Classical Seattle Composers Salon A new-music open-mike night, curated by John Teske,

January 10, 2015 12:35 am

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Seattle Composers Salon A new-music open-mike night, curated by John Teske, with music by Neil Welch, Cole Bratcher, Ivan Arteaga, and Matthew James Briggs. Performance at 8 p.m. preceded by the Salon’s “New Music Holiday Office Party” at 6:30. Fri., Jan. 9. Chapel Performance Space (Good Shepherd Center), 4649 Sunnyside Ave. N. $5-$15 Friday, January 9, 2015, 6:30pm

Salish Sea Early Music Festival Baroque songs and arias with soprano Lydia Brotherton. Christ Episcopal Church, 4548 Brooklyn Ave. N.E. $15-$25 Friday, January 9, 2015, 7:30pm

Universal Language This new new-music project presents premieres of works by Sean Osborn and Wayne Horvitz. Velocity Dance Center, 1621 12th Ave., Seattle, WA 98122 $15-$25 Friday, January 9, 2015, 7:30pm

Philharmonia Northwest Chamber music from PNW players, from baroque to modern. (The music,

not the players.) Kenyon Hall, 7904 35th Ave. S.W. Donation Saturday, January 10, 2015, 2:30pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Saturday, January 10, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Baroque Orchestra One final holiday concert: English theater music (Locke, Purcell, etc.) to mark Twelfth Night. Town Hall, 1119 Eighth Ave., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$45 Saturday, January 10, 2015, 8pm

Seattle Symphony Two evenings of Mozart concertos: clarinet, piano #20, and violin #4 on Thurs.; piano #21, flute #1, violin #5 on Sat. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 8, 8 p.m. Sat., Jan. 10. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $20-$76 Saturday, January 10, 2015, 8pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Sunday, January 11, 2015, 2pm

Melia Watras Music old and new, written and improvised, from this UW faculty violist. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $12-$20 Sunday, January 11, 2015, 7:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, January 11, 2015, 9:30pm

Takacs Quartet Haydn, Schubert, and Beethoven. Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, UW Campus, Seattle, WA 98105 $10-$45 Tuesday, January 13, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Wednesday, January 14, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Violinist Itzhak Perlman conducts and plays Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 15, noon Fri., Jan. 16. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $60-$155 Thursday, January 15, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Violinist Itzhak Perlman conducts and plays Bach, Brahms, and Beethoven. 7:30 p.m. Thurs., Jan. 15, noon Fri., Jan. 16. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $60-$155 Friday, January 16, 2015, 12pm

Puget Sound Concert Opera The light comic touch of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz might surprise you if you only know the composer’s blood-and-thunder Cavalleria rusticana. Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 411 156th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, 7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16; Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17. Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 411 156th Ave. N.E., Bellevue $20 Friday, January 16, 2015, 7pm

Diverse Harmony It’s the 13th season for this pioneering queer/straight alliance youth choir. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16-Sat., Jan. 17. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 $20-$30 Friday, January 16, 2015, 7:30pm

Queen City Musicians From this fledgling early-music group, Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day. First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 Eighth Ave. N.W., Shoreline, 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16; St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St., 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17. First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 Eighth Ave. N.W., Shoreline $25 Friday, January 16, 2015, 7:30pm

Puget Sound Concert Opera The light comic touch of Mascagni’s L’amico Fritz might surprise you if you only know the composer’s blood-and-thunder Cavalleria rusticana. Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, 411 156th Ave. N.E., Bellevue, 7 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16; Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N.E., 7 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17. Bethany Lutheran Church, 7400 Woodlawn Ave. N.E. $20 Saturday, January 17, 2015, 7pm

Diverse Harmony It’s the 13th season for this pioneering queer/straight alliance youth choir. 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16-Sat., Jan. 17. Broadway Performance Hall, 1625 Broadway, Seattle, WA 98122 $20-$30 Saturday, January 17, 2015, 7:30pm

Ensemble Electra Chamber music by Bach, Vivaldi, and others. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17, 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 18. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 $15-$30 Saturday, January 17, 2015, 7:30pm

Queen City Musicians From this fledgling early-music group, Handel’s Ode for St. Cecilia’s Day. First Lutheran Church of Richmond Beach, 18354 Eighth Ave. N.W., Shoreline, 7:30 p.m. Fri., Jan. 16; St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St., 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17. St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church, 4805 N.E. 45th St. $25 Saturday, January 17, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Saturday, January 17, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Seth Krimsky plays Weber’s Bassoon Concerto; Ludovic Morlot also conducts rousers by Beethoven and Mozart. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $17-$81 Sunday, January 18, 2015, 2pm

Ensemble Electra Chamber music by Bach, Vivaldi, and others. 7:30 p.m. Sat., Jan. 17, 3 p.m. Sun., Jan. 18. Queen Anne Christian Church, 1316 Third Ave. W., Seattle, WA 98119 $15-$30 Sunday, January 18, 2015, 3pm

Mo Sheng: Ink Sound Byron AuYong’s commissioned piece for string quartet was written in response to the Frye’s exhibit of Pan Gongkai’s ink paintings. Free, but reserve a seat at fryemuseum.org. Frye Art Museum, 704 Terry Ave., Seattle, WA 98104 Free Sunday, January 18, 2015, 3:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, January 18, 2015, 9:30pm

Seattle Symphony Pink Martini is the special guest band. 7:30 p.m. Tues., Jan. 20 & Thurs., Jan. 22. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $69-$109 Tuesday, January 20, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Wednesday, January 21, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Symphony Pink Martini is the special guest band. 7:30 p.m. Tues., Jan. 20 & Thurs., Jan. 22. Benaroya Hall, 200 University St., Seattle, WA 98101 $69-$109 Thursday, January 22, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Friday, January 23, 2015, 7:30pm

Seattle Opera

Tosca is probably Puccini’s luridest opera, which is saying something. Opens Sat., Jan. 10. Seven performances through Jan. 24; see seattleopera.org for exact schedule. McCaw Hall (Seattle Center), 321 Mercer St., Seattle, WA 98109 $25 and up Saturday, January 24, 2015, 7:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, January 25, 2015, 9:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, February 1, 2015, 9:30pm

Compline Services A half-hour meditation each week with the eight-voice Renaissance Singers. Saint Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral, 1245 10th Ave. E. Free Sunday, February 8, 2015, 9:30pm