Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Elenna Sindler & Hasco Duo
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 9:00am – 9:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Hasco Duo joins vocalist/composer/songwriter Elenna Sindler for a presentation of Elenna's songs – immersing Elenna's sophisticated pop sensibility & narrative vision in Hasco's psychedelic & dreamy soundworld.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Peter Ferry, percussion
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 9:45am – 10:30am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Marc Mellits – Zodiac for solo marimba
Marc Mellits – Parkland for solo vibraphone
Marc Mellits – Stick for solo snare drum
Marc Mellits – Parkland for solo vibraphone
Marc Mellits – Stick for solo snare drum
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Crossing Borders Music
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 11:00am – 11:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sabrina CD Jean Louis – La Cité
Jean R. "Rudy" Perrault – Brother Malcolm for cello & piano
Gifrants – Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine for piano quintet
Jean Paul Coffy – New work TBA
Jean R. "Rudy" Perrault – Brother Malcolm for cello & piano
Gifrants – Fraternitas! Fraternitas! Dei Patris Nomine for piano quintet
Jean Paul Coffy – New work TBA
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Unsupervised with Chicago Composer's Consortium
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 11:45am – 12:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Laura Schwendinger – Celestial Bodies (world premiere)
Kyong Mee Choi – MOMENT
Lawrence Axelrod – Of Wind and Sky
Elizabeth Start – O, Aedicatio; O, Vita (world premiere)
Martha Horst – Quiltage (world premiere)
Kyong Mee Choi – MOMENT
Lawrence Axelrod – Of Wind and Sky
Elizabeth Start – O, Aedicatio; O, Vita (world premiere)
Martha Horst – Quiltage (world premiere)
Free (Free)
The Contemporary Music Ensemble & Bienen Contemporary / Early Vocal Ensemble (BCE) of Northwestern University
Northwestern University Contemporary Music Ensemble,
Bienen Contemporary/Early Vocal Ensemble, and
Ear Taxi Festival
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 6:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Marcos Balter – Meltdown Upshot
Ayanna Woods – SHIFT
David Lang – stateless
Ayanna Woods – SHIFT
David Lang – stateless
Free (Free)
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Monday, October 4, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Arlene Schnitzer Concert Hall, Portland, OR, United States
Kenji Bunch – Time In (world premiere)
Gabriela Lena Frank – Elegía Andina
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
Gabriela Lena Frank – Elegía Andina
Gustav Mahler – Symphony No. 2, “Resurrection”
$25-$79
IU Concert Band & Symphonic Band
Indiana University Concert Band,
Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music, and
Indiana University Symphonic Band
Tuesday, October 5, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Joseph Turrin – Scarecrow Overture
David Biedenbender – Unquiet Hours
Vincent Persichetti – Divertimento, Op. 42
David Gillingham – New Century Dawn
Paul Creston – Celebration Overture, Op. 61
Ricardo Lorenz – Caminantes
Jennifer Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Alex Tedrow – Terrain Unknown
David Biedenbender – Unquiet Hours
Vincent Persichetti – Divertimento, Op. 42
David Gillingham – New Century Dawn
Paul Creston – Celebration Overture, Op. 61
Ricardo Lorenz – Caminantes
Jennifer Higdon – Fanfare Ritmico
Alex Tedrow – Terrain Unknown
Free
Roulette: Robert Dick & Ursel Schlicht – Flute & Piano Redefined—Again!
Wednesday, October 6, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The long-standing duo of Robert Dick (Glissando Flute, bass flute, contrabass flute, & piccolo) & Ursel Schlicht (piano – both on the keyboard, & inside the instrument) premieres new music that seeks to expand the sound world of their instrumental configuration.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
SMCO: Welcome Back Bash with Cellist Nathan Chan
Wednesday, October 6, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
AXIS Pioneer Square, Seattle, WA, United States
SMCO & cellist Nathan Chan present an eclectic variety of music including works by Dmitri Shostakovich, Sufjan Stevens, Siamak Aghaei, & Colin Jacobsen. Includes beverages, hors d’oeuvres, & access to a visual art gallery.
$50 ($75 reserved seating)
MEXAM NW Festival: Conciertos de Música de Cámara Clásica y Latinoamericana
Wednesday, October 6, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Chamber music from Mexico in celebration of Hispanic Heritage Month, with members of the Ballard Civic Orchestra, the Powers-de la Torre piano duo, & other special guests.
Free (Free (registration required to attend in person))
Roulette: Experiments in Opera & Restless NYC Present 'Rainbird'
Thursday, October 7, 2032 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Improvised arias over loops, original folk songs, & textural spaces are featured in director/librettist Mallory Catlett & composer Aaron Siegel's operatic adaptation of a novel by New Zealand author Janet Frame.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Our House is On Fire
Thursday, October 7, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Livestreamed concert of world premieres urging immediate action to address the global climate crisis, featuring an interdisciplinary team of composers, poets, performers, & sound designers from across the US.
Free (Free)
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Thursday, October 7, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Gioachino Rossini – Overture to Semiramide
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Francisco Coll – Violin Concerto (US premiere)
Sergei Rachmaninoff – Symphonic Dances, Op. 45
Ticket price TBD
Ensemble Dal Niente with Ken Vandermark at Washington University
Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Roscoe Mitchell – Last Trane to Clover Five for solo saxophone & ensemble (world premiere)
Nicole Mitchell – Cult of Electromagnetic Connectivity for flute, bass clarinet, violin, cello, & percussion
Wang Lu – After some remarks by CW on his work for harp & clarinet
Anthony Braxton – Composition Nos. 193 + 228 for large ensemble
Wang Lu – After some remarks by CW on his work for harp & clarinet
Anthony Braxton – Composition Nos. 193 + 228 for large ensemble
$15 online | $0-$20 in person
Groupmuse: Mirta Wymerszberg Capitol Hill House Concert
Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
Private Home in Capitol Hill, Seattle, WA, United States
Johann Sebastian Bach – Invention in E minor, BWV 778 (performed on flute & violin)
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Duet No. 4 in F major, Op. 75, K. 157 (performed on flute & violin)
Suite of tangos TBA
Gustavo Leguizamón – Zamba del Laurel
Mirta Wymerszberg – Candombe
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart – Flute Duet No. 4 in F major, Op. 75, K. 157 (performed on flute & violin)
Suite of tangos TBA
Gustavo Leguizamón – Zamba del Laurel
Mirta Wymerszberg – Candombe
$10+ donation, RSVP required
Wayward Music Series: Libby Gray & Julie Ives – Reflections
Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Libby Gray, flute, & Julie Ives, piano, present a recital of music by Sofia Gubaidulina, Cathy Collinge Herrera, Charles Ives, Allison Loggins-Hull, Joseph Schwantner, William Grant Still, & Toru Takemitsu.
$5-$15 donation
SMCO with Cellist Nathan Chan at Town Hall: Music of Shostakovich, Haydn, & more
Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:15pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Siamak Aghaei & Colin Jacobsen – Ascending Bird
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101 "The Clock"
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael Atkinson – Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 101 in D major, Hob I:101 "The Clock"
Sufjan Stevens, arr. Michael Atkinson – Suite from Run Rabbit Run
Dmitri Shostakovich – Cello Concerto No. 1 in E-flat major, Op. 107
$35 ($10 student)
UBC Bands – Joy (revisited)!
Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Frank Ticheli – Joy Revisited
Kathryn Salfelder – Reminiscence
Howard Hanson – Chorale & Alleluia
Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Donald Hunsberger – Festive Overture, Op. 96
Frank Ticheli – Sanctuary
Arturo Márquez, arr. Oliver Nickel – Danzón No. 2
Kathryn Salfelder – Reminiscence
Howard Hanson – Chorale & Alleluia
Dmitri Shostakovich, arr. Donald Hunsberger – Festive Overture, Op. 96
Frank Ticheli – Sanctuary
Arturo Márquez, arr. Oliver Nickel – Danzón No. 2
Free (Online: free | In-person: $0-$9.49)
Bellingham Music Club Night Beat presents Oboist Bhavani Kotha & pianist Rebecca Manalac
Friday, October 8, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Trinity Lutheran Church (Bellingham), Bellingham, WA, United States
Oboist Bhavani Kotha and pianist Rebecca Mañalac present works by Antonio Vivaldi, Franz Schubert, Robert Schumann, Maurice Ravel, Camille Saint-Saëns, and William Grant Still.
$20 (take-a-teen-for-free)
SAM Performs: Timber
Saturday, October 9, 2032 @ 1:00pm – 2:05pm (PDT)
Olympic Sculpture Park, Seattle, WA, United States
Math rock meets sound bath in this performance of Timber, Michael Gordon's 65-minute tour-de-force scored for six virtuosic percussionists on tuned 2x4s.
Free