CONCERTS
Snohomish County
Uncle Bonsai: 7:30 p.m. April 27, Tim Noah Thumbnail Theater, 1211 Fourth St., Snohomish. Tickets are $15. Go to www.brownpapertickets.com or subject to availability at the door. This Seattle trio performs original, contemporary folk/pop music that blends intricate 3-part vocals with sarcastic humor. This is the first stop on this popular group’s book tour for “Monster in the Closet/Go to Sleep.” For more on the group go to http://unclebonsai.com/books.html.
The Wandering Heart Tour: Featured performer is the group The Incandescent presenting this all ages show 7 p.m. April 27, First Presbyterian Church of Everett, 2936 Rockefeller Ave., Everett. Tickets are $10. Go to http://holdmyticket.com/event/131625 or call the church office at 425-259-7139 or $15 at the door.
The Northwest Scottish Fiddlers: This is traditional Scottish music along with songs from Nova Scotia and the Shetland Islands, played on fiddles, cellos, guitar, piano and string bass. There’s singing and dancing; 2 p.m. May 5 at the Everett Public Library Auditorium, 2702 Hoyt Ave., Everett. The event is free. For further information, call 425-257-8000.
The North Cascades Concert Band: Perform their annual tribute concert to John Philip Sousa with Rob Patterman conducting; to celebrate Mothers’ Day, all moms will be admitted at half price and each receives a flower; 3 p.m. May 12, the Byrnes Performing Arts Center, 18821 Crown Ridge Blvd., Arlington. Tickets are $12 for adults, $10 for seniors and $5 for students and mothers. They may be purchased at Flowers by George and Cinderella’s Styling Salon in Arlington, or at the door on the day of the event. The phone number for Byrnes Performing Arts Center is 360-618-6205 or go to www.byrnesperformingarts.org/.
Damian McGinty: Star of “Glee,” “The Glee Project,” and “Celtic Thunder,” this young Irish singer and actor will be performing an intimate concert at 7 p.m. May 18, at Spiro’s, Spiro’s Pizza &Pasta is at 11815 Mukilteo Speedway in Mukilteo. Tickets are $50 or $110 for a meet and greet visit. A limited number of tickets are available at http://mcginty.brownpapertickets.com.
CLASSICAL
Snohomish County
Our Saviour’s Lutheran Church: 7 p.m. April 26, 27201 99th Ave. NW, Stanwood. Organist Jo Ann Stremler is in her 43rd year as a church organist and will play works by J.S. Bach, Dale Wood and Gaston Belier, along with several improvisations on patriotic selections, music for weddings and music from musicals. There will be a free-will offering.
Trinity Artists at the Organ: Organist Douglas Cleveland will play works by J.S. Bach, Bruhns, Mozart and David Dahl, 7 p.m. May 5, Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood. Suggested donation is $15. For more information call Norma Aamodt-Nelson at 425-778-2159 or go to www.trinitylutheranchurch.com.
Chorale concerts: The Cantable of Skagit Valley presents three concerts with a program that includes Benjamin Britten’s “Hymn to St. Cecilia,” and excerpts from Haydn’s “Creation,” and the first set of Brahms’ “Liebeslieder Walzer” (for chorus and piano four-hands), and contemporary composers, including John Clements’ “Flower of Beauty,” David McCullough’s “Is Not a Flower a Mystery?,” Eric Whitacre’s “Three Flower Songs” and Frank Ticheli’s “Earth Song.” For more information, call Carolynn Comstock 360- 588-9392 or email her at islandacademy@frontier.com. Donations accepted at the door.
7:30 p.m. May 10, Anacortes Christian Church, 1211 M Ave., Anacortes.
7:30 p.m. May 11, Trinity Lutheran Church, 6215 196th St. SW, Lynnwood.
2 p.m. May 12, St. Paul’s Episcopal Church, 415 South 18th St., Mount Vernon.
Everett Philharmonic Presents Listener’s Choice: The concert features Pacific Lutheran University Choirs performing Beethoven as The Everett Philharmonic Orchestra performs its season finale with Dr. Paul-Elliott Cobbs &the Everett Philharmonic Orchestra and the Pacific Lutheran University Choirs, Dr. Richard Nance, conductor; 7 p.m. May 11, Everett Civic Auditorium, 2415 Colby Ave., Everett. Tickets are $25 and $20. Festival seating. Doors open at 5:45 p.m. then 6 p.m. stageside chat with Cobbs and guests. For tickets go to www.everettphil.org or call 206-270-9729.
Seattle
Seattle Symphony: Benaroya Hall’s Taper auditorium, 200 University St., Seattle; 206-215-4747; www.seattlesymphony.org.
Hilary Hahn Plays Sibelius; Xian Zhang, conductor; Hilary Hahn, violin; Seattle Symphony. Sibelius: Overture to Karelia, Op. 10; Sibelius: Violin Concerto in D minor, Op. 47; Pascal Zavaro: La Bataille de San Romano (U.S. Premiere); Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92; 8 p.m. April 27. Tickets start at $19.
Symphony Untuxed: Beethoven’s Symphony No. 7; Xian Zhang, conductor; Seattle Symphony. Sibelius: Overture to Karelia, Op. 10; Beethoven: Symphony No. 7 in A major, Op. 92. 7 p.m. April 26. Tickets start at $17.
[untitled]: New Expressions: New late-night series features Seattle Symphony musicians performing contemporary ensemble pieces in the Grand Lobby: Ben Hausmann: Oboe Quartet No. 2 (World Premiere); Jordan Anderson: Traction for Solo Double Bass (World Premiere); Chinary Ung: Grand Alap; Seth Krimsky: Love Song for Bassoon, Violin, Cello and Metallic Percussion (World Premiere) and Anna Clyne: String Quartet, Roulette. 10 p.m. April 26. Tickets are $17.
The Tudor Choir: “Music for the Sistine Chapel,” featuring Allegri’s “Miserere”; 7:30 p.m. April 27, Blessed Sacrament Church, 5041 Ninth Ave. NE, Seattle. Tickets are $30 general, $20 student and senior. Go to www.brownpapertickets.com or call 206-323-9415.
Baroque Northwest presents: “Early Music on the Silk Road,” Tomoko Sugawara, Asian kugo harp, August Denhard, lute, Special Guest: Jane Hall, percussion; 7 p.m. pre-concert talk; 7:30 p.m. concert April 27, Trinity Parish Church (Parish Hall), 609 Eighth Ave., Seattle. Tickets are $25, $20 and $10. Call 206-920-3822 or gus.denhard@hotmail.com
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