News, Stories and Spotlights

Filter:
Artist Spotlight: Sean Lee
Musician Highlight Winter Festival

Violinist Sean Lee, recipient of an Avery Fisher Career Grant, returns to…

Artist Spotlight: Jeewon Park
Musician Highlight Summer Festival

Known for as a soloist, recitalist, and chamber musician, pianist Jeewon Park…

Artist Spotlight: Osmo Vänskä
Musician Highlight Summer Festival

This summer clarinetist Osmo Vänskä makes his SCMS debut with a recital…

Artist Spotlight: Amy Schwartz Moretti
Musician Highlight Summer Festival

Violinist Amy Schwartz Moretti has been a concertmaster with several different orchestras,…

Artist Spotlight: Noah Bendix-Balgley
Musician Highlight Summer Festival

The 2018 Summer Festival marks the third summer that Noah Bendix-Balgley, 1st…

Artist Spotlight: Andrew Wan
Musician Highlight Summer Festival

Concertmaster of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal (OSM), Andrew Wan, has been a…

James Ehnes: 2018 Summer Festival Musical Rarities
Summer Festival Updates from James

by James Ehnes I’ve often remarked that the best part of my…

Patron Trip to Philadelphia
Patron Trip

Each year SCMS plans a Patron Trip to explore an exciting destination…

SCMS and Ballard High School Reach New Heights Together
Chamber Music in the Classroom Community Engagement

A happy coincidence this winter enabled SCMS and the Ballard High School…

James Ehnes: Korngold’s Sextet for Strings in D Major, Op. 10
Updates from James Winter Festival

As some of you may remember, I wrote a little essay this…

William Wolfram: Strauss’ Enoch Arden
Musician Highlight

The 2018 Winter Festival marks the SCMS premiere of Richard Strauss’ melodrama…

Artist Spotlight: Simone Porter
Musician Highlight

Violinist Simone Porter is returning to SCMS during the 2018 Winter Festival….

Lisa Bielawa’s Fictional Migrations
Musician Highlight

Lisa Bielawa is an award-winning composer and vocalist and the selected composer…

James Ehnes: Korngold’s Quintet for Piano and Strings in E Major, Op. 15
Updates from James

The Boy Genius Who Almost Became the Forgotten Man Rarely if ever…

James Ehnes: Mozart’s Divertimento for String Trio K. 563
Updates from James

Who has seen Amadeus? One of my favorite scenes is when the…

Patron Spotlight: Tony Trifiletti
Patron Spotlight

Seattle Chamber Music Society celebrates it’s 35th Season during the 2016 season….

Artist Spotlight: Gloria Chien
Musician Highlight

Pianist Gloria Chien makes her SCMS debut during the 2016 Winter Festival….

James Ehnes: Bartók’s Violin Sonata No. 1
Updates from James

My Bartók obsession has been going full tilt for quite a number…

Artist Spotlight: Edward Arron
Musician Highlight

Cellist Edward Arron leads several chamber music festivals, including the Musical Masterworks concert series…

James Ehnes: Debussy’s String Quartet
Updates from James

I’m sure it’s obvious that one of the greatest perks of my…

SCMS in Korea
Featured Trips

Recently a group of SCMS had the chance to travel to Korea….

Lorna McGhee returns to SCMS for the 2016 Winter Festival
Musician Highlight

Lorna McGhee, principal flute of the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra, was our featured…