Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
UW Modern Music Ensemble: Fure, Gubaidulina, Furrer, & Karpen
Thursday, May 24, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Ashley Fure – Something to Hunt
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
Sofia Gubaidulina – So sei es
Beat Furrer – Aer
Richard Karpen – World premiere
$10
Seattle Art Song Society: Marcy Stonikas & Mitchell Giambalvo in Recital
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Ballard First Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
John Harbison – Mirabai Songs
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
Maurice Ravel – Shéhérazade
Ottorino Respighi – Deità silvane
various settings of texts around the folklore of Lorelei
$30 ($20 student, young adult, senior)
Inverted Space Ensemble: The Cimbalom & Beyond
Friday, May 25, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
György Kurtág – Scenes From A Novel
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
Lou Harrison – Music for Violin and Various Instruments, European, Asian, and African
James Tenney – Quintext
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Modern Orchestra at Oxbow: An interactive sound-video installation & concert
Saturday, May 26, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Oxbow, Seattle, WA, United States
Infrared sensors, multichannel speakers, and software generate an interactive experience featuring video projections of musicians from the Seattle Modern Orchestra – and the musicians in dialogue with their own image.
$5 to $15 suggested donation
Brian Schappals, clarinet (UW MM recital)
Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 2:30pm – 3:45pm (PDT)
University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Saint-Saëns – Sonata for Clarinet and Piano
György Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Joan Tower – Wings
Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint
György Ligeti – Six Bagatelles for Wind Quintet
Joan Tower – Wings
Steve Reich – New York Counterpoint
Free
Frequency Ensemble w/ Yura Lee, violin
Sunday, May 27, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Ernő Dohnányi’s Serenade, duos by Luciano Berio, Bruno Maderna, Maurice Ravel, and Melia Watras, and more.
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Daniel Webbon
Tuesday, May 29, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An evening of recent compositions and collaborations ranging from traditionally notated modern classical composition to freely improvised experimental music, drawing on ideas from contemporary literature and continental philosophy.
$5-$15 donation
PNB Conversations & Dress Rehearsal: Love & Ballet
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 6:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
An in-depth interviews with PNB artists during the hour preceding dress rehearsal, revealing the creative process involved in the development of a ballet.
$30
Heath/Asplund Duo: An Evening of Modern/Postmodern Art Song
Thursday, May 31, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Music for soprano with piano and viola by Cage, Ligeti, Ives, Messiaen, Webern, Lutosawski, Christian Asplund, and Jarrad Powell.
$5-$15 donation
Wayward Music Series: Kestrel, LA LUNGS, Blessed Blood, & Galbraith/Pollack
Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A diverse group of artists perform works for prepared guitar and bass, modular synth, butoh dancer, and more.
$5-$15 donation
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Friday, June 1, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$37-$187
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Zimmermann & Saint-Saëns
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Zimmermann – Ich wandte mich und sah an geschah unter die Sonne
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78, "Organ"
Saint-Saëns – Symphony No. 3 in c, Op. 78, "Organ"
$20-$30
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 2:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$30-$180
Ancora: Postcards – Songs from the Four Corners
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 4:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Green Lake Church of Seventh-day Adventists, Seattle, WA, United States
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Six Choruses, Op.15
Bob Chilcott – Furusato
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Suite de Lorca
Abbie Betinis – From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
Bob Chilcott – Furusato
Einojuhani Rautavaara – Suite de Lorca
Abbie Betinis – From Behind the Caravan: Songs of Hâfez
$14 ($11 seniors)
UW Composition Studio w/ Inverted Space Ensemble
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Innovative works by emerging composers that explore unconventional sonic landscapes. Music by Aidan Gold, Irene Putnam, Nikki Chang, Wei Yang, and Daniel Webbon.
Free
Cascadian Chorale: Stormy Weather
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Church of the Holy Cross, Redmond, WA, United States
Music celebrating the weather by composers old and new, ranging from Brahms and Elgar to Joy Porter and Joan Szymko.
$20 ($15 student/senior)
Pacific Northwest Ballet: Love & Ballet
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 7:30pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
McCaw Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Talbot/Wheeldon – Tide Harmonic
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
Pärt/Wheeldon – After the Rain pas de deux
Beethoven/Millepied – Appassionata
Stevens (arr. Atkinson)/Peck – Year of the Rabbit
$37-$187
Wayward Music Series: Arun Chandra & Scott Goodwin
Saturday, June 2, 2029 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
An extremely unique perspective on composition and computer music, plus electronic inspired by rhythmic minimalism, club music, video game soundtracks and the science fiction works of Greg Egan and Liu Cixi.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Bach Choir presents: Abide With Us
Sunday, June 3, 2029 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
Trinity Parish Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Frank Martin – Mass for Double Choir
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Anton Bruckner – Locus Iste
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Rosephayne Powell – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Shawn Kirchner – Unclouded Day
Thomas Tallis – If Ye Love Me
Anton Bruckner – Locus Iste
Josef Rheinberger – Abendlied
Rosephayne Powell – Sometimes I Feel Like a Motherless Child
Ola Gjeilo – Ubi Caritas
Shawn Kirchner – Unclouded Day
$20 ($18 senior/student)
Cascadian Chorale: Stormy Weather
Sunday, June 3, 2029 @ 3:30pm – 5:00pm (PDT)
St. Thomas Episcopal Church, Medina, WA, United States
Music celebrating the weather by composers old and new, ranging from Brahms and Elgar to Joy Porter and Joan Szymko.
$20 ($15 student/senior)