NWSO: Doolittle, Van Kirk, Boshnack & more

Friday, October 30, 2026 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Highline Performing Arts Center, Burien, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Two Jigs and Some Fireworks
Keith Van Kirk – Heroic Overture
Modest Mussorgsky – Night on Bald Mountain
Samantha Boshnack – TBA (world premiere)
Jorge Mejia – Danza, Magia y Ritual (Dance, Magic and Ritual)
Antonin Dvořák – Slavonic Dance, Op. 46, No. 1

$15 ($12 student/senior)

Sam Boshnack Quintet: The Nellie Bly Project

Thursday, February 18, 2027 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Sam Boshnack Quintet will perform the Nellie Bly Project in entirety as well as other new works. Boshnack composed this suite of music illustrating the daredevil, feminist, journalist, & iconoclast Nellie Bly (1864 – 1922).

$7-$10

14/48: BoomBox

Friday, April 2, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
1 theme, 12 composers, 24 hours to write. Go!

$14-$20

14/48: BoomBox

Friday, April 2, 2027 @ 10:00pm – 11:55pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
1 theme, 12 composers, 24 hours to write. Go!

$14-$20

Northwest New-Music Workshop (NW2)

Thursday, July 22, 2027 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring an all-premiere program of compositions by Seattle composers Samantha Boshnack, Greg Campbell, Simon Henneman, Sierra Klingele, Pete Leinonen, Dick Valentine, and Daniel Webbon.

$5-$15

Classical Tuesdays in Old Town: B'shnorkestra

Monday, November 1, 2027 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
Alternative chamber orchestra B'shnorkestra performs works composed by Samantha Boshnack: Concerto for Talking Drum featuring Thione Diop, and Concerto for Jazz Trumpet featuring Thomas Marriott.

Free (Free)

Samantha Boshnack: Seismic Belt

Friday, October 12, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
An exploration of seismic activity along the Ring of Fire through musical composition, experimenting with the friction of geographic shifts to create a new harmonic topography.

$20 / $18 / $10

Samantha Boshnack’s 'Seismic Belt: Live in Santa Monica' CD Release // Abbey Blackwell’s Rae

Thursday, March 14, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
A celebration of a new release by Seattle-based trumpeter and composer Samantha Boshnack.

$12-$15

Sam Boshnack Quintet w/ Marina Albero & Adriana Giordano opening

Thursday, March 6, 2031 @ 7:00pm – 11:00pm (PST)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
All original music by composer/trumpeter Samantha Boshnack, who synthesizes a dazzling array of musical influences in sophisticated, fun, highly original compositions – from intricate chamber writing to lush jazz panoramas and funky brass band-inspired grooves.

$12-$15