This list is part of an ongoing effort to compile a comprehensive directory of active classical music ensembles and organizations in the Puget Sound region. The list is updated on a quarterly basis. If you spot an error or something missing, please contact us and help keep this directory current.
Orchestras | Opera | Choral Ensembles | Chamber Music
Early Music & Baroque | 20th Century & Contemporary | Instruments & Composers
Wind Ensembles & Concert Bands | Colleges & Universities | Youth Ensembles
Dance | World Music | Venues | Other Organizations
Orchestras
- Auburn Symphony Orchestra
- Bainbridge Symphony Orchestra
- Basin Community Orchestra (Moses Lake)
- Bellevue Symphony
- Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Bellingham Festival of Music
- Bellingham Symphony Orchestra (formerly Whatcom Symphony)
- Boeing Employees Choir
- Bremerton WestSound Symphony (formerly Bremerton Symphony)
- Carillon Chamber Ensembles
- Cascade Symphony Orchestra
- Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Eastside Symphony
- Ensign Symphony & Chorus
- Everett Philharmonic Orchestra
- Everett Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Evergreen Community Orchestra (Everett)
Evergreen Philharmonic- Federal Way Symphony
- Gig Harbor Peninsula Civic Orchestra
- Grays Harbor Symphony
- Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus (formerly Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers)
- Icicle Creek Youth Symphony (Leavenworth)
- Issaquah Philharmonic Orchestra
- Kirkland Civic Orchestra
- Lake Union Civic Orchestra
- Lake Washington Symphony Orchestra
- Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Mid-Columbia Symphony (Tri-Cities)
- Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestra (Tri-Cities)
- Mukilteo Community Orchestra
- New Baroque Orchestra
- North Corner Chamber Orchestra
- Northwest Sinfonia
- Northwest Sinfonietta
- Northwest Symphony Orchestra
- Octava Chamber Orchestra
- Okanogan Valley Orchestra & Chorus (Omak)
- Olympia Chamber Orchestra
- Olympia Symphony
- Orchestra Bellevue
- Orchestra of Flight
- Orquesta Northwest (formerly Ballard Civic Orchestra)
- Philharmonia Northwest
- Pacific Northwest Chamber Orchestra (Centralia)
- Pacifica Chamber Orchestra
- Port Angeles Symphony Orchestra
- Port Townsend Symphony Orchestra
- Poulsbo Community Orchestra
- Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra
- Rain City Symphony
- Rainbow City Orchestra
- Rainier Symphony
- Ravenna String Orchestra
Salish Sea Philharmonia Orchestra- Sammamish Symphony Orchestra
- Saratoga Orchestra
- Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Seattle Chamber Orchestra
- Seattle Collaborative Orchestra
- Seattle Festival Orchestra
- Seattle Metropolitan Chamber Orchestra
- Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra
- Seattle Symphony
- Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Sequim Community Orchestra
- Skagit Symphony
- Solstice Symphony Orchestra
- Southwest Washington Symphony (Longview)
- Spokane Symphony
- Symphony Tacoma
- Tacoma Youth Symphony
- Thalia Symphony Orchestra
- Vancouver Symphony Orchestra
- Vashon-Maury Chamber Orchestra
- Walla Walla Symphony
- Washington Idaho Symphony (Pullman)
- Wenatchee Valley Symphony Orchestra
- West Seattle Community Orchestras
- Whidbey Island Orchestra
- Yakima Symphony Orchestra
Opera
- Bellevue City Opera
- The Inverse Opera
- Opera on Tap – Seattle Chapter
- Pacific Northwest Opera (formerly Skagit Opera)
- Puget Sound Concert Opera
- Seattle Opera
- Tacoma Opera
- Vashon Opera
Vespertine Opera TheaterWatershed Opera
Choral Ensembles
- Ancora Women’s Choir
- Ave Renaissance Women’s Choir
- Bainbridge Chorale
- Bellevue Chamber Chorus
- Bellevue Youth Choirs (formerly Bellevue Girlchoir)
- Breath of Aire
- Bremerton Symphony Chorale
- The Byrd Ensemble
Canonici: Consort of Voices- Cantabile Chamber Choir (Skagit Valley)
Cantaré Vocal Ensemble- Cappella Romana Vocal Ensemble (Portland, OR)
- Carillon Chamber Ensembles
- Cascade Foothills Chorale
- Cascadian Chorale
- Choir of the Sound
- Choral Arts Northwest
- ChoralSounds Northwest
- City Cantabile Choir
- Columbia Choirs
- The Compline Choir of St. Mark’s
- Cora Voce
- Diverse Voices
Earthrise Chamber Choir- Emerald City Women’s Chorus
- Emerald Ensemble
- Ensign Symphony & Chorus
- The Esoterics
- Everett Chorale
- Evergreen Ensemble
- Federal Way Chorale
- Federal Way Harmony Kings
- Finnish Choral Society of Seattle
- Gesangverein Arion
- Harmonia Orchestra & Chorus (formerly Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers)
- Illumni Men’s Chorale
- Jet Cities Chorus
- Joyful! Noise Seattle
- Kirkland Choral Society
- Kirkland Performance Center Community Choir
- Kitsap Community Chorale
- Kulshan Chorus
- Lake Washington Singers
- Level Up! Vocal Ensemble
- Mägi Ensemble
- Magnolia Chorale
- The Market Street Singers
- Master Chorus Eastside
- Masterworks Choral Ensemble
- Medieval Women’s Choir
- Mirinesse Women’s Choir
Musica Sacra Chamber Chorale- Northwest Boychoir
- Northwest Chamber Chorus
- Northwest Chorale
- Northwest Firelight Chorale
- Northwest Girlchoir
- Northwest Nordic Ladies Chorus
- Northwest Repertory Singers
- Northwest Sound Men’s Barbershop Chorus
- Norwegian Ladies Chorus of Seattle
- The OK Chorale
- Okanogan Valley Orchestra & Chorus (Omak)
- Olympia Youth Chorus
- Opus 7 Vocal Ensemble
- Orcas Choral Society
- Pacific Sound Chorus
Pacifica Choirs- Phinney Neighborhood Community Chorus
- Port Townsend & East Jefferson County Community Chorus
- Puget Soundworks
- Radiance (formerly Vox16)
- Rainier Chorale
- Rainier Youth Choirs
- RainShadow Chorale
- Redmond Chorale
- reSound
Sacred Music Chorale- Saint Mark’s Choral Evensong
- Seattle Bach Choir
- Seattle Children’s Chorus
- Seattle Choral Company
- Seattle Girls Choir
Seattle Harmony- Seattle Jewish Chorale
- Seattle Labor Chorus
- Seattle Ladies Choir
- Seattle Mannskor (formerly Norwegian Male Chorus of Seattle)
- Seattle Men’s Chorus
- Seattle Metropolitan Singers
- Seattle Peace Chorus
- Seattle Pro Musica
- Seattle SeaChordsmen
- Seattle Wind Symphony Chorus
- Seattle Women’s Chorus
- Sine Nomine Renaissance Choir
- SilverSounds Northwest
- Skagit Valley Chorale
- Sno-King Community Chorale
- Song of Seattle
- Sonoro Choral Society
- Sonus Boreal
- Sound City Singers
- Sound Harmony Chorus
- The Sound of the Northwest
- Sound Singers Japanese Choir
- South Sound Classical Choir
- Spirit of the Sound Choir
- Spotlight Concert Choir
- STANCE – Seattle Trans and Nonbinary Choral Ensemble
- Summer Fling Singers
- Svea Male Chorus
- Swedish Women’s Chorus
- Tudor Choir
- Vashon Island Chorale
- Vivat Musica! Polish Choir
- Vocalpoint! Seattle
- Vox Pacifica (Bellingham)
- Wellspring Ensemble
- Whatcom Chorale
Chamber Music
American String Project- Archipelago Collective (San Juan Island)
- Bellingham Chamber Music Society
- Camerata Musica (Tri-Cities)
- Chamber Music Guild
Chamber Music at Richmond Beach- Chamber Music on the Rock (Whidbey Island)
- Classical Revolution – Seattle Chapter
- Concerts in the Barn (Quilcene)
- Ellinor Quartet
- Emerald City Music
- Gallery Concerts
- Haller Lake Music Series
The Highlands Chapel Concert Series- Icicle Creek Chamber Music Festival (Leavenworth)
- Ladies Musical Club of Seattle
Lotus Chamber Music Festival (Walla Walla)- Meany Center for the Performing Arts – Chamber Music Series
- Methow Valley Chamber Music Festival (Twisp)
- Music Northwest
- Music on the Strait (Port Angeles)
- Music of Remembrance
- Musique du Jour Presents
- National Nordic Museum Concerts
- Olympic Music Festival (Port Townsend)
- Orcas Island Chamber Music Festival
- Pacifica Chamber Orchestra
Parnassus Project- Port Gamble Maritime Music Festival
- Port Townsend Chamber Music Series
- Russian Chamber Music Foundation of Seattle
- Seattle Art Song Society
- Seattle Chamber Music Society
- Seattle Chamber Players
- Second City Chamber Series
- Silverthorne Chamber Series
Simple Measures- The Sound Ensemble
- Sound Salon (formerly Byron Schenkman & Friends)
- sound|counterpoint
- Spokane Chamber Music Society
- Spokane String Quartet
Town Music- Trio Pardalote
- Walla Walla Chamber Music Festival
- Whidbey Island Music Festival
Early Music & Baroque
- Ave Renaissance Women’s Choir
- The Byrd Ensemble
- Cappella Romana Vocal Ensemble (Portland, OR)
- Concert Spirituel
- Early Music Seattle (formerly Early Music Guild)
Early Music Underground- Epiphany Music Guild
- Grand Cru Baroque / Baroque Northwest
- Medieval Women’s Choir
Mercer Island Baroque Orchestra- New Baroque Orchestra
- Pacific MusicWorks
- Saint Mark’s Music Series
- Salish Sea Early Music Festival
- Salmon Run Concerts
- Sanctuary in the City Concert Series
- Seattle Bach Choir
- Seattle Baroque Orchestra
- Sine Nomine Renaissance Choir
- sound|counterpoint
- South Sound Baroque Orchestra
- Tudor Choir
- UW Collegium Musicum
- Whidbey Island Music Festival
20th Century & Contemporary
- The Box is Empty
- The Esoterics
- Fisher Ensemble
- Improvised Music Project
- Inverted Space Ensemble
- Jack Straw Productions
- Nonsequitur
- Pacifica Chamber Orchestra
- Racer Sessions
- Saint Mark’s Music Series
- Seattle Improvised Music Festival
- Seattle Modern Orchestra
- Seattle Rock Orchestra
Sound of Late- Spite House
- Table & Chairs
Universal Language Project- Wayward Music Series
Instruments & Composers
- Bells of the Sound
- Chopin Northwest Festival
The Highlands Chapel Concert Series- Icicle Creek Winter Piano Festival (Leavenworth)
- Meany Center for the Performing Arts – Piano Series
- Music of Remembrance
- Northwest Brass Choir
- Northwest Clarinet Choir
- Northwest Mahler Festival
- Port Gamble Maritime Music Festival
- Saint Mark’s Music Series
- Seattle Classic Guitar Society
- Seattle Composers Alliance
Seattle Music Exchange Project- Seattle Pianist Collective
- Seattle Piano Institute
Sherman Clay Seattle
Wind Ensembles & Concert Bands
- Around The Sound Community Band
- Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band
- Bellevue Community Band
- Boeing Employees’ Concert Band
- Brass Band Northwest
- Eastside Youth Concert Band
- Formation Wind Band
- Greater Greenwood Community Band
- Highline Community Symphonic Band
- Lake Stevens Community Band
- Lynnwood Community Band
- Monroe Community Band (formerly Monroe Concert Band)
- North Cascades Concert Band (Bellingham)
- North Seattle Symphonic Band (formerly Seattle Symphonic Band)
- Port Townsend Summer Band
- PugetBrass
- Puyallup Valley Community Band
- Rainbow City Concert Band
- Renton City Concert Band
- River Winds Concert Band
- Seattle Civic Band
- Seattle Wind Symphony
- Sequim City Band
- Shoreline Concert Band
- South Sound Symphonic Band (Puyallup)
- Tacoma Concert Band
- Vancouver Community Concert Band
- Washington Wind Symphony
- Woodinville Community Band
- Yakima Valley Community Band
Colleges & Universities
- Cornish College of the Arts – Music Department
- Pacific Lutheran University – Department of Music
- Seattle Pacific University – Music Department
- Seattle University – Music Program
- University of Puget Sound – School of Music
- University of Washington – School of Music
Youth Ensembles
- Academy Chamber Orchestra
- Bainbridge Island Youth Orchestra
- Bel Canto
- Bellevue Youth Choirs (formerly Bellevue Girlchoir)
- Bellevue Youth Symphony Orchestra
Bremerton Youth Symphony- Carillon Chamber Ensembles
- Cascade Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Chamber Music Guild
- Columbia Choirs
- Diverse Voices
- Eastside Youth Concert Band
- Everett Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Federal Way Youth Symphony
- Fidalgo Youth Symphony
- Garfield High School Orchestra
- Icicle Creek Youth Symphony (Leavenworth)
- Kitsap Philharmonic
- Maple Valley Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Mid-Columbia Youth Orchestra (Tri-Cities)
- Northwest Boychoir
- Northwest Brass Choir
- Northwest Girlchoir
- Olympia Youth Chorus
Pacifica Choirs- Peninsula Youth Orchestra Association (Gig Harbor)
- Phinney Ridge Youth Orchestra
- Rainier Youth Choirs
Renton Youth Symphony- Roosevelt High School Orchestra
- Seattle Children’s Chorus
- Seattle Girls Choir
- Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra
- Spokane Youth Symphony
- Tacoma Youth Symphony
- Vivace! Chamber Players
- Vocalpoint! Seattle
Dance
- Ballet Bellevue
- Emerald Ballet Theatre
- Evergreen City Ballet
- International Ballet Theatre
- Meany Center for the Performing Arts – Dance Series
- Olympic Ballet Theatre
- Pacific Northwest Ballet
- Seattle Early Dance
- Skagit Valley Academy of Dance
- Spectrum Dance Theater
- Tacoma City Ballet
World Music
- Gamelan Pacifica
- Meany Center for the Performing Arts – Crossroads Series
- Town Hall Seattle – Global Rhythms Series
Venues
- Benaroya Hall
- Cafe Racer
- Chapel Performance Space at the Good Shepherd Center
- Daniels Recital Hall / The Sanctuary
- Federal Way Performing Arts & Event Center
- Fremont Abbey Arts Center
- Highline Performing Arts Center (Burien)
- Icicle Creek Center for the Arts (Leavenworth)
- Jack Straw Foundation
- Kirkland Performance Center
- Langston Hughes Performing Arts Institute
- Meany Hall for the Performing Arts at the University of Washington
- Meydenbauer Center Theatre
- McCaw Hall
- Poncho Concert Hall at Cornish College of the Arts
- Raisbeck Performance Hall at Cornish College of the Arts
- Resonance at SOMA Towers
- The Royal Room
- St. James Cathedral
- St. Mark’s Episcopal Cathedral
- Spite House
- Town Hall Seattle
- The Washington Center for Performing Arts (Olympia)