Bring your favorite pieces of chamber music to read with friends, showcase a tune you've been working on, or simple hang out and build connections. BYOM (bring your own music), pianist not included.

Emerald City Music celebrates its milestone tenth anniversary with a festive season opener, featuring the enchanting sounds of harp and clarinet. The program includes the Seattle premiere of recently discovered Octet by Charles Loeffler, written in 1897, reconstructed and brought to life by acclaimed clarinetist, Graeme Steele Johnson.

Emerald City Music celebrates its milestone tenth anniversary with a festive season opener, featuring the enchanting sounds of harp and clarinet. The program includes the Northwest premiere of recently discovered Octet by Charles Loeffler, written in 1897, reconstructed and brought to life by acclaimed clarinetist, Graeme Steele Johnson.

The award-winning Aeolus Quartet, makes their ECM debut with a vibrant program featuring Beethoven, Bacewicz, and Dvořák. Dedicated to sharing the joy of chamber music with new audiences, their highly anticipated performance will be a memorable evening of luscious string quartet music.

Formed in 2011, The Westerlies, self-described “accidental brass quartet,” takes its name from the prevailing winds that travel from the West to the East. “Skilled interpreters who are also adept improvisers” (NPR’s Fresh Air), The Westerlies explore jazz, roots, and chamber music influences to create the rarest of hybrids: music that is both "folk-like and composerly, lovely and intellectually rigorous” (NPR Music).

The award-winning Aeolus Quartet, makes their ECM debut with a vibrant program featuring Beethoven, Bacewicz, and Dvořák. Dedicated to sharing the joy of chamber music with new audiences, their highly anticipated performance will be a memorable evening of luscious string quartet music.

Garnering praise for her artistic versatility in concert halls across the globe, acclaimed singer Mikaela Bennett joins forces with the Metropolis Ensemble with works by two American composers, Molly Joyce and Sarah Kirkland Snider.

Trained as a classical cellist since the age of nine, the Seattle musician Ollella merges her technical string background with authoritative vocals and live-looping by blending the acoustic with the contemporary, folk with pop, and tenacity with softness, pulling on influences such as Feist, Cat Power, and Sylvan Esso.

Garnering praise for her artistic versatility in concert halls across the globe, acclaimed singer Mikaela Bennett joins forces with the Metropolis Ensemble with works by two American composers, Molly Joyce and Sarah Kirkland Snider.

Artistic Director Kristin Lee teams up with our three-time GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble-in-residence, Sandbox Percussion, for a groundbreaking performance featuring three new premieres. This cutting-edge program showcases the dynamic blending of violin and percussion quartet- an unforgettable experience that pushes the boundaries of chamber music.

Artistic Director Kristin Lee teams up with our three-time GRAMMY®-nominated ensemble-in-residence, Sandbox Percussion, for a groundbreaking performance featuring three new premieres. This cutting-edge program showcases the dynamic blending of violin and percussion quartet- an unforgettable experience that pushes the boundaries of chamber music.

Pianist Erik Hall, Sandbox Percussion and UW School of Music students & faculty join ECM for Simeon ten Holt’s evening-length minimalist work. Originally a keyboard piece by the Dutch composer, Canto Ostinato has amassed a cult following. This 17-piece ensemble arrangement, led and commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble’s Founder & Director, Andrew Cyr, will be a one of a kind experience - an evening NOT to be missed!

Pianist Erik Hall, Sandbox Percussion and UW School of Music students & faculty join ECM for Simeon ten Holt’s evening-length minimalist work. Originally a keyboard piece by the Dutch composer, Canto Ostinato has amassed a cult following. This 17-piece ensemble arrangement, led and commissioned by Metropolis Ensemble’s Founder & Director, Andrew Cyr, will be a one of a kind experience - an evening NOT to be missed!

Members of the East Coast Chamber Orchestra join Artistic Director Kristin Lee and pianist/composer Vijay Iyer for a dynamic program of chamber music. Stick around for the Late Night Session with Vijay Iyer.

Described by The New York Times as a “social conscience, multimedia collaborator, system builder, rhapsodist, historical thinker and multicultural gateway,” VIJAY IYER is a composer and pianist active and revered across multiple musical communities, earning him a place as one of the leading music-makers of his generation.

Pianist Shai Wosner joins the East Coast Chamber Orchestra for an exciting finale to ECM's Tenth Anniversary Season.