Contemporary – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Seattle Wind Symphony Presents: Hauntings
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Shorewood Performing Arts Center, Shoreline, WA, United States
James Kazik – Eviler Elves
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
Eric Whitacre – Lux Aurumque
Hugo Schmidt – The Devil's Tongue (Jason Gilliam, euphonium)
Stephen McNeff – Ghosts
Nancy Galbraith – Danza de los Duendes
Hector Berlioz – March to Scaffold (transcribed by Mark Rogers)
Gustav Holst – Hammersmith
Dmitri Shostakovich – Galop (transcribed by Donald Hunsberger)
$20 / $18 / $5
Philharmonia Northwest: Songs of Life – Music by Female Composers, Past & Present
Sunday, October 6, 2019 @ 2:30pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
St. Stephen's Episcopal Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Emily Doolittle – Reedbird for winds and brass
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
Sheila Silver – Being In Life – Concerto for French horn and Alpenhorn, Tibetan singing bowls, and string orchestra (new commission)
Amy Beach – Symphony in E minor, Op. 32 “Gaelic”
$15-$25
Choral Arts Northwest: Music of the Spheres
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Plymouth Congregational Church, Seattle, WA, United States
A one-night-only offering of transcendent and inspired choral fireworks including Kevin Siegfried's Music of the Spheres, Johann Sebastian Bach’s Komm, Jesu, Komm, and rarely heard music by Morten Lauridsen and Joan Szymko.
$24-$32 (students free w/ID)
Orchestra Seattle & Seattle Chamber Singers: Origins
Saturday, October 5, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Carlos Garcia – Vast Array (world premiere)
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
Darius Milhaud – La Création du monde, Op. 81a
Carol Sams – The Earthmakers
$25 / $20 / $10 / FREE for youth
Fall Fipple Flute Forum Faculty Concert
Friday, October 4, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Christ Episcopal Church Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Musical delights from several centuries, with selections by Heinrich Isaac, Dieterich Buxtehude, Pieter Campo, and more.
$25 suggested donation
Pacifica Chamber Orchestra: Nielsen, Hindemith, Coricelli, & Hovhaness
Sunday, September 29, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Episcopal Church, Everett, WA, United States
Carl Nielsen – Humorous Bagatelles, Op. 11 for winds
Paul Hindemith – The Four Temperaments for piano and strings
Silvia Coricelli – Argentine Encores for winds
Alan Hovhaness – Sinfonia No. 31, Op. 294 for strings
Paul Hindemith – The Four Temperaments for piano and strings
Silvia Coricelli – Argentine Encores for winds
Alan Hovhaness – Sinfonia No. 31, Op. 294 for strings
$20 ($15 student / senior)
The Sound Ensemble: Reflections
Saturday, September 28, 2019 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Christopher Dietz – Contretemps
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
Jerry Mader – Zodiac for violin and chamber orchestra (world premiere)
Jennifer Butler – Under Bleak Skies
Sang Mi Ahn – Loki's Castle
Bohuslav Martinů – Nonet No. 2, H. 374
$20 / $15 / FREE under age 12
Wayward Music Series: Different Drummer
Friday, September 27, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A show that represents genres as varied as the artists presenting it. Prepare to be entertained, amused, and exhilarated by this unique collaboration.
$15 ($10 youth/seniors)
Seattle Flute Society's Flute Celebration Day
Sunday, September 22, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Music Center of the Northwest, Seattle, WA, United States
Chamber music featuring members of the Seattle Symphony, Ah Tempo Flute Choir, Bellevue Youth Symphony, the Jolly-Jones Duo, and Flûtes-en-Bois, plus contemporary music by Steven Luksan, Sarah Bassingthwaighte, Leanna Keith, Bun-Ching Lam, Stuart Zobel, and Naoyuki Sawada.
Free
Wayward Music Series: John Teske's 'vectorscores'
Saturday, September 21, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music that uses web technologies to generate and render scores and explores some recurring thoughts, visions, and dreams from a dark and surreal time.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Cellista, Zero Collective, & noisepoenobody
Friday, September 20, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Ambient noise with slices of hip hop, classical music, and alternative pop paired with improvisation, and noise and audio surrealism.
$5-$15 donation
Pianist Geísa Dutra in Concert
Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
The Youngs' Home, Bellevue, WA, United States
A not-to-be-missed opportunity for a close and intimate house concert with award-winning pianist Geísa Dutra. Music by Tom Jobim, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Enrique Granados, and more.
$25
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra: El Grito
Orquesta Northwest,
Orquesta Northwest's Ballard Civic Orchestra, and
Mariachi Guadalajara de Seattle
Sunday, September 15, 2019 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
National Nordic Museum, Seattle, WA, United States
John Stafford Smith – The Star Spangled Banner
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Antonio Vivaldi – The Four Seasons
Lorenzo Barcelata – El Cascabel for orchestra and mariachi
Federico Chavez-Blanco – New work (world premiere)
Jean Sibelius – Finlandia, Op. 26
Carlos Islas Arias – Rapsodia Mexicana
Free
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Saturday, September 14, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Kenneth J. Minnaert Center for the Arts, Olympia, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$28-$43 ($10 students)
Tale Retold, by Emerald City Music
Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Old meets new in the retelling of Stravinsky’s Soldier’s Tale as a cast of NYC Ballet dancers join forces with librettist Mark Campbell, followed by an edgy world premiere by Seattle’s own Angelique Poteat.
$45 ($10 students)
Wayward Music Series: Bleeps+Loops – Space
Friday, September 13, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
The soundtrack to your individual meditations will be provided by a collective of modular synthesists whose individual acts will overlap to create a continuous sonic experience.
$5-$15 donation
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Thursday, September 12, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a tribute to the original FINAL FANTASY VII, plus guests RIKKI, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY X, and Susan Calloway, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
$37-$150
Distant Worlds: music from FINAL FANTASY® with the Seattle Symphony
Wednesday, September 11, 2019 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring a tribute to the original FINAL FANTASY VII, plus guests RIKKI, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY X, and Susan Calloway, original vocalist of FINAL FANTASY XIV.
$37-$150
Music from Home II: Ibidunni Ojikutu, soprano
Sunday, September 8, 2019 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Lakewold Gardens, Lakewood, WA, United States
Soprano Ibidunni Ojikutu performs music by Libby Larsen, Nailah Nombeko, Florence Price, and Nina Simone as part of an inclusive social ceremony of wine, beer, and musical storytelling.
$25 / $15
Good Vibes Only
Friday, August 30, 2019 @ 8:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Washington Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An ace team of Northwest musicians presents a one-night-only end-of-summer concert of music for marimbas and vibraphones in a mesmerizing environment at Seattle's historic Washington Hall.
$25