Contemporary – Past Concerts
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Chicago Arts & Music Project/DePaul Concert Orchestra
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 3:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Following a weeklong residency with members of the DePaul Concert Orchestra, Chicago Arts & Music Project (CAMP) & DePaul University students present an entirely new composition as part of the 2021 Ear Taxi Festival.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Blue Violet Duo
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 2:15pm – 2:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
The Blue Violet Duo (Kate Carter, violin & Louise Chan, piano) performs Amos Gillespie's 2019 composition Spin-off.
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Quince Ensemble
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 1:45pm – 2:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Meara O'Reilly – Hockets I-II from Hockets
David Reminick – Shoshana
LJ White – Space
LJ White – Labor Day
Meara O'Reilly – Hockets III-IV from Hockets
Adrián Montúfar – Touch
Kari Watson – Intonations I (world premiere)
Bethany Younge – Her Disappearance
David Reminick – Shoshana
LJ White – Space
LJ White – Labor Day
Meara O'Reilly – Hockets III-IV from Hockets
Adrián Montúfar – Touch
Kari Watson – Intonations I (world premiere)
Bethany Younge – Her Disappearance
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Lisa Goethe-McGinn, flutes
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 12:30pm – 1:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Kyong Mee Choi – Slight Uncertainty is Very Attractive
Lisa Goethe-McGinn – To Each Her Own…
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Autumn Night
Janice Misurell-Mitchell – Sometimes the City is Silent
Augusta Read Thomas – Angel Shadows
Lisa Goethe-McGinn – To Each Her Own…
Regina Harris Baiocchi – Autumn Night
Janice Misurell-Mitchell – Sometimes the City is Silent
Augusta Read Thomas – Angel Shadows
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Clare Longendyke, piano
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 10:45am – 11:15pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Florence Price – Fantasie nègre No. 4 in B minor
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Isles
Shawn Okpebholo – mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters
Alison Yun-Fei Jiang – Isles
Shawn Okpebholo – mi sueño: afro-flamenco
Augusta Read Thomas – Love Twitters
Free (Free)
Ear Taxi Festival Mainstage Concerts: Picosa
Thursday, September 30, 2021 @ 10:00am – 10:45am (PDT)
Online and in-person
Raven Chacon – Bilagáana ádin ("Dead White Men")
Xavier Beteta – Fragments of a Distant Dream
Jonathon Kirk – Meteore D’Inverno ("Winter Meteors")
Shulamit Ran – Mirage
Xavier Beteta – Fragments of a Distant Dream
Jonathon Kirk – Meteore D’Inverno ("Winter Meteors")
Shulamit Ran – Mirage
Free (Free)
Roulette: Nick Dunston – 'La Operación: Reverberated'
Tuesday, September 28, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Nick Dunston presents La Operación: Reverberated, an "alternate reality-based inversion" of his 2019 work La Operación. Featuring Stephanie Lamprea (voice), Joy Guidry (bassoon), Anna Webber (tenor saxophone), & more.
Free (Free ($20-$25 in person))
Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Julia A. Miller & Elbio Barilari, with KAIA String Quartet & Trevor Watkin
Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Music of Julia A. Miller & Elbio Barilari, performed by the KAIA String Quartet & flutist Trevor Patrick Watkin.
Free (Free ($10 in person))
Roulette: Lea Bertucci – 'A Visible Length of Light' + Duo with Ben Vida
Monday, September 27, 2021 @ 5:00pm – 7:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Lea Bertucci presents recent discoveries for alto sax, wooden venu flute, tape, & electronics from her most recent release, plus a collaboration with Ben Vida (accordion & electronics).
Free (Free ($20-$25 in-person))
Desert Fantasy/Hyaline/Eat Your Greens
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 10:30pm (PDT)
The Royal Room, Seattle, WA, United States
Triple bill featuring electroacoustic percussion act Desert Fantasy; genre-bending trio Hyaline; & electronic vibraphone/drumset duo Eat Your Greens.
$10 advance ($7 students, $12 doors)
Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: Liza Sobel & Jonathan Hannau / deaf rabbit
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 6:30pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Double bill featuring the duo of Liza Sobel, soprano & Jonathan Hannau, piano; & deaf rabbit (Rachel Peters, violin & Autumn Selover, harp). Includes world premieres from Liza Sobel & Oswald Huynh.
Free (Donations appreciated)
Seattle Symphony: R. Schumann Symphony No. 3
Sunday, September 26, 2021 @ 2:00pm – 4:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Ticket price TBD
Seattle Symphony: R. Schumann Symphony No. 3
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
Benaroya Hall - S. Mark Taper Foundation Auditorium, Seattle, WA, United States
Natalie Dietterich – aeolian dust
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Charles Ives – Three Places in New England (Orchestral Set No. 1)
Robert Schumann – Symphony No. 3 in E-flat major, Op. 97 "Rhenisch"
Ticket price TBD
SFCM Orchestra Conducted by Edwin Outwater featuring PaviElle French
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Sarah Kirkland Snider – Something for the Dark
PaviElle French – Requiem for Zula
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
PaviElle French – Requiem for Zula
Samuel Barber – Essay for Orchestra No. 1, Op. 12
Aaron Copland – Appalachian Spring Suite
Free (Free (registration required for in-person attendance))
Ear Taxi Festival Spotlight Concerts: NON:op Open Opera Works
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 6:00pm – 8:00pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Theater, music, & movement combine in this performance featuring theatrical works by Samuel Beckett, Sam Shepard, & more; a world premiere from creator/performer Enama; & performers with & without disabilities.
$10 ($20 in person)
ROCO In Concert: Bursting at the Seams
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 3:00pm – 4:30pm (PDT)
Online and in-person
Michael Abels – Delights & Dances
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)
Domenico Cimarosa – Overture to Il maestro di cappella
Maxime Goulet – "I. Turmoil " from Ice Storm Symphony (world premiere)
Marcus Maroney – OK, Goodbye. for Flute, Viola d’Amore, & Chamber Orchestra (world premiere)
Free (Free to watch online; In-person tickets are Pay What You Wish)
loadbang: Plays Well With Others
Saturday, September 25, 2021 @ 9:00am – 10:00am (PDT)
Online and in-person
New music ensemble loadbang celebrates the release of their new album Plays Well With Others with this live concert featuring works by Eve Beglarian, Reiko Füting, Scott Wollschleger, & more.
Free (Free ($10-$20 in person))
Tamara Zenobia: Galactic Pyramid Transmissions
Friday, September 24, 2021 @ 8:00pm – 10:00pm (PDT)
The Chapel at the Good Shepherd Center, Seattle, WA, United States
Using her voice, singing bowls, pan drum, & other world instruments, Tamara Zenobia shares stories & "galactic messages from within her self-built pyramid" in this special performance.
$20 in advance
Jacobsen Series: When the Violin Sings
Friday, September 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 8:30pm (PDT)
Schneebeck Concert Hall at the University of Puget Sound, Tacoma, WA, United States
Reena Esmail – When the Violin
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
Trevor Weston – Juba for Strings
William Grant Still – Suite for violin & piano
George Enescu – Violin Sonata No. 3, Op. 25
$20 ($15 senior/military/UPS, students free)
Cappella Romana: A Covid Requiem – Music for Remembrance
Friday, September 24, 2021 @ 7:30pm – 9:30pm (PDT)
St. James Cathedral, Seattle, WA, United States
Cappella Romana offers the rarely heard funeral service for mixed voices by John Tavener, with Byzantine funeral chants composed by John Michael Boyer, performed in memory of those who have died from COVID-19.
$30-$50