Contemporary – Past Concerts near Seattle, WA
Hope, A PLU Christmas Concert
Pacific Lutheran University Music Department,
Pacific Lutheran University Symphony Orchestra, and
Choir of the West
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
Annual Christmas concert featuring PLU's Choir of the West, University Chorale, & University Symphony Orchestra. Modern works mix with traditional carols & seasonal favorites in this celebration of hope & renewal.
TBA
Timber: a sound + light experience
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
Joey Largent & Katrina Wolfe: Basaltic Void Dervishes
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Joey Largent presents his expanded solo work for 10 amplified cymbals & field recordings as a 3-hour immersive performance in collaboration with movement artists Katrina Wolfe & Kawtee Wolfe, performed in near darkness.
$5-$15 donation
Timber: a sound + light experience
Saturday, December 4, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
Cappella Romana: Benedict Sheehan – Divine Liturgy in English
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
St. Demetrios Greek Orthodox Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Composer/guest conductor Benedict Sheehan leads Cappella Romana in the world premiere of his Liturgy of St. John Chrysostom. Featuring baritone Michael Hawes & Grammy-winning basso profundo Glenn Miller.
$30-$50
UW Composition Studio
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerging & established composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in this concert of music by students, faculty, alumni, & guests of the UW Composition program.
Free
University of Puget Sound: Organ at Noon – A German Christmas
Friday, December 3, 2021 @ 12:00pm – 1:00pm (PST)
Kilworth Memorial Chapel, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
UPS Faculty organist Wyatt Smith performs works by J.S. Bach, Dietrich Buxtehude, Felix Mendelssohn, Frederick Frahm, Rebecca Groom te Velde, & others, centered around the Christmas hymn Puer natus in Bethlehem.
Free (Free)
Timber: a sound + light experience
Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Base: Experimental Arts + Space, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
$25 ($12 under $25 w/ID)
Seattle Symphony: Barber Symphony No. 1
Thursday, December 2, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Florence Price – "II. Andante cantabile" from String Quartet No. 2 in A minor
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"
Maurice Ravel – Piano Concerto in G
Joel Thompson – New work TBA (world premiere)
Samuel Barber – Symphony No. 1, Op. 9 "Symphony in One Movement"
Ticket price TBD
UW Percussion Ensemble
Wednesday, December 1, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
The University of Washington Percussion Ensemble (Bonnie Whiting, director) presents its Autumn Quarter concert.
$10
Wine Down Mondays: Sandbox Percussion
Monday, November 29, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
415 Westlake, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Sandbox Percussion gives ECM a behind-the-scenes look at their upcoming performance of Andy Akiho's Seven Pillars.
Free (Free (registration required))
The “O” Antiphons Advent Procession with Lessons & Carols
Sunday, November 28, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 8:00pm (PST)
Saint Mark's Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Saint Mark's presents this free, annual liturgy of music & pageantry celebrating the beginning of Advent. A newly commissioned anthem by Dr. Zanaida Robles will premiere alongside traditional hymns.
Free (Free)
Puget Sound Concert Opera: 'The Old Maid & the Thief' / 'The Telephone'
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PST)
Cross of Christ Lutheran Church, Bellevue, WA, United States
PSCO returns to the live stage with a unique double bill of comic masterpieces by 20th-century Italian-American composer, Gian Carlo Menotti.
$20 advance, $30 at the door
Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra Fall Series
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Performances by SYSO's Debut Symphony Orchestra & Seattle Youth Symphony Orchestra, as well as the revival of a SYSO relic: the Youth Chamber Orchestra.
$10
Thalia Symphony Returns to Town Hall
Sunday, November 21, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 3:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
George Walker – Lyric for Strings
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine" ("The Queen")
Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 85 in B-flat major, Hob. I:85 "La Reine" ("The Queen")
Charles Ives – Symphony No. 2
$25 (General Admission) $20 (Students/Seniors)
Wayward Music Series: Seattle Phonographers Union
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Collective improvisation using only unprocessed field recordings, exploring the ways in which we recognize, differentiate, map, & navigate our sonic environment.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony: Beach Gaelic Symphony
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Music Director Thomas Dausgaard conducts this powerhouse program featuring Amy Beach’s “Gaelic” Symphony No. 2, plus the world premiere of a rare double harp concerto by American composer Hannah Lash.
Ticket price TBD
Puget Sound Symphony Orchestra: Bernstein, Strauss, Hanson
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Leonard Bernstein – Overture to Candide
Richard Strauss – Tod und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”), Op. 24
Howard Hanson – Symphony No. 2 in D-flat major, Op. 30, W. 45 “Romantic”
Richard Strauss – Tod und Verklärung (“Death and Transfiguration”), Op. 24
Howard Hanson – Symphony No. 2 in D-flat major, Op. 30, W. 45 “Romantic”
$10 ($8 student/senior/military/veteran)
The Esoterics: The Rewaking
Saturday, November 20, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 5:00pm (PST)
St. John's Episcopal Church, Olympia, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Program featuring newly-written choral music by living composers who comprise “the new majority”: women, transgender people, people of color, & members of the greater LGBTQIA+ community.
Donations accepted
Seattle Modern Orchestra: Concert 1 – Dissociation
Friday, November 19, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Forum at Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Kaley Lane Eaton – Dissociation, or Self-Portrait (world premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Marisol Jiménez – Bestiario Onírico II – Ciudadela (US premiere)
Marisol Jiménez – Yiríya aiteiya (US premiere)
Wang Lu – Ryan and Dan
Fausto Romitelli – Professor Bad Trip – Lesson 1
Online: $15 | In-person: $25 ($15 senior, $10 student)