youth Academy! Today, we’re highlighting five seniors who opted to share their plans as they prepare for their next chapter.

Celebrate these seniors on May 31st during our Youth Academy Showcases at 11:00 AM and 2:00 PM!

05/22/2026

☀️🎶 Summer Festival Mainstage Concerts kick off July 7!

Opening week launches in Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, bringing together an extraordinary roster of artists curated by SCMS Artistic Director James Ehnes!

This summer’s festival celebrates the composers who helped shape the American classical voice. Every festival program includes a work meaningfully connected to the United States, whether it has been composed in America, by an American, or both!

🎟️ Claim your seats today ➡️ https://bit.ly/4uU5XQM

05/22/2026

🔥🎟️ Summer Festival tickets are moving fast!

💺 Claim your Summer Festival seats while you still can ➡️ https://bit.ly/4uU5XQM

From the excitement of opening week at Benaroya Hall, July 7–12, to the festival’s closing performances at Town Hall Seattle, July 19–26, audiences are quickly securing their seats for what promises to be one of our most expansive and celebrated Summer Festivals yet!

05/20/2026

It has been such a joy for SCMS and the Balourdet Quartet, SCMS’s String Quartet in Residence, to partner with UW Medicine in their 3 Wishes Program. This palliative care initiative aims to improve end-of-life experiences for patients, their families, and healthcare team. It's a testament to the power and impact music has in all of our lives.

Learn more at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-H2UKYzJSFw