Never Tell Us the Odds

Handicapping 2016's Seattle Grammy Nominees

Will this be Death Cab for Cutie's year?

01/22/2016 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Symphony

Slide Show: Holiday Musical Salute

The Seattle Symphony got the holiday season off to a festive start with the 2015 Holiday Musical Salute at the Westin Seattle.

12/09/2015

Classical Music

Seattle Symphony Roundup: Benefactor Taylor Swift and 'Nu.Mu.Zu' for Free

The pop star gives $50,000, and the symphony releases composer Giya Kancheli's new reflection on violence.

12/03/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Symphony

Slide Show: Opening Night Gala

The Met Pages Best Dressed: September-- Congratulations to Seattle Symphony Board Member SoYoung Kwon and her husband Sung Yang who attended the Seattle Symphony's "Opening Night Gala" on September 19, 2015!

09/20/2015

Classical and More

Seattle Symphony Launches New Piano Competition

See world class pianists perform for free this week.

09/14/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: September 2015

Jonathan Franzen searches for Purity in the Internet age, and Seattle Symphony and Pacific Northwest Ballet begin their new seasons in style

08/31/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: Club Ludo

06/07/2015

Met Picks

The Top Things to See or Do in Seattle: June 2015

Carla Körbes takes her final bow with PNB, EMP showcases the animation legacy of Looney Tunes’ Chuck Jones, and Seattle Symphony plays Fantasia.

06/04/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Bang For Your Buck

Cheap Week Seattle: February 16–22

Colleen Green for no green, new sounds from the Grizzled Mighty, and Seattle's biggest improv weekend: The best ways to spend your week without spending much.

02/16/2015 By Darren Davis

Music News

Seattle Symphony Wins Its First Grammy

John Luther Adams's Become Ocean took home the trophy for Best Contemporary Classical Composition.

02/09/2015 By Seth Sommerfeld

Seattle Sound

Top 10 Seattle Albums of 2014

From the Seattle Symphony to Shabazz Palaces to Tacocat, the best local music the year had to offer

12/29/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: The Seattle Symphony's Holiday Musical Salute

12/03/2014

Slideshow

Slide Show: Seattle Symphony Opening Night Concert & Gala

09/14/2014

Classical & More

Seattle Symphony Opens the 2014–15 Season with a Parisian Gala

Ludovic Morlot leads SSO in a celebration of his homeland's music.

09/10/2014 By Seth Sommerfeld

Slideshow

Slide Show: League of American Orchestras Conference

06/06/2014

Letter from New York

Seattle Symphony Orchestra Plays Carnegie Hall

Seatttle arts writer Thomas May follows SSO to New York for its East Coast premiere of John Luther Adams’s Pulitzer-winning Become Ocean.

05/14/2014 By Thomas May

Local Color

Michael Cepress Dresses the Seattle Symphony

When they perform the newly Pulitizer Prized John Luther Adams piece with Ludovic Morlot at Carnegie Hall in New York City, 100 musicians will be wearing Seattle blue.

05/06/2014 By Laura Cassidy

Accolades

Seattle Symphony Commission Wins the Pulitzer for Music

Become Ocean by John Luther Adams wins the Pulitzer Prize for Music.

04/14/2014 By Thomas May

Slideshow

Slide Show: Seattle Symphony’s Cirque de la Symphonie

07/14/2013

Slideshow

Slide Show: Wine Rocks

07/12/2013