Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts near Seattle, WA
Northwest Mahler Festival Fundraiser: Songs by Alma Mahler & Other Women Composers
Saturday, April 13, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Phinney Ridge Lutheran Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring songs by woman composers including Khosrovidukht, Barbara Strozzi, Clara Schumann, Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel, Josephine Lang, Alma Mahler, Florence Price, and Joni Mitchell.
free
UW School of Music: Harry Partch Ensemble
Saturday, April 13, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Featuring Partch’s hand-made musical instruments which are in long-term residence at the University of Washington, along with works by other contemporary composers.
$10
Wayward Music Series: Onomatopoeia
Saturday, April 13, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – "Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben" from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Ben Seavello – Cityscape
Chris Thile (arr. Rebecca Olason) – Various works
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony
Ben Seavello – Cityscape
Chris Thile (arr. Rebecca Olason) – Various works
$5-$15 donation
PLU Artist Series: Jeffrey Jacob, piano
Sunday, April 14, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Lagerquist Concert Hall at Pacific Lutheran University, Parkland, WA, United States
A lecture-concert showcasing George Crumb's Makrokosmos Volume II, "Twelve Fantasy Pieces After the Zodiac for Amplified Piano."
Free
Ladies Musical Club: Rachmaninoff, Debussy, Sondheim
Monday, April 15, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
University House Wallingford, Seattle, WA, United States
Claude Debussy – “Clair de Lune” from Suite Bergamasque
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Stephen Sondheim – Selections from Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Passion, Follies, Marry Me a Little, and Evening Primrose
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Piano Sonata No. 2 in B-flat minor, Op. 36 (1931 version)
Stephen Sondheim – Selections from Into the Woods, Sweeney Todd, Passion, Follies, Marry Me a Little, and Evening Primrose
Free (Free)
UW Composition Studio with the UW Modern Music Ensemble
Tuesday, April 16, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Brechemin Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Emerging composers explore unconventional sonic landscapes in a collaboration with the UW Modern Music Ensemble.
Free
UW Faculty Recital: Folk – Melia Watras, viola
Wednesday, April 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Melia Watras – Folk Style Project (world premiere)
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
Charles Corey – In Paradisum for viola and Harmonic Canon
Meila Watras – String Masks
$20 ($10 students/seniors)
Music at St. James Cathedral: The Office of Tenebræ
Wednesday, April 17, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Thomas Tallis – Lamentations of Jeremiah the Prophet
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Paweł Łukaszewski – O vos omnes
Gregorio Allegri – Miserere mei, Deus
Traditional – Gregorian Chant
Free
Meany Center presents: Time for Three
Thursday, April 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Hall for the Performing Arts, Seattle, WA, United States
Groundbreaking and category-shattering – a string trio with an infectious energy, virtuosity, and showmanship. Expect Bach, Brahms, and ingenious mash-ups of indie hits.
$40-$48
Chanticleer
Thursday, April 18, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Federal Way Performing Arts and Event Center, Federal Way, WA, United States
A seamless blend of 12 male voices known for its original interpretations of vocal literature, from Renaissance to jazz and popular genres, as well as contemporary composition.
$45-$70
Groupmuse House Concert: Spire Duo – Her Light Escape
Friday, April 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Private home in Phinney Ridge, Seattle, WA, United States
The words of master poets capture the joy, dejection, wonder, and renewal of a year in a life well-lived through the music of composers such as Benjamin Britten, André Previn, Dominick Argento, and more.
$10+ donation, RSVP required
DXARTS & Swedish Neuroscience Institute: Music of Today: Performing with the Brain
Friday, April 19, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Meany Studio Theater at Meany Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Patients suffering from motor disability improvise with professional musicians in this performance led by composers and a neuroscientist.
Free
Wayward Music Series: Austin Larkin & Ensemble
Friday, April 19, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
A composition of harmonics and tuned densities unfolding and persisting in time. Transmute states of variance and continuity are held, extended, and measured through the vibration of strings and resonant bodies within a room.
$5-$15 donation
Symphony Tacoma: Saxophone Fusion
Saturday, April 20, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Pantages Theater, Tacoma, WA, United States
Fanny Mendelssohn – Overture in C
Francis Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Roberto Sierra – Caribbean Rhapsody
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, Op. 81 (with multimedia)
Francis Poulenc – Sinfonietta
Roberto Sierra – Caribbean Rhapsody
Darius Milhaud: La Création du monde, Op. 81 (with multimedia)
$24-$78
Wayward Music Series: Stephen Fandrich w/ Gamelan Pacifica & Del Sol Quartet
Saturday, April 20, 2030 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Stephen Fandrich performs compositions and improvisations at the piano in an 8 series just-intonation, plus two unusual instrumental combinations with Javanese gamelan.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Symphony Chamber Concert: In the Spotlight – Heiner Goebbels
Monday, April 22, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Octave 9 at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
Heiner Goebbels – Under Construction
Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate
Heiner Goebbels – Bagatellen
Heiner Goebbels – Surrogate
Heiner Goebbels – Bagatellen
$25
Seattle Pacific University: Ensemble [21]
Tuesday, April 23, 2030 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
SPU Nickerson Studios, Seattle, WA, United States
Ensemble [21], the new music ensemble at SPU, presents fresh new music of SPU composers and cutting-edge 21st-century repertoire.
Free
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Wednesday, April 24, 2030 @ 10:00am – 9:30pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free
Groupmuse House Concert: Wild Wind Trios w/ Onomatopoeia
Wednesday, April 24, 2030 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private home in Loyal Heights, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach (arr. Cassie Lear) – “Aus Liebe will mein Heiland Sterben” from St. Matthew Passion, BWV 244
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
Jenni Brandon (arr. Cassie Lear/Soren Hamm) – Found Objects: On the Beach
Steven Luksan – Ceremony (world premiere)
Ben Seavello – Cityscape (world premiere)
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Cornish Presents: Scores of Sound
Thursday, April 25, 2030 @ 11:30am – 9:00pm (PDT)
Venue unknown, WA, United States
A 3-day festival of music: student work is performed across the Cornish campus in South Lake Union and on Capitol Hill.
Free