Emerald City Music

10/09/2026

Meet the Composers of Opening Night’s program! Hear their musical personalities come alive on October 16 in Seattle and October 17 in Olympia! Tickets in link in bio!

10/07/2026

Meet the 13 artists opening ECM’s Season 11! Join us for *Rhapsodic Musings* on October 16 at 415 on Westlake where these extraordinary musicians come together for an evening celebrating the power of strings.

- Blayne Barnes is a violinist, educator, and founding leader of Seattle’s conductorless North Corner Chamber Orchestra.

- Sunmi Chang is the Founder and Artistic Director of Summit Chamber Music Series in West Virginia and serves on the violin faculty at the University of Oregon in Eugene.

- Pala Garcia is Artist in Residence in Violin at the UW School of Music bringing her passion for performance and education to Seattle’s musical community.

- James Garlick is a Port Angeles native and violinist who co-founded Music on the Strait

- Kristin Lee is ECM’s founding Artistic Director and an Avery Fisher Career Grant–winning violinist.

- Vanessa Moss is concertmaster of the Walla Walla Symphony and a founding member of the Glass House String Quartet

- David Auerbach is a violist whose wide-ranging career includes performances with the Minnesota Orchestra and Saint Paul Chamber Orchestra.

- Alexander Grimes is principal violist of the Pacific Northwest Ballet

- Katie Liu is the Seattle Symphony ‘s Associate Principal Viola, whose path to music also included studies in engineering and computer science at Princeton.

- Efe Baltacıgil is principal cellist of the Seattle Symphony and an Avery Fisher Career Grant recipient.

- Christine Lee is a cellist and Paris Fulbright Fellow who has led the University of Washington’s chamber music program.

- Holly Reeves is principal cellist of the Olympia Symphony Orchestra and a longtime performer with Northwest Sinfonietta

- Will Langlie-Miletich is the Seattle Symphony’s Assistant Principal Double Bass.

Grab your tickets TODAY to join us for this celebration!

10/06/2026

Why are we so drawn to chamber music? 🎶 Hear from our audience members why they love it and love coming to Emerald City Music! 🥳 Tell us in the comments why YOU love chamber music! Special shout out to Owen Cromwell and Christine for being ECM correspondent for this capture! 😉

10/05/2026

✨ SEASON 11 IS HERE! ✨

A new decade of Emerald City Music begins October 16 in Seattle!

We’re kicking off Season 11 with vibrant music for strings, showcasing the incredible range, energy, and intimacy of the string sound with music by Bacewicz, Dvorak, Carter, and Bartok!

This program brings together Seattle & Olympia’s very own superstars for a night celebrating the remarkable artistry right here in the PNW!

Come celebrate the start of Season 11 with us! 🎻 ticket link in our bio!

09/18/2026

We can’t wait to join our friends at Classical KING FM 98.1 for Northwest Focus Live! Tune in at 7pm!

This Friday at 7pm, Northwest Focus Live welcomes Emerald City Music. 🎶

Kicking off its 11th season, violinists Kristin Lee, violinist and James Garlick, violist Katie Liu, and cellist Efe Baltacigil perform selections from Smetana’s From My Life Quartet and Dvořák’s String Quartet No. 14, offering a preview of the ensemble’s upcoming programming.

Join host Dave Beck for an inspiring evening of chamber music.

08/26/2026

🌙 LATE NIGHT SESSIONS ARE BACK!
We’re excited to announce the 2026–27 Late Night Sessions lineup—three nights of late-night music featuring some of Seattle’s most exciting artists across genres.

🎶 QUEEN OF HEARTS Queen of Hearts 
Friday, December 4, 2026
Carrie Jennings, flugelhorn & vocals
Tara Chugh, keyboard & vocals
Karen Laura Peters, cello & vocals
Thomas Jennings, guitar

🎶 GRETA MATASSA QUINTET Greta Matassa 
Friday, February 12, 2027
Greta Matassa, vocals
Alexey Nikolaev, saxophones
David Lee Joyner, piano
Clipper Anderson, bass
Mark Ivester, drums

🎶 D’VONNE LEWIS TRIO D'Vonne Lewis 
Friday, April 9, 2027
D’Vonne Lewis, drums
Marc Seales, piano
Trevor Ford, bass

🌙 Late Night Sessions begin at 10PM following select Mainstage performances at 415 on Westlake in Seattle and run approximately 60 minutes.
Stay late. Hear something new. Connect with Seattle’s vibrant music community.

Tickets are now available in the link in our bio!

08/18/2026

🎟️ SINGLE TICKETS ARE NOW ON SALE!
From Beethoven and Bartók to Michi Wiancko, experience incredible music performed by 37 world-class artists, right here in Seattle and Olympia! ✨

Single tickets are now available for all of our Main Stage performances.

Plus, details for our Late Night Sessions and Olympia Lobby Concerts are now LIVE! 🎶

Stay tuned for our next posts, where we’ll share all the details. 👀

06/16/2026

Relive the magic of Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt, released today on Live from KEXP! Link in the bio for the full video!

Recorded on April 10, 2026.

Photo Credits to:
Melissa DeAun
Carlos Cruz

05/21/2026

🎶26-27 Season Subscriptions are now ON SALE! 🎶
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Welcome to Season 11, the beginning of a new decade for Emerald City Music!

This season brings seven diverse programs to Seattle & Olympia, including the return of the Evolution Series, a journey through Beethoven’s piano sonatas with pianist Gilles Vonsattel, and an exploration of Shakespeare’s literature through music in collaboration with Animal Fire Theatre.

In addition to our Mainstage programs, ECM brings back Late Night Sessions, Chamber Music Karaoke, offers a brand new lobby concert series in Olympia, and so much more!

Visit our bio to get full details on each program and get your subscriptions today!

05/04/2026

Friday’s Mainstage Performance features members of East Coast Chamber Orchestra in chamber music, featuring music that spans over a century by and Max Bruch. will be joined by Artistic Director on his piece, *The Diamond* for violin and piano. Join us at 8pm on May 15th at for this vibrant yet intimate evening of chamber music!