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ECM is the Pacific Northwest home for eclectic & vibrant classical chamber music experiences.

The place "where art and audience collide" (The Seattle Times). 45 of the highest caliber classical musicians converge on Seattle, Tacoma, and Olympia, WA.

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!

04/15/2026

Last weekend, Seattle and Olympia experienced Canto Ostinato by Simeon ten Holt, with Erik Hall, Metropolis Ensemble, Sandbox Percussion, and UW School of Music.

Our home at was filled with a quiet warmth and a deep sense of community, as we shared in a 75-minute musical journey. Each person’s attention and commitment to the music was palpable. And as a result, it was truly magical.

We’re grateful to the musicians and partner organizations who helped bring this project to the PNW!

03/09/2026

We are still buzzing from this past weekend’s thrilling premieres with Gabriella Smith, Vivian Fung, and Joan Tower’s works, performed by Ensemble-In-Residence and our own Artistic Director, - Relive these moments from Minnaert Center in Olympia, Washington through the wonderful captures by THANK YOU for those who joined us this weekend!

03/02/2026

Did you know that blends Western classical forms with musical influences from Bali, Southwest China, and North Vietnam? Her work explores themes of identity and the environment through a distinctly cross-cultural lens.
You can hear this in her Violin Concerto, written for ECM’s Artistic Director Kristin Lee, and (Un)Wandering Souls, composed for ECM’s Ensemble-in-Residence Sandbox Percussion.
This Friday and Saturday, Emerald City Music premieres her newest work, GODDESS//INSECT, bringing together violin and percussion in a program that connects Eastern and Western musical traditions. Join us and experience it live for the ver first time!

02/26/2026

Meet the Composers 🎶✨
For our March 6 & 7 performances, ECM presents two co-commissions, and 3 premieres!

Joan Tower, regarded as one of the most important American composers living today, has six-decades career and has shaped orchestral and chamber music of our time. ECM co-commissioned To Sing or Dance for violin and percussion quartet with and , and will present its Seattle/Olympia premiere.

Vivian Fung ( ), a JUNO Award–winning composer, creates bold, large-scale works shaped by multicultural influences. ECM co-commissioned GODDESS//INSECT with and —and this concert marks its World Premiere.

Seattle-based composer Gabriella Smith (.coati ) writes exuberant music rooted in climate action and the spirit of the Pacific Northwest. ECM will present the Northwest Premiere of her new work, FIVE, written for

02/23/2026

On March 6 (SEA) & 7 (OLY), ECM Artistic Director Kristin Lee ( ) teams up with our Ensemble-in-Residence for a bold, high-energy night of new music. Featuring new works by Joan Tower, Gabriella Smith, and Vivian Fung, the evening will be a discovery into the future of chamber music!

🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio

02/19/2026

We’re thrilled to welcome for our March and April shows this season as our Ensemble-In-Residence! They’ll perform works by Joan Tower, Vivian Fung ( ), Gabriella Smith (.coati ) this March, and bring Simeon Ten Holt’s CANTO OSTINATO in partnership with and Erik Hall ( ), working with students from the .

🎟️ March 6–7 & April 10–11
🔗 Learn more at the link in our bio

02/02/2026

Huge congrats to our Late Night Session artist Ollella on her Tiny Desk Concert debut!! 🎉🎶
Check out the video here (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-qE3ADaWN2A) and hear her live on Friday, February 6 at 10pm in Seattle.

Lean more: Late Night Session: OLLELLA

01/28/2026

Get ready for an unforgettable evening of song! 🎶

Soprano Mikaela Bennett, who has performed with the LA Phil, SF Symphony, and at the BBC Proms, joins members of for the WORLD PREMIERE of a new song cycle by Molly Joyce, plus Broadway classics and jazz standards from the Great American Songbook.

✨ Late Night Session (Seattle only): The music continues at 10pm with the phenomenal Seattle-based cellist & singer-songwriter Ollella, performing a set of indie-folk originals.

📍Seattle: Fri, Feb 6 @ 8pm | 415 On Westlake
An Evening with Mikaela Bennett - SEATTLE
Late Night Session: OLLELLA
📍Olympia: Sat, Feb 7 @ 7:30pm | Kenneth J. Minnaert Center
An Evening with Mikaela Bennett - OLYMPIA

For more info, visit www.emeraldcitymusic.org/calendar

Kristin Lee, violinist

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415 Westlake Avenue N
Seattle, WA
98109

Telephone

+12062505510

Website

http://emeraldcitymusic.org/

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