Contemporary – Past Concerts
Seattle Symphony: Rachmaninov Symphonic Dances
Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 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
Our House is On Fire
Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 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)
Roulette: Experiments in Opera & Restless NYC Present 'Rainbird'
Thursday, October 7, 2021 @ 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))
MEXAM NW Festival: Conciertos de Música de Cámara Clásica y Latinoamericana
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 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))
SMCO: Welcome Back Bash with Cellist Nathan Chan
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 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)
Roulette: Robert Dick & Ursel Schlicht – Flute & Piano Redefined—Again!
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 @ 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))
IU Concert Band & Symphonic Band
Indiana University Concert Band,
Indiana University – Jacobs School of Music, and
Indiana University Symphonic Band
Tuesday, October 5, 2021 @ 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
Oregon Symphony: The Season Premiere – David Danzmayr Conducts Mahler’s Second Symphony
Monday, October 4, 2021 @ 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
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, 2021 @ 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)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Unsupervised with Chicago Composer's Consortium
Monday, October 4, 2021 @ 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)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Crossing Borders Music
Monday, October 4, 2021 @ 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: Peter Ferry, percussion
Monday, October 4, 2021 @ 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: Elenna Sindler & Hasco Duo
Monday, October 4, 2021 @ 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: feed – Ted Moore & Ben Roidl-Ward
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 9:00pm – 9:45pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Works composed & performed by Ted Moore (cymbal & electronics) & Ben Roidl-Ward (bassoon & feedback).
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Wurtz-Berger Duo
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 7:45pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Lawrence Axelrod – In Winter
Mischa Zupko – Love Obsession
Seth Boustead – New work TBA
Amy Wurtz – New work TBA
Mischa Zupko – Love Obsession
Seth Boustead – New work TBA
Amy Wurtz – New work TBA
Free (Free)
The Sound Ensemble: EXTRACTION – Art on the Edge of the Abyss
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 7:00pm – 9:00pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Žibuoklė Martinaitytė – Solastalgia (US premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
Henning Kraggerud – ROMANTARCTICA
Jerry Mader – Pietà: Lament at the Edge of the Abyss (world premiere)
$15 advance, $20 at the door, $7 student
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: ~Nois with Annika Socolofsky
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 7:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Mathew Arrellin – Metasomatic V
Annika Socolofsky – New work TBA (world premiere)
Annika Socolofsky – New work TBA (world premiere)
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Janice Misurell-Mitchell – Resistant Noise
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 5:30pm – 6:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
World premiere of Janice Misurell-Mitchell's Resistant Noise for vocal & instrumental ensemble & electronics, based on text by Jacques Attali.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: D-Composed
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Performance by D-Composed, a Chicago-based chamber ensemble that honors Black creativity & culture through the music of Black composers. Program TBA.
Free (Free)
Philharmonia Northwest: Prismatic Colors with Amber Archibald
Sunday, October 3, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Town Hall Seattle, Seattle, WA, United States
Online and in-person
Gabriela Lena Frank – Five Scenes
Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76
Carl Stamitz – Viola Concerto in D major, Op. 1
Edward Elgar – Serenade for Strings in E minor, Op. 20
Béla Bartók – Romanian Folk Dances, Sz. 68, BB 76
$15 online; in-person ticket price TBD