Seattle Symphony Resident Organist Joseph Adam will perform the second of three recitals in this season’s Fluke/Gabelein Organ Recital series on Monday, January 28, at 7:30 p.m. Adam will present a program of works by Johann Sebastian Bach, including In dir ist Freude (“In You is Joy”) – a piece written especially to celebrate the New Year – and other selections from Bach’s Das Orgelbüchlein (“Little Organ Book”).

Experience Music Project and Science Fiction Museum (EMP|SFM) hosts Sound Off!, the Pacific Northwest's largest annual under-age battle of the bands competition. Twelve semi-finalist performers and bands will be narrowed down to three for a finale blow-out performance under the lights and giant-screen in EMP|SFM's Sky Church on Saturday, March 1, 2008 at 8 p.m.

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) is proud to announce an original exhibition, revealed in two parts, featuring the legendary Jimi Hendrix. This new exhibition, organized by EMP|SFM, will center on Hendrix's guitar sound and its continued resonance with music listeners, nearly 40 years after his untimely death.

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM) in partnership with the Seattle International Film Festival Group (SIFF) will present the third annual Science Fiction Short Film Festival (SFSFF) on Saturday, February 2, 2008 at the Seattle Cinerama Theater.

On Tuesday, January 22, at 7:30 p.m., violinist Gil Shaham and pianist Akira Eguchi will perform a program that spans the violin repertoire, from J.S. Bach’s Sonata No. 2 to works by Joaquín Rodrigo and William Walton, as well as Sarasate’s heart pounding showpieces Zapateado, Romanza Andaluza and Zigeunerweisen. This performance is part of Seattle Symphony’s 2007–2008 Distinguished Artists Recital series, which also includes a piano recital by Lang Lang on March 26, 2008.

Seattle Symphony today announces the 2007–2008 Popular Culture series, presenting some of the most talented and accomplished artists of our time. On Wednesday, February 27, at 7:30 p.m., Grammy Award-winning Béla Fleck and The Flecktones will perform with Seattle Symphony, bringing their electrifying, bluegrass-driven sound to Benaroya Hall for the first time.

Seattle Symphony Associate Conductor Carolyn Kuan and Seattle Symphony will explore the power of storytelling through orchestral music in Tell Me a Story on Saturday, January 19, at 11 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. The program will illustrate music's ability to bring actions and emotions to life through pieces, including Mussorgsky's A Night on Bald Mountain, Rimsky-Korsakov's Flight of the Bumblebee and John Williams' Harry Potter Suite.

Violinist and conductor Jaime Laredo will lead Seattle Symphony on Thursday, January 17, at 7:30 p.m. and Saturday, January 19, at 8 p.m. in a program including Mozart's Symphony No. 1 in E-flat major, Concertone for Two Violins and Orchestra in C major and Violin Concerto No. 3 in G major.

Guest conductor Bernard Labadie will lead Seattle Symphony on Friday, January 11, at 8 p.m. and Saturday, January 12, at 8 p.m. in a Basically Baroque program, including works by Handel, Marcello, J.C. Bach and Rameau.

Quinton Morris, violinist, music professor and founder and director of The Young Eight, America’s only all African-American string octet, will join Associate Conductor Carolyn Kuan as she leads Seattle Symphony in several free community concerts.

Seattle Opera offers a Family Matinee for the Sunday, January 20 performance of Leoncavallo’s classic Pagliacci. Student tickets are available for $15 per student under the age of 18.

Experience Music Project|Science Fiction Museum and Hall of Fame (EMP|SFM), in collaboration with Earshot Jazz, proudly present Jazz in January2008, taking place Jan. 17 through Jan. 20, 2008 at EMP|SFM.