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The Daily Wire: One-Minute Solos

Joshua Roman to leave SSO

Monster mash

The symphony gets freaky tonight.

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The symphony gets freaky tonight.

New Year's Eve Shows That AREN'T Sold Out

With so many options to memorably end 2008, why not usher in the new year with music? For better or worse, other Seattleites had the same idea -- but try on one of these suggestions from our writers for size:New Year's Eve at the Paramount:With all the clubs and events competing for your champagne d ... More >>

One-Minute Solos

Improv performance in 60-second bites

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Beethoven rules the New Year at Benaroya

Homecoming

Where the Seattle Symphony played as a toddler

Flying Up From Rio

A smoldering guitar duo leaps centuries and borders

Classical Calendar

A smoldering guitar duo leaps centuries and borders

Da-da-da-dummmmm!

Orchestral music that’s fast, cheap, and pretty well under control

From Interactive Multimedia Installations to Baroque Dance Music

Classical (and more) music this week.

Break It Down

Anyone can get a taste for classical, says the youngest member of the Seattle Symphony.

SUNDAY

Seattle Symphony at The Triple Door

Duke Ellington and More

Seattle Symphony at The Triple Door

Fall Classical

Seattle Symphony at The Triple Door

Sour Notes

Our classical music critic airs his concertgoing pet peeves.

Classical Music Favorites and Calendar

Our classical music critic airs his concertgoing pet peeves.

The High Notes

Remembering a year of classical triumphs.

Fall Arts Calendar

Remembering a year of classical triumphs.

The Way They Were

In which our performance critics supply the year's misty watercolor memories.

Rant! Everything's Fine, Dammit

Wishing the classical doomsayers would clam up.

Quarter time

Wishing the classical doomsayers would clam up.

Musical melting pot

The greatest influence on classical music today hails from the East.

High notes

A year's worth of kudos from the classical music trenches

The curtain rises

The SSO strikes chords in audiences of all ages as it opens its new season.

Early music

Young composers get to hear the pros play their notes.

Timely music

Two conductors pay tribute to the 20th century.

Familiar thrills

The SSO and Marilyn Horne infuse old standards with new magic.

The Benaroyal treatment

A day of every conceivable kind of music.

Bach for more

Oregon's premier classical festival turns 30.

Home team, visitors tied

How Benaroya treats a world-class orchestra.

Contemporary chaos

From moderns to Mozart, the SSO hits some highs and more than a few lows.

Driving a soft bargain at SSO

From moderns to Mozart, the SSO hits some highs and more than a few lows.

Fall Arts Calendar: November

From moderns to Mozart, the SSO hits some highs and more than a few lows.

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From moderns to Mozart, the SSO hits some highs and more than a few lows.

Kronos Quartet

From moderns to Mozart, the SSO hits some highs and more than a few lows.

Seattle Chamber Players

From moderns to Mozart, the SSO hits some highs and more than a few lows.

Spring Arts Calendar

A guide to what’s up and what’s on, with our picks for the best.

Matador's 21st, Dirty Projectors Bjork, Slash at The Showbox, and SSO's New Hire

Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.​-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>

Bugs Bunny on Broadway

Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.​-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>

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Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.​-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>

Cirque de la Symphonie

Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.​-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>

Spring Arts Calendar: From Norman Rockwell to Sarah Vowell

Chris KornelisCat Power at Showbox SoDo.​-- NME: Matador Records is celebrating its 21st birthday with a three-night concert series in Las Vegas featuring Spoon, The New Pornographers, Pavement, Cat Power, and other indie favorites. -- Spinner: Dirty Projectors Bjork = Mount Wittenberg Orca ... More >>

Our Summer Guide Calendar

Music! Art! Food! Sports! Unnecessary Exclamation Points! And More!

Fall Arts 2011 Calendar

Music! Art! Food! Sports! Unnecessary Exclamation Points! And More!

Not Dark Yet

Music! Art! Food! Sports! Unnecessary Exclamation Points! And More!

Sing-Along Messiah

Music! Art! Food! Sports! Unnecessary Exclamation Points! And More!

What Seattle Drinks

Boldface names tell us what they order and where.