Welcome

Rain City Symphony nurtures and promotes the appreciation of music by providing quality music performances in the Puget Sound region. We have concerts in November, March, and June. We provide amateur musicians with an orchestral experience in a friendly, supportive atmosphere. Open to intermediate and advanced strings, woodwinds, brass, and percussion, Rain City Symphony plays standard orchestral repertoire.

Our season runs September through early June. If you are interested in playing with us, please see Contacts

A Season of Favorites

Our concerts this season focus on favorites selected by members of the orchestra.
All concerts are at First Free Methodist Church in North Queen Anne.

Upcoming Concerts

Fall 2025
November 19, 2025 7:30 pm

To open our season of orchestral favorites, we will perform Dvořák's New World Symphony, along with Bartók's Dances of Transylvania.

Winter 2026
March 18, 2026 7:30 pm

Our winter concert will feature works by Rossini, Tchaikovsky, and Borodin.

Spring 2026
June 10, 2026 7:30 pm

In our spring concert we will play Sibelius, Shulman, and Hovhaness, with featured violist Kai Slesarev-Nogani.

Recent Concerts

2024 Fall
November 20, 2024 7:30 pm

We present Massenet’s Cendrillon Suite, which consists of ballet music from his opera Cendrillon. We also feature Wagner’s Lohengrin Prelude to Act III and Schubert’s Symphony No. 8 (“Unfinished").

2025 Winter
March 19, 2025 7:30 pm

We present Ravel’s beloved Pavanne pour une infante dèfunte and Petit Poucet (Tom Thumb) from his Ma mère l'Oye (Mother Goose Suite), as well as Beethoven’s Leonore Overture No. 3 and Samuel Coleridge-Taylor’s Four Characteristic Waltzes.

2025 Spring
June 11, 2025 7:30 pm

We present Louise Farrenc’s Overture No. 1 composed in 1834. We also feature Charles Tomlinson Griffes’ Poem for Flute and Orchestra with soloist Sandra Saathoff and Rimsky-Korsakov’s Tale of the Tsar Saltan Suite.