2025 – 2026
Dates to Remember
- Start of School Term: Tuesday, September 9, 2025
- Last day of School Term: Wednesday June 17, 2026
- Start of Summer Term: Monday, July 6, 2026
- Last day of Summer Term: Wednesday, August 26, 2026
No Lessons
- November 11, 2025
- November 27 – 28, 2025
- December 22, 20245- January 2, 2026
- February 16, 2026 – February 20, 2026
- April 13 – April 17, 2026
2026 – 2027 Term Starts September 8, 2026
Recital Dates
- Online, November 8, 2025 @2PM
- Adults Students only, November 16, 2025 @6:30PM
- Adults Students only, February 8, 2026 @6:30PM
- Online, February 15, 2026 @2PM
- In Person at Hearthstone on Greenlake, Saturday, March 21, 2026
- Adults Students only, Saturday, May 3, 2026 @6:30PM
- Online Sunday, Saturday, May 16, 2026 @11AM
- Bach to the Future, Roosevelt Light Rail Station, July 25, 2026 10AM – 5PM
Concerts To Attend
Each student is encouraged to attend at least one concert per year. Family
members and siblings are welcome, although not all concerts are suitable for
children under six. This year many orchestras are working out if and how to
virtually offer live music. Several orchestras will be announcing their plans in
September, and I will be updating the calendar on my web page
(pianowithcarrie.com) with new offerings. For now, I am only listing virtual fall
events because it is too soon to know if planned spring concerts will be feasible.
Seattle Symphony Plus
Multiple Dates
Streaming into your home
Free!
The Seattle Symphony makes some of its stunning concerts available to stream. Not only is the video and audio stellar, but there are short introductions to each piece, and the video can be paused or broken up for younger viewers. From world premiers to old favorites, Seattle Symphony is committed to bringing music to you and keeping you safe.
Seattle Chamber Music Society
Multiple Dates
Streaming into your home
The Seattle Chamber Music Society makes most of its stunning concerts available to stream. All concerts are available for about a month after the broadcast to watch at a time that works for you! I cannot recommend them enough. Not only is the video and audio stellar, but there are short introductions to each piece, and the video can be paused or broken up for younger viewers. From world premiers to old favorites, Seattle Chamber Music Society is committed to bringing music to you. During the summer, be on the lookout for their stellar Chamber Music In the Park series.
Augustin Hadelich & Francesco Piemntesi
Thursday, March 19, 2026 // 7:30PM //
Meany Hall
A mostly French program including: NICOLAS DE GRIGNY: Récit du chant de l’hymne précédent
CLAUDE DEBUSSY: Sonata for Violin and Piano in G Minor
JEAN-PHILIPPE RAMEAU: Pièces de Clavecin en Concert: Concerto in G “La Boucon”
FRANCIS POULENC: Sonata for Violin and Piano
GYÖRGY KURTÁG: Tre Pezzi, Op. 14e
CÉSAR FRANCK: Sonata for Violin and Piano
Sunday, May 17 // 3:00pm //
Queen Anne Christian Church
1316 3rd Ave W
Seattle, WA, 98119Tamara Friedman, sharing the stage with Lindsey Strand-Polyak. Lindsey and Tamara will be sharing a program of sonatas that fit the season of springtime. Each sonata chosen holds special meaning for the performers, and they will be exploring music and memory through works like Beethoven’s deeply intimate final sonata for violin and fortepiano, Op. 96, and Mozart’s turbulent and transcendent duo in G major, K. 379.
Philharmonia Northwest
Sunday, April 26 // 3PM //
Bastyr University Chapel
with Kirkland Choral Society
A lovely program to focus on in turbulent times:
- Tarik O’Regan – Triptych
- Ernest Bloch – Winter-Spring
- Vaughan Williams – Dona Nobis Pacem
The Guests Go To Supper
Seattle Modern Orchestra
Friday, May 1 // 8PM //
Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance Center
1716 2nd Ave N, Seattle Washington 98109
For a real ekphrastic feast, attend The Guests Go In to Supper (1986), a seminal work featuring text scores and ideas from luminaries of the late 20th-century American Avant-Garde: John Cage, Laurie Anderson, Yoko Ono, Charles Amirkhanian, and Robert Ashley. The two-night interactive and multi-media program takes place at the newly-renovated Whim W’Him Contemporary Dance Center. Each composer included in the original collection is featured through score exploration, video, or performance, and the focal work of this anniversary celebration is Cage’s Mushrooms et variationes.
The ensemble presents the long-form poem (featuring curator Sarah Kolat) with new dance by James Kirby Rogers alongside Cage’s Music For ____. This fusion leans into indeterminacy, choice, and chance, while honoring the historical importance of Cage and Cunningham’s partnership and Seattle’s role in bringing the two visionary artists together.
Piano With Carrie 