Contemporary – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Reclaimed Timber | Beyond This Point at On the Boards
Thursday, September 16, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
On the Boards, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Gordon's percussion sextet Timber is reframed as an exploration of housing & homelessness in Seattle, in this performance utilizing slats of wood from the city's soon-to-be-demolished houses.
Free (Free)
Led to Sea & friends: Queer times at the Royal Room
Wednesday, September 15, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Violinist/violist/composer Alex Guy is joined by long-time bassist Moe Provencher & drummer Aaron O’Neil for this special chamber-pop performance fusing elements of classical, pop, & experimental music. With special guests by Wayne Horvitz & Sera Cahoone.
$15 advance, $20 door
Reclaimed Timber | Beyond This Point at The Block Project
Tuesday, September 14, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The BLOCK Project Shop, Seattle, WA, United States
Michael Gordon's percussion sextet Timber is reframed as an exploration of housing & homelessness in Seattle, in this performance utilizing slats of wood from the city's soon-to-be-demolished houses.
Free (Free)
Songs of Hope & 'Pieces of 9/11'
Sunday, September 12, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Congregational Church on Mercer Island (UCC), Mercer Island, WA, United States
A special recital program featuring a variety of songs of hope, including Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer's Pieces of 9/11, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attacks.
$20 suggested donation
Peter Nelson-King: Feldman – For Bunita Marcus
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist Peter Nelson-King performs Morton Feldman's penultimate work, For Bunita Marcus – a 72 minute masterpiece of otherworldly time & space. Presented with Nelson-King's original artwork.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Songs of Hope & 'Pieces of 9/11'
Saturday, September 11, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A special recital program featuring a variety of songs of hope, including Jake Heggie & Gene Scheer's Pieces of 9/11, in commemoration of the 20th anniversary of the attacks.
$20 suggested donation
Wayward Music Series: Golden Retriever + Saariselka
Friday, September 10, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electro-acoustic double bill featuring Golden Retriever (Matt Carlson, piano/synthesizer & Jonathan Sielaff, bass clarinet) & Saariselka (Chuck Johnson, electronics/steel guitar & Marielle Jakobsons, organs & synthesizers).
Ticket price TBA
Olympic Music Festival: Opening Celebration with GardenMusic
Sunday, August 29, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
McCurdy Pavilion at Fort Worden State Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
The Musicians from GardenMusic kick off the 2021 OMF summer season with a thrilling, genre-bending program encompassing jazz, bluegrass, & more.
$40 ($65 VIP, ages 12 & under free)
Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Dreams of the Forty Whales of the Harmonic Reed System
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent joins his quartet, Glacial Time Communion, in presenting a new, long-duration composition for 4 re-tuned reed boxes in collaboration with interdisciplinary visual/performing artist Katrina Wolfe.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Key to Change: Summer Finale Concert
Saturday, August 14, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Renton IKEA Performing Arts Center, Renton, WA, United States
Key to Change's first in-person concert in almost 2 years features the music of composer-in-residence Caleb Vaughn-Jones.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Listen Live at Lunch: Eneida Larti, piano
Wednesday, August 11, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
George Frideric Handel – Chaconne in G major, HWV 435
Franz Liszt – "II. Der Müller und der Bach" from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S. 565
Franz Liszt – "VIII. Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
Robert Schumann – "I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton" from Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Çesk Zadeja – Tokkata
Franz Liszt – "II. Der Müller und der Bach" from Müllerlieder von Franz Schubert, S. 565
Franz Liszt – "VIII. Gretchen am Spinnrade" from 12 Lieder von Franz Schubert, S. 558
Robert Schumann – "I. Durchaus fantastisch und leidenschaftlich vorzutragen; Im Legenden-Ton" from Fantasie in C major, Op. 17
Çesk Zadeja – Tokkata
Free (Free)
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra & PNW Conducting Institute Concert
Saturday, August 7, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Whidbey Island Center for the Arts, Langley, WA, United States
Whidbey's Saratoga Orchestra plays host to orchestra conductors from around the globe in this final concert of the PNW Conducting Institute. Works by Antonín Dvořák, Grażyna Bacewicz, Samuel Coleridge-Taylor, & Hanna Benn.
$25
Mystic Chords of Memory
Thursday, August 5, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/performer Nat Evans & saxophonists Neil Welch & Kate Olson perform a new, semi-improvisatory work while drifting around Olympic Sculpture Park.
Free (Free)
Listen Live at Lunch: Onomatopoeia Trio
Wednesday, August 4, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Flute/sax/horn trio Onomatopoeia presents a wide-ranging program spanning the 18th Century to today. Works by W.A. Mozart, Friedrich Kuhlau, & Ben Seavello, with pops arrangements by Jessi Harvey.
Free
[SOLD OUT] Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Summer Serenade
Sunday, August 1, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Mount Baker Community Club, Seattle, WA, United States
Sheila Bristow – When Music Sounds (world premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Johann Sebastian Bach – Wachet auf ruft uns die Stimme, BWV 140
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – "I. Marcia" from Serenade No. 6 for Orchestra in D major, K. 239 "Serenata notturna"
Arthur Honegger – Pastorale d'été, H. 31
Antonín Dvořák – Serenade for Strings in E major, Op. 22, B. 52
Sold Out
Port Townsend Summer Band Live Outdoor Free Concert
Sunday, July 25, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Pope Marine Park, Port Townsend, WA, United States
Music includes: His Honor March by Henry Fillmore; The Mandalorian; themes from Superman, James Bond, & Batman; Fanfare for the Unsung Hero; & more.
Free (Free)
Second City Chamber Series: How Suite It Is
Thursday, July 22, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Pianist Lisa Bergman & violinist Svend Rønning re-inaugurate Lakewold Gardens as SCCS's summer home in a concert of sweet suites by Erich Wolfgang Korngold, Dawn Sonntag, William Grant Still, & Igor Stravinsky.
$50
Listen Live at Lunch: Corvid Ensemble – A Flight of Song
Wednesday, July 14, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 12:50pm (PDT)
First Lutheran Church Tacoma, Tacoma, WA, United States
Diverse program of music featuring birds & other flying things. Works by Johannes Brahms, Mikhail Glinka, H. Leslie Adams, Sammy Fain, Sally Whitwell, & more.
Free (Free)
Saratoga Orchestra: PNW Percussion on the Rock – Final Concert
Sunday, July 11, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Langley United Methodist Church, Langley, WA, United States
Culminating concert of Saratoga Orchestra's 4-day percussion workshop & festival, featuring the Orchestra's percussionists. Program to include works by John Cage, Alan Hovhaness, Johanna Beyer, Carlos Chávez, & more.
Free (Free (RSVP required))
Collaborative Musicians Project: American Nostalgia with consonari [LIVESTREAM / IN-PERSON]
Thursday, July 8, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
consonari (Anna Larson, violin & Kaden Larson, piano) present an evening of music with nostalgic ties to America. Works by Sergei Prokofiev, Don Freund, George N. Gianopoulos, Charles Ives, & more.
$10 ($5 students & ages 60+)