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

French Accents

Our concerts this season focus on French music with each program featuring a composition by a French composer.
All concerts are at First Free Methodist Church in North Queen Anne.

Upcoming Concerts

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.

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.