Contemporary – Upcoming Concerts
Discover Puget Sound: School of Music Showcase Concert
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Join UPS for a showcase of faculty & students from the School of Music. Works by Léo Delibes, Jonathan Larson, Stevie Wonder, Franz Schubert, & more.
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Wayward Music Series: Young Scientist + Marc Barreca
Friday, November 5, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Young Scientist, Seattle’s pioneer electronic music group, emerges from the laboratory for an evening of immersive modular electronic music with Marc Barreca, celebrating the release of his latest CD The Empty Bridge.
$5-$15 donation
Seattle Philharmonic Orchestra: Un ritorno trionfante!
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Franz Joseph Haydn – Symphony No. 73 in D major, H. I:73 “La chasse”
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
Frances Walton – Martin (Andante for Strings)
Caroline Berkenbosch – Monument 16 (U.S. premiere)
Johann Sebastian Bach – Concerto for Two Violins in D minor, BWV 1043 (arr. for 2 violas)
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances for strings, Sz. 68, BB 76
$35 ($24 youth/seniors)
[CANCELLED] Wayward Music Series: Beetlebox
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Electroacoustic music from composer/keyboardist Beetlebox, featuring live piano sounds intricately intertwined with homemade software synthesizers & interactive computer accompaniment.
$5-$15 suggested donation
Town Hall Seattle: Gretchen Yanover Scratch Night – Past & present work on cello
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Seattle cellist/composer Gretchen Yanover shares a collection of her past & present work, sharing the stories behind her work & discussing the meaning we draw from titles associated with otherwise wordless music.
Free (Free (registration required))
Center for New Music: Del Sol String Quartet | Composer Incubator
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
3 stunning new works by Adeliia Faizullina, Marguerite Brown, & deVon Russell Gray, performed by the Del Sol String Quartet.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
Meany Center: Gabriel Kahane
Saturday, November 6, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Marriage, fatherhood, & mortality come to the fore against the backdrop of the pandemic & political turmoil in a new collection of songs from composer/pianist/singer Gabriel Kahane, presented in this intimate performance.
$65 (subscriptions available)
Music of Remembrance: Welcome Back!
Sunday, November 7, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Nordstrom Recital Hall at Benaroya Hall, Seattle, WA, United States
MOR returns to the concert hall with this special free concert featuring some of their most exciting repertoire. Featuring new songs by Lori Laitman & Tom Cipullo; cabaret songs from Terezín; & more.
Free (Free (reservation required))
DXARTS Fall Concert: Real & Imagined Soundworlds – with Guest Artist Jeff Rice
Tuesday, November 9, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:00pm (PST)
Katharyn Alvord Gerlich Theater at Meany Hall (formerly Meany Theater), Seattle, WA, United States
Nature recordist/sound designer Jeff Rice’s sound portraits frame an evening of Ambisonic sound by DXARTS composers & associated researchers, drawing the listener through known & unknown soundscapes.
Free
Seattle Collaborative Orchestra: The Year of Re(new)al
Tuesday, November 9, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
First Free Methodist Church, Seattle, WA, United States
Samuel Coleridge-Taylor – "I. Allegro moderato" & "III. Andante con moto " from from 4 Novelletten for String Orchestra, Op. 52
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Stacy Garrop – Inner Demons
Charles Gounod – Petite symphonie
Ruth Gipps – Seascape for double woodwind quintet, Op. 53
Corentin Boissier – Alice in Wonderland for harp, flute, clarinet, & piano
$20 ($15 senior, $0-$10 student)
Philadelphia Chamber Music Society: David Greilsammer, piano
Thursday, November 11, 2032 @ 4:00pm – 5:05pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Pianist David Greilsammer presents an unusual program in palindrome form, conceived as 1 long piece made of numerous short movements & fragments spanning the history of classical music.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $25)
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Brahms
Thursday, November 11, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Simon Steen-Andersen – Piano Concerto (US premiere)
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Ticket price TBD
Wayward Music Series: Neil Welch
Thursday, November 11, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Performance celebrating saxophonist/composer Neil Welch’s new album, featuring composer/performer Nat Evans; a work for solo saxophone; & an 11-member ensemble performing Welch's Concepción Picciotto.
$10-$20 at the door
University of Buffalo Faculty Recital: Seth Parker Woods, cello
Friday, November 12, 2032 @ 4:30pm – 6:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Seth Parker Woods performs the triple role of cellist, narrator/guide, & movement artist in this evening-length, multimedia concert tour de force featuring music written for him.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $10-$23)
Carpe Diem String Quartet: American Favorites
Friday, November 12, 2032 @ 5:30pm – 7:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Korine Fujiwara – May Basket
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Jonathan Bingham – SOLOS
Antonín Dvořák – String Quartet No. 12 in F major, Op. 96, “American”
Amy Beach – Piano Quintet in F-Sharp minor, Op. 67
Online: $10-$40 sliding scale | In person: $80
Wayward Music Series: Garrett Fisher/GraceAnn Cummings: Blueprints for Solo Piano
Friday, November 12, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Pianist GraceAnn Cummings premieres Garrett Fisher’s Blueprints for Solo Piano, a technically demanding set of works based on Fisher’s unique collaborative approach to music-making.
$5-$15 donation
ROCO In Concert: A Stitch in Time
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Hilary Purrington – Threshold (world premiere)
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Mark Adamo – Last Year
Jonathan Peters – Arthropod Suite
Ludwig van Beethoven – Symphony No. 8 in F major, Op. 93
Free (Online: Free | In person: Pay-what-you-can)
Cheyenne Symphony Orchestra: A Time to Discover
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 6:30pm – 8:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Fanny Mendelssohn Hensel – Overture in C major
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Chen Yi – Shuo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Max Bruch – Violin Concerto No. 1 in G minor, Op. 26
Chen Yi – Shuo
Ludwig van Beethoven – Piano Concerto No. 4 in G major, Op. 58
Online: $15 | In person: $10-$50
Center for New Music: Piano Recital with Tin Yi Chelsea Wong
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PST)
Online and in-person
Tin Yi Chelsea Wong displays 20th-c. European & 21st-c. North American composers in conversation on this unique recital. Works by György Ligeti, Grażyna Bacewicz, Gabriela Lena Frank, Jonathan Bailey Holland, & more.
Free (Online: Free | In person: $20-$15)
Seattle Symphony: Dausgaard Conducts Brahms
Saturday, November 13, 2032 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PST)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Simon Steen-Andersen – Piano Concerto (US premiere)
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Johannes Brahms – Symphony No. 1 in C minor, Op. 68
Ticket price TBD